Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe
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| logo | thumb|AEGEE-Logo |
| chair | Paris, France |
| founding year | 1986 |
| official language | English, French |
| President | Theijs van Welij (Enschede) |
| Secretary General | Gergo Szigeti (Pecz) |
| Treasurer | Michele Turati (Turino) |
| Comité Directeur - Board | Pedro Vieira (Lisboa) Laura Costica () Laure Onidi (Toulouse) Anna Gabriel (Heidelberg) Orsolya Balogh (Cluj-Napoca) Stefan May (Dresden) |
The Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe (AEGEE), also known as the European Students' Forum, is one of Europe's largest interdisciplinary student organizations. It takes its name AEGEE from the Aegean sea, one of the birthplaces of democracy, and from the first parliament established during the French Revolution, the Etats Généraux.
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[edit] Description
The association was established in 1985 and now has around 15,000 members in 204 university cities across 40 countries in Europe. It promotes a unified Europe, cross-border co-operation, communication and integration in the academic environment. It is not linked to any political party and has no national structures, operating only on the local and European levels.
[edit] History
| 1985 | The association begun at the first EGEE event: an assembly in Paris of students from Paris, Leiden, London, Madrid, Milan and Munich, organised by its founder, Franck Biancheri. |
| October 1986 | Three EGEE working groups were formed: Sponsoring, Traineeships and Language Study; A conference on cross-border developments in Nijmegen; By the start of the academic year, EGEE-Europe has 26 branches and 6,000 members. |
| November 1986 | In Heidelberg, a conference on relations between the Far East and Europe; in Toulouse, the first European Space Weekend. |
| December 1986 | In Paris, a conference on the pharmaceutical industry in Europe; in Munich, a conference on the European Monetary System. |
| 1987 | AEGEE-Europe persuades François Mitterrand to support funding for the Erasmus programme, a student exchange program financed by the European Commission. |
| 1988 | The association changes name from EGEE to AEGEE. |
| 1989 | After the fall of the Berlin Wall, AGORA in Salerno opens up to eastern Europe. AEGEE one of the first European organisations to expand beyond the old Iron Curtain. |
| 1990 | A new AEGEE logo representing "Your Key to Europe". |
| May 1990 | Les Anciens d'AEGEE-Europe is founded during the EGEE VI meeting in Paris. |
| 1995 | Head office of the organisation moves to Brussels. Ankara and all other Turkish cities join the network. |
| 1996 | More than 1000 students are actively involved in the conference series "Find Your Way..." explaining what students can do in the emerging civil society in Central and Eastern Europe . |
| 1998 | AEGEE organises its first visit to Cyprus; AEGEE-Magusa (Famagusta) joins the association in 2001. |
| April 1999 | Foundation of the AEGEE-Academy at the AGORA Barcelona, prompted by preparations for the European School in Gießen. |
| 2000 | Education for Democracy, the new scholarship programme which enables students from war-shattered Kosovo to study at universities abroad. During the autumn, AEGEE-Beograd members at the front of the public assembly that learns of Milosevic's defeat. |
| 2001-2002 | AEGEE organises several major projects focusing on peace and stability in southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. |
| 2002 | Start of AEGEE Television. |
| 2003 | AEGEE's first study trip to the Caucasus. AEGEE-Europe organises the first international student conference in the buffer zone on Cyprus. |
[edit] Fields of Action
AEGEE organizes a wide range of projects, most of which relate to one of four main fields of action: Active Citizenship, Higher Education, Peace & Stability, and Cultural Exchange.
[edit] Active citizenship
AEGEE is an independent non-party political organization, working closely with governments, institutions and other NGOs to realize its goals for Europe. AEGEE aims to provide a political voice for its members at every level, organising conferences on a range of topics and using the results to lobby European institutions.
[edit] Higher education
AEGEE represents students who care about the European dimension of higher education. As well as encouraging student mobility, AEGEE supports language learning, promotes international cooperation in the academic world, and campaigns for the further development of European education programmes.
[edit] Peace and stability
By encouraging democratic ideals, tolerance and mutual understanding between young adults from communities in conflict, AEGEE contributes to conflict resolution in the Balkans, the Caucasus, on Cyprus, and in Greece and Turkey. AEGEE also organises conferences and seminars on international political issues.
[edit] Cultural exchange
Building respect and appreciation between people of different cultures is core to all of AEGEE's work. AEGEE sees this field of action as the core of European integration, believing that integration can never be a top-down process, but must be based on friendship among the peoples of Europe. AEGEE groups organise a substantial number of cultural exchange events every year.
[edit] Presidents of AEGEE-Europe so far
| Name | Local | Mandate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franck Biancheri | Paris | April 1985 - April 1988 | |||
| Vieri Bracco | Milan | April 1988 - November 1988 | |||
| Frédéric Pélard | Toulouse | November 1988 - November 1989 | |||
| Adolfo Dominguez | Madrid | November 1989 - May 1990 | |||
| Achim Boers | Delft | May 1990 - November 1990 | |||
| Georg von der Gablentz | Berlin | November 1990 - April 1992 | |||
| Jeroen Hoogerwerf | Amsterdam | April 1992 - April 1993 | |||
| Pavel Miladinovic | Prague | April 1993 - November 1993 | |||
| Zsuzsa Kigyós | Budapest | November 1993 - April 1994 | |||
| Dorian Selz | Geneve | April 1994 - November 1994 | |||
| Christina Thorsson | Lund | November 1994 - April 1995 | |||
| Egens van Iterson Scholten | Enschede | April 1995 - November 1995 | |||
| Christoph Strohm | Cologne | November 1995 - April 1996 | |||
| Jordi Capdevila | Barcelona | April 1996 - November 1996 | |||
| Gerhard Kress | Mainz | November 1996 - April 1997 | |||
| Peter Ginser | Karlsruhe | April 1997 - November 1997 | |||
| Sergio Caredda | Gorizia | November 1997 - April 1998 | |||
| Hélène Berard | Aix-en-Provence | April 1998 - October 1998 | |||
| Stefan Seidel | Augsburg | October 1998 - April 1999 | |||
| László Fésüs | Szeged | April 1999 - November 1999 | |||
| Faní Zarifopoúlou | Athens | November 1999 - May 2000 | |||
| Oana Mailatescu | Cluj-Napoca | May 2000 - November 2000 | |||
| Karina Häuslmeier | Passau | November 2000 - November 2001 | |||
| Pedro Panizo | Valladolid | November 2001 – May 2002 | |||
| Tomek Helbin | Warsaw | May 2002 – November 2002 | |||
| Mark de Beer | Enschede | Novemeber 2002 – May 2003 | |||
| Diana Filip | Cluj-Napoca | May 2003 – October 2003 | |||
| Adrian Pintilie | Bucharest | October 2003 – April 2004 | |||
| Nicola Rega | Torino | April 2004 – November 2004 | |||
| Silvia Baita | Cagliari | November 2004 - May 2005 | |||
| Burcu Becermen | Ankara | May 2005 - November 2005 | |||
| Leon Bakraceski | Skopje | November 2005 - May 2006 | |||
| Alistair De Gaetano | Valletta | - | Theijs van Welij | Enschede | Since November 2006 |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- www.aegee.org website
- AEGEE Locals' websites
- www.aegee.tv AEGEE Television website
- Official Calendar of Events (CoE)
- Regional Calendar of Events (RCoE)
- AEGEE photo pageca:AEGEE
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