News from AEGEE
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Dear AEGEEans,
November has passed already, yet there are still
many news we are happy to share with you! In
this newsletter you can read about the latest
happenings inside our Network, and about events
and new initiatives in which you can still take
part.
The newsletter will provide you with information
about youth issues which are currently discussed
in Europe, and get the chance to also get to know
about what is going in the youth world besides
AEGEE! You can find, moreover, announcements about
opportunities and training experiences.
Have a good reading!
Yours,
Comité Directeur
To
view this newsletter online, click here.
European Movement
adopts AEGEE's resolution
 European Movement Members Council
has just adopted by unanimity a resolution written
by AEGEE-Europe/European Students' Forum,
Erasmus Student Network and European
Students' Union and supported by Young
European Federalists [JEF] demanding a
secured funding for education and youth programmes
in the budget negotiations under the multiannual
financial framework 2014-2020!
Promote sustainable
travelling – win €1250 for your local!
 We would like to invite you to take
part in a competition promoting sustainability and
environmental awareness in which two lucky
locals will win an award of 1250€, offered by
our partner – InterRail!
The topic of the competition is: “Promoting
Green Travelling – Sustainable Europe by 2020”.
Think about it: Do you have creative idea on
how to promote sustainable travelling?
Do you care about a sustainable future –
and do you want others to get involved?
How would YOU promote sustainable travelling?
You can submit your video, photo,
your creative idea, presenting your project!
All ideas will be published on the Europe on
Track page.
Follow our
ambassadors and Europe on Track!
 The 6 young Europeans started their
adventure on the 24th of November from Brussels
with the first stop Leuven to attend the Network
Meeting.
After the NWM, the 6 ambassadors, divided in two
teams, Team Red and Team Blue, took two different
routes, starting their exciting journey as
reporter around Europe.
Who are they?Where are they going now?
Follow our ambassadors and Europe on Track!
Read more: http://www.aegee.org/europeontrack/
http://www.facebook.com/EuropeOnTrack
Miroslaw
Krzanik, former member of Comité
Directeur, elected as board member
of the European Youth Forum.
 Miroslaw Krzanik, former
Audit Commissioner, former member of
Comité Directeur and Liaison
Officer toward the European Youth Forum, has
been elected as board member of the
European Youth Forum by its General Assembly
in Maribor, representing AEGEE in the
European Board.
The European Youth Forum (YFJ,
from Youth Forum Jeunesse) is the biggest
representative youth platform in our continent. It
strives for youth rights in international
institutions. In its daily work the European Youth
Forum represents the views and opinions of youth
organisations in all relevant policy areas and
promotes the cross-sectoral nature of youth policy
towards a variety of institutional actors.
And so, we are incredibly proud of Miroslaw!
Supporting video
for Eastern partnership project
We are happy to announce that Mr Štefan Füle,
European Commissioner for EU Enlargement and EU
Neighbourhood Policy, sent us a video message
expressing his support of AEGEE's Eastern
Partnership Project.
It's great to see that the importance of the
topics AEGEE is tackling and our work is
recognised by politicians.
This message is a huge support and motivation to
everyone working for and with our project!
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Beyond
AEGEE
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European Youth Forum's General
Assembly has elected the new Board for the
period 2013-2014
 Peter Matjašič, JEF &
MSS, President
Guoda Lomanaite, European Liberal Youth,
LYMEC, Vice-President
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, British Youth Council,
BYC, Vice-President
Maria Dokupilova, FYEG, Board Member
Márcio Barcelos, WOSM, Board Member
Miroslaw Krzanik, AEGEE, Board
Member
Jure Stajnbaher, ECOSY, Board Member
Johanna Nyman, Finnish National Youth
Council, Allianssi, Board Member
Jerry Den Haan, Dutch National Youth
Council, DNYC, Board Member
Elise Drouet, French National Youth
Council, CNAJEP, Board Member
Aleksandra Kamilova, Estonian Youth
Council, ENL, Board Member
We wish them a fruitful term!
Are you worried about your
future?
 Do you think Europe should invest
more in young people? Follow the Love.Youth.Future.
campaign of the European Youth Forum.
Share your ideas with others
who believe young people can change the present
for a happy future. http://www.loveyouthfuture.eu/
Youth Policy Watch Issue 67
 In this issue, read about the
outcomes of the European Youth Forum’s General
Assembly, European Youth Capital 2015 winner
Cluj-Napoca, what happened for youth at the
European Summit on the 2014-2020 budget, the new
‘rethinking education’ strategy and much more!
Read more:
http://intranet.youthforum.org/newsletters/node/43061/ypw
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External
Opportunities
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Cash Prizes for
Short Films on European Citizenship
 The European Economic and Social
Committee invites creative young people from 18
to 30 years old to join this video competition
and show what means to be European and how it
feels about being a citizen of the European
Union. This annual challenge
encourages video creativity and the use of
social networking, within youth across the
28 member states in Europe (including
Croatia who will be joining the EU in 2013).
