Dear AEGEEans,
in this edition of the
Newsletter, you will find news about
AEGEE's participation in the EU Youth
Conference in Dublin and about us joining the
Civil Society Platform on Mulitlingualism.
Also, you will find two new
sections: Open Calls, which will show you the
opportunities there currently are to get more
involved, and the AEGEEan section, where you
can find current articles from our online
magazine.
Finally, in the external
section, this time you can find job
opportunities from Careers International as
well as an opportunity for scholarships in
Germany.
Enjoy your read!
Yours,
Comité Directeur
To
view this newsletter online, click here.
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News from AEGEE
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AEGEE at the EU Youth
Conference in Dublin
 AEGEE has participated in the
consultation round on youth and social inclusion
in the Structured Dialogue on Youth under the
Irish EU presidency, culminating in the EU
Youth Conference taking place from March
11th-13th in Dublin. Bringing together the
results of the consultation of the National
Working Groups and the International Youth
Organisations, 150 young European have discussed
with 100 policy makers and came up with 21
conclusions regarding the improved inclusion of
youth in society.
Employment was identified as
crucial criteria for inclusion. Marleen
Dijkhoff, representing AEGEE at the EU
Youth Conference, says: “It showed that young
people often are most vulnerable in a transition
period. This is why one of the joint
recommendations of the conference is to ensure
the transition from education to employment.
Young people should be provided with quality
career guidance counselling and job coaching,
paid internships and paid apprenticeships of
good quality that meet their skills and
interests.”
Another strong
recommendation was to ensure equal, free of
charge and quality education from primary to
tertiary levels regardless of the students’
background.
AEGEE joins the Civil Society
Platform on Multilingualism
 On Friday, 8th of
March, Nico Huurman and Kathrin Renner attended
the meeting of the Civil Society Platform on
Multilingualism which AEGEE joined recently as
associate member.
The platform was established
in 2009 with the purpose of promoting
multilingualism in Europe and serve as a forum
for the exchange of best practices among
non-governmental organisations in the fields of
multilingualism in relation to culture, media,
non-formal and informal education.
Since 2001 AEGEE has been
involved in the promotion of languages in Europe
with activities such as the European Day of
Languages, initiated by the council of Europe,
and language focussed Summer Universities. In
2012, a new language working group was
established. This is why AEGEE reacted to the
open call for new members to join the platform.
AEGEE has been selected and we will play our
role representing especially the voice of youth
there.
In this meeting of the
platform, the European Commission presented the
latest developments of language policy in the
context of the Rethinking Education Strategy and
the Erasmus for All proposal, as well as
consulted the members of the platform on issues
such as quality assurance of language teaching
in formal education, recognition of non-formal
and informal ways of language learning and
inclusivity of language teaching in Europe.
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AEGEE
Open Calls
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OPEN CALL for Project Team –
Y VOTE 2014
For already quite some time, AEGEEans have been
working on the preparation of a project on the
European parliamentary elections taking place in
June 2014.
YVote 2014, the new edition of on of our most
succesful projects in recent years, YVote 2009,
will kick of at Agora Rhein-Neckar. Of course,
the new project will have some innovations.
The project will have the aim of turning FIRST-TIME
VOTERS AND STUDENTS INTO ACTORS OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS OF 2014 BY
INFORMING AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
The new project team is still looking for team
mebers for the positions of Financal Manager,
Communications Coordinator, Fundraising
Coordinatoer, and Quality Assessment
Coordinator.
Read more: http://www.aegee.org/open-call-for-project-team-y-vote-2014/
OPEN CALL for Locals – Actions of Europe In
Exchange Project
Europe in Exchange (EiE),
AEGEE-Europe project, aims at bringing all the
students and young people in Europe and
neighbourhood countries the possibility to take
part in mobility programmes.
Europe in Exchange wants you
to help to promote mobility programmes and make
easier for students to participate during 2013
(both during this and the next semester).
Therefore, we proudly invite you to collaborate
with us in organizing some of our actions at
local and European level!
OPEN CALL Members of IT
Committee (also for Non-IT)!
IT Committee is looking for fresh and
motivated members willing to get involved in
exciting AEGEE world of IT!
ITC is open to all members
who are willing to deal with AEGEE IT
infrastructure and services but not only, also
to those which are interested in how to use Web
2.0 tools or in Internet Governance topic, which
deals with topics, like privacy, freedom of
expression, censorship or copyright.
