THE INTERNAL EDUCATION RESPONSIBLE! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Headoffice AEGEE-Europe" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:57 PM Subject: [AGORA-L] Activity Report Matina Magkou > Activity Report Matina Magkou (Internal Education) > > Name: Matina Magkou > > Function: Human Resources responsible / Vice-President > Local: AEGEE Athina > > Main Responsibilities: > · Internal Education-contact with the Academy board and the Academy > · European School Valladolid- European School Roma- European School > Valencia > · Overview of PRES Novi Sad, FRES Katowice > · Overview of Spring Education Campaign > · Relations with other NGOs > · UNESCO responsible in the CD > · Training courses of the Council of Europe > > Achievements: > · ES Valladolid, ES Roma, ES Valencia > > Projects for the future: > · Next Internal Education events (ESII Aachen, T4T, ES in autumn.) > > Difficulties faced in your activities: > · Difficult conditions for ES Valladolid and we didn't know until > last minute if ES Roma was going to take place- the final outcome was > positive for both events > · Having to combine my work in Germany with my duties in the CD > > > Travel overview: > > From Until Where? Why? Reimbursed? > 30.10.01 Ankara-Athens Agora Yes > 04.11.01 11.11.01 Valladolid ES Yes > 11.11.01 Brussels Moving in Yes > 30.11.01 Rotterdam Local Training Course Yes > 08.12.01 11.12.01 Roma ES Yes > 12.12.01 15.12.01 Paris UNESCO Liaison Committee Yes > 21.12.01 04.01.02 Greece Christmas Yes > 12.01.02 13.01.02 Eindhoven Regional Meeting Yes > 24.01.02 Bonn YOUTH National Agency Yes > 26.01.02 Luxembourg Erik Krier/ES2 Youth Appl. Yes > 01.02.02 08.02.02 Greece Personal Yes > 14.02.02 15.02.02 Rotterdam Idealistic Meeting Yes > 16.02.02 17.02.02 Munich ES2 Meeting Yes > 23.02.02 24.02.02 Enschede Local Training Course Yes > 28.02.02 Paris Meeting UNESCO Yes > 06.03.02 12.03.02 Helsinki PM Yes > 21.02.02 06.03.02 Greece Personal No > 13.04.02 21.04.02 Valencia ES Yes > 02.05.02 05.02.02 Amsterdam AGORA Yes > > I would say that my term started with lots of obligations and lots of > difficult situations, but hopefully my experience in the Academy > board as Secretary the term before, the help of my predecessors Magda > and Carlos, the Academy board and people that believe in Internal > Education, helped me a lot to feel more prepared and to deal with > everything. ES Valladolid, ES Roma, PRES Novi Sad and FRES Katowice > were the Internal Education events, all taking place in the first > month of my term! And I can tell you it was quite a lot to deal > with!!!! > > After Christmas holidays I worked with the Academy board and > experienced Academy members on the concept of ES II, for which we had > a meeting in Munich to discuss about it. And of course I have been in > close contact and cooperation with AEGEE-Aachen to help them as much > as possible to deal with the challenge that they took and keep them > motivated! > > With the Academy board we worked on the Spring Education campaign, > promoting the organisation of local training courses, for which we > prepared a manual with directions and suggestions. And lots of local > training courses have taken and are going to take place during this > Spring to squeeze the best out of the AEGEE members. The Spring > Education campaign was an effort to balance the lack of European > Schools for 2002. > > Now that I am writing these lines, Fools School in Oradea is taking > place, FR and SU training course (in cooperation with NetCom) and ES > in Valencia is still ahead. I am definitely sure they are going to be > successful and motivating!!! > > Of course all these would not have been possible without the > cooperation and support of the Academy and especially the Academy > board. Grzegorz, Sena. Betina, Mark, Lieuwe and Jaap helped my task > more than words can say and I enjoyed the great spirit among us a > great deal!!!! > > I am happy to say that dealing with the applications for the Council > of Europe training courses was interesting as I received great > feedback and interest from the network and I received a lot of > applications that I had to evaluate and forward (which is not always > the easiest thing to do!) Alper Akyuz from Istanbul participated at > the Training for Trainers on Human Rights Education. > > As UNESCO responsible in the CD I cooperated very closely with > Alessia Pastorutti, Liaison Officer for UNESCO and together we tried > to improve our relationships with UNESCO. I represented AEGEE in the > Liaison Committee of NGOs of UNESCO in December, accompanied by > Krzysztof and had several meetings with different departments there > (Higher Education, Youth Unit.) At the end of February, we arranged a > meeting with the Youth Coordination Unit where Alessia and I > presented AEGEE and discussed with the responsible there about future > cooperation. We intend to arrange a meeting with the Director General > in the near future as well. > > Being responsible for the contact with other NGOs means I am the one > exchanging information and communicating with them and I organized > (of course with the help of my fellow CD members) the reception for > other youth NGOs taking place in the office on the 10th of January > 2001. Moreover I participated at the seminar of the YOUTH FORUM on > the Joint Actions of the DG Education and Culture taking place > in Bruxelles 17-19th of February, where I established good contacts > with other > NGOs and the Youth Forum. > > Already 6 months have passed since Agora in Ankara and although I > have been disappointed many times from situations or even from > myself, I must admit that I am still in love with AEGEE ;) > ============================================================================= RAINBOW-L is a regional discussion list of AEGEE. 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