Today, on 16th of April AEGEE celebrates its 25th Birthday!<\/p>\n
On April 16th AEGEE (European Students\u2019 Forum), the largest\u00a0interdisciplinary youth association in Europe, will turn 25 years old. A\u00a0quarter-century ago AEGEE was established by young inspired Europeans,\u00a0striving for the development of European integration and the creation of a\u00a0true European nation. At a time of Euro-sclerosis students from France,\u00a0Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain found the basis for the youth\u00a0platform, which now unites more than 15 000 active young people from 42\u00a0European countries.<\/p>\n
During its historical path AEGEE initiated successful European-wide\u00a0initiatives like the Erasmus student exchanges, which empowered the further development of the European Idea. AEGEE has been constantly giving practical\u00a0input to the implementation of the priorities of European Communities\u00a0institutions, giving them support from the side of future leaders and
\ndecision-makers.<\/p>\n
AEGEE is proud of its strategic role in process of the recognition of\u00a0non-formal education. In close cooperation with the European Youth Forum\u00a0(YFJ) and other student organizations AEGEE is pursuing this aim on a\u00a0long-term basis.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, we are happy to realize that many of AEGEE`s aims have been\u00a0successfully achieved since its establishment. The European Union enlarged\u00a0drastically, visa problems are becoming less challenging for youth mobility,\u00a0higher education is on the way of strategic internationalization. But still,\u00a0there are many problems for youth to tackle. The future development of the\u00a0Bologna process, academic mobility, youth representation in political\u00a0institutions on local, national and supranational level, are among the\u00a0topics of today\u2019s youth concern, which AEGEE is engaged in.<\/p>\n
Moreover, AEGEE is going beyond the internal European concerns with the\u00a0establishment of the \u201cBeyond Europe \u2013 Perspectives for Tomorrow\u2019s World\u201d\u00a0flagship project for 2010-2011. In the framework of the project active young\u00a0Europeans will research and understand the capacity of European influence on\u00a0world affairs and intercontinental political, social and cultural agendas.<\/p>\n
Challenges, which Europe faces hand in hand with other continents, will be\u00a0faced by the future generation and AEGEE is directly contributing with the\u00a0creation of a youth group being capable for dealing with them. Today AEGEE is about the continuous efforts and hard voluntary work for enforcing and the development of European integration. We create the\u00a0generation of a European future \u2013 a nation of young Europeans, culturally\u00a0different, but united in their values.<\/p>\n
Some call it Europe \u2013 we call it home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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