Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe
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AEGEE, or Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe, known as European Students' Forum in English, is one of Europe
's largest cross-faculty student organisations
.
Established in 1985, AEGEE currently has around 15,000 members more than 200 local groups (Antennae) in university cities
across Europe, including Russia
, Turkey
and the Caucasus
, with a European board in Brussels
. It promotes an equal
, democratic
and unified
Europe, open to all across national borders. Several hundred conferences, training and cultural events are organised across the network every year, and AEGEE also campaigns and lobbies for the interests of European students, in particular the reduction of visa
barriers between European countries.
The short name "AEGEE" derives from the Aegean sea
, one of the birthplaces of democracy, and the full name from the first parliament
established during the French Revolution
, the États Généraux
.
, and a number of European-level working groups as well as its autonomous local antennae. Active members meet twice a year at the end of April and October in a general assembly called an Agora, hosted by a different antenna each time. Most candidates for positions at the European level are elected at the Agora, which also ratifies the creation or deletion of antennae, working groups and projects. There is also a smaller annual European Boards' Meeting, intended to develop projects and campaigns and usually held in late winter.
The association has no national level, and, at least in theory, it does not recognise the current national borders within Europe. In practice, however, many antennae maintain close contact with their national governments, and get financial and political support for their initiatives.
Antennae are supported by the Network Commission, a group of experienced members appointed by the Agora to help the network grow and develop. They provide advice, training and practical help, especially with local human resources and event organisation. Network Commissioners each have responsibility for a number of locals across several national borders, which can be reshuffled at each Agora to stop any fixed national or regional divisions from forming.
Each city antenna is a separate legal person under its own local law, not under the direct control of the Comité Directeur. However, to become a part of the AEGEE network, prospective antennae must include the principles of AEGEE's statute within their own, and have them approved by the Comité Directeur and Juridical Commission. This allows AEGEE to have an antenna wound up
in case of inactivity or serious misconduct.
Membership of an antenna is normally open to anyone younger than 30 living in the local area, on payment of a membership fee set by the local board. Many antennae concentrate their promotional activities on students at their home university, and are not very visible to outsiders.
The majority of AEGEE events are open to non-members, however this tends to be poorly promoted except to local students. It is quite common for all participants to be from the host city or other AEGEE antennae. Some activities, most notably the statutory Agorae and EBMs and the Summer University project, are explicitly restricted to AEGEE members who must be approved by their home antenna's board.
AEGEE was founded in France
and still uses a number of French
terms, but the main working language at European level is now English
. Most antennae use their own local language, however local board members generally need a working knowledge of English.
, collaborating with other youth NGOs to deal with issues such as visa barriers and funding for activities. It also has direct contact with the Council of Europe
and European Union
, working closely with both these bodies on issues of importance to young people.
, Higher Education
, Peace
& Stability, and Cultural Exchange.
, believing that integration can never be a top-down process, but must be based on friendship among the peoples of Europe. AEGEE groups organise a substantial number of cultural exchange events every year.
, Leiden, London
, Madrid
, Milan
and Munich
, organised by founding president Franck Biancheri
.
October 1986 : Three EGEE working groups were formed: Sponsoring, Traineeships and Language Study.
November 1986 : In Heidelberg, a conference on relations between the Far East and Europe.
December 1986 : In Paris, a conference on the pharmaceutical industry in Europe.
1987 : EGEE persuades French president
François Mitterrand
to support funding for the Erasmus programme
, a student exchange program financed by the European Commission
.
1988 : The association changes its name from EGEE to AEGEE following a trademark dispute.
1989 : After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Agora in Salerno
opens up AEGEE to local antennae outside the European Community, making it one of the first European organisations to expand beyond the old Iron Curtain
.
May 1990 : Les Anciens d'AEGEE-Europe
is founded during the EGEE VI meeting in Paris.
1992 : İstanbul
has joined the network as the first Turkish antennae.
1995 : Head office of the organisation moves to Brussels
.
1996 : More than 1000 students are actively involved in the conference series "Find Your Way..." explaining what students can do in the emerging civil society
in Central and Eastern Europe.
1997 : AEGEE organises its first visit to Cyprus
. Following this, in 2001 an antenna is created in Mağusa
.
April 1999 : Foundation of the AEGEE-Academy for training and human resources
at Agora-Barcelona, prompted by preparations for the European School in Gießen
.
2000 : "Education for Democracy", a new scholarship programme helping students from war-shattered Kosovo to study at universities abroad.
2001-2002 : AEGEE organises several major projects focusing on peace and stability in southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region.
2002 : Launch of AEGEE-Television by AEGEE-Eindhoven.
2003 : AEGEE's first study trip to the Caucasus
.
2004 :
2005 :
2006 :
2007 : AEGEE organised the simulation 'Model European Union' in the premises of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
2008 : AEGEE-Eindhoven starts AEGEE-travelwiki.
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
's largest cross-faculty student organisations
Student society
A student society or student organization is an organization, operated by students at a university, whose membership normally consists only of students. They are often affiliated with a university's students' union...
.
