The
Summer University application is open; all members of AEGEE can
hand in their
application until 13.05.2007 via the
official Summer University web page
www.aegee.org/su.
The Summer
University Project is the largest volunteer-based mobility
programme in
Europe. It has influenced the lives of young people in
Europe for 20 years
now involving more than 6000 persons each year
from more than 40 European
countries; from Portugal to Azerbaijan, and
from Finland to Malta.
The Summer University Project (SU) was born in 1988 and has
been
developed by AEGEE-Europe as the main tool to promote European
Integration among young citizens. The year 2007 will be the
20th
anniversary of the Summer University, which makes it the longest
lasting project in AEGEE history and the biggest volunteer-based one
in
Europe.
The project aims at opening a new perspective to the
participants over
the multicultural dimension of the European continent. With
the events
we would like to promote the rich cultural heritage and foster
mutual
understanding among different language communities all over
Europe
with a special focus on young people.
Summer Universities are
meant to promote cultural exchange, mutual
understanding, language skills
(and their importance in personal
development) and active citizenship by
removing national divisions,
overcoming prejudices and upholding a European
feeling. The project
has been several times nominated as NGO example of
Student Mobility
across Europe.
This year we dedicate to celebrate
the 20th anniversary of this great
initiative in Istanbul in the beginning of
November. You will be able
to apply to this congress which aims among others
at reviewing the
history of the project and its achievements to date, and
discussing
its future development. Furthermore, the mobility of young people
in
Europe will be main topic of this anniversary event.
A Summer
University is usually a two-week event organised by an AEGEE
local and where
about 20 to 60 students come together from all over
Europe. Summer
Universities are organised by young volunteering people
for young people. The
activities carried out during a Summer
University range from academic
activities as classes to learn a
foreign language, different courses on
technical themes to
multicultural activities.
Should you need more
information, we remain at your full disposal:
www.aegee.org/su
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For
applying the SU20 congress go to:
www.aegee.org/events