Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe
| AEGEE - European Students' Forum | |
| Seat | Paris , France |
| Seat of the Comité Directeur | Brussels , Belgium |
| founding year | 1985 |
| Official language | English , French |
| president | Daniël Amesz |
| Secretary General | Monika Mojak |
| Treasurer (Financial Director) | Refik Barış Özçelik |
The Association des Etats Généraux of Étudiants de l'Europe ( AEGEE , also known as the European Students 'Forum and European Students' Forum ) is the largest interdisciplinary student association in Europe .
The association, based in Brussels , was founded in 1985 by students in Paris and is now a network that extends across Europe and consists of around 13,000 members in around 200 local groups (“antennas”) in university cities in 40 European countries. The head office has advisory status with the Council of Europe and the UN, as well as action status with UNESCO .
The association stands for a united Europe as well as for cross-border cooperation, communication and integration. In this respect, it deliberately renounces national structures and is not tied to any academic faculty , denomination or political party .
history
The association was founded in 1985 as EGEE ("États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe") at the EGEE conference, attended by students from Paris , Leiden , London , Madrid , Milan and Munich . The conference was organized by Franck Biancheri , among others . In 1987 EGEE was able to win over the then French President François Mitterrand to support the ERASMUS program. This later became a successful European exchange program.
In 1988 the organization changed its name to AEGEE . The “Summer University” project took place for the first time. The association moved to Brussels in 1995 . With AEGEE-Ankara, the first antenna was founded in the same year, which is geographically located in Asia . AEGEE visits the Republic of Cyprus for the first time in 1998 . AEGEE-Magusa (Famagusta) was founded in 2001.
In 2001 and 2002 the organization organized several projects addressing peace and stability in south-eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. In 2003 AEGEE visited the Caucasus for the first time as part of a case study trip . In the same year AEGEE-Europe organized a conference in the buffer zone in Nicosia (Cyprus).
Groups also exist in Georgia , Armenia and Azerbaijan .
structure
European and local level
The association is essentially divided into two levels, the European level, represented by AEGEE-Europe with the European board and various commissions, working groups and international projects, as well as the local level of the individual, legally independent groups ("antennas" or "locals" " called).
National umbrella or sub-associations or other national structures were not used, as this was felt to run counter to the idea of international understanding freed from physical and mental boundaries.
Agora
The agora (derived from the Greek "marketplace" ) is the general assembly of AEGEE. It takes place twice a year, usually in April ("Spring Agora") and in October ("Fall Agora"), at constantly changing locations in Europe. Depending on the capacity of the organizing local, up to 1000 members take part.
The agora is the only decision-making body of the association. In addition to political discussions, the statutes are changed and elections are held here. The board of AEGEE-Europe, the Comité Directeur, has to answer to the Agora for its decisions as well as for the budget of AEGEE-Europe. In addition, the participants are offered workshops on various topics.
Participants are representatives of the local groups and the various bodies within AEGEE-Europe. Depending on their status, they are given various rights and obligations. So have z. B. only delegates have the right to vote, and only delegates and envoys have the right to speak in plenary.
Comité Directeur
The Comité Directeur (CD) is the board of directors of AEGEE-Europe and consists of up to seven elected members. In addition to the president , the general secretary and the treasurer , these are four general board members who administer the network and make political decisions.
Antennas by country
- Albania
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- Italy
- Croatia
- Latvia
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Austria
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Czech Republic
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Hungary
- United Kingdom
- Belarus
activities
The association has four fields of activity:
- Active Civil Society (Active Citizenship)
- Academic Education (Higher Education)
- Peace and stability (Peace and Stability)
- Cultural Exchange (Cultural Exchange)
Active civil society
The association is an independent, non-partisan organization that works closely with governments , institutions and other NGOs . AEGEE sees itself as a political voice for its members at every level. Events on various topics are organized within the network, the results of which are then used, among other things, for lobbying at European organizations.
Academic education
The association consists of students who are committed to a European dimension in academic education. AEGEE not only supports student mobility , but also language learning and international cooperation on an academic level. In addition, the association urges the further development of European educational programs, such as ERASMUS.
Peace and stability
The association promotes and encourages the spread of democratic ideals, tolerance , open-mindedness and mutual understanding between young people in conflict areas and thus makes a contribution to conflict resolution in the Balkans , the Caucasus , Cyprus and between Greeks and Turks. For example, the association regularly organizes conferences and other events on this topic.
Cultural exchange
The promotion of respect and appreciation between students from different European cultures is the core of the association. It sees this topic as a central point of European integration , in the belief that integration can never be decreed from top to bottom, but must arise from an inner-European understanding of peoples. A large number of exchange projects are carried out within the network every year.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Council of Europe: Education and Languages, Language Policy
- ↑ DPI NGO Section . U.N.
- ^ NGO Section . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. UNESCO
- ↑ a b What is AEGEE ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Current database of the AEGEE groups. ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. myaegee.net
- ^ Key to Europe 2008 - Annual Report . ( Memento of the original from November 7th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. aegee.org
- ↑ Representation of the two levels as well as an overview of all locals.
- ^ "German" website from AEGEE, which illustrates this attitude
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ AEGEE-Europe | European Students' Forum. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 3, 2017 ; Retrieved August 10, 2017 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
