Dear AEGEEans! Here is the bi-weekly newsletter of AEGEE-Europe, full of news, opportunities and AEGEE Spirit!

Dear AEGEEans, it's a pleasure to introduce you to AEGEE Discounts: the platform for discounts for AEGEEans.

You forgot the link of the FlixBus discounts? Can't remember where to get the 5€ codes of N26 or can't find the way to support AEGEE-Europe through EDUopinions? Shipping something but don't know the code for Eurosender? Just go to aegee.org/discounts and enjoy all the discounts for AEGEEans. It will keep updating with every new partnership that benefits AEGEEans

During the EPM, we discussed the further steps that AEGEE wants to take in our four Focus Areas – Equal Rights, Civic Education, Youth Development & European Citizenship. As a result, we have created a first draft of the Action Agenda 2018-2019. 

You can find more information about the Focus Areas, the Action Agenda and the Working Groups on the Members' Portal. Subsequently, we invite you to read the draft objectives for the four different Focus Areas and join the discussion on the Forum (behind log-in) and in our Facebook group. Furthermore, in cooperation with the Working Groups, we decided to organize Hangouts for the separate Focus Areas in order to open a window of time to modify altogether the draft objectives and then to continue to give feedback.

This online consultation and discussion period end on April 9th. Afterwards, the Comité Directeur will review the feedback and present a proposal for the Action Agenda 2018-2019 to be discussed and voted upon during Agora Kraków. 

For any questions regarding the development of the Action Agenda 2018-2019, do not hesitate to contact us at [log in to unmask]. For any other questions related to the Action Agenda, please contact ACT at [log in to unmask]

Dear AEGEEans! You know that something outstanding happened in AEGEE this year and you want to share it with the whole Europe? Want to write your name down into AEGEE history? Or you attentive to details and have advanced English skills? 
Become an author or a proofreader for Key-to-Europe 2017/18! If you have a suggestion about an article or would like to become a Core Team member as proofreader, feel free to contact Editor-in-Chief Natasha at [log in to unmask] for questions and submit your application via this
form BEFORE April, 15th

Are you ready for this SUmmer? 
Say yes to travelling, discover new cultures, test your limits...because SUmmers are made for adventure! Apply until 2d of May on aegee.su

OPEN CALLS

#OpenCall
The 30 Years of Summer UniversityProject Team launches an Open Call and gives you an amazing opportunity.Travel, discover, people, challenge, culture, feelings, learning, friends, immersion, development, surprise, senses, sharing, memories, stories, differences… There are plenty of feelings, words and emotions to enjoy during 
a SU, and you can experience them in an even more special way.
For the 30th Anniversary of the Summer University Project, the Project Team will create e.g. a booklet with amazing stories, insights, interviews and statistics about the last 30 years of the Summer University Project. You can contribute and work on it, as we are looking for:

#Who: 
- bloggers, 
- journalists, 
- design and layout experts, 
- PRs, 
- numbers lovers, 
- photographer, 
- AEGEE history lover,
- FR
- and summer university addicted people.
#How
Tell us your experience in the 
above-mentioned fields, your motivation and ideas and fill this form until… to become part of the amazing project, to collect these moments of the Summer of Lives of the past, present and the future.

Fill this form
DEADLINE: 10th of April, 23:59 CET

AEGEE-Sankt-Peterburg is happy to announce two fabulous contests at once: participate in any of them to win a MYSTERIOUS PRIZE, or take part inboth if you like to PLAY BIG!

Rules are simple: make a photo or video, upload it before Agora using special hashtags, win.

Contest #1 Teleport Edition
Contest #2 25th Anniversary Edition

 We are proud to present to you the first official pilot for Branded Activities:Europe Café. Europe Café is an open space debate aiming at encouraging young people to take part in a political discussion. The initiative is taking place in different antennae, at the same time, on the same topic. 

Now we are ready for the official launch of the event and this is why we are asking you to take action and apply for the first round of Europe Café! Please, fill the following form and you will be contacted by POLIG for the further steps.
The deadline to fill the form is until the 5th of April, 23:59 CET.
For further information, you may contact POLIG: [log in to unmask].

Don't wait! Coffee is ready, and Europe too!
The deadline for applying for the Equal Rights Conference in Leiden has been extended until the 10th of April. Are you interested in sexual orientation and gender identity issues or gender equality? From the 24th of May up to and including the 27th of May, Leiden will be filled with rainbows. See the Facebook eventfor more information and an impression of the program.

Apply here!
AEGEE-Kyiv and its partner Global Office Ukraine are looking for English/German/French-speaking volunteers who would come to Ukraine and interact with the children in English, German or French, get a great time, new friends and unforgettable experience in schools!

All volunteers will get a special training and an opportunity to share their experience with young Ukrainian students while developing socially valuable projects, dealing with interesting tasks and challenges together.

Consider this great opportunity to volunteer abroad and discover Ukraine. Let’s change Ukraine together and make children`s dreams come true!

Don’t miss the chance and register now! 
SURVEYS
Did you ever experience discrimination or know somebody who did? The Equal Rights Working Group is still looking for people who want to share their story about discrimination with them. With this campaign, they want to create awareness about equal rights in Europe. Do you want to tell them your story? Please fill the google form.

