The Youth for Change - 20 years of
AEGEE
On 22nd – 25th September 2005, about 300
AEGEE members, representatives from all the relevant international Youth NGOs
with politicians will meet in Praha to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
European Students Forum, review its work and achievements to date, and discuss
its future development.
The three days long conference will be filled with
lectures by high-profile speakers, with plenary discussions, intensive workshops
and panel discussions with experts on the topics.
The European Constitutional Treaty - Non, nee; and
now ?
o The ratification process, its failure and its future
o Its content
- Progress and/or problems ?
o Why do we need a constitution for the EU
?
The Future of Europe - Europe ŕ la carte ?
o
Multi-speed Europe (like Euro, CSFP) as best option for further integration
?
o Does this mean a failure or an empowerment of the EU ?
o Does this
necessarily mean a "core EU" and "second-class" member-states ?
o The end of
expansion: what are the perspectives for "privilegedmember" status
?
NGO's in Europe - Their role for shaping Europe's
future ?
o What responsibilities and difficulties of NGO's ?
o Between
competition and co-operation - the impact of NGO's ?
o NGO's as a playground
for the leaders of tomorrow ?
Youth Mobility and Higher Education
o Future of
Erasmus/Socrates & Bologna process - enlargement to SEE/Caucasus?
o Visa
Freedom Fighters: Student/youth visa – a visa for AEGEE?
Democracy and Peace in Europe
o Minorities,
xenophobia and human rights - managing ethnic diversity ?
o The future of
democracy ?
o Youth Organisations in Eastern Europe and Caucasus
Europe and/in the World
o Transatlantic
relations and the EU as political actor
The students will be joined by Czech and European
politicians, speakers from international institutions and representatives from
other organisations, who will contribute their views on the role of youth
activism in general in promoting a unified, peaceful and democratic
Europe.
The congrees enjoys the patronage of the following
people:
- Václav Havel
Former President of the Czech
Republic (also AEGEE-Europe Patron)
- Jirí Paroubek
Prime Minister of the
Czech Republic
- Petra Buzkova
Minister of Education of the Czech
Republic
- Cyril Svoboda
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech
Republic
- Jirí Havlík
Ambassasdor of Czech Republic to Belgium
- Jana
Hybášková
Member of European Parliament
- Jan Kohout
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative to the European Union
- Pavel Bem
Mayor of
Praha
AEGEE is one of Europe's largest
interdisciplinary student associations, with 15,000 students promoting a unified
Europe, cross-border co-operation, democracy, mobility and the European idea to
young people through the student world. AEGEE strives to create an open and
tolerant society by involving students and young professionals in valuable
projects and discussions on topics of importance for the communities they live
in. AEGEE is not linked to any political party, and being truly European, has no
national structures.
Should you have any further questions, please do
not hesitate to contact us at:
Virag Szabo
Vice-President/ Director for Public
Relations
European Students' Forum - AEGEE
Rue Nestor de
Tiere 15
1030 Bruxelles
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