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EditoralDear reader,

This new academic year opens with, in the Erasmus Student Network, three core

ideas: mobility, volunteering and non-formal educaon.Mobility? Because this is what we stand for. Volunteering? Because this is who we

are. Non-formal educaon? Because this is what we learn while beingin ESN.

What does it mean to be a volunteer? It means that we dedicate our

me and energy to a cause we believe in and we want to ght for. InESN, this cause is mobility and especially the experience of an aca-

demic mobility within the framework of the Erasmus programme. Weaim to make the Erasmus experience the best experience ever give to

others what most of us have experienced as well.

What does it bring us to volunteer to make the mobility experience the best expe-

rience ever? It brings us fun. It brings us friends. It brings us laughter. But it alsoteaches us many things and is as such an experience for life: the experience of volun-

teering that imparts us with a greater sense of personal and community responsibility

and greater condence in our own ability to make posive changes in society.

Most of us could experience Europe during their Erasmus exchange. The ESN experi-ence allows us to go a step further and to connue to enjoy the feeling of Europeanbelongingness and to acvely create it or parcipate in its reality. We are volunteersand stand up for the society we wish to create.

Volunteering allows us to shape our society by being acve cizens it also allows usto learn a lot thanks to non-formal educaon. This form of educaon is not formal:it doesnt take place in a class with a teacher, homework and exams. Its framework israther free, and most oen it happens with peers, without nocing that we are lear -ning. It is a form of learning by doing, although it is accompanied, mostly by peers:by ESNers.

ESN secons provide and conduct non-formal educaon very oen without knowingthis word. Almost all volunteers will say that they learned a lot during their voluntee -ring experience. The challenge of the upcoming years in ESN is to increase the qualityof this non-formal educaon. We can reach this goal by increasing the awareness ESNSecons have of NFE and their potenal to deliver it, by creang tools for them tolearn more about NFE and benet from it, such as the Secon Guide or events suchas Eduk8, through workshops where a high quality NFE is delivered, etc. This is one ofthe big challenges of this year and the upcoming ones, so that our volunteers benetfrom fun and friends, but also learn in a posive and friendly atmosphere and knowhow to highlight in the future what they learned.

What is impressive with volunteers is the generosity that they show.- Why are you so generous? Why do you give your me for nothing? Would non-

volunteers say.

- Because while giving, we receive so much, would any volunteer reply.Thumbs up for the generosity that volunteers show and thumbs up for their con -nuous movaon and involvement! ESN is proud of you.

Tania Berman

President ESN AISBL

Editor in Chief

Josen Svensson

Authors

Tania Berman

Michel Erlandsen

Remo Ughini

Katja KrohnAlfredo Cal

Tiina Nulik

Eero Loonurm

Krt Maalinn

Ivo Lillemaa

Kea Kiviraijuja

Kaisa Lindenburg

Mariann Mlder

Doroya GlatzLeo Smith

Josen Svensson

Iga Nowak

Julia Trawiska

Ola Kubiczek

Katarzyna Pachlita

Hubert Wodzyski

Karol lusarski

No Viedma

Despina Vachari

Nurlan Ahmadov

Kadir Keles

Nicoleta Popa

Language editors:

Leo Smith

Design:

Michael Magin

Josen Svensson

Photo:

Emilia Zyskowska

Katja Krohn

ESN Kapa Athens

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TABLE OF CONTENTSSocialErasmus 4

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EVENTS & ERASMUS EXPERIENCES

SHOW YOUR COUNTRY!

SOCIALERASMUS CHARITY CONCERT

FELLOWSHIP OF CULTURES PROJECT: AKDENIZ!THE AMAZING NATIONAL EVENT OF ESN GREECE

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SECTIONS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ESN ESA CYPRUS

AEP-ESN PADOVAESN LISBON

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ESN TLU TALLINN

ESN TALLINN

EBS INTERNATIONAL

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ESN POLAND

BLACK SILESIA IS FULL OF POSSIBILITIES!

THE DELEGATES MEETING CRACOW 2011WEVE PAINTED THE MONUMENT!

EUROPEAN DAY & THE SCHUMAN PARADE

DO YOU KNOW POLSKA?

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EXCHANGE YOUR LANGUAGE!

PORTUGESE: ALGARVE, O OSIS DE PORTUGAL

EN: ALGARVE, THE PORTUGUESE OASIS

AZERBAIJANI: ARTIQ VAXTDIR...

MBADILE EDEK VE DEYISEK...

EN: IT IS TIME ALREADY

LETS EXCHANGE AND CHANGE

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OCTOBER INTERNATIONAL BOARD DIARY

II YOUTH CONVENTION ON VOLUNTEERING

RECIPE

MEET THE BOARD 2011/2012

NEW BOARD - NEW HOUSEQUIZ

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Projects & Partners

SocialErasmus - ESNs newflagship project for 2012

by: Michel Erlandsen

Although SocialErasmus was foundedin Poland in 2009 and the project grewbigger and became an internaonal

project of ESN in many countries it isnot yet focused enough. Therefore ESNInternaonal decided to make it thenew agship project for the year ofthe 25th anniversary of the ERASMUSprogramme in order to emphasise the

importance of social inclusion and to

give the internaonal students evenmore support from the Erasmus Stu-

dent Network.

ESN received a grant from the Euro-

pean Commission in order to developthe SocialErasmus project into a biggerand more centralised project with theparcipaon of all the ESN countries.Through the grant, ESN is able to wel-

come a new project coordinator whowill organise acvies and meengs,make a project plan and will be in con-tact with all the naonal SocialErasmuscoordinators. Michel is Danish and herecently arrived in Brussels and has al-

ready begun his work. Throughout theyear he will plan the acons, stra-tegies and guidelines for future

events, to make

it easier to understand what belongs to

SocialErasmus and what does not. Therst important meeng will be the So-

cialErasmus coordinator meeng in Ja-nuary 2012, where all Naonal coordi-nators will meet, share best-praccesand problems related to the project;furthermore the parcipants will re-ceive professional training on How-to-

organise-SocialErasmus-events. Thenext big step in the upcoming year is

the SocialErasmus week in May, which

will be closely related to the 25th an-niversary of the ERASMUS program-me. Together we can show Europe that

mobility not only means traveling orstudying abroad, but also acve enga-gement in local communies. Throughour acvies we will show that theinternaonal students are willing andhappy to give something back to their

local hosts. During the SocialErasmusweek acvies will take place all overEurope and aerwards a video and abrochure will be produced to show the

awesomeness of ESNs projects. Lastbut not least a nal conference will beorganised in September 2012 to eva-

luate the year and to plan how the

project will be developed in thefuture to ensure it a long and

prosper life in ESN.

Throughout the past fourteen months

Michel has gone from ESN buddy, local

board member, local webmaster, local

Vice President, Vice Naonal Repre-sentave, Eduk8 trainer and now In-ternaonal SocialErasmus Coordinator.His work in these posions has givenhim profound insight into the network

and given him a ne understandingfor the work being carried out at the

local, naonal and the internaonallevel. Although he has not been onERASMUS, he has parcipated in a oneyear student exchange program in the

US, awarding him with an experience

for life and an expanded cultural un-

derstanding. Furthermore he has beenworking with communicaon and pro-ject management for various compa-nies for the past four years providing

solid praccal experience to the Socia-lErasmus Project.He has a very enthusiasc and posi-ve approach to the tasks ahead and

in cooperaon with all of the membercountries he will promote and develop

SocialErasmus as the agship projectof ESN in 2012Michel said: I am happy to have

been granted this opportunity

to devote my time fully to the

SocialErasmus project, which Ifind to be of huge importance to

the network, the local communities

and the International Students. Thework that is being carried out by vo-

lunteering students has direct impacton the people involved and society in

a broader prospective.

Name

Michel Erlandsen

Nationality

Denmark

Languages

Danish, English, German

Coordinator

ErasmusSocial

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Projects & Partners

SocialErasmus - a broaderperspective

By Remo Ughini

24 years ago the Erasmus programmewas founded and for almost 23 yearsESN has helped exchange students in

various ways. All of us know the im-portance of both instuons and thetremendous eect it has on youngpeoples lives. Living in a dierent cityin a dierent country with dierentpeople we see the world and oursel-

ves with dierent eyes. Nevertheless,contact with the local community out-

side university is mostly limited to the

supermarket cashier and the landlady.This has always been a bit of a dilemma

for ESN. We help students with integra-

on, but by doing this we also enforcethe barrier to the local community.The inial idea of SocialErasmus in Po-

land was to improve the reputaon ofERASMUS students. It happens thoughthat many SocialErasmus events bring

internaonal students in contact withparts of the community they would

otherwise never meet and thus help to

solve this dilemma. Internaonal stu-dents meet orphans, the elderly; peop-le bound to the hospital beds; childrenat a local school

etc. and sharesome of their

Erasmus experience.During the last one and a half years, the

project has developed into one of thebiggest and strongest projects withinour network without much promo-on. Sll we have the feeling that wereonly just starng and are looking for-ward to the upcoming year and many

new developments. The grant, whichESN recently received and having a full

me person funconing as a coordina-tor will raise the visibility of the projectinside and outside ESN. The highlightof this year will be the SocialErasmus

week with acvies all over Europe. Sokeep your ears open and keep organis-

ing amazing SocialErasmus Events!

