Dear Network,

Model United Nations on Environment and Sustainable Development organized by AEGEE-Wien

From the 17th to the 22nd April 2016, 150 young people from all over the world will come together in Vienna to discuss the future of our planet, sustainability and biodiversity.

AEGEE-Wien organizes this event with the aim to come up with an international agreement on sustailable development, together with several institutions. For four days you will develop ways to handle the change of environment and achieve what world leaders haven’t achieved so far. Be a part of this event and be a world leader for one week. Click here to register! The deadline is the 15th of March.

Summer University 2016 Promo Materials are Available!

While it is exactly the month before the start of the application period to participate in one of the SUmmer University 2016, we have prepared brand new materials for the promotional period throughout the AEGEE Network. With this you will definitely be able to attract more bright people to this bright project!

IT for Civic Education Citizens’ Initiative

While we are as good as ready to submit our European Citizens’ Initiative to improve civic education in Europe (thanks for the name suggestions), we are now facing the challenge of setting up the servers and systems to collect signatures online. While this sounds simple, complying with data protection standards is raising the difficulty immensely for us not-so-IT-geniuses. Therefore we are looking for someone who would like to take on the challenge of setting it up! Are you our saviour? Contact us at [log in to unmask]

Read Your Vision for EUrope's newsletter

The first newsletter of Your Vision for EUrope, the youngest project of AEGEE, is now online! Read all about the 'Faces of Europe' photoblogger of the month, upcoming activities of the project and European Citizens' Initiatives in this first issue.

Agora Bergamo is looking for Organizers!

Have you ever had the opportunity to organize an Agora? If your answer is "Yes, I already did it?" or "No, it's never gonna happen" or "What is an Agora?", we are looking for you! In less than 100 days Agora Bergamo will start and AEGEE-Bergamo is looking for brave AEGEEans eager to help. If you want to join us to welcome over 1000 participant in Bergamo as an organizer and to be part of our team, fill the online form. WE WANT YOU!

AEGEE campaign on Dutch EU-Ukraine referendum launched!

On the 6th of April, the Netherlands will hold a referendum on the approval of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine. 18 AEGEEans from six different Dutch locals have come together to lead an AEGEE campaign in the run-up to this referendum. The aim of the campaign is to inform young Dutch voters and to stimulate and facilitate balanced discussions. Find our Facebook page here (in Dutch).

Workshop Materials and Civic News

Civic Education Working Group has prepared for you a cool collection of workshop materials. You can find there many workshops scenarios and other materials that can inspire you to organise activities on the topic of Human Rights, Active Citizenship, Environmental Sustainability, or Intercultural communication.

Last but not least, it is already the fourth newsletter of Civic Education Working Group. This time you can read about the Summer Universities that decided to work on the civic matters, our preparation for the EPM and much more. Read this issue and sign up to never missed out on civic news again! Stay Civic, Stay Educated!

Statement of support to our Turkish locals

In the past months, there have been several attacks taking place in cities in Turkey, including the one yesterday in Ankara. Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. We truly hope that the citizens in Turkey will continue to stand up and show what is happening in their country, and that their lifes won't be affected in a negative way. Together, we say no to the attacks and stereotypical thinking.

Launch of 'New Narrative for Europe'

AEGEE-Europe was present yesterday at the launch of the 'New Narrative for Europe', a project by the European Commission aimed at giving a voice to different communities to to articulate what Europe stands for today and tomorrow. There, we pointed out the necessity to involve not only youth organisations, but reach out to young citizens as a whole and empower them to shape such narrative. Moreover, AEGEE will be hosting one of the #EUNarrative events, taking place in Warsaw on 7-9 April!

Introducing the Culture Interest Group

The tale of the three ACTive antennae and the migration situation

Active Local of the Month - AEGEE-L'viv

With the event of the month of September, we leave behind an era full of Summer Universities and we start to deal with serious matters. AEGEE-Lviv’s event “Let’s Talk” is a clear example of hard work. This local is filled with motivated and hard-working young people, striving for the future of their country. ACT spoke with Nastya Hirnyak, President of AEGEE-Lviv.

Open letter to President Tusk to preserve the Schengen principles

YOUR city can be the 'Best Erasmus City'!

Uniplaces recently launched an initiative called The Best Erasmus City, which aims to select the most popular Erasmus city in Europe. It’s very easy to participate: just follow the steps here and support your city there! Take part now - you'll help your city to be the official Best Erasmus City in the World. Uniplaces will be hosting a party in the winning city and if you supported it, you'll get an invite.

What do you actually know about European languages?

Think you know a thing or two about languages? Test your knowledge with the European Commission's European languages Language Quiz, where you will get to discover the origin of several words you use daily, as well as to get to know some expressions you might have never head about. This is for the language nerds!

Student Internship in IT Communications & Employee Engagement

You are an enrolled student in Marketing, Communications or other related degree. You have a great interest to connect and engage with people. You are open to information technology, eager to learn and flexible to tasks that come along with event management on different levels of the organization. Then you might want to check this internship position at Roche in Basel, Switzerland! Find all the information here.

EUtoo takes young journalists to Copenhagen!

This year, cafébabel will send journalists to 7 European cities. They will knock on the doors of young people who feel excluded from contemporary society in order to give them an opportunity to express their views. Their next stop? Copenhagen. If you are interested in journalistic writing and photography, check the call!

European Youth Award 2016 - call for projects

Once again European Youth Award is looking for digital projects with impact on society. Take the chance and APPLY NOW in one of the seven categories and win a trip to the #EYA16 Festival in Graz, where you will meet experts and young engaged people from all over Europe.