22.11.2003

AEGEE Heads Towards a Joint Vision on Globalisation

An ensemble vision embracing peace-loving states, sustainability, cultural diversity, accessibility and transparency coupled with an intelligent critique is the outcome of the Joint Study Meeting organized by the ‘Youth & Globalisation’ Project Team of AEGEE-Europe.

The charming Italian village of Tarcento, close to Udine was a witness to European students’ active citizenship and willingness to constructively contribute for a better future, during the working weekend of November 6^th -9^th, 2003.

Within the framework of the 2003 year plan project “Youth & Globalisation” and under the joint collaboration of AEGEE Udine and AEGEE Trieste, the JOINT STUDY MEETING, TOWARDS A JOINT VISION ON GLOBALISATION took place. The UNESCO Club of Udine together with the Council of Udine and Tarcento acting as Patrons to the JSM. The aim of this JSM was to prepare the Working Document which will be the point of departure at the World Youth Summit on Globalisation next month at the European Parliament.

The Joint Study Meeting gave participants the chance to re-evaluate the results achieved through the five study meetings previously held in major European cities throughout the summer months. The conclusions drawn at Bayreuth, Paris, Riga, Cluj-Napoca and Izmir are found in one working document on globalisation, boldly enough outlining policy recommendations -stated by the ‘active citizens of today and leaders of tomorrow’ in politics, economics, culture, geo-communications and civil society.

“Proudly enough, this project is showing itself to be the truest reflection of active citizenship and the greatest enthusiasm that there is in AEGEE to get involved in the big ideas of our time!” says, Project Manager and World Youth Summit Coordinator, Alexianne Galea, following the presentation of the Working Document for the World Youth Summit on Globalisation, which defines globalisation to be ‘’an accelerating and dynamic multi-dimensional and interconnected process that generates intertwined links affecting all aspects of contemporary life.”. The working document produced at the Joint Study Meeting can be viewed on www.aegee.org/globalyouth/wys.