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PRIME wants you!

PRIME, Problems of Recognition In Making Erasmus, is gathering pace! Currently we are looking for National and Local Coordinators, who will promote the project and encourage local students and universities to participate. If you want to contribute to the improvement of Erasmus programme and give more visibility to your ESN section, apply! Send an email to your National Representative. For further information click here

Get involved in ESN

Insight Weekend

Are you planning to run for the International Board 2011/12 and do you want to discover the daily life of the Board members in Brussels? Then the Insight weekend is the right opportunity for you !
It is taking place from the 28^th to the 30^th January 2011. The programme includes job-shadowing, mini-board meeting, one-to-one meetings. The deadline to register for the Insight Weekend is the 20^th December 2010 by writing to vicepresident@esn.org, there are 10 places available and a selection procedure will be therefore used (motivation, position, etc).

Section Questionnaire 2010 is launched!

Each year, ESN sections must provide ESN International with information about their activities, operating processes, etc. The new questionnaire is available on Galaxy, you can find guidelines about how to fill out the questionnaire in the ESN Helpcenter
The deadline for filling out the questionnaire is the 31^st December 2010.

Learning and self-development opportunities in ESN

A survey on the learning and self-development opportunities in ESN is launched! All ESN members are invited to fill in the online questionnaire, which results should help us to improve the knowledge management in ESN and increase the personal opportunities for members.
The questionnaire will be online until December, 5^th. You can win a great price by filling in the questionnaire completely!
The questionnaire together with further information can be found HERE!
Only you can make this research successful. So, help us to make ESN better!

YOUth for you

Design and Learning conference

From 25^th to 26^th November 2010, DG Education and Culture organizes the Design and Learning Conference 2010. The conference follows the success of a first conference on design organised for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. Its objective is to explore in depth the multiple relationships between design and learning from a policy making point of view. You can find more information on the Commission website

Join the Human Ring around the European Parliament to call for a Credible Response to the Crisis!

The Coalition of Social Non Governmental Organisations is organising a symbolic event which will see a human ring formed around the European institutions to show the message that ending poverty is everyone's business. The event, which takes place on 19th November, aims to call on civil society, trade unions, MEPs and citizens who feel concerned by the fight against poverty and social exclusion to request political commitment towards ending poverty and social exclusion. The European Youth Forum strongly encourages anyone who believes that a credible response to the crisis, focused on solidarity and social justice is needed, should join the Human Ring around the European Parliament on 19^th November 2010 at 12:30 CET.

Europe besides ESN

Leonardo da Vinci programme: 15 years of EU support for vocational education and training

The EU is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its Leonardo da Vinci programme, which helps to fund thousands of vocational education and training courses across Europe. Since 1995 the EU has helped more than 600 000 young people to go on training placements abroad. It has also funded 110 000 exchanges for trainers and more than 3 000 projects aimed at modernising the sector. Around 50% of all students in upper secondary education receive vocational education and training.
The European Commission is currently investing euro 240 million a year through Leonardo da Vinci to support the mobility of trainees, apprentices and trainers and the modernisation of vocational education and training in 31 countries. In 2009, more than 80 000 trainees, apprentices and jobseekers received EU support from Leonardo da Vinci for a training placement abroad. The highest number of trainees came from Germany (15 800), followed by France (7200), the Netherlands (6200), Turkey (6000), Spain (5100), Italy (4700), the United Kingdom (4600) and Poland (4200). Since 2000, the most popular destination countries for trainees have been Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Italy.