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AEGEE Monthly Review, September 2006 |
In this issue:
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Project Development Meeting - Brussels
From 8 till 10 September the Comité Directeur organised the anual
PDM to find objectives for the next AEGEE
Flagship Project. This as a follow-up activity of the Agora vote on
the Year Plan Topic . Participants were AEGEE members and
representatives of European Student Organisations like BEST, ELSA,
EMSA, ESN, JADE, JEF and OBESSU. Speakers were Gisele from the
European Youth Forum on non formal education and ESIB on the Bologna
process. Thanks to an effective working method, future (joint)
activities have been planned in the fields of recognition of non
formal education , the Bologna Process and promotion of student
mobility. If you want to be informed or join the European
Coordination Team please subscribe to EWG-L.
All interested people who would like to contribute are invited to
the Pre-Agora Flagship Meeting in Salerno, 31 October-2 November.
For more information, contact Theijs van
Welij.
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Euroforum in Caucasus
Between 21.08 and 30.08 2006 has been held the first Euroforum in
Caucasus where about sixty young people were brought together from 6
different countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, France,
Poland, Spain and Georgia. During the forum students from the three
Caucasus states, along with young people from European countries,
were able to discuss and share their ideas about civil society and
the young generation, exchange experience, and plan further
cooperation between youth organizations in the Caucasus and Europe.
Students from La Pech-students’ organization for international
solidarity, Nantes (France), AEGEE Tbilisi, Armenia 2020, AEGEE
Baku, Solidarni, Warsaw, Oficina de Accion solidaria et Cooperation,
UAM, Madrid participated. The initiator of the Euroforum Caucasus
project was“La Pech” – a youth The discussions and workshops were
mainly focused on the role and commitment of young people in civil
society, the European Union, environment, economy and other
questions. The youth network will help young people in Europe and
the Caucasus to stay in touch and realize different initiatives in
the future, as well as adopt others’ experiences for their
countries.
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Bocconi Factory Summer
Edition
The event “Bocconi Factory Summer Edition” took place between the
16th and the 23rd of July in Milan and involved AEGEE Milano,
Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi”, AEGEE Europe's partner, and
ESN Milano. 60 participants attended the event which was mainly
based on lectures about Economics, Finance and Management held by
well-known Professors teaching in Università Bocconi and famous
European Economists. This part of the programme took place between
Monday and Thursday, while on Thursday afternoon the participants
went for a guided city tour, and on Friday and Saturday they
travelled to Como and Mantova where people from AEGEE Milano and ESN
guided them through the beauties of the two cities. Beside lectures
and trips, AEGEE Milano took care of the social and night life of
participants and, obviously, organized the traditional European
Night on Friday.
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Sea and the City
We are very proud to describe our event "Sea and the City"
because it was a great success for both organizers and participants.
We shared 5 incredible days living all together in a camping
spending time on the beach and visiting the historic city of
Comacchio, where we enjoyed a trip with a typical ancient boat,
we experienced an excursion in the nature by bikes and we
visited our beautiful middle age city, Ferrara, with a professional
guide, moreover during the evening we
discovered every corner of the city in a particular atmosphere
: there was un international music festival and participants had the
chance to appreciate this unique spectacle. And of course -
European night - endless party on the beach and on the disco
made this event more than unforgettable!!!!!
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Get under the
skin
The Summer University in Moldova took place from 20
July till 3 August, organized by AEGEE-Chişinău. Thirteen
participants found their way to this moving country and took part in
the program. Experts in the field of the media, politics, and
culture held various lectures. Trips around the country included
visits to the separatist state Transnistria, the famous monastery in
Orhei, and the countryside of Bahmut. The SU also brought the
participants to the south of Moldova; home to another AEGEE-antenna
in Cahul. There, the international night took place, and the group
was welcomed by the local mayor to join the ‘Hora’: a traditional
round dance. A wine-tasting event in Chişinău was an essential part
of the program, as Moldova is famous for its splendid wines all over
the world. The two-week program was a perfect means to get ‘under
the skin’ and experience the true Moldova. The presence of this
international group of students was not left unnoticed, as they were
broadcasted on Moldavian national television.
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Hitchhike Contest
"The 36 Hours 2006"
Hitch-hiking, is it a cheap but slow way of transport?
Or more? AEGEE-Enschede organised the weekend of 9 September a
hitch-hike contest "The 36 Hours 2006". The contest, hitch-hike in
36 hours as far as possible from Enschede to a distant place and
return within the time. The aim, promote hitch-hiking as a safe,
fast and joyful way to explore Europe and to meet new people along
the road. The result, seven teams travelled a one way distance of
600 to 1000 km to places as far as Krakou, Göteborg and Jasseron! To
travel more than 2000 km was quite an adventure, we had to spend a
cold night in a schoolyard with another team in Katowice. We drove
across Germany in an old yellow Trabant, the orange light on the
roof was maybe because the maximum speed was 90 km/h! One team
managed to travel for free across the sea to Göteborg and another
visited six different countries. The first team travelled in 30
hours to Krakau and back, the last team arrived 48 hours after they
left. Hitch-hiking is still possible!
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Active Citizenship Summer Camp in Kune
Lezhe
At nice place along the Adriatic Coast, 19 participants gathered
from Italy, Moldavia, Romania, Kosovo, Macedonia and
Albania to be trained by AEGEE-Shkoder. During the training
participants had the chance to talk regarding different issues of
youth participation into governance,youth mobility, regional
cooperation, the European Union etc. Part of the summercamp was
a follow up meeting organised by the Albanian Youth Council
regarding the National Youth Plan of Action. This activity was a
good moment for the participants to discuss practically the
knowdleges they gained during the summercamp.
Due to the negative image Albania has in Europe as an unsafe
country, travel agencies unfortunately advised our applicants not to
visit Albania. But Italian participant Lucia Russo -travelling
alone- experienced Albania as quite normal and safety is the same as
in other countries, and saw no reason why she has not to come. She
plans to attend the next event of AEGEE-Shkoder: an election
observation mission for the local elections in spring 2007. For more
information click here or write an email to us!
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European Day of Languages
Hello! Hallo! Salut! Ciao! Czesc! Buna! Ya sou! Hola!
What Is the European Day of Languages?
It's a day when young and old people all over Europe organize
events or take part in them, for the one and only reason of LOVE for
LANGUAGES! Especially in AEGEE, this is a great day; every year,
more and more locals join the big, happy family of
EDL-Maniacs! Why do we celebrate it? How do we do it? Who had
this idea? When do we celebrate it this year?
So, the next step is.....? Love, Learn and Celebrate languages in
a European Day of Languages event! Join the ever-growing group of
language-lovers all over Europe and experience the colourful
variation of as many cultures as possible! Learn more about it from
our website!
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