Blood in the netBy Alfredo Cal

What does network really mean? Its so

simple It means to work in a netThe words mean the same. And whendoes a network work?? When dierentpeople pursue the same goal, using

dierent things and tools, sharing ex-periences and feelings all together. Is

that not true? And this is exactly whathappens to people who approach the

Erasmus world, ESN in parcular, stu-dying abroad. Coming back home yougain a great desire to do and you willnever stop.The Erasmus experience is made for

this goal.Last year I was in Valladolid, Spain,where the ESB secon is very acve,involving the Erasmus students parci-pang in many acvies. Juan, Angie,

Nacho, San, Zahira, and the othersmade us grow in ESN spirit. How??They shared with the Erasmus stu-

dents their internaonal experienceand their desire to be an ESNer. In thatway the Erasmus students mature and

return to their country with a new soul,

an internaonal soul, and the lack ofthis which is the largest cause of the

famous post-Erasmus depression.

How to overcome post-Erasmus de-pression? Join your local the ESN Asso-ciaon.A lot of friends of mine did it, evenwhere the ESN secon didnt exist, likein Cologne, Germany, which Valerijafounded. From common experience,the spirit of an individual grows. Andso following the example of Valladolid,the ESN Catania, enriched by a mem-ber who has experienced something

so special, decided to collaborate with

another external associaon from thestudents world. The reason? To dona-te blood.

The cooperang associaon is the Avis,the largest in Italy in this eld. Now allmembers of ESN Catania, aer nishingthe big job of organizing the naonalevent, returned to the eld to sponsorand develop this event of solidarity. Theintent is twofold, to donate blood for

people who need it and teach people

from the city and the community as a

whole, that the foreign students in par-

cular and the students in general, arean added value for a modern society.

So on 25th May we put our hands to-wards serving the community in Cata-nia, rather, our arms and gave it all a

bit of our Erasmus blood, always so

acve, fun and full of life, which sure-ly will be good for everyone. And thenwhat? We tried to give birth to a con-

nued collaboraon with the Avis andwhy not, try to bring all secons of the

naonal network to collaborate ... whoknows ... next year there will be a na-onal day of ESN blood?

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Events & Experiences

SocialErasmus Charity Concertby ESN ITU & ESN EXISTANBUL

The Social Erasmus Charity Concertaimed to bring together Erasmus stu-

dents and local students in a social

responsibility project. To achieve thisgoal, a two phase social project was

chosen. With the income from the rstsocial project, the second step wouldbecome a reality. The rst part, Cha-rity Concert by ekerasmus occurredon 17th May, 2011 and the Donaonto a Village Primary School and Leu-kemia Instuon happened on 10thJune, 2011. This Social Erasmus Pro-ject was carried out by two universiesESN ITU (Istanbul Technical University)

and ESN EXISTANBUL (Istanbul Univer-sity) and Social Erasmus Music Band,

EKERASMUS consists of Adrien Hus-

son (guitar), Ricardo Jos Faro Gmez(guitar), Victor Skardelli (bass guitar),Helen Junker (soloist), Isabell Hubert

(soloist) Edwar Xie (violin), Sigmund

Brielmaier (violin), Hae Ji Park (key-board), Sylvia Kriese(drum).

Preparaon phase: started with n-ding instruments from our friends

and ekerasmus had rehearsals for sixweeks in a studio. During this period,we had tried to nd sponsorship to -

nance our expenditure. Istanbul LivePerformance Hall, where the concerttook place, did not ask for entrance

or renng fee and helped us by cut-ng prices of beverages. Although

our friends gave their instruments to

ekerasmus Music Band, we could notnd sponsorship for studio rental andfor all other expenditures which me-

ans, we had do nance our expenditu-res from the donaon amount.

Concert day: with the great perfor-

mance of ekerasmus and parcipants,the fun and joy of the night was far bet-ter than expected. The ekerasmus`s

music was strolling around the par-cipants blood. The atmosphere wasworth seeing. Everyone was enjoyingthe good music, dancing, bouncing ac-

companying to the music.

Decision for donaon: aer the con-cert, the second step started, donaonof the money. We oered two opportu-nies before the concert, a donaon toa village primary school and a leukemia

instuon. Although the votes of do-naon to a village primary school weremore than leukemia instuon, we de-cided to donate to both of them. Someof the money was appropriated for the

leukemia instuon and the rest usedfor the donaon for a village primaryschool. The school was chosen by theSocial Erasmus Coordinators of ESN ITUand ESN ESXISTANBUL with the mem-

bers of the group, thinking

some of the band mem-

bers vacaons through theeast part of Turkey. Con-sidering me and the ap-propriate place, Van-KoakPrimary School, an easternvillage primary school was

chosen.Donaon day: aer de-ciding upon a school, all

staonery equipment wasbought and sent by cargo. On the 10thJune 2011, some of the staoneryequipment weas carried and given tothe students with some of the band

members. It was worth to see the smi-les on the childrens faces, the happi-

ness and excitement of meeng foreignpeople. They tried to talk in English and

showed their hospitality with the coo-kies they gave us. During these emoo-nal moments, having some tears in our

eyes put all the work into perspecve.As a result of this process: all of the-se great experiences, seeing the rela-

onship between Erasmus and localstudents while having fun together,

sharing their me at the social event,seeing the smiles of children on their

lile faces, their excitement and hap-piness was priceless and pleasing. We

owe a big thanks to ekerasmus fortheir hard work and the spectacular

performance, and also all other friendswho joined us in this organizaon inall ways; like the people who donatedsome money even though could not

join the night. Aer seeing this success,we would love to connue this pro-ject every term with new faces. Hopeto see you at the next Social Erasmus

Concert

Performance of ekerasmus

http://bit.ly/uhi4mz

Solo performance of Isabell Hurbert

http://bit.ly/t6Hscc

Charity part of event

http://on.fb.me/vZpB88 Links

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Section in the Spotlight: SeptemberESN ESA Cyprus

By ESN ESA Cyprus

This months Secon in the Spotlightis located on the sunny island of Cyp-rus. ESN ESA Cyprus has a very uniquemember structure, as their team is

made up by almost enrely currentErasmus students on Cyprus. This me-ans that the secon has to re-establishitself almost every semester, making

it a real challenge for the team which

also consists of the strong duo of the

President/NR and Vice-President/Vi-ce-NR who have been developing the

secon from the very beginning.

The team currently consists of 17members, 5 of them are board mem-bers and the remaining members are

university coordinators, they work as

contact persons between the univer-

sies, the Erasmus students and thesecon. Local Cypriot students are

also involved in the secon work, asESN ESA Cyprus has a well establishedpartnership with a local internaonalstudents club (European Club EUC),and they oen co-organize big eventstogether.

ESN ESA Cyprus is an acve secon, andduring the academic year 2010/2011over 60 acvies was arranged forthe internaonal students at Cyprus.Monday evenings are dedicated to

a weekly radio show about cooking,

each broadcast is related to a dierentcountry of Europe with an Erasmus

student as guest. It is one hour full oftypical food, drinks and typical music.The secon organizes and overnighttrip almost every month, and in the

past the Erasmus students on Cyprushave been able to visit Egypt and Jor-

dan as well. There are also lots of localevents being organized such as karao-ke challenge, sports days, a paint-ball

tournament or a trip to a waterpark.

For almost every overnight trip theSuper Juyice Commiee ensures thatthere is enough SuperJuyice for all the

parcipants.

Throughout the semester the Presi-dent, with the help of other board

members, organizes special workshopswith various topics such as What isESN, Teambuilding and leadershipand Public Speaking, to keep theirmembers movated and help gainknowledge of ESN. Several former ESNESA Cyprus members have connuedworking acvely with ESN upon retur-ning to their home countries.The secon also have people involvedin internaonal commiees and alt-hough there yet hasnt been an inter-

naonal event at Cyprus the secon iswilling to host one, so perhaps there

will be one in the future.

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EstoniaBy Tiina Nulik

Estonia, with only about 1,35 millioninhabitants, has one of the smallest

populaons in Europe. Estonians obvi-ously love having a lot of open space

around them.Our largest city is Tallinn, the capital,

situated on the Northern coast of Es-

tonia. Together with Turku in Finland,it is the Culture Capital of Europe 2011.The theme of this years event is Seasi-

de stories, so the best stories from allover Europe are being told in our lovely

medieval-modern capital. Hundreds ofdierent events are going on every daythroughout the year, from making ben-

ches out of mobile phones and theat-

res of hay, to world class jazz concertsand other internaonal events.Moving on to the East, a huge lake

Peipsi (Peipus) separates Estonia fromRussia, covering almost the whole Eas-

tern border. This is also the border ofthe European Union.Down in the South-East the second lar-

gest city of Estonia is situated. With itsless than 40 sqkm it is a perfect studenttown, small enough to use a bicycle

almost all year round. Tartu has the

honour of having the oldest theatrein Estonia, Vanemuine, and the oldestuniversity, The University of Tartu. It

belongs to the top 600 universies ofthe world, having educated Estonian,

Latvian and other sciensts since 1632.Tartu is also called the Athens of theEmajgi river (Mother River), which di-vides the town into two. There is alsothe Spirit of Tartu- the special vibe you

experience when walking the streets of

our lovely university town.Down in the South we have our high-

est hill (yes, we dont have any moun-

tains), the Munamgi (Egg Hill) is 318m above sea level. We make the bestwith what we have, so during winter

me the area around the hill is a verypopular skiing centre. When it comes

to winters, we have some proper oneshere with up to -30 degrees of cold andseveral metres of snow. But dont wor-ry, we dont live in the North Pole, oursummers are as hot as the winters are

cold, having up to +30 degrees of heat.Estonians are very proud of the 4 stron-gly diverse seasons we have.On the Western coast you can nd longsandy beaches and our summer capi-

tal Prnu, where half of Estonias po-pulaon tries to t themselves to the

same beach. In the West we also havetwo of our biggest islands; inhabited bypeople who are a lile dierent from

those living on the main land (some

of them cant pronounce the leer for example, saying instead. Youcant see the dierence? We denitely

can). All in all, Estonia has about 1500islands, some of them big enough for

only birds.

