The AEGEE Day is a project that aims at organising at least one activity per member organisation to show the strength of the network and to unite our members, regardless of where they are based. This year’s edition focuses on Youth Development under the title of Stepping Stones. The teams build around seven people working on content development, contact with the locals, communication, etc., and a pool of ambassadors that are the key to help the locals organise activities. […]
Returning home from an exchange year? Perhaps moving to another country within the EU to do an internship? AEGEE members can get a 10% student discount on Eurosender shipping within the EU, from door to door of course! Quite sweet, isn't it? Better get those clothes and books to your next destination! Eurosender supports student mobility by offering simple and affordable international door-to-door shipping solutions for AEGEE members around Europe. By shipping your luggage via Eurosender, you do not have to compromise on the number of items you want to take with you. Eurosender gives an instant and final price [...]
Do you think that in your youth organisation all genders are not treated equally? Do you want to learn how to make your activities and structures more gender friendly? Do you want to empower people from all genders within your organisation? But you don’t know how to do it? Then the GENDERS project is for you! “GENDERS - Platform for the Certification of Gender-Friendly Organisations in Youth Working” aims at favouring the gender mainstreaming approach within youth organisations. Gender mainstreaming is a strategy for making the concerns and experiences of women as well as of men an integral part of [...]
By Steven Glasbeek. 1. Introduction AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe/European Students’ Forum) was created in 1985 with the vision of creating a unified Europe, based on democracy and a respect for human rights, by bringing together students with different cultural backgrounds. Today, AEGEE is Europe’s largest interdisciplinary youth organisation with 40 countries, 200 cities, and 13,000 friends. The extensive AEGEE network provides the ideal platform for young volunteers to work together on cross-border activities such as international conferences, seminars, exchanges, training courses and case study trips. To combat the challenges young people are currently facing in Europe, [...]
Brando Benifei, European Federalist, is one of the youngest MEPs and is from La Spezia, Italy. His main fields of legislative work in the EP are Employment and social affairs and Foreign affairs. He is co-chair of the Youth Intergroup and vice-chair of the Disability Intergroup. Among his parliamentary activities in the Committee of Employment and Social Affairs, he is currently Rapporteur for the European Solidarity Corps and was responsible for key legislative and non-legislative reports on the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the EU labour market; youth employment policy such as the Youth Guarantee and the Youth [...]
Member of the European Parliament (EPP), Co-Chair of the Youth Intergroup and President of European Movement International.
Association des Amis de Franck Biancheri aims to bring in and promote many actions in order to disclose Franck Biancheri’s work to the general public in Europe and the world. As Franck Biancheri was the founder of AEGEE, there was a cooperation for the 30th Anniversary of our organisation. Since 2014, AAFB each year rewards an initiative in AEGEE with the Franck Biancheri Award.
B!NGO focuses on promoting quality internships, supporting interns and dialogue with stakeholders on this matter. B!ngo and AEGEE- Europe cooperate on the basis of mutual promotion, exchange of events and initiatives related to quality internships.
BEST is a student NGO which provides communication, cooperation and exchange possibilities for students all over Europe. BEST and AEGEE share knowledge and best practices, work together on training opportunities and participate in each other’s events.
Think Young is a Brussels-based think tank focusing on young Europeans. It aims at mobilising young Europeans into reflecting upon their future, believing in their potential and showing the results to political, business and social actors. AEGEE- Europe and Think Young cooperate on the basis of mutual promotion, exchange of events and sharing best practices.
