THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE!
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Subject: [AGORA-L] Activity Report Markella Mantika
> Activity Report Markella Mantika (European Institutions)
>
> Name: Markella Mantika
> Function: European Institutions / Vice-President
>
> Local: AEGEE-Athina, AEGEE-Beograd
>
> Main Responsibilities (just the main points)
> Ø External contact to the European Institutions.
> Ø Ensuring a communication path between the network and the
> Institutions.
> Ø Administrative work concerning Applications.
> Ø Establishing new contacts to other Institutions / Foundations.
> Ø External representation of AEGEE.
> Ø Patrons of AEGEE-Europe.
> Ø Maintaining good information flow with the L/O (EYF-ECF-BMBF).
>
> Achievements:
> Ø Good contacts to the Institutions.
> Ø Funds for projects and general costs.
> Ø High profiled Patrons.
> Ø Keeping a good External Image of AEGEE.
>
> Projects for the future:
> Ø Submitting new applications.
> Ø Research on new ways of funding projects from public funds.
> Ø Follow-up on the external contacts and new establishments.
> Ø Youth for South East Europe Project.
> Ø Turkish-Greek civic dialogue.
>
> Difficulties faced in your activities
> Ø Bureaucracy holds back procedures resulting to less effective
> outcome.
> Ø Working and living in the same place does not make our tasks and
> life easier all the time.
>
> Travel overview:
>
> Trip Dates Reason Reimbursed
>
> Back from Agora 11/11/01 Yes
> Belgrade 16-26/11/2001 Youth 4 SEE-I Yes
> Istanbul 17-30/12/2001 Youth 4 SEE-II Partly
> Hellas 30/12-6/01/2002 Christmas Yes
> Hellas 07-23/01/2002 Exams No
> Rotterdam 14-15/02/2002 Idealistic Meeting Yes
> Delft 23-24/02/2002 Regional Meeting Yes
> The Hague 19/03/2002 Nuffic Conference Yes
> Helsinki 06-13/03/2002 Spring PM Yes
> Hellas 20-31/03/2002 Socrates Promot. Yes/SOTM
> Hellas 18-23/04/2002 SOTM F-Conf. Yes/SOTM
> Utrecht 27/04-01/05/2002 Quo Vadis F-Conf Yes
> Amsterdam 02-05/05/2002 Spring Agora Yes
>
>
> If you asked me some time ago if I would imagine myself living in a
> house with another 9 people away from the greek sun, my friends and
> all that I left behind, I would be answering: No way! Well the fact
> remains one. I did the high jump and here I came after my election
> six months ago in Ankara. I never regretted this decision, even in
> the worst moments when everything was going wrong or the motivation
> was simply on vacation.
>
> Moving to Brussels and adjusting to the new environment and the
> demands of the task took me some time, but I was glad to have Pedro
> around all the time giving me hints and advising me on several
> things. The truth is that when I came here I couldn't possibly
> imagine that there would be all this workload and all kinds of things
> coming up, though I realized that if you have a good time management
> and you prioritize, then everything gets smoother and no panic is
> needed. I owe this hint to Pedro who showed me how to cope with such
> situations.
>
> Concerning my actual work I was focusing on establishing more
> contacts in the European Parliament as well as maintaining good
> contact with the already existing ones. This resulted in a very
> strong support of some of the Members of the EP to several of our
> projects, taking as an example the follow-up internal meetings
> arranged for the Youth for South East Europe Project as well as with
> the presentation of results for the Borderless Europe last Yearplan
> Project. Further in the contact to the European Institutions, meeting
> the European Commission, mainly the Directorate General Education and
> Culture and presenting them our projects, our new ideas for getting
> their input was also very pleasant, nevertheless, there are occasions
> in which the situation can be ineffective. The external
> representation has been also taking place through attendance to
> several conferences, forums, debates, hearings, receptions and
> contact to other associations like the European Policy Centre and
> Friends of Europe.
>
> Going into the administrative part of the task, my work has been the
> submission of applications for funding projects and general costs.
> Applications for the European Commission, to the Council of Europe
> for training courses in SEE and to the Youth Foundation were the main
> items covering this aspect. Sometimes you get the impression that
> whatever you do is not this much rewarding especially when you keep
> on waiting for a positive answer for the projects you submit an
> application for. Some of the achievements and rewarding moments
> hopefully will be the ones when we manage to get the maximum grant
> for the General Subvention once more. Moreover, I took care of the
> Project Investment Fund along with Dominika and Pedro and found
> speakers for conferences that our locals are organising. I took over
> the Patrons of AEGEE-Europe which was extremely interesting duty, as
> I dealt with people who support our Association morally. In this
> field I was glad to receive two people of major importance for our
> Association, the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi
> and the President of the European University Association Eric Froment
> (previous European Rectors Conference).
>
> My task is so wide that it allows further expansion exploring new
> ways of approach in the Institutional field in order to achieve more
> for our Association. Adding to them the keeping in touch with the
> Liaison Officers for the Youth and Cultural Foundations as well as
> with the BMBF (German Ministry for Education and Research) and some
> lobbying cover a general view of my activity until now.
>
> I feel the need to stress out something crucial for me. We are living
> and working in a multiethnic team where there are a lot of
> miscommunication problems and they are not always easy to handle as
> there are many misunderstandings. As a team
> although we had our problems in the beginning, had our ups and downs
> but we
> managed to work it out and achieve a great cooperation along with a
> good time in
> the house during our term.
>
> It would be a pity not to mention how grateful I am to the people
> that kept on
> supporting me in and out of this house, especially Pedro my
> predecessor, my
> network friends all over at any moment, giving me precious help and
> unmentionable
> motivation to go on doing what I started with such enthusiasm. A big
> thank you goes to all of you who gave me your trust through your vote
> and will also be reading this report. (hopefully!)
>
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