Capital

TallinnLanguage

Estonian

Currency

Euro (since 2011)

Area

45 227 km2

Government

Parliamentary democracy

EU Member

Since May 1st, 2004

Something extra

Skype was invented by Estonians, its

an important part of our so-called E-

country (E-elections, E-banking, digital

document signing, WiFi access almost

everywhere etc).

Tallinn has been chosen among the

worlds 7 most intelligent communities

four times during the last decade by

intelligentcommunities.org

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ESN EstoniaBy Tiina Nulik & Eero Loonurm

Erasmus Student Network in Estonia

saw its rst daylight in the year 2000when the very rst ESN secon wasfounded in Tartu on the 21st August. Itwas founded by the rst Estonian Eras-mus students, who had returned from

their exchange, in cooperaonwith University of Tartu. ESN Tartu wasfollowed by ESN Tallinn in 2003, todayit is taking care of exchange students

from 9 dierent universies all overTallinn. Our capital has 3 more secons(ESN TUT, ESN TLU, ESN EBS), so all in

all theres 5 of us.Aer almost a year of preparaons,on the 7th August 2011 ESN Estoniasuccessfully elected the rst Naonal

Board. The team consists of President,Vice-president (currently also Vice-

NR), NR, Alumni coordinator and WPA.The words girl power represent ESNEstonia well as most of the network

members, just as the NB, consists ofgirls.

Our secons host hundreds of ex-change students every year, organising

dierent trips to neighbouring coun-tries (including SeaBale to Sweden) aswell as to Estonia, very well organised

buddy/tutoring systems in cooperaonwith the universies, visits to dierentcultural sights/museums, companiesand other smaller but not less impor-

tant events.For the future we are working tostrengthen the cooperaon between

all our secons. Having 4 naonal plat-forms a year gives the idea a good start.

ESN Tallinn got the rst ESN AlumniPrize for Knowledge Transfer in 2009for its unique ESN Diary. ESN Tartustarted to collect data and give out

the Diary from 2011.According to ESN Survey 2010, Esto-

nia ranked 1st with the score 4,74 outof 5 regarding the average sasfac-on level for stay in the hosng coun-try instuon.ESN TLU Tallinn has had 40% ofgrowth regarding the incoming ex-

change students since last year.ESN Estonia has hosted 4 interna-onal meengs during its 10 years ofhistory. They were NNM (Nordic Net-work Meeng, now NEP) in Tartu andTallinn in 2002, CNR Tallinn in Sep-

tember 2004, NEP Tartu in 2008 andCNR Tartu in June 2011.

Did you know?

Link

ESN Estoniahttp://www.esn.ee

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Internaonal Club is a society set up bythe Students Council of Tallinn Univer-sity of Technology. It is also a secon ofErasmus Student Network (ESN).Its mission is to help foreign students

in seling in into the Estonian life-style and make their stay in Estonia

as smooth and pleasant as possible.

Every exchange student will be pro-

vided with a personal tutor who will

help internaonal students with anyquesons they might have, providingadvice and answers to any social or

educaonal problems that internao-nal students might have.Throughout the semester several

events (cultural and educaonal) areorganised for all the internaonal stu-dents (exchange and degree students)

staying at Tallinn University of Techno-

logy! Some of more memorable areSouth-Estonia and Saarema trips.

By Ivo Lillemaa

Actually it was beer than I couldhave hoped. The university was friend-

ly and let me take all the courses Iwanted with a exibility I wish I foundin every instuon. The tutors helpedme at every turn or doubt. In that en-vironment it was easy for the Erasmus

students , most of them living in the

same building, to create a new home.(Ester, Erasmus student from Barcelo-

na, Spain)

All internaonal students can applyfor a tutor, who will help them during

rst weeks in Tallinn. The tutors willhelp students with their everyday pro-

blems (resident permit, Identy card,cultural program, lectures, doctors

appointment etc.) ESN TLU Tallinn has33 members and acvies for all inte-rests: Mushroom picking, trips around

Estonia, cultural visits to dierentsights or companies, Estonian Evening,

Internaonal Dinner, Pub Crawl.

On our nal day we said goodbye tothe country. The snores on the bus onthe way home indicated that everyone

felt the same way that I did - exhaus-

ted. But this was the best kind of ex-hauson - the kind experienced aera night of dancing singing and drinking

(Kama of course). No-one had to askif we were back in the city- when we

woke up and were greeted once againby mist and rain, it was clear that we

were, but it didnt maer. OK, so it wasno Prnu, but we got all that we nee -ded from the trip: Vitamin D, glowingspirits, and renewed energy to enter

back into the rat race of city life. (Jane,Erasmus student from Dublin, Ireland).

ESN TLU Tallinn is a young secon butthanks to the hardworking tutors and

acve students the growth has beenextremely fast.

By Kiviraijuja &LindenburgES

NT

LU

Tallinn

Our secon ESN Tallinn is doing eve-rything within our means to make the

Erasmus students life in Tallinn as ful-

lling as possible. Here in Tallinn weunite students from 9 dierent partneruniversies.At the moment we have about 20acve members who are organizing

dierent kind of events in order to in-troduce Estonian culture, habits and

tradions to the Erasmus students.

In ESN Tallinn events programme there

are many dierent events planned forthe Erasmus students. Every semesterbegins with the Orientaon Week four great events to meet new people

and Tallinn (Movie Night, City Game,Bus Tour and Welcome Party). Everymonth ESN Tallinn organizes Movie

Night and Quiz Tournament and manyother events are held regularly throug-

hout the semester we organize trips

and excursions, opera and theatre

visits, creavity contest, various out-door and sport events etc.

You can nd more informaon aboutat www.esn.ee/tallinn or contact usvia e-mail [email protected].

By Krt Maalinn

ESNTUTIC

ESN

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ESN TartuESN Tartu has about 25 movatedmembers and around 600 exchangestudents per year, who take care of the

exchange students of 3 universies inTartu.We have about 2 events per week,the most popular ones are the Wel-

come Week (that include Welcome

Day organized by Tartu University,Pub Crawl, Welcome Party), BuddyNetwork (where the internaonal stu-dents get an Estonian buddy to learn

the language and teach their own,

but its also to bring the internaonalstudents closer to locals) and the Na-

onal Evenings every month, wherethe chosen countrys students get to

introduce their culture to fellow inter-naonals and Estonians through theirfood, folklore, customs etc. We also tryto do some charity work a few mesa semester we visit the local dog shel-

ter, in addion, we collect all the itemsleaving students dont want to take

with them and distribute them to next

years students and/or the homelessshelters in Tartu.In 2008, we organized the NEP Tartuand just two months ago in June; CNR

Tartu 2011 was held in our belovedstudent town. Also 2 of the previousInternaonal Board Vice-presidents

are from ESN Tartu.My experience studying abroadwould be enrely dierent withoutESN-Tartu. I met an incredible amountof incredible people through ESN

events, and felt connected to the local

community; having a bridge to localculture like the one ESN-Tartu provides

is one of the reasons I now consider

Estonia my home, not to menon themeaningful friendships I gained.-Camille Morse Nicholson, Erasmus inTartu, 2011More informaon on ESN Tartu canbe found on www.esn.ee/tartu and ofcourse on www.facebook.com/esn.tartu .

By Mariann Mlder

EBS International ClubEBS Internaonal Club includes about20 local students, lets name them tu-tors, who each have 2-4 Erasmus stu-dents to take care of. They pick theirstudents up from the airport, help to

move in and solve problems, and of

course spend free me together. Tu-tors are the Estonian buddies for Eras-

mus students so the exchange students

wouldnt feel alone and helpless in

here when they arrive.EBS Internaonal Club also arrangesmany events like Orientaon Day, Ci-tytour, Pubcrawl, social evenings, In-ternaonal Dinner, trips to other ciesin Estonia, viss to interesng instu-ons, museums, companies, and of

course - numerous pares. Our Eras-mus students used to say I dont have

to worry, my tutor does it for me.

Few words from our previous Erasmusstudents:

This Erasmus year in Tallinn among

the ESN and the EBS internaonal clubwas incredible! So many people met, somany experiences,I hope I am gonna live such a yearagain, it really gave me the will to goand to live abroad in order to discover

new people and new cultures!Cyriaque from France

EBS internaonal club organized amany of interesng events who werepraccally all the me, so I wasnt bo-red.

I had a possibility to get to know theother internaonal students in many ofexcursions (full of adventures) and tohave fun together in EBS pares. I thinkEBS club works really good. Now I can

have great memories from Tallinn andit was the most amazing period of mylife.

Sylwia from Poland

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Projects & Partners

Eduk8, Eduk8, every day we Eduk8By Dorottya Glatz

Budapest, Hungary. These two wordsmake many ESN member recall AGM2011. But for 10 highly movated ES-Ners these two words mean the place

where they have had the me of theirESN lives.