Participants have to create a short video clip,
between 30 seconds to 1 minute, on the theme
“”European citizens”.” The video can use
any EU language but should have English
subtitles.
Deadline: 20th January 2013
Read more: http://www.eesc.europa.eu/
European
Charlemagne Youth Prize
 The
European Parliament and the Foundation of the
International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen invite
young people from all the EU Member States to
participate in a competition on EU development,
integration and European identity issues.
The 'European Charlemagne Youth Prize' is
awarded to projects, which:
- promote the European and international
understanding,
- foster the development of a shared sense
of European identity and integration,
- serve as a role model for young people
living in Europe and offer practical
examples of Europeans living together as one
community.
Applicants should be 16-30 years old.
Deadline: 28 January 2013
Read more: http://www.charlemagneyouthprize.eu/view/en/rules.html
ESTIEM invites you
to Europe3D
 Within a 5-day seminar series the
participants should get a basic picture of the
hosting country. A special focus thereby lays on
national characteristics in politics and economy.
For a better understanding of basic local
parameters that exist in European states also
cultural differences are considered. Lectures
given by experts from politics, science and
economy shall provide the participants with a
theoretical insight. On the other hand our aim is
to integrate our guests actively in this seminar.
Read more:
https://www.estiem.org/default.aspx?PageId=542
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| Upcoming Events |
Rock
the Boat
18.02.2013 - 22.02.2013
Amsterdam
In a world full of work and rationalism it's time
to break free! On the Boat of ARTS we will flow on
the creative Sea. We set our sails to discover the
art of enjoying life. Join us now and learn how to
be the Pirate of your Life!
Breaking
stereotypes!
30.12.2012 - 08.01.2013
Samara
Russian banya, holiday on the central square of
Samara, trips to the winter forest, city parks,
attractions, entertainment places as well as to
places which not everybody knows very well about.
You will know about Russian folk traditions,
activities and holidays.
NYE
Leiden: Destination Unknown
28.12.2012 - 03.01.2013
Leiden
This winter, in a Dutch town called Leiden,
something awesome is going to take place! 20 lucky
AEGEEans will celebrate the end of 2012 and the
start of 2013 in a way they've never experienced
before! Full of exciting activities and fun
surprises, we present to you: NYE Leiden:
Destination Unknown!
TSDH
- Winter fairytale
27.12.2012 - 02.01.2013
Ljubjana
The smell of cinnamon tea, hears the words of a
good cheer from everywhere, taste a mulled wine
and watch snowflakes, falling softly. It feels
like fairytale… It is a TSDH - Winter fairytale in
Ljubljana! Join AEGEE-Ljubljana for Traditional
Slovenian Drinks and Habits- New Year event!
NYE
"I feel sLOVEniya vol. VI: Love is in the air,
everywhere AEGEE is around"
26.12.2012 - 02.01.2013
Maribor
AEGEE-Maribor is offering you 8 days of winter
fun, 7 unforgettable parties, 3 days of pure
skiing and enjoying the snow in one of the famous
ski slopes in the world. And of course, a lot of
love.
SNoWay:
Amsterdam Winter Edition
28.12.2012 - 03.01.2013
Amsterdam
For five days we will entertain you in the city
of happiness. You will go ice skating, eat fried
dough balls while enjoying a local beer, visit a
Christmas market and –if you got the balls- take
a fresh ‘New-Years-dive’ into the sea. All
right, now stop dreaming and start applying!
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| External Events |
Seminar on "Educational
Quality"
26.05.2013 - 31.05.2013
Costa da Caparica - Lisbon
Are you an educational
leader or involved in educational
innovationfor primary, secondary or adult
education?
Would you be interested in further developing your
leadership competencies?
Workshop
on recognition of non-formal learning in
volunteering
18-22 March 2013
Huissen, Netherland
Expected outputs: Awareness of competences that
the participants develop by volunteering.
Knowledge how to get external recognition for
these competences. Proposals how to transfer the
acquired knowledge to the own organisation.
Get
Involved! A Training Course on Youth Democracy
Projects Development
15-20 January 2013
Bucharest, Romania
A course to explore the concept of youth
participation, learn about the Youth in Action
programme and learn how to set up a Youth
Democracy project.
Eye
Opener
21-26 January 2013
Vila Da Marmeleira, Santarem, Portugal
EYE Opener is a training for newcomers in Youth
Exchanges, where youth workers and young people
participate in teams. The aim is to motivate and
to empower participants in developing youth
exchange projects.
Green
Urban
Living - sustainable lifestyles in an urban
environment
17.01. - 23.01. 2013
Manchester, UK
It can be both challenging and de-motivating to
keep your green habits & lobby for change to
bring in new initiatives in the big urban
cities. This training course will bring together
people concerned about the environment in urban
areas across Europe.
European
Citizenship
in Youth Work Training Course in Portugal
13.05. -19.05. 2013
Portugal
This training course will encourage the
development of a critical, democratic and
European Citizenship and in doing so, supporting
youth worker in the implementation of youth
projects with a European Citizenship dimension.
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