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Summer University

The Summer University Project was born in 1988 with the intention of promoting European integration, and it is currently the biggest project in AEGEE which involves more than 2000 young people every year. Summer Universities are events that take place during the summer in most of the cities where AEGEE is present, for a period of one to four weeks. Understanding and exploring the multicultural dimension of the European continent, tasting its diversity, removing national borders, fighting for tolerance and becoming open- minded citizens are only some of the reasons why twenty to fifty young [...]

Summer University2023-06-07T19:40:03+02:00

Europe on Track

Europe on Track (EoT) has taken place in 2012, 2014 and every year since 2016. In each edition, selected ambassadors have travelled across Europe by train with the support of InterRail to capture young people‘s vision on the future of Europe through photos, videos and interviews. In this year’s edition, twenty local events and more than one hundred interviews were conducted on sustainable development. […]

Europe on Track2018-08-19T17:29:31+02:00

Eastern Partnership

AEGEE Eastern Partnership Project 2016 – 2018 is an undertaking created out of commitment of young Europeans who understand the importance of youth initiative. We recognise the necessity to provide young leaders, activists and entrepreneurs with opportunities to experience the advantages of work in an international environment; to encounter cultural diversity and to establish a relationship of friendship and mutual respect among themselves. […]

Eastern Partnership2018-08-18T19:05:20+02:00

30 Years of Summer University

2018 marks the 30th anniversary of AEGEE’s longest running project – Summer Universities! On this occasion AEGEE takes a look back at its history and looks forward to the future of SUs. Throughout the summer season, celebrations happen all around the network. The new Summer Events pilot ‘Summer Breaks’ is introduced and teams of adventurers travel across the network to capture insights of different SUs. The project’s core team is supported by many assistants and adventurers. Together, they create workshops, audiovisual materials and an anniversary booklet. […]

30 Years of Summer University2018-08-19T17:28:48+02:00

AEGEE Election Observation

The AEGEE Election Observation Project (AEO) provides youth’s perspective on elections. This is achieved by training and deploying young people (18-30) on observation missions to parliamentary elections across Europe. Mission reports focus on the challenges young people face as voters, candidates, and generally as actors in the electoral process. AEGEE Election Observation Missions are open to AEGEE members and non-members alike. Since 2014, nearly 500 observers have been deployed on 20 missions to 14 countries. […]

AEGEE Election Observation2018-08-18T19:08:08+02:00

AEGEE Day

The AEGEE Day is a project that aims at organising at least one activity per member organisation to show the strength of the network and to unite our members, regardless of where they are based. This year’s edition focuses on Youth Development under the title of Stepping Stones. The teams build around seven people working on content development, contact with the locals, communication, etc., and a pool of ambassadors that are the key to help the locals organise activities. […]

AEGEE Day2018-08-19T17:29:37+02:00

Eurosender

Returning home from an exchange year? Perhaps moving to another country within the EU to do an internship? AEGEE members can get a 10% student discount on Eurosender shipping within the EU, from door to door of course! Quite sweet, isn't it? Better get those clothes and books to your next destination! Eurosender supports student mobility by offering simple and affordable international door-to-door shipping solutions for AEGEE members around Europe. By shipping your luggage via Eurosender, you do not have to compromise on the number of items you want to take with you. Eurosender gives an instant and final price [...]

Eurosender2021-06-23T15:17:03+02:00

GENDERS

Do you think that in your youth organisation all genders are not treated equally? Do you want to learn how to make your activities and structures more gender friendly? Do you want to empower people from all genders within your organisation? But you don’t know how to do it? Then the GENDERS project is for you! “GENDERS - Platform for the Certification of Gender-Friendly Organisations in Youth Working” aims at favouring the gender mainstreaming approach within youth organisations. Gender mainstreaming is a strategy for making the concerns and experiences of women as well as of men an integral part of [...]

GENDERS2018-08-16T14:41:10+02:00

Policy Paper – The importance of transversal skills and competences for young people in a modern Europe

By Steven Glasbeek. 1. Introduction AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe/European Students’ Forum) was created in 1985 with the vision of creating a unified Europe, based on democracy and a respect for human rights, by bringing together students with different cultural backgrounds. Today, AEGEE is Europe’s largest interdisciplinary youth organisation with 40 countries, 200 cities, and 13,000 friends. The extensive AEGEE network provides the ideal platform for young volunteers to work together on cross-border activities such as international conferences, seminars, exchanges, training courses and case study trips. To combat the challenges young people are currently facing in Europe, [...]

Policy Paper – The importance of transversal skills and competences for young people in a modern Europe2018-08-06T23:43:06+02:00

Brando Benifei

Brando Benifei, European Federalist, is one of the youngest MEPs and is from La Spezia, Italy. His main fields of legislative work in the EP are Employment and social affairs and Foreign affairs. He is co-chair of the Youth Intergroup and vice-chair of the Disability Intergroup. Among his parliamentary activities in the Committee of Employment and Social Affairs, he is currently Rapporteur for the European Solidarity Corps and was responsible for key legislative and non-legislative reports on the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the EU labour market; youth employment policy such as the Youth Guarantee and the Youth [...]

Brando Benifei2018-07-27T10:56:28+02:00
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