Despite the unbearable heat of the

week between the 21st and the 27thof August the parcipants sll workedhard to gain all possible knowledge to

become trainers. The rst day startedwith some dicules... well yes theopening party happened to be very

good...but as you all know every cloudhas a silver lining: everybody learned a

lile italian - Il tempo molto impor-tante - me is very important! Right af-

ter a short introducon about conictmanagement and the importance of

being on me the training could startwith group building and facing fears

and expectaons. Later on, idenes,movaon and group dynamics werethe focus. Parcipants had to work inpairs and prepare presentaons aboutthe Tuckmans stages through answe-

ring quesons like What are the func-ons of the leader at dierent stages?and How the leader can provide more

supporve atmosphere?.

On the second day, parcipants soughteven more movaon and expandedtheir knowledge about group dyna-

mics; they also learned methods fordebrieng and feedback which areessenal parts of workshops. On Wed-

nesday, parcipants had to preparetheir own workshops in groups for the

next day. But before starng to workit out the toughest part sll had tobe learnt: acve listening. Dont thinkthat staying quiet and saying the rightthing at the right me is as easy as itsounds...

Aer the 4th day of an Indian summer,around 7 oclock the temperature wasreasonable for aacking Budapest and

doing some sightseeing. Imagine 10leaders in one group trying to agree

on going in the same direcon...yes,chaoc! But aer some beers on top ofthe Buda hills the conicts become sol-ved themselves and parcipants couldimmerse themselves in the Hungarian

culture.

The next morning the training for trai-

ners connued where the groups puttheir newly gained knowledge into

pracce and held their own very rstworkshops. Each workshop had to be 1

hour long including energizers andfeedback. In the end, our lovely trainerLiza evaluated the work of the groupsand the individual performance as

well. This was the most acve and oneof the most useful days of all as every

parcipant could experience how hardis to make people respect the trainer

or even make them listen, especially

if the trainer is younger than the par-

cipants. Aer the Eduk8 training theparcipants were rewarded for theirwork and taken to a relaxing tradionalHungarian spa; here it was nally meto relax and let all the stress ow away

like a stream in the woods. On the verylast working day our new ESN trainers

decided on how to work together aerEduk8 and an acon plan for future col-laboraon was developed.

The whole week was exhausng. Thisme even the work hard - party har-der spirit turned to party hard - work

harder but in the end it was very much

worth the eort. Since August ourfresh trainers have already held their

rst workshops on naonal plaorms,secon meengs and soon regional

plaorms as well.

m o t i v a t e - a c t i v a t e - i n n o v a t e

Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic,Sweden, Denmark, Germany.

Does your country have a trainer?

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Fellowship Of Cultures Projectby ESN Akdeniz!They know how to improve their Eg-

lish: Sharing the friendship with re-

markable synergy.

In July, students from all around Tur-

key gathered in Adrasan Training andApplicaon Centre of Akdeniz Univer-sity, Antalya. A few months ago, vo-lunteers of ESN Akdeniz applied for aYouth In Acon Project to the TurkishNaonal Agency, aiming to build re-markable communicaon and sharingbetween the parcipants, by the methey spent socially, geng to knoweach other and improving their English

through workshops and sessions, that

each of them are responsible for.

25 students from various cies of thecountry came together, took part in

daily acvies, organized arsc work-shops like origami or the sharing of

daily ps such as how to prepare yourluggage most eciently. Thousands oftourists from various countries y toAntalya during summer to have a vaca-on. Parcipants of the Fellowship OfCultures Project have done interviewswith tourists, took a video as well and

addionally made a sketch of the peo-ple who they had interview with.

Kadir Kele, the Naonal Representa-ve and Emre evik, the Vice Presidentof ESN Turkey were present during the

implementaon of a project as specialguests and were

parcipants as same as the rest of thegroup. They informed the studentsabout the whole structure of ESN and

what could be the benets of being anESNer in future. Most of the

parcipants whoseESN secons already exist in their uni-versies applied to become a volun-teer and currently a group of students

took rst steps to establish a new sec-on in Kocaeli University.

Volunteers of ESN Akdeniz were cer-tainly sased with the results of theProject, as this is one of the hundredsof Youth in Acon projects they have

organized and thus believe

that it will be a great beginning for

the members of the secon to thinkeven more extensive next me, applyfor another Project in future whichwill consist of ESNers and students all

around Europe, who knows?

Aer all, it is really not easy to exp -lain the atmosphere and synergy that

did arise aer such week in Adrasan.Countless projects have been grantedby EU, it was not the rst event theyparcipated in for most of the parci-pants. But sll, they all did agree aboutone thing in the end: they didnt only

improve their language and met with

nice people, they learned you can ex-

periment so many things with people

who you have never met before in such

a short period and it denitely feelsgood to be fascinated!

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Translation

Algarve, o osis de PortugalNas margens ocidentais da Europa

existe um pas cheio de histria e gen-te calorosa. Um pas de contrastes quefaz da diversidade uma das suas maio-res riquezas, onde a natureza perman-ece intocada e as praias so banhadas

pelo atlnco e pelo sol. Um pas de

arstas que deixaram a sua marca, cujaobra conhecida por todo o mundo e

onde se pode saborear alguns dos mel-

hores vinhos do globo.

No sul de Portugal h um so que en-canta todos os que por l passam. Osol brilha e aquece as praias, mesmoquando no resto da Europa est frio.J ouviste falar deste so! De certe-za que algum amigo j te disse coisascomo Eu fui da praia montanha numsegundo ou Esve em Sunset Pares,seguidas de grandes noites nas mel-

hores discotecas e no dia seguinte al-

mocei marisco fresco mesmo em cima

da praia!. tambm provvel que jtenhas lido sobre ele, que tenhas en-contrado numa revista de viagens um

argo a dizer que umas das mais belaspraias do mundo esto aqui e que at

as estrelas do cinema j sabem disso.O mais provvel ainda teres visto umprograma na TV sobre a cultura e ahistria daquele que foi eleito o mel-hor desno de golf do mundo. Mastambm podes ter encontrado sites na

Internet onde se diz que o vero aqui

dura o ano inteiro e que se podem pra-car quase todos os desportos, dentroe fora de agua. Ou ento j l esvestee zeste tudo isto! natural que con-

heas o Algarve pelos olhos, pela moe pela voz de muita gente. Mas se tefalta conhecer os segredos, as casca-

tas escondidas, as praias desertas e

selvagens, a beleza do cabo de Sagres(o ponto mais ocidental da Europa) e

toda a diverso que este so tem paraoferecer, desaamos-te a visit-lo!

Se gostas de praia, diverso sria epaisagens de rar o flego, deves pas-sar pelo Algarve quando visitares Por-tugal. um dos desnos mais procura-dos pelos turistas neste pas e mesmo

os portugueses no lhe resistem quan-do chega a altura das suas frias.

A ESN Portugal organiza, todos osanos, na altura em que o bom tempocomea a aparecer, o Erasmus NaonalMeeng (ENM) no Algarve. Este , semdvida, um dos eventos mais aguarda-

dos do ano! Imagina 4 dias com 500Erasmus no Algarve, num evento orga-nizado com apenas um objecvo: viveros melhores 4 dias de Erasmus!

Este ano o ENM teve lugar num resort

de 4 estrelas, perto da praia de Albufei-ra. A Sunset Party, a Coyote Ugly Party

com happy hour durante toda a noite

(s para Erasmus) e a Festa da Espumana KADOC, uma das melhores discote-cas de Portugal, animaram as noitesdeste encontro. De dia realizaram-seacvidades na praia e na piscina, kara-oke e um dia no maior parque aqucoportugus, o Slide&Splash.

Estes dias passam velocidade da luz,mas as memrias cam para a eterni-dade.

Algarve, tens de o viver para o com-preender!

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Translation

Algarve, The Portuguese OasisOn the western shores of Europe the-

re is a country full of history and warm

people. A country that takes advan-tage of its contrasts, where the nature

remains untouched and the beaches

are bathed by the Atlanc ocean andkissed by the sun. A country where

plenty arsts le their own marks,known worldwide, and where you can

taste one of the best wines in the glo-

be.

In the south of Portugal there is a placethat charms everyone, where the sun-

shine warms the beaches, even when

its cold in Europe. Youve alreadyheard about this place! We are surethat some friend of yours has told you

stu like I walked from the beach tothe mountains in seconds! or I wentto amazing Sunset Pares, followed bygreat nights at the best discos and in

the following day Ive eaten seafood

on the beach!. Its also probable that

youve read about it, that you found in

a travel magazine an arcle saying thatone of the most beauful beaches inthe world are located here, and even

the movie stars already know that. Pro-bably you watched a TV programmeannouncing that this place was elected

the best golf desny in the world. Butyou may also have found websites on

the internet where people say that the-

re the summer goes on during all year

and you can pracce almost every wa-ter and land sports. Or maybe you havebeen there and have done all of this!

Its natural that you know Algarve bythe eyes, hands and voices of many

people. But if you dont know the sec-rets, the hidden waterfalls, those sava-

ge beaches, the beauty of Sagres Cape(the Europes most western point) and

all the fun that this place has to oeryou, we challenge you to visit it!

If you like the beach, to party hard

and breathtaking landscapes you must

go to Algarve. This desny is one ofthe most selected by tourists, when it

comes to this country, and even Por-tuguese people dont resist to spend

some days there, when its vacancy

me.