The Deadline ended but the form is still open for you!
What do AEGEEans think about languages?Time to find out! Submit the Language Survey until 18/04/2018 and get the chance to win a personalized LIG T-shirt or an italki language lesson in Spring Agora Kraków!
AEGEE-EUROPE NEWS
Are you ready to get civic and get educated?Do you want to discover what is behind the C?The Civic Education Action Month is starting on 1st April!
Check out the Civic Month Booklet here. and organize a cool and civic activity in your local! More info 
in the event. and feel free to contact us at [log in to unmask]
March has been the European Citizenship #ActionMonth and many activities took place around the network. The highlight was the conference "Citizenship at its Grassroots - European and Polish Perspectives", which the working group organized along with AEGEE-Warszawa. Lectures, workshops and panel discussions provided participants with a bunch of motivation for their active citizenship!
If you had no time to discover your European identity in March - no worries! - all materials are available and ready to use here. Follow thefacebook page to keep track of the upcoming projects!
The Summer University project of AEGEE / European Students' Forum, which is celebrating 30 years anniversary in 2018, has won the Slovakian national round of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize! 
AEGEE-Salerno in collaboration with the Civic Education Working Group of AEGEE-Salerno and supported by Association des Amis de Franck Biancheri is delighted to offer you thisevent for important current discussions aboutEuropean election system. 
For three days participants will have the chance to learn about different kinds of electoral systems in Europe, reflect about their advantages and disadvantages aided by qualified experts and through interactive sessions. The focus will be dragged on an alternative to the current system: trans-european party elections!
For further information, don’t hesitate to contact us via email at [log in to unmask]
See you in Salerno on 13th-15th April! 

Check our 
promo video here
Dear Network, please welcome Nadia! She is our new Project Officer for the YEP Project - a short-term grant that was granted to AEGEE-Europe. In the next five months, Nadia, together with Philipp, will work on promoting the European Parliament within our members, with 37 regional and local actions and run an online social media campaign. She has previously worked for the European Parliament, so she is a bit of an insider when it comes to EU institutions. Nadia has joined the office in the CD house and will closely be monitoring the implementation of the grant as well as preparing content for the project.
1 month. 9 ambassadors and 3 teams for the first time. 34 cities, 3000 young people, 2000 trees to plant and 70+ events about Sustainability and Climate Change.

Europe on Track 5 has officially started with amazing kick-off conference "Smart Cities: Can you hear the ECO?" (watchvideo!) hosted by AEGEE-Thessaloniki, with over 120 people involved!

Join us and follow our journey on FB andInstagram!

AEGEE / European Students' Forum launches a new online and offline campaign: YEP.

YEP, which stands for Why European Parliament aims at informing young people about the European Parliament as an institution, the democratic concept for which it stands, its functioning and competences.

Read our press release here.

AEGEE / European Students' Forum is deeply concerned by the attempt to further restrict the grounds for legal abortion in Poland. Read our statementin solidarity with polish women.
PARTNERSHIPS
We would like to introduce you to the newest partner of AEGEE-Europe: Booking.com!

We've partnered up with Booking.com to offer AEGEEans an automatic Genius update when booking short-term accommodation (hotel, hostels and private housing as well)! The Genius status grants you 10% discount in all the "Genius" marked locations in Booking.com, and also some other perks ranging from a free snack or cocktail on arrival, to free shuttles to the airport.
Simply go to the link and sign up with your @aegee.org email. Don’t have one? Follow the instructions under "Booking.com" in www.aegee.org/discounts to get an @aegee.org email address!
Give your opinion about your University (it doesn't matter if you already graduated or still study there) in just 3 minutes and help AEGEE-Europe raise some money! Make sure you mention how AEGEE local influenced your student life. 
If you studied in more than one university, you can rate all of them by using the incognito mode of your browser or using different devices (phone, laptop etc).
Feel free to share the link with your friends and invite them to rate their university as well!

With every review, you support AEGEE-Europe.
Catchbox — The World’s First Throwable Microphone provided AEGEE-Europe with 4 catchboxes! AEGEE-Europe already successfully tested them out in European Planning Meeting in Yerevan and Smart Cities Conference in Thessaloniki. Catchbox is great to efficiently interact with your audience, by throwing the microphones. If you would like to lend one for your conference/big event, contact [log in to unmask] asking with at least 1 month in advance! 
We've partnered up with N26 because it can be highly beneficial for many AEGEEans.

In 2018 we are having EPM in Yerevan, and Agorae in Krakow and Istanbul, and most people will need to exchange money. Well, with N26, you don't have any fees for paying in a different currency, and it's exchanged at the best rate, you don't have any fees for signing up or for transferring money. Basically the bank with #nobullshit

We are launching together a special limited promotion for AEGEEan. If you make your new bank account, you will get 5€ for FREE!

What to do:
1.- Download the app from this link
2.- During the setup of the account, introduce the 5€ code that you get from: www.aegee.org/N26
3.- Once you set up your account, send at least 0,01€ to it, and you will automatically get the 5€!

The number of codes for this limited promotion is 200, so hurry up! Every AEGEEan can get only 1, and it's valid only for NEW accounts.

Book your future housing with Spotahome! They verify all the properties they publish on their website allowing you to safely reserve your favorite room or studio. As AEGEEan, you get a 25% discount on the booking fee here, by using the code 'AEGEESAH25'

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