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

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OPEN CALLS

#WHAT 🔥Winter Event “Hell of a Russian Winter: Hardcore Only”🔥
#WHERE 📍 Moscow - Ryazan, Russia
#WHEN 📆 03/01/2019- 10/01/2019
#HOWMUCH 💰 €180 (€20 optional fee)
#DEADLINE ⏰ 25 November 23:59 CET
#HOWTOAPPLY 📌Fill out BOTH the Intranet and the Google form

AEGEE-Kyiv is looking for YOU!
This year, we are going across the country to boil in thermal waters, jump into ice-cold mountains rivers, explore mysterious castles and contemplate the magnificence of Ukraine to its fullest, celebrating New Year with greatest #aegeepeople.

☃️Dates: 27.12.2018-04.01.2019
☃️Locations: Kyiv, Mukachevo, Carpathians, Lviv
☃️Number of participants: 20

[APPLY NOW!] Summer University Project School - February 2019
Learn how to make a budget and a cool programme, how to work great in a team, what is fundraising, how to communicate online, how to speak in public - and also enjoy the Case Study, where you will create your own SU from scratches!

Classic SUPS Ankara, Feb 1st - 4th 2019, 50€
Classic SUPS Lviv, Feb 15th - 18th 2019, 50€
Classic SUPS Valladolid, Feb 22nd - 25th 2019, 50€

Apply here!

NYE AEGEE-Leiden: To Leiden and Beyond!
“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”

#WHAT? To Leiden and Beyond! NYE AEGEE-Leiden
#WHEN? 28/12 - 03/01
#WHERE? Leiden, Netherlands
#WHO? 25 AEGEEans
#FEE? 160 Euro's + 25 optional fee

APPLY NOW HERE! (deadline: 18/11):

“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary”

Franck Biancheri Award 2019
AEGEE's founder, Franck Biancheri, passed away in 2012 at the early age of 51. In order to keep his legacy alive and to keep developing his ideas, l'Association des Amis de Franck Biancheri and AEGEE launched the Franck Biancheri Award in 2014. As every year since then, we invite all AEGEE locals to apply for the Franck Biancheri Award 2019.

The Franck Biancheri Award 2019 comes with €2000 of funding to be used in the organization of a central event related to the ideas and vision of Franck Biancheri. Only for this year, AEGEE-Europe will support the initiative with a financial contribution of other €12.600, thanks to the project "My Europe, My Say", implemented under the coordination of the Scout Movement-Bureau Européen du Scoutisme (WOSM).
The thematic chosen for this year is: "Being Franck Biancheri in 2019… looking at 2040 - What 20-year-ahead project would Franck Biancheri lay down today?"
The event is supposed take place in 2019. You can find all the needed information and the link to the form to apply in the Open Call. The deadline is 18th of November, 12:00 CET.

***AEGEE Human Rights’ Days 2018***
Dear AEGEEan friends from all Europe,
After the great success of the 2017 edition - 20 locals and 572 people participated - we invite you to the AEGEE Human Rights Days 2018, from 10/12/2018 to 24/12/2018.
In those 2 weeks, you and your friends from your local, can organize one/more activities among the 30 we provided in the BOOKLET.
The best 3 locals will be publicly awarded during Spring Agora București 2019.
You have 1 month to start organizing yourself and participate.

Ambassadors wanted!
Europe on Track is on the lookout for new ambassadors again!
Are you an enthusiastic person willing to go on a one-month adventure across Europe?
Do you want to shape the future of Europetogether with other young people?
Don't miss your chance for a life-changing experience.
Deadline: 20.11. 23:59 CET
More information here.

OPEN CALL: Become an Audit Subcommissioner!
✅Are you a student of economics and/or interested in finances?
✅Are you willing to have an international experience of auditing to put in your CV?
✅And are you ready to become active on the European level of AEGEE?
‼️Well, then the Audit Commission is looking for you!

As an Audit Subcommissioner you will help the Audit Commissioners with checking the financial reports of the locals and help on various side projects like the internal education and Data Privacy! You can apply here until November 25th, 23:59!

AEGEE NEWS

GENDERS training in Bucharest
From the 14th till the 19th of October, the first training of the GENDERS project took place in Bucharest, Romania. 20 youth workers from AEGEE and other 3 organisations gathered to learn how to make their organisations more gender-equal, assess their needs and establish an action plan to do so. Check more info about the GENDERS project here.

DIVE partners meeting in Cagliari
From the 2nd tll the 4th of November, the 3rd Transnational Partners Meeting of the DIVE project took place in Cagliari, organised by AEGEE-Cagliari. The DIVE project promotes diversity in European volunteering by sharing best practices among youth organisations and through a series of trainings. If you want to know more about the dive project, check here.

AEGEEans on the Way to Sustainable Travelling - new Facebook group
Would you like to keep your carbon footprint as low as possible and travel more sustainable? The Civic Education Working Group and the Society and Environment Interest Group joined forces and created a new Facebook group: AEGEEans on the Way to Sustainable Travelling.
Join us, share your ideas and experience and lets learn together how to travel in a more sustainable way in Europe!

💡OPENCALL: Develop Yourself 5, get what all enterprises look for! The ultimate training event for you!
📆When: 9th - 13th January 2019
📍Where: near Dresden, Germany
💰Fee: 30€
📝Apply here
⏰Deadline: 25/11

📍Do you wish to deepen your soft skills?
📍Do you plan to impress future employers and gain self-confidence on how to present yourself?
📍Do you hope to overcome your inner fears, learn how to speak in public and how to manage your time better?
📍Do you crave a certainly new AEGEE experience?

Then apply now for this famous and reoccuring training course of AEGEE-Dresden. Get to know a new side of AEGEE and enhance your skills and experiences.
🚀APPLY NOW! THE DEADLINE IS COMING!

SU goes politics!
The 🌞 30 YEARS of SUmmer University project 🌞 will take part in the Lifelong Learning Week 2018 in Bruxelles! AEGEEans are invited to join us in the heart of Europe to share their experiences with short-term mobility Programmes (SU) and discuss with other stakeholders in the field the future of such projects!
Let's bring some SUmmer vibes to the cold winter!

Voting should be easy - with our app it is!

Do you know how you can vote for the European Parliament elections? Our app will let you find out - with just 2 simple questions.

Because voting should be easy.

Download it for iOS and Android and tell your friends!

POLICY SPOTLIGHT

Civic education policy spotlight

“Free to speak, Safe to Learn: Democratic schools for All” campaign by the Council of Europe. Check here.
The Education 2030 Framework for Action provides guidance for the implementation of UN’s SDG4 about education and commitments. Check here.

Updates regarding European Citizenship

Stand up for European citizenship and proclaiming the European Republic - The European Balcony Project on 10 November 2018. Check here.
First overview of ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ for President of the European Commission. Check here.
Macron’s dream come true? - A European Army. Check here.

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!

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.

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