Read more: http://www.aegee.org/open-call-members-of-it-committee-also-for-non-it/
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The
AEGEEan Section
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NetCom Times: Getting Serious
about Sustainability
 Sustainable development… Green
growth… Sustainability… The air is packed with
sustainable buzzwords and it is hard to open a
newspaper these days without finding an article
on some sustainability topic. Regardless of the
many empty uses ofthe word, it cannot be denied
that sustainability is thé challenge of our
generation, as was confirmed by over 40% of
respondents in the recent AEGEE Survey on
sustainability.
The NetCom Times presents: Scare Homophobia
out of Europe
 The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender (LGBT) topic is one of much
controversy. In a world in which LGBT’s can
marry in only eleven countries, there is still
much to be done for equality in this field. Even
within AEGEE, as the survey on homophobia shows,
8% of the members considers violence directed at
LGBT’s justified because of their sexual
orientation.
AEGEE-Utrecht: Reliable
Media – Myth or Reality?
 The world develops
constantly and causes the changes of values,
that people have. Scientists call our modern
society “information & media-oriented”,
because information has recently become the most
important value. But is all the information
useful? AEGEE-Utrecht tries to find the answer
to this difficult question.
Read more: http://www.zeus.aegee.org/magazine/2013/03/10/aegee-utrecht-reliable-media-myth-or-reality/
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Beyond
AEGEE
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YFJ - Youth Policy Watch
 Read about the EPSCO Council’s
recommendation for the Youth Guarantee and
social inclusion consultation conclusions in
preparation for the EU Youth Conference. Read
also about developments of a Macedonian Youth
Council, European Equal Pay Day and much more!
Read more:
http://intranet.youthforum.org/newsletters/node/48614/ypw
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External
Opportunities
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Careers International Top
Engineers Summits in Brussels in Berlin
Are you open to a great and unexpected
career move?
If you are an engineering
graduate and have up to two years of experience
in a leading company, then top players from all
over Europe are waiting to talk to you about
their best jobs.
Once registered, Top Engineers Europe will allow
you to interact with international recruiters in
three ways:
- by watching online presentations and
applying directly to up to 20 companies to be
on their radar screen
- by attending the “Top Engineers Europe
Summit” on 26 & 27 April 2013 in
Brussels or the “Top Engineers Germany Summit”
on 6 & 7 May 2013 in Berlin and meet
face-to-face with recruiters, provided that
you have been selected by one of the
participating companies
- by participating in the “OneDayWith online
events” between March and July 2013 and have
the opportunity to interact with employers
from your desk.
For more information, visit http://www.careersinternational.com/.
Shape Europe! Scholarships
at the Studienkolleg in Berlin 2013/14
 The Studienkolleg zu
Berlin awards 30 scholarships for students from
all over Europe. The accepted scholars will
participate in a special programme of lectures
and seminars and will work in international and
interdisciplinary teams on current topics in the
European context.
The financial support of the Studienkolleg
is 800 €. The aim of the scholarship
is to create a European network of outstanding
and talented young citizens.
Application deadline is the
1st of April 2013. All applicants have to
have good knowledge of German.
For more Information, visit: www.studienkolleg-zu-berlin.de.
Europe&Me is Looking for
Contributors
 Europe & Me ( www.europeandme.eu)
is Europe's first online lifestyle magazine from
young Europeans for young Europeans. (short one,
ideal for social media).
"Contributors" are the people
who produce the content of the magazine. You
want to see your name at the top of a E&M
article? You want to draw the world for E&M?
You want to use your style to mould the design
of E&M? Then you want to work at the heart
of the magazine as a contributor. Most
contributors are authors or writers, some are
photographers, filmmakers, cartoonists,
proof-readers, copy editors, and much more.
Find out more at: http://europeandme.eu/apply?start=3
Traineeships in the European
Parliament
 Parliament offers
several options for traineeships within its
Secretariat, to provide opportunities for
vocational training and for learning more about
what the European Parliament is and does.
The traineeships may be paid
or unpaid and are of the following types: a
general option, a journalism option and
traineeships for translators.
When applying online, you
have a maximum of 30 minutes to complete each
page of the application form.
Application period: 15 March – 15 May
(midnight)
Read more: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/007cecd1cc/Periodos-de-pr%E1cticas.html
UNEP (United Nations
Environment Program) Blog Competition on the
Environment
 In 2010 the UN Environment
Programme’s (UNEP) World Environment Day
campaign sponsored an amazing trip for a green
blogger, Tuesday Phillips, to go to Rwanda. In
2011 it was Ximena Prugue who won the prize to
go to India. For 2012, Scott Bartlett got to
blog about World Environment Day from Brazil.