Established in 1985, AEGEE currently has around 15,000 members more than 200 local groups (Antennae) in university cities
College town
A college town or university town is a community which is dominated by its university population...
across Europe, including Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
and the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
, with a European board in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. It promotes an equal
Equality before the law
Equality before the law or equality under the law or legal egalitarianism is the principle under which each individual is subject to the same laws....
, democratic
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
and unified
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
Europe, open to all across national borders. Several hundred conferences, training and cultural events are organised across the network every year, and AEGEE also campaigns and lobbies for the interests of European students, in particular the reduction of visa
Visa (document)
A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
barriers between European countries.
The short name "AEGEE" derives from the Aegean sea
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
, one of the birthplaces of democracy, and the full name from the first parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
established during the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, the États Généraux
French States-General
In France under the Old Regime, the States-General or Estates-General , was a legislative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king...
.
Structure
AEGEE has an elected European board, the Comité Directeur with a residential office in BrusselsBrussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, and a number of European-level working groups as well as its autonomous local antennae. Active members meet twice a year at the end of April and October in a general assembly called an Agora, hosted by a different antenna each time. Most candidates for positions at the European level are elected at the Agora, which also ratifies the creation or deletion of antennae, working groups and projects. There is also a smaller annual European Boards' Meeting, intended to develop projects and campaigns and usually held in late winter.
The association has no national level, and, at least in theory, it does not recognise the current national borders within Europe. In practice, however, many antennae maintain close contact with their national governments, and get financial and political support for their initiatives.
Antennae are supported by the Network Commission, a group of experienced members appointed by the Agora to help the network grow and develop. They provide advice, training and practical help, especially with local human resources and event organisation. Network Commissioners each have responsibility for a number of locals across several national borders, which can be reshuffled at each Agora to stop any fixed national or regional divisions from forming.
Each city antenna is a separate legal person under its own local law, not under the direct control of the Comité Directeur. However, to become a part of the AEGEE network, prospective antennae must include the principles of AEGEE's statute within their own, and have them approved by the Comité Directeur and Juridical Commission. This allows AEGEE to have an antenna wound up
Liquidation
In law, liquidation is the process by which a company is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company redistributed. Liquidation is also sometimes referred to as winding-up or dissolution, although dissolution technically refers to the last stage of liquidation...
in case of inactivity or serious misconduct.
Membership of an antenna is normally open to anyone younger than 30 living in the local area, on payment of a membership fee set by the local board. Many antennae concentrate their promotional activities on students at their home university, and are not very visible to outsiders.
The majority of AEGEE events are open to non-members, however this tends to be poorly promoted except to local students. It is quite common for all participants to be from the host city or other AEGEE antennae. Some activities, most notably the statutory Agorae and EBMs and the Summer University project, are explicitly restricted to AEGEE members who must be approved by their home antenna's board.
AEGEE was founded in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and still uses a number of French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
terms, but the main working language at European level is now English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Most antennae use their own local language, however local board members generally need a working knowledge of English.
Activities
AEGEE is a full member of the European Youth ForumEuropean Youth Forum
The European Youth Forum is the platform of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Europe...
, collaborating with other youth NGOs to deal with issues such as visa barriers and funding for activities. It also has direct contact with the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
and European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, working closely with both these bodies on issues of importance to young people.
Fields of Action
AEGEE organises a wide range of projects, most of which relate to one of four main fields of action: Active CitizenshipCitizenship
Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. Citizenship status, under social contract theory, carries with it both rights and responsibilities...
, Higher Education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
, Peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...
& Stability, and Cultural Exchange.
Active citizenship
AEGEE is an independent non-party political organisation, working closely with governments, institutions and other NGOs to realise its goals for Europe. AEGEE aims to provide a political voice for its members at every level, organising conferences on a range of topics and using the results to lobby European institutions.Higher education
AEGEE represents students who care about the European dimension of higher education. As well as encouraging student mobility, AEGEE supports language learning, promotes international cooperation in the academic world, and campaigns for the further development of European education programmes.Peace and stability
By encouraging democratic ideals, tolerance and mutual understanding between young adults from communities in conflict, AEGEE contributes to conflict resolution in the Balkans, the Caucasus, on Cyprus, and in Greece and Turkey. AEGEE also organises conferences and seminars on international political issues.Cultural exchange
Building respect and appreciation between people of different cultures is core to all of AEGEE's work. AEGEE sees this field of action as the core of European integrationEuropean integration
European integration is the process of industrial, political, legal, economic integration of states wholly or partially in Europe...
, believing that integration can never be a top-down process, but must be based on friendship among the peoples of Europe. AEGEE groups organise a substantial number of cultural exchange events every year.
History
April 1985 : The association, originally called EGEE, held its first event: an assembly in Paris of students from ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Leiden, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, organised by founding president Franck Biancheri
Franck Biancheri
Franck Biancheri is the founder of the Newropeans European political party and its current leader from June 2006. The party planned to run for campaigns in the European Parliament election, 2009 in all EU member states simultaneously.Biancheri had previously founded the European Students' Forum ...