ESN Portugal organizes, every year, inthe Spring break me, the Erasmus Na-onal Meeng (ENM) at Algarve. Thisis, no doubt, one of the most expected

events in the year! Imagine 4 days with

500 Erasmus at Algarve, on an eventthat has just one goal: to spend thebest 4 days of the Erasmus experience!

This year ENM took place at a 4 starresort, near the Albufeira beach. Eve-rybody enjoyed the Sunset Party, theCoyote Ugly Party with happy hourall night long (for Erasmus only) and

a Foam Party at KADOC, one of thebest discos in Portugal. During the daythere was plenty acvies by the pooland the beach, such as karaoke and

several sports, and one day was spent

at the biggest Portuguese water parkSlide&Splash.

These days go by at the speed of light,

but memories remain for the eternity.

Algarve,

you must live it to understand t!

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Meet the Board

October International Board Diaryby Leo Smith

October is notoriously one of the crazy

months in ESN (which ones arent we

hear you ask?) with many events hap-

pening at the local, naonal and in-ternaonal level and also the boardengaged in the coordinaon of net-

work, communicaon with externalpartners and running of our projects

like PRIME, SocialErasmus etc. Thus,

we have lots to let you know about in

this feature

The month began with the return from

CNR Nancy, a producve meeng thatsaw the approval of ESN Georgia andsecond secons in ESN Ireland ESNCroaa, demonstrang the growth andpopularity of our network. Also, many

interesng sessions were conductedwhereby NRs had the opportunity to

share ideas about what the network

can do for the 25th Anniversary ofErasmus.

A policy of the Internaonal Board thisyear is to stay close to secons andwe felt that the best way to do that

is to come and meet you face-to-face

at your naonal plaorms. Therefore,Damien was aending the SlovakianNP at the start of the month to speakwith ESNers, get their feedback and

talk to them about the acvies of ESNInternaonal. At the same me, Leoreturned home to the UK to parcipatein the UK Naonal Plaorm, an eventwhich saw the growth of ESN UK to 13secons, the elecon of a new NB andreally promising ideas for how the UK

can get more engaged in ESN acvies.We will be trying to coming to more

plaorms throughout the year, so justlet us know if you would like one of the

IB to visit your NP as well.

Also, at the same weekend as the UKNP, Josen and Fabian were represen-ng ESN at the IFISO meeng (InformalForum of Internaonal Student Orga-nisaons) in Thessaloniki sharing bestpracces, aending workshops andsmall sessions that facilitate cooperate

between ESN and the youth associa-

ons. ESN was also elected as the nexthouse for the Spring event, so if your

secon would like to organise this pres-gious event, you can apply on www.esn.org.

Next up was the Right for your Rights

Conference which took place in Octo-ber in both Luxembourg and Brussels

and it was the nal event to celebratethe success of the project and coope-raon between Campus Europae andESN. The event was aended by Katjaand Tania from the Board and many

other ESNers from all across Europe,

and they all parcipated in the con-ference, trainings and workshops and

even had the chance to visit the Euro-

pean Parliament in Brussels.

One of ESNs most renowned pro-

jects, ExchangeAbility had its finalevent to celebrate the culmination

of the project cooperation betweenESN and UNICA. The event was held

in Brussels and attended by a numberof students with disabilities engaged

in the campaign, National Agencies,the board and other important sta-

keholders. This fantastic and uplif-ting event saw the presentation of

all the videos produced through the

project and celebrated the impact ofeverybodys work. Following on fromthis, Tania attended a National Agen-cies meeting which was a fantastic

opportunity to talk about the imple-

mentation of the Erasmus program-me, the work of ESN in each country

and also how the two bodies can co-

operate for the 25th Anniversary ofthe Erasmus Programme in 2012.

As some of you may know, ESN is sup-ported by grants which allow us to

work here in Brussels and also to run

our major projects such as PRIME andSocialErasmus. Therefore, we are al-ways trying to learn more about what

we can apply for and how we can make

beer applicaons in the future. So on28th November, Virginie, our new sec-retary (she started to work with us in

September) aended a Grant wringand Info day to gather lots of informa-

on and gain trainings that will for surebe valuable to our work in the future.Simultaneously, the Regional Plaormsbegan with SWEP Lisbon being the

rst event for ESNers in the region toaend. Josen and Leo aended theevent with 45 movated parcipantscoming from Spain, Portugal, Franceand Italy to aend workshops and trai-nings and share best pracces and in-formaon about their work.

And to round of a busy, yet producveOctober for the board we had a Hallo-

ween Party in the ESN House, with anumber of ESNers present to join us for

this ghoulish fancy dress event.

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Section in the Spotlight: JulyAEP-ESN Padova

By AEP -ESN Padova

PadovaWinner of the Starlight Award 2011 and Secon in the Spotlight in July,AEP-ESN Padova is one of the most acve secons in the network. It was found-ed in 1992 and became part of the network in 1994, it has more than 40 acve

members, about 800 ESN cards every year, 2 twin secons (Maribor and Nancy)and 70 acvies each semester. We can oer our Erasmus a lot of cultural events(such as theatre or photography courses), sport events (raing, ice skang, etc.)educaonal events (trips to museums and cies), of course a lot of fun, besidesinvolving them in our everyday life, out of ESN. Plus, we are very acve also onthe internaonal level, and some examples are our 4 members in the IB in thelast 5 years, the organizaon of the SWEP 2010, the parcipaon in the majorESN meengs (CoMeet, CNR, Secon Meengs) the parcipaon in many inter-naonal projects (Survey, PRIME, EVS, etc..) and the organizaon of the PRIMEConference 2011.

However, our main commitment is on

a local and naonal level: our greatest

acvies are the Boat Party, whichmeans 15 hours through the lagoon ofVenice with 250 Erasmus students, a3-day trip to Slovenia and the Carnival,this year with more than 1800 par-cipants and 28 secons from all overItaly, a guided tour through Padua anda huge masked party. We take part inthe ESNow and the Evento Nazionaleso that our Erasmus can meet those

who are having the same experience

all over the country.One of our new projects is the ESN Ba-zar: the guys who are going back home

can leave us what they dont need, so

that we can give it to the new coming

students.Also this year, together with the Uni-versity, we are organizing the Wel-come Day and the Welcome Back Day,

two days during which we welcome

the incoming students or those who

come back from their Erasmus.

The University also gave us an oce,which we open 4 days a week andwhere we welcome the incoming Eras-

mus or the Italian students about to

leave who need informaon abouttheir new cies. Finally, we do careabout the cohesion inside our group

and that is why we organize a dinnertwice a year only for ESNers so that we

can spend more me together.

Section in the Spotlight: AugustESN Lisbon

By ESN Lisbon

ESN Lisbon was born on a sunny day, in

the year 2008 - And it seems like a mil-lion years ago! We are extremely proud

to be a very acve secon in ESN, withacvies every single weekend, par-es, cultural events, and acve mem-bers who are willing to go all the way

to make each exchange student know

what it feels like to have an Erasmus ex-

perience in this wonderful city!Our team has been growing at what

looks like one unstoppable rate - not

only in numbers, but in commitment

and quality, we are around 30 acvemembers, highly movated to make

this the greatest Erasmus students or-ganizaon ever. And apparently, weare geng there even quicker than

we thought - Over the past year, we

had more than 2500 Erasmus signedup to our secon. To improve and al-

ways maintain the ESN spirit among themembers, we organize Teambuildingweekends and dinners, in addion toour weekly meengs..Beside the usual trips to Portugalsmost well known and cherished places

(Algarve, Fma, Porto, Sintra, Mafra,Arrbida, and Tomar), there were alsosome great group acvies, where thespirit of ESN was always present, like in

our BBQs, Movie Sessions, Eurodinner

- among so many others! Our trip to

Torres Vedras allowed the Erasmus stu-dents to experience the most Portugue-se carnival of Portugal. We should also

menon the great Radical Weekendin Coimbra, where the Erasmus weregiven the opportunity to parcipatein acvies like slide, rappel, climbing,and canoeing. Through Wine Tasngand Cooking Sessions we took some

me to value our own avors and gas-tronomy as well - Or do you sll thinkthat Portugal is just about the codshand the port wine?

Along with other ESN Portugal secons,we also took part in the ESN NaonalFootball Tournament in Aveiro, and, asit couldnt be missed, the highlight of

this year - the Erasmus Naonal Mee-ng. This great event took place inthe Algarve and we reached an ama-

zing number of almost 200 Erasmusstudents signing up, joining 600 fromother Portugal secons.

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What about the pares? ESN knowshow to throw a great party no doubt

about that! Every single Tuesday is al-ready known as the musicbox night.This get-together always follows the

tradional meeng at the ErasmusCorner - a street in the heart of ourvery own Bairro Alto - one of the coo-lest places to hang out at night and

where all the Erasmus meet for a beer.We are also proud to say that we have

had pares in the best clubs of Lisbon(Gossip, Kapital, Lo), a Beach Party,and that they were always memorable!

One of the projects that helped thenew Erasmus integraon was the Bud-dy Programme. This project, whichthis year has brought together over

300 Erasmus students and Portugueseenthusiasc parcipants, consists in

aribung a Portuguese student to tu-tor the Erasmus and help them to get

involved with our lifestyle and culture.For the next semester, ESN Lisbon is al-ready planning new iniaves concer-ning this integraon, like the TandemLanguage Project and Social Erasmus.

