THE EXTERNAL RELATION 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 Dijan Albayrak > Activity Report Dijan Albayrak (External Relations) > > Name: Dijan Albayrak > Function: External Relations Responsible / Vice President > Local: AEGEE-Ankara > Main Responsibilities > · Contact to Companies > · Conceptualization of partnership proposals > · Fundraising strategies for projects > · Coordination of fundraising activities with the network/administer > FR-L > · Coordinate advertisement in publications > · Contact with Global Employee > · Members Commission CD Observer > · United Nations > · Moderating and following up of the Idealistic Meeting WS with the > network at the PM on behalf of the CD. > > Achievements: > · Intensive market research on private and public institutions with > the help of our oldies and my CD fellows > · Following up and extending the previous contacts with companies: > Deutsche Bank (partnership extended, support doubled), Van Dusseldorp > & Partners, Dresdner Bank, Accenture, Jobs and Adverts, Namics, > JPMorgan, STA, WestLB, Eurolines (still working on), AMS-Europe > (asked for being contacted for the next financial year) > · Following the partnership negotiations with Siemens, managed by > Sebastian Wrobel from AEGEE-Munchen > · Establishing new contacts with major companies for general > partnerships, sponsoring of publications or specific projects: > Hobsons (managed by Pedro, contract signed and we are working on the > follow up), Citibank, Roland Berger Consultancy, General Electrics, > H&M, AT Kearney (interested, will be approached for their next > financial year), Interbrew, KPMG, BP, ABB, Diageo, Roche, Proactive > International, Procter and Gamble (Benelux) (still working on) > · Due to the fact that higher grants are available from public > institutions new valuable contacts established with British Council, > Open Society Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the > Netherlands (MATRA projects programme), Ministry of Foreign Affairs > of Spain, Denmark and Ireland, Ministry of Tourism of Turkey, Hertie > Foundation, Robert Bosch Foundation, Visegrad fund, SIDA, Swedish > Institute, Forum Syd, Charity knowhow and Charles Mott foundation > · Applications for internal education activities of AEGEE are > prepared and submitted to European Commission (Youth Action 5) and > Matra Projects Programme and for next issues of Key to Europe and > AEGEE CD-Rom are prepared and submitted to the European Youth > Foundation > · Assistance to the new liaison officer for UN, Alevgul Sorman > · Assisting the finalizations of the applications for GE to the > European Commission and other foundations relevant > · Discussions on FR-L on the structure of Fundraising activities on > the local and European level > · Assistance to the locals approaching for support for their > fundraising activities. > · Updating the external relations database, adding all presentations > and documents presented > · Sending regular monthly reports to all external contracts I am > working on > > Projects for the future: > · Sustaining the good relations established by regular reports > · Finalizing the applications for the above mentioned public > institutions > · Funding of the German fliers in coordination with AEGEE-Passau > · Following up the negotiations with Turkish Ministry of Tourism for > SU 2002 > · Preparing centralized applications for Summer University 2003 > (covering a pilot action in South East European locals) and internal > education activities under Large Scale Projects/YOUTH. > · Preparing the upcoming FRES > · Continuing the discussion on FR-L, > · Working on the fundraising for a training for the Fundraising > Responsible of the above mentioned projects > Difficulties faced in your activities > · Global problems in economy affecting all companies > · The Fundraising Support Team did not fulfill our expectations. > Since the FR for SU publications was outsourced to this team, its > dysfunction was a major difficulty. > · Great lack of new contacts, so the finances were too much dependent > on the past contacts, most of them established years ago. > · Lack of time for raising funds for major publications, lack of > flexibility for long term planning due to the pressure of ongoing > projects which should have been managed financially before my term > started. > > Travel overview: > > From Until Where? Why? Reimbursed? > 06.11.01 27.12.01 Brussels CD Yes > 27.11.01 02.12.01 Katowice FRES yes > 09.12.01 25.12.01 Roma ES yes > 26.01.02 27.01.02 Maastrict Euronited Partially > 27.12.01 10.01.02 Turkey New Year Yes > 08.02.02 11.02.02 Praha Opening GE Yes > 11.02.02 13.02.02 Vienna private no > 15.02.02 16.02.02 Rotterdam Idealistic Meeting Yes (interrail) > 22.02.02 24.02.02 Delft RM interrail > 01.03.02 01.03.02 The Hague Matra application interrail > 01.03.02 03.03.02 Utrecht Private interrail > 08.03.02 10.03.02 Helsinki PM yes > 10.03.02 15.03.02 Sockholm FR yes > 19.03.02 19.03.02 Frankfurt FR interrail > 22.03.02 23.03.02 The Hague FR interrail > 27.03.02 27.03.02 Mechelen AEGEE pres. Interrail > 28.03.02 29.03.02 Amsterdam FR Interrail > 09.04.02 09.04.02 Frankfurt FR Interrail > > Dear friends > After 5 years of commitment to AEGEE on both local and European > level, right when I was about to separate my life path; I ended up at > the head office and this experience was a proof that you can never > learn enough from AEGEE. Although we complain so many times about the > inefficiency of working and living together in this environment > (which did not really give me the feeling that I am so far away from > Turkey, since the office is surrounded by Turkish fast food cafes) I > think that good work comes out of this lousy but lively office > reflecting the unique spirit that our association possesses. > > I believe that my work on the diversification of our potential > financial resources both from private and public sector to assure our > financial independence will have a positive influence on our projects > both on local and the European level. Together with my fellows and > interested members I am working on setting up the necessary > structures and take intensive care of documentation for the sake of > continuity and the long term strategies we mainly lack in our > association. > > Our team had a tough start but it wasn't a major difficulty to get in > track. You need to count with ups and downs, but it was great working > with Matina for the FR of internal education; encouraging each other > by just thinking, talking, smiling and sharing the warmth of true > friendship; it was great to strive for our high expectations from our > network with Hakan and learn how to oppose, support and love each > other at the same time; it was great to chat with Tomku about > publications, workshops and have long talks whenever we were back > from a long trip; it was great to share our privacy while sweeping > the floor and listening to PJ Harvey with Markella; it was great to > kill our brains off about how to improve our projects with Krysz; it > was great to listen to the excitement and love for AEGEE in Nika's > voice at the meetings; it was great to enjoy the coooooool music Anca > hides in her hard disc (we love Claude Challe); it was great to eat > Pedro's late night dishes > with strange combinations. Last but not least big thanks to our cool > network, to > AEGEE-Ankara people, my CD fellows for the very special time I had > (will never > forget the EN in Delft), my dear friend and predecessor Sergio for > his great care for > the information flow including his personal experiences about the > life in the CD, > Karlitos for being my online companion, IT consultant and motivator, > our cool oldies for their great support (special thanks to Jeroen van > Eik and Michiel van Hees), AEGEE-Academy and SUCT for their great > cooperation. kisses > ============================================================================= RAINBOW-L is a regional discussion list of AEGEE. Check out http://www.aegee.uni-karlsruhe.de/archives for the archives of public lists. To unsubscribe send 'unsubscribe RAINBOW-L' to [log in to unmask]