ESN International News

The launch of the 25th Anniversary of the Erasmus Programme

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.

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Are you interested in running as a future IB member?

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. 

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Are you in the OC for any of these coming events?

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!

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Interview with Johannes Gehringer, a manager of the Erasmus Programme at the Commission

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.  

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to EUCIS-LLL and to IFISO Open call for a Liaison Officer to EUCIS-LLL

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.

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The last month in 2011 in the Board!

Dear ESNers,

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Another hectic month in the Board!

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.

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The civil society prize of EESC was awarded on December 7th

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.

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Lets celebrate the holidays!

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.

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ESN was rewarded the first prize of the EESC Civil Society 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.

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