Regarding the best interests of the

Erasmus students, ESN Lisbon has an

oce, open every week day and also

has some partnerships such as with lo-

cal banks, hostels, a language school, a

surf school, phone networks and many

others - all of which to guarantee the

best services and the most comfortable

life possible during each Erasmus stay

in Lisbon. We have good contact with

the universies around Lisbon, par-cipang in Welcome Days and makingourselves known throughout the Uni-

versity Campuses. We also wrote theESN Guide and will connue to improveit throughout the following semesters.

ESN Lisbon is also working on establi-

shing a long lasng relaonship withESN Internaonal and with other sec-ons all over Europe, and as such, we

have members in the naonal board,and one of our members is the naonalPRIME coordinator. Also, not only willwe be organizing the Cultural Medleyfor the second consecuve year, butwe are also hosng the SWEP next Oc-tober. At the Cultural Medley this July,

ESN Lisbon is planning trips around thecity, surf lessons, wine tasng and ofcourse, big pares, where the ESN spi-rit we all love, and stand for, will surely

be present.

ESN Lisbon has had a very busy year

- and we intend to keep up the good

work and developing our secon - Al-ways with the Pallomeri spirit within allof us, that could never be missed!

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Youth Convention

The rights of the Volunteer - IIYouth convention on Volunteering

by Josefin Svensson

With a main topic of the rights of the

volunteer, during four days at the

heart of Europe, gathering thousands

of young people, among them 80 ES-

Ners showing the power of volunteers

the Second Youth Convenon on Vo-lunteering took place.

The event, organised by the European

Youth Forum took place at the Euro-pean Parliament Esplanade and PlaceLuxembourg in Brussels and gathered

thousands of young people, politici-

ans and other stakeholders from all

over the world in a four-day event to

empower the volunteer. The first twodays were dedicated to a conference

on the rights of the volunteer, brin-

ging together 70 stakeholders fromall over Europe to discuss this im-

portant matter. Raising the voice ofvolunteers, this conference resulted

in a declaration which was officially

handed over to representatives of

the parliament.

The following two days hosted an EU-

China conference focusing on the vo-lunteers values and work in the two

parts, nding similaries and dieren-

ces. The parcipants literally builta bridge in order to symbolize thebridge that should be built between

Europe and China.

Parallel to this was the biggestpart of the event, the v-village, a fair

containing the stands of youth organi-

saons and important stakeholders -each of which were showing themsel-

ves to the public, engaging visitors in

compeons and other acvies. ESNhad its own stand, displaying its work,

publicaons and with all the ags and

ESN gadgets it was hard

to miss the delegaon ofalmost 100 ESNers.

The v-village fesvies were open tothe general public and oered an openspace to be lled by the imaginaonof the organisaons and stakeholderspresent. During its two days thousandsof people visited the event taking

part in art projects, debates and work-shops. ESN was there

to hold 7 workshopsof which many were

much appreciated.Moreover, an event

like this is a great

place to show the

concerns, causes and

work of a youth orga-

nizaon like ESN, butis also a great deal

when it comes to op-

portunies oeredto its members.

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Show your Country

Do you know Polska?By Iga Nowak

WHERE? Poland lies in the central partof the European connent, the geome-trical centre of which is near Warsaw.This is where the lines from Nordkyn

in Norway to Matapan in Greece, andfrom Cabo da Roca in Portugal to thecentral Urals intersect. The boundarybetween the East and West European

connental masses also runs throughPoland.

Polands total surface area is 322,500sq km (312,600 sq km of land, 1,200 sqkm of inland waters, and 8,700 sq kmof territorial waters). This makes it theninth largest country in Europe, aerRussia, Ukraine, France, Spain, Swe-den, Germany, Finland and Norway,and the 63rd largest in the world.

HOW MANY PEOPLE? In 2003 Polandspopulaon stood at 38,111,000. Thisgure makes it the 29th most popula-

ted country in the world and the 8thin Europe. Before, it ranked seventh,

but was surpassed by the independent

Ukraine. It is forecast to regain the se-venth place posion roughly by 2030,surpassing Spain.

WHAT IS THE BEST CUSINE? The Po-lish naonal dish is bigos, made of bri-ned cabbage with a variety of meats,

smoked meats and mushrooms. Ano-ther speciality worth trying is gobki- cabbage leaves stued with mincedmeat and rice or groats, served with

tomato or mushroom sauce.Typical dishes include:barszcz bee-troot soup with mushrooms or uszka(dumplings stued with mushrooms),mushroom soup, a cabbage dish (usu-

ally plain cabbage with mushrooms or

pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms),

sweet dumplings with poppy seeds,

pastries, cakes, fruit, nuts, sweets and

a compote drink made from stewed

prunes, dried pears and apples. The

main treat, though, is sh.

WHAT IS WORTH SEEING? Krakow,

Warsaw, Wrocaw, Pozna, Gdask andLublin are some of the most beauful ci-es in Poland. Beauful buildings, inte-resng architecture and scenic places, itis their common trait. Moreover, whilein Poland it is worth a trip to the moun-tains or the sea. Tourists have to seeMazury - land lakes and visit one of themany scenic parks.This is Poland!

More: www.poland.gov.pl.

*Visit: www.doyouknowpolska.com

Capital

WarsawLanguage

Polish

Population

38.2 Million

Currency

Polish Zloty PLN (1 Euro = 4,14 PLN)

Area

312,685 km2

EU Member

Since 2004

Passport

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ESN Poland!by Iga Nowak & Julia Trawrinska

The history of ESN in Poland began in1998 when the rst secon was found-ed at the Medical Academy in Warsaw.At the same me, students from othercies, independently, saw the need tocreate organizaons that would susta-

in student exchanges among the Poles,and has provided Erasmus with integ-

raon and support. The following uni-versies gathered in informal groups,whose aim was to create a framework

for cooperaon between the visingstudents at Polish universies. In paral-lel with the acvies in secons, ArturOrlowski (ESN SGH secon president)and Michael Rule (secon president ofESN Gdask) independently began todevelop assumpons about the start

of cooperaon between the naonallevel secons. The idea of the rst na-onwide meeng of ESN secons led tothe organizaon of a Naonal Plaorm,which was held in Gdansk, Poland(09.05.2003 - 11.05.2003). Here webegan discussing the proposal for the

establishment of ESN SGH Associaonin ESN Poland, but aer an exchange ofviews between representaves of thesecon about the decision on the ini-aon of work on the establishment ofthe associaon was postponed. Fromyear to year, the ESN Poland Associa-on is growing. We are constantly incre-asing the number of projects, as wellas members of ESN. At present, ESNPoland has 33 secons in all major aca-demic centers in Poland.In April 2011 at the Naonal Plaorm

in Poznan, the Polish delegates electeda naonal board of six people. Withthe change of the naonal statutes,they established a new posion in theboard: Project Manager. In May the po-sion came into eect. The ocial end

of term of the outgoing Board and han-dover was held on 1st July 2011. Themeeng took place on the Balc Seain the beauful tourist town, which isSopot.

Several days of meengs were held forthe members of two boards and they

were very benecial and valuable! Ol-der friends gave newcomers success-

ful rules for cooperaon, solving theproblems encountered and a whole

lot of experiences that they managed

to collect during the annual term. Formembers of the new board, it was an

opportunity to create an acon planfor the coming term, the division of

taks and rules of operaon in a groupand designate the points to be imple-

mented.

The substanve discussions that lastedvery long. A few days spent togetherhave passed under the moo ESN.Even the dinner took place in the hub-

bub of talk about SocialErasmus, Disco-

ver Europe or the Naonal Plaorm.But the evening belonged to us! Tired,but sased with the agenda going out

on night walks on the beach. Courage-ous of us, in accordance with the prin-

ciple of being at the seaside is a duty

to bathe in it, jumped into the cold Bal-c Sea. Others who deny this principle,they were thrown into the sea ...

It was a nice meeng that will certainlyleave a lasng memory of the outgoingboard members. This short, but veryecient trip will have a very posiveimpact on year-long collaboraon ofnew board members of the Associaonof ESN Poland. We are very grateful toAnne (now HR) for the clasp us to herroom. The view of 12 people sleepingin one small room (and one person in

the car before the block;)) will long re-main in our memory!

Thanks to the outgoing Board: Mag-

dalena Stanisawska, Piotr Cylke, PiotrSosnowski, Joanna Gierasimiuk, PiotrGrudniewski, Krzysztof Wgrzynowicz(connues the funcon). Thank you for

all your support and we hope to seeyou soon.

And of course lets wish the good luckfor the new Board: Artur Koziski, JuliaTrawiska, Anna Seweryn, Micha Pi-rkowski, Anna Murawska and me, IgaNowak.

Pallomeri

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BLACK SILESIAIS FULL OF POSSIBILITIES!

By Ola Kubiczek

Between 19th and 22nd of May 2011ESN UE Katowice organized the fourthedion of Silesia Days.

Silesia Days is a cultural didaccconference organized for all exchangestudents in Poland. The goal of thismeeng is to show the possibilies ofstudents development in the Silesia

Region to all foreign people and to pro-

ve that Silesia is a good place to live.

Our event generally consists of three

parts:

1) Conference day- this is a good occa-

sion to learn more about working anddeveloping a career in the Upper Sile-

sia region. Parcipants are also able tolearn more about the history, current

cultural events and technological news

of the Silesian Voivodeship.2) Extreme economics - a eld gamebased on teamwork. The game takesplace in the Silesian Central Park inChorzw. It is full of aracons such aszorbing, roller coaster, wall climbing orwindsurng.3) Trips to the most interesng touristaracons in the region like the Bre-wery in Tychy (Browary Tyskie) or the

coal mine Guido in Zabrze.