This year, we are looking for the next green
blogger to take the campaign to the next level.
UNEP, in partnership with TreeHugger, invites
you to enter the 2013 World Environment Day
blogging competition by writing an inspiring
blog on this year’s theme: Think.Eat.Save.
The task is to call for
heightened awareness and immediate action to
reduce food waste and loss across the food
supply chain. There is so much to blog about!
Just consider some of these facts:
See more at: http://unep.org/wed/blog-competition/#sthash.MqK2VQpM.dpuf
BEST Students' Survey
 Our partner BEST has designed a
survey aimed at defining the needs of students
to better adapt youth organisations to them.
It's primarily adressed to Engineering students,
but can be filled out by anyone. The results are
also highly valuable for AEGEE and will be
shared with us.
Contribute and fill it in until the 20th of
March 2013.
Access the survey on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BESTstudentsurvey2013
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| Upcoming Events |
NWM
Istanbul: Up to the earth, Down on the sky
19.04.2013 - 21.04.2013
ISTANBUL
We love to call ourselves
dreamers believing that are able to make a
change. With dreams higher than the sky and
actions firmer than the earth, together we will
make a difference.
Look
@ MI (lano)!
19.04.2013 - 22.04.2013
MILANO, BERGAMO
When you look at Milano, what
do you see? A mix of current affairs, culture
and tourism, offered to you by AEGEE Milano.
NWM
Białystok: Recycle your mind - Refresh
experience
19.04.2013 - 21.04.2013
BIAŁYSTOK
This Network Meeting will
focus on 3 main topics: Ecology, cooperation
with other organizations, and everything that
has to do with thematical work in AEGEE.
NWM
Lviv - Make it step!
26.04.2013 - 28.04.2013
LVIV
NWM Lviv is an event to meet
your AEGEE friends, to discuss up to date issues
and improve skills and obtain new knowledge.
NWM
Ljubljana-Let's get back together
01.05.2013 - 04.05.2013
LJUBLJANA
In this Network Meeting, 30
participants will get the chance to discover the
variety of ways in which they can express
themselves through AEGEE. Learn how to become
more active in AEGEE and fall in love with it!
NWM
Bergamo: The gate to Europe!
09.05.2013 - 12.05.2013
BERGAMO
Get ready to pass through the
many gates of the beautiful city of Bergamo and
join your friends at this great event in perfect
AEGEEan style!
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| External Events |
Find
Your Place. Empowering Youth for Active
Participation through Nature Experience
8-14 June 2013
Training course on empowering
young people to take initiative and
responsibility for themselves and their
community by using outdoor experiences,
nature-based education and activities within the
local community.
Capital
Europe
28 May - 2 June 2013
Cluj Napoca, Romania
A networking event aiming to
enhance activities related to European Youth
Capitals concept in general and to develop
partnerships for the next two years (2014 and
2015). Connections with the European Capitals of
Culture concept will be also tackled.
4th
University Scholars Leadership Symposium
1-7 August 2013
SMX Convention Centre, PHILIPPINES
The University Scholars
Leadership Symposium aims to train young leaders
to do their own Humanitarian Work in their own
local communities.
TC
Ability - raise your ability to work with
disability
13-18 May 2013
Bragança, Portugal
A course to get a better
understanding of disability and develop youth
worker competencies, tools and confidence to
work with disability. Reach out to young people
with disability and focus on ability rather than
disability. Gain professional skills.
Yes
Learning - self-directed learning and the
Youthpass process in Youth in Action projects
9-14 June 2013
Oberwesel, Germany
Exploring and developing the
competence to facilitate and support the
Youthpass process /self-directed learning in
Youth in Action projects
European
Projects design, management and funding: how to
develop a good learning project and get the
funds – Bologna
3-9 November 2013
Bologna, Italy
This structured intense
course aims to improve participants’ practical
skills in the design, management and funding of
European projects related to adult learning and
education (intending for adults those above 18
years old)
Practicing
Coaching Training
30 April - 6 May 2013
Ommen, Netherlands
This training can be
described as a coaching session that lasts for
seven days, where you have the opportunity to be
coached on getting what you want, while coaching
others towards their own desires and wanted
results.
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