OBESSU Newsletter October 2011

The new OBESSU Newsletter is out!

NewsletterOctober

2011

This is theOBESSU

Newsletter that iscoming out every

month to allmember

organisations andpartners ofOBESSU.

As you can see, weare giving our

newsletter a makeover! If you have

any suggestions tomake our

newsletter better,do not hesitate to

let us know!

The Newsletter isan informing

collecting of newsand especiallyevents you can

participate in frompartner and

contactorganisations.

CONTACTOBESSU:

Sarah Dejaegher

Communication andAdministration

Assistantsarah(a)obessu.org

HIGHLIGHTS ONVET in your country

OBESSU has always been known for our representation

of students in upper secondary education, and we are

now broadening that term and working more intensively

with Vocational Education and Training. It is a topic that

OBESSU have worked with for some years now, but we

still don’t know how our members work with this

topic. Read more »

OBESSU NEWSOBESSU update part I: busy September!

The last months have been very full months for OBESSU. Afterthe Summer School we concentrated our energies on the newYouth in Action application for the Summer School in 2012 inSpain. OBESSU also participated with a lot of enthusiasm in theII Youth Convention on Volunteering and the EducationStakeholders’ Forum. Read more »

OBESSU update part II: policy work and futureevents!

OBESSU does a lot of policy work: We participated in theconsultation of the next strategic priorities of the European YouthForum and the Youth and Lifelong Learning programme.Currently we are busy with the preparation of a VET campaign,

the 7thEuropean School Student Convention and the COMEM.These events will take place in Oslo in December! Read more »

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MEMBER NEWSENGSO youth study session: “All inclusivesports-for-all”

ENGSO Youth (European Non Governmental Sports YouthOrganization) organized a study session on sports as an inclusivetool in Budapest in October 9th – 16th 2011. The name of thestudy session was “Towards “all inclusive sports-for-all” – Youthopening doors to all abilities”. Ida Kreutzman from FSS and ZoliTörök-Czirmay from MAKOSZ were representing OBESSU at theevent, where about 35 participants from different Europeancountries took part. Read more »

PARTNER NEWSEuropean education systems 2011/12

The Eurydice network has published its annual update of the structureof the European Education systems. The report gives a clear andconcise overview of the national educational structures in Europe. Readmore »

Popular Italian students’ webzine to getEuropean version

Since January 2010, on Diregiovani.it, Italian school studentsparticipate to the construction of a special webpage called‘Dalla Scuola – il giornale degli studenti’ (‘From the school – thestudents’ newspaper’). Now the successful project is ready toexpand to all European students! Read more »

EU to discuss challenges for schools and pupilsOn 10-11th of October, EU education politicians met in Gdańsk,Poland. On the agenda were discussions about important issues forschools and pupils. These discussions are vital input for the EU’snext support programme for education and training. TheCommission will present a proposal for it in November. Read more»

Do you vote in the European elections?The European Youth Forum would like to invite you to takethis League of Young Voters Survey! It is created to evaluate the2009 European elections. Read more »


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EUCIS-LLL new publication is out!EUCIS-LLL has released a new publication on the social dimension ofeducation and training. In times of crisis and constant change, it is vital toinvest in European citizens, the best capital of Europe! Read more »

What do you do against homophobic bullying?The United Nations are on a world-wide search for facts onhomophobia and want to know what you do to fight these humanrights violations. Education International (EI) welcomes thisinitiative and wants to help UNESCO gather good practiceson homophobic bullying in educational institutions. Readmore »

Wanted: Two million new teachersOn the 5th October, the United Nations celebrated World Teachers’Day. This celebration was overshadowed by a warning: there is aglobal shortage of teachers. 6 million new teachers are needed tomeet the Millennium Development Goal. This internationally agreedgoal aims to have universal primary education by 2015. MostlyAfrican regions struggle with a chronic lack of teachers. Read more

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Would you recommend VET?Half of all European students are enrolled in VocationalEducation and Training of some sort, making it one of thebiggest educational sectors in Europe. But when only 27% saysthey would recommend this form of education to other people(according to a Eurobarometer published by the EuropeanCommission), something is not right. Read more »

Dear Members,

We would like to share more information about your work in the newsletter. Therefore we need your help andsupport! Please send us articles on some activities, campaigns or events you would like to see published in

OBESSU newsletter, or send your newsletters (if available in English) regularly to the following address:obessu(a)obessu.org

To facilitate the inclusion of your articles please note the Deadline for Contribution is fixed on the

27th of the month.

Moreover keep us up-to-date with the activities you undertake!


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Having a strong communication between OBESSU and its members but also between its members

themselves should give the best possible synergies we need to be active Europe-wide.

Furthermore please inform us about the dates of your GA and give us the possibility to be in contact with thenew board members!

We hope you enjoyed reading. Furthermore we would like to call attention to our homepage. All the member

organisations please check your contact data under “obessu.org/about/members” and do not hesitate tocome in contact. We are also open for your proposals to actions that can be interesting for other members.

Best regards,

OBESSU

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