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ESN Pavia
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With winter starting to take its toll on most of Europe this December, we turn our heads to warmer climates as this month's Section in the Spotlight goes to ESN Pavia. As a small section in a small Italian city, don't be fooled. ESN Pavia shows us all that contrary to popular belief, size doesn't always matter.
ESN Pavia offers a great example of the fusion between “Grannies” and “Newbies”, which provides the perfect combination of experience and innovation to the section. Consisting of 30 members, 5 nationalities (not all European), the majority of members are ex-Erasmus students. Their limited numbers contribute greatly to the efficiency of their communication: it means they can meet frequently, make progress everyday and stay in touch easily (they even have a WhatsApp group!). Combining work with pleasure, ESN Pavia members have found the perfect balance between being colleagues and great friends!
Founded in 1992, ESN Pavia has maintained its goals: to make sure that every Pavia's Erasmus spent the best and most complete experience of his or her life. This year has been particularly special for the section with the celebration of its 20th birthday, which coincides alongside the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus programme. The section creatively used this double opportunity to celebrate formally with conferences and a gala dinner which all the founders and local institutions attended. Double the occasion, double the fun!
However, Erasmus life in Pavia is not all about partying, and the section organizes many cultural activities too! Many sections offer a Tandem project but ESN Pavia takes it to a new level by organizing many exchanges, with fun and games too, to ensure that everybody can find the right partner for them! Not only is there a specific Facebook group to support the project, but there is also a database of every language search and offer. Other activities include art and photography competitions, Eurodinners, bike tours and 6 trips a year (woah!) to discover the Bella Italia. Talk about keeping busy!
ESN Pavia also made sure to get involved in SocialErasmus, ESN's flagship project, by participating twice! In 2011, with the “Ambientati”, they created a little ERASMUS FOREST (the first one in Italy), while this year they organized the ESN PAVIA 4 INCLUSION, a football tournament with all the most important intercultural “communities” of the University (Erasmus, ESN, Camerun, Israel...) and special guests, such as Michel Erlandsen, the international coordinator of the Social Erasmus project, to share an important message against racism and discrimination.
With support from the University of Pavia through the promotion of certain events, ESN Pavia receives a great level of involvement from local students, which allows them to have optimal integration within the home community, exactly what the Erasmus programme is all about! But ESN Pavia is not just a section that is deeply immersed in its local community. It is also very active nationally and internationally, with its participation in NPs and AGMs and the fact that two of their members are coordinators of national committees.
Despite the recognition of their efforts, ESN Pavia remains humble yet ambitious, admitting they still have a lot to learn, but showing great willingness to keep on improving as a section. This coupled with the relationship of mutual respect and open-mindedness that is fostered amongst the section members is what really makes ESN Pavia special, and utterly deserving of their Section in the Spotlight title.
By Carmen Cuesta Roca
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