The rst day began in the aernoon.New friends from other universieswere accommodated in our dormitory

and aer that went to dinner, duringwhich they had the opportunity to tas-

te Pierogi - a famous Polish dish.In the evening we had a special wel-

come party in the student club Kwa-draty. The party was exceponal, be-cause it was a Foam Party!

Aer a hard reveille on the second day,we went together to the University of

Economics in Katowice to take part in

the Conference. During this interesngmeeng we learnt a lot about the pre-sent events in the Silesian Voivodshipand watched two presentaons which

were made by our older Erasmusfriends and related to their experien-

ces in Poland. They told us how theyhad developed their career in the Up-

per Silesia and what had helped them

in coming to the decision about stayingin our country.Aer dinner (a delicious pizza) all par-cipants went to Tychy to visit theBrewery. They learnt about its history,about the producon of the beer andin the end they took part in the beer

tasng.In the evening we had a Bus Party. Thewhole Erasmus team from our Univer-

sity, our guests and the local ESN mem-

bers had fun inside the bus which was

traveling around Katowice.Saturday was a very acve day. It was30C when the Extreme Economics

started. We divided our group intoteams. For each team was given a map,with the help of which the team mem-

bers were to reach every point on it. Inevery place there was a special challen-

ge for the group. The points were re-ceived for compleng them. The win-ners - a team with the highest number

of points and the best me - got the

prize. Everybody had a lot of fun and,what is important, we had been lucky

enough to return before a great storm

started. Luckily, the weather was muchbeer, so we could go to the concertof Myslovitz. A bungee jumping turnedout to be an extra aracon for theErasmus people.

The last day we spent vising the mu-seum - the coal mine GUIDO in Zab-rze. The ESN members did their best to

translate the dicult miners languageto English. We gained knowledge about

the hard work in a mine and about the

history of the coal mining in the Sile-

sian region. Aer the tour we went

to eat a special Silesian dinner: a beefroulade with the Silesian dumplings

and red cabbage.

Silesia Days 2011 has come to the suc -cessful conclusion! This years four-dayevent aracted 60 parcipants fromUniversies all over Poland. We had alot of fun and aer these days we areproud to say that: BLACK SILESIA isFULL OF POSSIBILITIES!!!

See you next year! Get wild in Silesia!

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THE DELEGATES MEETINGBy Katarzyna Pachlita

On 27th-29th May the Delegates Mee-ng was held in Cracow. It is one of themost important meengs at the nao-nal level between the Erasmus Student

Network representaves. The delega-tes of all Polish ESN secons took partin the congress to deliberate, decide

and plan how to work. One delegatefrom each secon and a few guests

determined by the ESN Poland boardwere invited for the Delegates Mee-

ng. The meeng takes place threemes a year and is the internaonalcontact network.80 persons, represenng various uni-versies took part in the meengwhich was held in May: AGH Universi-ty of Science and Technology, Kozmin-ski University, Naonal Defence Uni-versity in Warsaw, Collegium Civitas,Medical University of Gdansk, Bialys-tok University of Technology, GdanskUniversity of Technology, CracowUniversity of Technology, Lublin Uni-

versity of Technology, Lodz Universi-ty of Technology, Poznan Universityof Technology, Warsaw University of

Technology, Wroclaw University of

Technology, Warsaw University of LifeSciences, Lazarski University, KatowiceUniversity of Economics, Cracow Uni-versity of Economics, Poznan Univer-sity of Economics, Wroclaw University

of Economics, University of Gdansk,Adam Mickiewicz University in Poz-nan, Jagiellonian University, Maria

Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin,Mikolaj Kopernik University in Torun,University of Szczecin, University ofWarmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Uni-

versity of Warsaw, Medical Universityof Warsaw and Silesian University of

Technology.

The Delegates Meeng was preparedby the two Cracovian universies, na-mely Cracow University of Economicsand the Jagiellonian University. Thoseresponsible for organizing the meengwere Ewelina Kus president of ESN

UJ, Adrian uczyski president of ESNUEK and Marcin Kope ESN PolandAssociaon Fundraising Coordinator.

On May 28th, the deliberaons wereheld at the University of Economics

and were related to the reports on

the current Boards acvity, the nan-cial statements with emphasis on the

outstanding secon payments, the re-ports of the Audit Commiee and thepersonal reports. Then the Erasmaniacase was discussed and aerwardsthe small sessions were conducted

relang to the new associaon statu-te, the recruitment and the Discover

Europe project evaluaon. In the nalstage of deliberaons the vo-

ng for the amendment of the statuteand regulaons took place as well asthe elecon to the ESN Poland Board,which includes:

Artur Koziski PresidentJulia Trawiska Naonal Representa-veKrzysztof Wgrzynowicz TreasurerMicha Pirkowski Project Manager

Iga Nowak Communicaon ManagerAnna Seweryn - Board Member of Hu-man Resources

Anna Murawska - Board Member ofOrganizaon

On May 29th, the deliberaons wereheld at the Jagiellonian University. Thepresentaon topics consisted of the is-sues such as: the vision of co-operaondevelopment with Associaon Part-ners, the potenal of the ESN Poland

brand, a discussion on What can bedone thanks to the work in the ESN?and a discussion on the ESN Olympics

and Cracow ESNalia projects. The re-ports from the trainings and the Schu-

man Parade were also submied.At the May Delegates Meeng impor-tant decisions were taken connected

not only with the ESN Poland, but alsowith the various local secons, whichhave a signicant impact on their con-nued funconing and acvity. We dohope that the approved changes and

adopted provisions will contribute to

more eecve work and even beerusing of the potenal that ESN andpeople creang it have.

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Weve painted the Monument!The Ecological-Scienc Picnic took placeon the 11th June at Warsaws ChildrensHealth Center, under the patronage ofthe Mayor of Warsaws Wawer district.During this picnic, the paents and otherguests parcipated in various physics andchemistry experiments, in-

cluding experiencing how a

hybrid engine or a magnecrail works. There were alsoother workshops on the

creaon of handmade pa-per, as well as acvies witha microscope and ries.Polands ESN Organisa-on was very visible at the

picnic. It integrated withboth Polish and foreignstudents, bringing smiles

onto curious childrens faces. Youngs-ters parcipated in acvies such ashaving naonal ags or fake taoospainted on their faces. There was alsothe possibility of making handmade je-welry or playing musical instruments. It

was quite challenging foryoung people to try their

best in communicang inforeign languages to the

foreign students present.All this pleasantly tookplace in an internaonalatmosphere.The concert of the band

Enej, as well as the pre-sence of gra arstswere the main arac-ons of the picnic. Two

days prior to the picnic, abig gray monument was

placed on the site of the

picnic. By the end of thepicnic the statue was no

longer a frightening gray

statue, but a beaufully co-

loured sculpture which aracted po-sive aenon. This project was pre-pared by Alicja Getka from WarsawsAcademy of Fine Arts and was realizedby the students from Erasmus Student

Network. It was a real treat for them topaint a gray dirty monument, success-

fully doing so and rewardingly saying

Weve painted the monument. This

seless acon was done so that thechildren ghng for their health couldfeel that through this colourful monu-

ment they were not alone in their ef-

forts. The purpose of this project wasto make gray reality into something

more colourful.All of the acvies menoned above arejust a small part of the SocialErasmusproject in Poland. The human elementas well as the smile of the childrens

faces were what counted for us !

By Karol lusarski

European Day & the ShumanParadeThis years May was full of such great

events like the ESN Olympics, The FinalGala of Discover Europe, The EuropeanDay (SGH) and of course the SchumanParade! Lets refresh our memory aboutthe Schuman Parade and The European

Day.The parade was a huge success. Therewere many of us, every secon fromWarsaw delegated a small group consis-

ng of members and Erasmus studentsto represent them. The parade startedat noon from the place in front of the

Castle in the Old Town and was movingtowards Nowy wiat to the so calledEuropean Town where we had our

stand to promote ESN and make child-

ren smile. Our big ag was seen every-

where by everyone, even on TV! Laterin the European Town we were painngkids faces, blowing up balloons and

enjoyed our me to-gether ;)Another event coor-dinated by ESN SGHwas The European

Day. We were ce-

lebrang the unityof Europe and pro-

mong the Erasmusprogramme. It tookplace in the main building of Warsaw

School of Economics. We gathered ahuge crowd there! People were shockedand amazed by our dance show perfor-med by Joanna Dbrowska and Volody-myr Sharapov. The big surprise was ourhandmade wall presenng the wordEurope made out of 100 boxes! During

the event we organized a conference onhow we can obtain subsidies from the

EU. From the very beginning we were

supported by tradional music from Eu-ropean countries. In other words: ano-ther great event prepared by the ESN!So, as these events belong to the past,

we look forward to the future! We hopenext polish events will be another suc-

cess in promong our beloved ESN!

By Hubert Wodzyski

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Alphabet: Do you know Polska?

Here is the Alphabet about this won-derful, central European country brin-

ging you a lot of entertainment and

knowledge! Lets check to see howmuch you know about Poland!

