ESN International News
Open call: Responsible Party Coordinator
ESN International is looking for a volunteer from ESN to become the International Coordinator for the Responsible Party campaign.
ERASMUS - Changing lives, opening minds for 25 years
The silver anniversary of the Erasmus programme in 2012 also means a year full of celebrations for the Erasmus Student Network. The European Commission and other European institutions started the celebrations officially with a kick-off conference in Brussels from 30th – 31st January 2012. They also elected 66 Erasmus ambassadors, two from each Erasmus country, who are representing the programme, mobility and success stories of Erasmus throughout the generations.
Open call: International Board 2012-2013
ESN International is hereby launching the open call for the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Communication Manager and Web Projects Administrator of the International Board 2012/2013 to be elected at the AGM 2012 in Granada.
Open call: International Events 2012/2013
We are looking for Organisation Committees (OC) for the International ESN Events for 2012/2013 to be elected at the AGM 2012 in Granada, Spain. We are looking for motivated OCs for the following events!
25th Anniversary Erasmus Portrait
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme this year, on the 25th of every month ESN will be publishing an interview with a former Erasmus/exchange student who tells their story about how the ERASMUS programme affected their life.
To start off this quest for stories of former Erasmus students’ lives we visited and interviewed Johannes Gehringer, a manager of the Erasmus Programme at the European Commission and he told us about how his exchange changed him.
BackgroundOpen call: 2 Liaison Officers
ESN International opens a call for a new Liaison Officer to EUCIS-LLL.
The European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL) brings together 24 European networks working in education and training. Together, they cover all sectors of education and training including networks for higher education, vocational education and training, adult education and popular education; networks for students, school heads, parents, HRD professionals, teachers and trainers.
International Board Diary December
Dear ESNers,
International Board Diary November
Dear ESNers,
We welcome you back to the second International Board report after receiving great feedback from our first outing. Without wanting to repeat the words of October, November has of course lived up to the expectations of being hectic and busy with a whirlwind of meetings, events, deadlines and interesting developments in the network that we will try to tell you about below.
SocialErasmus receives civil society prize
Erasmus Student Network received the first prize of the European Economic and Social Committees Civil Society prize during their plenary session in Brussels the 7th of December. The prize was awarded to ESN’s flagship project SocialErasmus, a project allowing international students to integrate, learn and give an added value to their local communities.
Section Gift Exchange
The Holidays are slowly approaching and we would like to acknowledge this special time of a year with the Section Gift Exchange! The tradition of exchanging gift goes way back and it's now a tradition in the making in ESN. Last year 50 sections participated in sending and receiving very creative and personal gifts so for the second year we invite you to share your holiday spirits and participate in this ESN Activity.
ESN awarded the EESC prize
ESN’s flagship project SocialErasmus was awarded with the first prize of the Civil Society Prize 2011, granted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). For the 4th time this prize was awarded to innovative projects that give a valuable contribution to the well-being of our society.
Open Call: Communication Committee - Graphics Team
Over the past few months the ComCom graphics team has been steadily producing a great deal of material for the network on all three levels making everyone happier.
25th anniversary - logo competition
As you might have already heard next year, 2012, is the 25th year of Erasmus programme and ESN wants to do something extra special. All over Europe ESN will organise many events on local, national and international level to celebrate this quarter of Century of the Erasmus programme. To strengthen the visibility of the year and the events we have decided to label activities in the name of the 25th anniversary.
Open call: Organising Committee - CoMeet Spring 2012 - CLOSED!
CoMeet (All Committees Meeting)
The main goal of this meeting is to gather all the five committees of ESN to work and discuss about ESN projects, the network and the future development of the committees.
CoMeet is a four day event and has some specific requirements:
When? February/March 2012 (weekend, from Thursday to Sunday, not during 9-12 February 2012 and not later than 5th March 2012)
Number of Participants? around 55 people
What is needed?
October International Board diary
Dear ESNers,
Welcome to the first International Board Report from Brussels. This new monthly feature on esn.org will be a chance for you to get to know what the board is doing for ESN in Brussels and around Europe. We hope that you enjoy reading about our work and travel and of course welcome any questions or feedback you have about the report or our work in general.
Final Conference PRIME 2010
On 14th November, the final PRIME conference successfully took place at the Madou tower in Brussels, Belgium. There were 150 people attending the event, with 100 motivated ESNers travelling from all corners of Europe to celebrate the success of this ESN International project. Furthermore, the conference welcomed special guests such as Mr Filip Van de Poele and Johannes Gehringer from the Erasmus Unit, European Commission.
Job offer: Project Coordinator
Open call: Organising Committee - IFISO, spring 2012
International Meeting between student organisations (IFISO)
We are looking for a motivated team to organise the next IFISO* meeting that ESN has the honour to host the coming spring.
Time of Event: April or May 2012
Number of Participants: 20-30
Content: Workshops, Small sessions and plenaries (organised by IFISO members)
The event, not that different from any ESN meeting, should include:
