Digital Culture
The Digital Culture Focus Area aims for young people to be able to contribute to a digital society which allows for responsible and open discourse. […]
Eco-Responsible Society
The Focus Area of Eco-Responsible Society aims for young people to contribute to a society that respects planetary boundaries. […]
Statement | Inclusion of people with disabilities
Approximately 15% of the world’s population experience a form of disability (World Bank, 2023) and are most likely to face discrimination and socioeconomic exclusion than people without disabilities. Poverty, restrictive access to adequate health services, education or employment represent just some of the challenges that people with disabilities experience anywhere in the world. Among the barriers that facilitate this climate of exclusion are inaccessible physical environments, existing policies and legal framework, social barriers related to employment, education and personal safety, communication barriers which affect reading, writing, hearing, speaking and understanding, stereotypes, stigma, prejudice and discrimination towards people with disabilities; We, [...]
Statement | One month since the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
On June 6th at 02:50, the Russian military destroyed the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine. The intentional explosion caused the structure to fail and release the water in the reservoir that was stored up to a record high of 18 m, which resulted in a catastrophic flood, releasing 18 trillion litres of water. This is a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe. Thousands of people had to be evacuated from the area already. The evacuations have been impeded by continued shelling by the Russian army. The Ukrainian authorities estimate that approximately 40.000 people are [...]
CESCY – Circular Economy- Sustainable Competences for Youth
CESCY (Circular Economy- Sustainable Competences for Youth) is one of the current Erasmus+ funded projects of AEGEE. It is coordinated by Lowmerism OÜ in cooperation with Common Gold, Zink Asturias, Mentes Emprendedoras and Associazione Redu Rete Educare Ai Diritti Humani. With this project we aim to bring together different stakeholders with a specific knowledge set, who all contribute to the overall aim of the project: to create the competence framework for youth work on circular economy and sustainability. The framework would include an overview of which knowledge, skills and attitudes young people (and beyond) would need to ensure sustainable practices [...]
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Where Does Europe End 2.0
VISIT THE PROJECT WEBSITE The Where Does Europe End 2.0 project, is the second edition of the 2010 Where Does Europe End. The aims of the current edition are: Spreading knowledge about European Identity and Europeanism With the organisation of workshops during Case Study Trips and conferences, as well as sharing information through social media and podcasts, we will spread knowledge about this topic. Empower young people to be active in Europe By letting people actively participate in the workshops given, we hope to stimulate participants to do the same outside of our events. Besides this, we would like [...]
UN Climate Change Conference 2021 #COP26
This November the UN came together for the latest ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COPs), which have been happening for nearly three decades. COP26 aimed to unite world leaders from all parties to secure global net zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees within reach, adapt to protect communities and natural habitats and mobilise finance, all these by working together. The actions needed to make these goals happen have not been established. The statements our world leaders end up being left as empty promises that keep occurring year after year. In addition to this, COP26 has shown serious issues of transparency [...]
Position paper on Circular Economy
CIRCULAR ECONOMY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Written by Jana Niedringhaus AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe/European Students’ Forum) is a non-governmental, politically independent, and non-profit student organisation, which was created in 1985. The mission of AEGEE is the creation of a borderless Europe, based on democracy and respect for human rights, by bringing together 13,000 students in around 150 cities and 38 countries with different cultural backgrounds. We strive for a democratic, diverse and borderless Europe, which is socially, economically and politically integrated and values the participation of young people in its construction and development. Our [...]
World Refugee Day 2021
The 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees defines refugees as people who are unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion (1). It was signed into law by 146 countries including all European countries (except San Marino and Andorra) and protects the legal status of refugees and commits signatories to ensuring their safety and basic rights such as the right to family unification and the right to non-refoulement (protection [...]