A like Astronomer

Mikoaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Coper-nicus) born in Toru. Developed theheliocentric model of the solar sys-

tem, according to which the Sun is

at the center. Copernicuss theory in-uenced the way of looking at Earthand the human place in the universe

and became the basis for the deve-

lopment of science.

B like Bison.The largest surviving in Europe mam-

mal. The Poles have saved the bisonfrom exncon.

C like ConstuonIn 1791 the Poles adopted the rstwrien Constuon, the rst in Eu-rope, the second in the world.

D like diversity

The whole territory of Poland is va-ried. You can nd: sandy beaches onthe Balc Sea, many lakes and pictu-resque landscapes in the mountains.

E like European UnionPoland is in the EU from 1st May2004.

F like Flag.The Polish naonal colour is whiteand red. Thats the colour of the po-lish ag.

G like great sportsmanPolish sportsmen are: OtyliaJdrzejczak (Olympic champions inswimming distance), Adam Maysz (the most popular polish ski-jumper),Robert Kubica (F1 driver) etc.

H like Gods Playground, aHistory of Poland, N. DaviesIt is the best known history book of

Poland in English.

I like inspiraon to learnpolish languageThis language is known as one of the

most dicult languages to learn. Wehave a lot of tongue-twisters. Canyou repeat: susz szosa sucha ?

J like Jagiellonian University

The rst polish university was found-ed in Cracow in 1364.

K like knowledgePolish mathemacians broke the sec-ret of the Enigma code (a coding ma-

chine used by Nazi Germany).

L like name: LechLech Wasa. Poland was the rstcountry of the communist block

where the old system collapsed. LechWasa was the leader of movement.

M like million

The populaon in Poland is 38,2 mil-lion people.

N like neighbours

Neighbouring states: Germany, CzechRepublic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus,

Lithuania, Russia.

O like openness

Foreigners perceive Poles as a veryopen people. Poles make new friendseasily and are warm in their relaonswith strangers.

P like Pierogi

From me immemorial the Poleshave loved drinking and eang. Ty-pical polish cuisine is very diverse

and contains e.f. oscypek (typical po-lish cheese from mountains), ur (a

soup), kluski (a delicious polish pas-ta) and a lot more.

R like radiumMaria Curie-Skodowska won twoNobel Prizes in the eld of physicsand chemistry. She was co-founderof radiology and discovered radium

and polonium.

S like Slavonic soul

Poles are considered to be people ofhonour, as well as vulnerable to ro-

manc impulses.

T like temperature

Poland lies in moderate climate zone.In summer (June-September) is usu-

ally warm about 25-30, but in winter(October - February) the tempera-ture is dipping to -25 - -30.

U like UNESCO.The UNESCO Word Heritage Listsincluded e.g. Wielczka. The Wielicz-ka Salt Mine, created in the Middle

Ages. For centuries, it was the sourceof the countrys wealth. Today, it isthe most popular Polish tourist at-tracon.

W like Warsaw

The capital of Poland.

Z like zotyThats polish currency ( 1 - 4,01PLN).

,,,,, ,, , ?!Dicult? Now,I dont think so! ;)

So you think you know Polska? Wouldyou like to prove it? Or maybe discover

it?

We invite you to Poland!

Visit websites:doyouknowpolska.comEncourage to check up:

www.esn.pl, www.en.poland.gov.pl

By Iga Nowak

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The European Civil SocietyPlatform on Lifelong Learning

By No Viedma

The European Civil Society Plaorm onLifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL) gathers24 European networks working in edu-

caon and training. Together, theseorganisaons cover all sectors of edu-caon and training including networksfor higher educaon, vocaonal edu-caon and training, adult educaonand popular educaon; networks forstudents, school heads, parents, hu-

man resources developer professio-

nals, teachers and trainers. Through itsmembers, EUCIS-LLL embodies lifelonglearning.

The creaon of this plaorm is a res-ponse from civil society organisaonsto the dening and implementaon ofa European educaon and training po-licy. EUCIS-LLL promotes European-wi-de cooperaon among civil society or-ganisaons in order to build a cizensvoice on lifelong learning issues and to

propose concrete soluons based onthe experse, the competencies andthe experience of its networks experts

and praconers. It takes regular posi-ons to defend the common interestsof its members. This is the case for ex-ample on the future of the educaon,training and youth programmes or to

promote the development of Euro-

pean cizenship educaon.

Since its creaon in 2005, EUCIS-LLLhas increasingly achieved more recog-

nion from the EU and other relevantstakeholders, going from 6 members

in 2005 to 24 in 2011. During its lastGeneral Assembly in Krakow,

EUCIS-LLL

welcomed four new members: ESN,

UNIQUE, CONTACT 2103 and OBESSU.EUCIS-LLL was parcularly looking for-

ward to involve youth organisaons inthe network. The plaorm has grownfast and its older members are eager

to maintain a family spirit. Indeed,EUCIS-LLL represents a great oppor-tunity for its members to know each

other and also to share knowledge on

a regular, friendly and structured ba-

sis. Gina Ebner, EUCIS-LLL President,said that Looking back at the last fewyears, I see that being able to work

together represents a real change. By

exchanging views we can nd simila-ries but we can also bring new ideasand soluons to the challenges we arefacing today.

The plaorm is also a tool to promote aholisc vision of lifelong learning, fromcradle to grave, that is not limited to

formal educaon but integrates non-formal and informal learning. By brin-ging together actors from all sectors

and levels of educaon and training,EUCIS-LLL contributes to an increasedexibility between systems. Youth or-ganisaons such as the Erasmus Stu-dent Network (ESN) is a good example

as they are bridging non-formal educa-

on - through the involvement of stu-dent volunteers in their projects - andformal educaon - by connecng Uni-versies and students across Europe.The plaorm fosters a vision of lifelonglearning that promotes equity, socialcohesion and acve cizenship. It be-lieves that the objecves of educaon

and training should not only be descri-bed in terms of employability or

economic growth but

also as a framework

for personal develop-

ment. It is essenalto raise awareness on

the fact that lifelong

learning should include

a large range of lear-

ning sengs and createmore complementarity

and connuity betweenformal, non-formal and

informal learning.

EUCIS-LLL organises conferences, pub-lic hearings and seminars on transver-

sal topics on lifelong learning. In 2011,the plaorm tackled issues such as vo-

lunteering in educaon and training,the impact of transnaonal mobility tofoster personal, social and civic compe-

tences. Furthermore, since 2010 threeworking groups were set on the soci-al dimension of E&T, on EU tools &competences and on the sustainabi-lity of lifelong learning. These workinggroups are composed of experts and

praconers coming from its membernetworks. They allowed the plaormto strengthen exchanges amongst its

members and to make innovave pro-posals to decision-makers. The keymessages that emerge from EUCIS-LLLmeengs and acvies are communi-cated to EU instuons via our posi-on papers or via meengs with theirrepresentaves.

Last but not least, the plaorm advoca-tes for a stronger consultaon and par-cipaon of organised civil society atall levels of policy-making. It is acve incivil society groups in order to promote

these ideas as well as to raise aware-ness on the role of lifelong learning,

notably to develop European acvecizenship. It is a member of the CivilSociety Contact Group and the Euro-pean Economic and Social CommieeLiaison Group. EUCIS-LLL believes thatstudent networks such as ESN, OBES-

SU or ESU should be consulted auto-

macally when a policy paper is to beprepared in a eld that concerns themdirectly. This should be the case for all

European civil society stakeholders andEUCIS-LLL is constantly striving to makeit happen.

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The Sunny National Event onCrete by ESN Greece

by Despina Vachari

Aer long discussions and several inte-resng suggesons everyone in the Na-onal Plaorm of ESN Greece agreedthat Crete was the place for OUR rst

Naonal Event.The local secon in Crete, ESN Tei ofCrete is composed of some crazy andresponsible men and a courageous

treasurer, Georgia. The secon is loca-ted in Heraklion, the capital of Crete,a city of dubious beauty, in which I

personally would disagree as, sun and

fun is always there and nobody would

doubt this.The rendezvous was set to be at theport of Piraeus for the non-Cretan

parcipants. About 140 Erasmus stu-dents and ESNers from Thessaloniki

and Athens met in front of the ferryand were ready to depart for their trip.A long and inte-resng sleeplessnight was fore-

seen, as the par-

cipants wereabout to meet

all together for

the rst me andstart the journeyto the magni-cent island. Forthis reason our sponsor had already

been waing for us at the port and freeenergy drinks were distributed to the

parcipants.We arrived early in the morning, leour redness behind and let the funbegin. ( esners ?). First stop was

Elounda where we took the boat fora short cruise around Spinalong, a his-

toric island and ended up at Kolokitha,

a small, almost private beach. The seawas a bit cold but not cold enough to

keep us from swimming, diving and

playing games in the sandy beach.Time to go? No, not before the bar-

beque! Food is always good and theway back to Elounda was short. Oneof the most famous beach bars of Cre-te was open only to Naonal Event

parcipants and despite our rednessand our will to lay and relax on the sun

beds music got loud soon and we took

the challenge. Our rst day ended

with an unforgeable party by the seawith us dancing and singing our favo-

rite songs and watching the sunset on

the background.

For the second day aqua-park was the main arac-on. With a few absences(people who chose an

alternave sightseeingschedule on the famous

ancient palace of Knossos)

we departed for Watercity.Waterslides with names

like harry cane, black who-

le, high-speed fast and fas-

ter and other crazy sta but also lazy

river and peaceful swimming poolssoon were full of Erasmus students

tesng thei

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