Dear AEGEEans,

On June 5th and 6th AEGEE-Europe and AEGEE-Brussels organised an event  with other youth organisations and experts to discuss the feasibility and possible structure of Co-Management in the European Institutions with youth representatives on youth issues. The conference, co-funded by the Youth in Action Programme, was hosted by MEP Hannes Swoboda in the European Parliament.
With the input of experts, the participants from AEGEE and other Youth NGOs planned for 2 days what kind of structure they would like to see, in which institution it would be and which competences it should have.
Such a structure for co-management would allow us to co-design programmes such as ERASMUS and Youth for Action from the start, co-decide on the strategic priorities of youth issues and have an influence on the allocation of budget of related issues. 
The results will now be presented to the member organsations of the European Youth Forum to gain a wider support. Afterwards, the lobby process with European and national stakeholder will start. We'll keep you informed!

AEGEE has been selected to take part in the 2-year-long Membership Growth Project of the European Youth Forum. The project consists of a year long observation and planning period, where all the human resources and mainly the membership growth related challenges of the organization (both on European and local level) are analysed and another year of preparation and implementation of changes within an incremental process and with a bottom-up approach. After an internal AEGEE open call, AEGEE-Bratislava and AEGEE-Grodno were selected to participate in the trainings, but the intention is to involve a bigger part of our Network and to have a substantial, positive change in our organisation.

 

The first meeting was held in Antwerpen between 12-16 June with the participation of AEGEE, YEU, ACTIVE and YEU with the participation of various European representatives. On behalf of AEGEE, Bea (CD), Elena (HRC) and Zuzana and Lucia (AEGEE-Bratislava) worked there during the fruitful meeting.

There were 42 students. There were 42 kilometers. And there were 42 thousands Zlotych to be collected. All to help the girl named Asia, whose unfortunate accident caused her to lose a leg. The admirable idea was born in AEGEE-Kraków and was called “42 km to happiness”. All thanks to a 42 kilometers long marathon route that our heroes decided to overpower. But let’s start at the beginning.

Read more:
http://www.zeus.aegee.org/magazine/2013/06/04/how-running-a-marathon-can-help-people/

Have you ever needed to apply for a visa? The European Commission is revision the current Visa Directive and the European Youth Forum is lobbying for a more accessible Europe.
As we have members not only in EU countries and strongly wish to improve their situation when entering the European Union, we believe that it's necessary to collect as much feedback as possible. The more answers we get, the better basis for our lobbying we will have.

Please fill in the questionnaire, created by ESN, here.

As part of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Initiative on Education, a Youth Advocacy Group has recently been appointed to deal with issues relating to education and the mobilisation of young people throughout the world.

This YAG (Youth Advocacy Group) has released a draft of a policy paper called “The Youth Resolution: The Education We Want”. This paper is to be presented to the United Nations HQ in Malala on July 12th, and will be distributed to the member states of the United Nations.

 

The document can be found here.

Our partner Careers International presents to you a very attractive career opportunities that you have probably never considered: The European Patent Office is currently looking for top engineers and scientists for the best employment package in Europe!

There's a wide variety of positions in patent examination based in The Hague (The Netherlands) and in Munich (Germany). We strongly encourage you to visit the website. Do you have what it takes to join the EPO? Apply today!

The selected candidates will be invited to a 2 day interview session in The Hague in the second week of July 2013.

 

If you have any questions, you can contact Laurence at [log in to unmask].

One of our partner organisations, OBESSU, is offering a position in the framework of their upcoming campaign on Social Inclusion, the Board has decided to open the call for a researcher to conduct a Europe-wide comparative research on the hidden costs of education. The research does not need to be Brussels-based.

 

All information can be found on their website.

Deadline for applications is 30th June and they offer a compensation of 1.000 EUR.

ESTC13 Conference coordinators are seeking out for volunteers to help in coordinate conference program activities. Volunteers will help coordinate program activities, greet visiting delegates, assist with registration, act as guides during the conference, staff various offices and activities, help in the Exhibit Hall and perform other crucial tasks.

Volunteers will have access to conference sessions outside of their shifts, meals throughout the conference, 3 polo shirts and a Certificate of Appreciation. In addition, all volunteers will receive a complimentary one-year Professional membership (or a free renewal of current membership terms) with TIES, and access to TIES-EXCHANGE, the member-only social network for TIES members. Apply now here.

The EYA is a contest which targets the best European Internet Wizards and Mobile Magicians under 30. But performing magic is not enough. The creative use of digital technologies should contribute to change the world for the better, eradicate hunger and poverty, promote gender equality, ensure environmental sustainability, achieve universal education, combat diseases and create culture awareness.

Register your innovative projects (e.g. websites, apps,…) with outstanding digital content until the 1st of July and become an internationally recognized and celebrated EYA Winner 2013!