.
October 1986 : Three EGEE working groups were formed: Sponsoring, Traineeships and Language Study.
- A conference on cross-border developments in Nijmegen.
- By the start of the academic year, EGEE has 26 branches and 6,000 members.
November 1986 : In Heidelberg, a conference on relations between the Far East and Europe.
- In Toulouse, the first European Space Weekend.
December 1986 : In Paris, a conference on the pharmaceutical industry in Europe.
- In Munich, a conference on the European Monetary System.
1987 : EGEE persuades French president
President of the French Republic
The President of the French Republic colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France's elected Head of State....
François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President...
to support funding for the Erasmus programme
Erasmus programme
The Erasmus Programme , a.k.a. Erasmus Project is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987...
, a student exchange program financed by the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
.
1988 : The association changes its name from EGEE to AEGEE following a trademark dispute.
1989 : After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Agora in Salerno
Salerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
opens up AEGEE to local antennae outside the European Community, making it one of the first European organisations to expand beyond the old Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain
The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989...
.
May 1990 : Les Anciens d'AEGEE-Europe
Les Anciens d'AEGEE-Europe
Les Anciens d'AEGEE is the alumni association of the interdisciplinary European students' association AEGEE. It was founded in May 1990 in Paris by Johannes Heister during the EGEE VI meeting of AEGEE-Europe. Les Anciens d'AEGEE is a secular, non-profit organisation not linked to any political party...
is founded during the EGEE VI meeting in Paris.
- A new AEGEE logo is released, representing "Your Key to Europe".
1992 : İstanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
has joined the network as the first Turkish antennae.
1995 : Head office of the organisation moves to Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
.
- AnkaraAnkaraAnkara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
and later several other Turkish antennae join the network.
1996 : More than 1000 students are actively involved in the conference series "Find Your Way..." explaining what students can do in the emerging civil society
Civil society
Civil society is composed of the totality of many voluntary social relationships, civic and social organizations, and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society, as distinct from the force-backed structures of a state , the commercial institutions of the market, and private criminal...
in Central and Eastern Europe.
1997 : AEGEE organises its first visit to Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
. Following this, in 2001 an antenna is created in Mağusa
Famagusta
Famagusta is a city on the east coast of Cyprus and is capital of the Famagusta District. It is located east of Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island.-Name:...
.
April 1999 : Foundation of the AEGEE-Academy for training and human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
at Agora-Barcelona, prompted by preparations for the European School in Gießen
Gießen
Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...
.
2000 : "Education for Democracy", a new scholarship programme helping students from war-shattered Kosovo to study at universities abroad.
- During the autumn, AEGEE-Beograd members took part in the public assembly that learns of Milosevic's defeat.
2001-2002 : AEGEE organises several major projects focusing on peace and stability in southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region.
2002 : Launch of AEGEE-Television by AEGEE-Eindhoven.
2003 : AEGEE's first study trip to the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
.
- AEGEE organises the first international student conference in the buffer zone on CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
.
2004 :
2005 :
2006 :
2007 : AEGEE organised the simulation 'Model European Union' in the premises of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
- Due to the impact of the Bologna Process on students' life, the mandate cycle of the Comtité Direceur has been changed from Spring-Autumn and Autumn-Spring to a full academic year from 1 September - 31 August with a transition period in August, starting from August 2008.
2008 : AEGEE-Eindhoven starts AEGEE-travelwiki.
- AEGEE launches Y Vote 2009 - European Youth Choice to encourage voting for young people
Presidents of AEGEE so far
| Name | Antenna | Period in office |
|---|---|---|
| Franck Biancheri Franck Biancheri Franck Biancheri is the founder of the Newropeans European political party and its current leader from June 2006. The party planned to run for campaigns in the European Parliament election, 2009 in all EU member states simultaneously.Biancheri had previously founded the European Students' Forum ... |
Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
April 1985 - April 1988 |
| Vieri Bracco | Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... |
April 1988 - November 1988 |
| Frédéric Pélard | Toulouse Toulouse Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea... |
November 1988 - November 1989 |
| Adolfo Dominguez | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
November 1989 - May 1990 |
| Achim Boers | Delft Delft Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague.... |
May 1990 - November 1990 |
| Georg von der Gablentz | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
November 1990 - April 1992 |
| Jeroen Hoogerwerf | Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... |
April 1992 - April 1993 |
| Pavel Miladinovic | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
April 1993 - November 1993 |
| Zsuzsa Kigyós | Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... |
November 1993 - April 1994 |
| Dorian Selz | Geneve | April 1994 - November 1994 |
| Christina Thorsson | Lund Lund -Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund... |
November 1994 - April 1995 |
| Egens van Iterson Scholten | Enschede Enschede Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region... |
April 1995 - November 1995 |
| Christoph Strohm | Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
November 1995 - April 1996 |
| Jordi Capdevila | Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
April 1996 - November 1996 |
| Gerhard Kress | Mainz Mainz Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire... |
November 1996 - April 1997 |
| Peter Ginser | Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states... |
April 1997 - November 1997 |
| Sergio Caredda | Gorizia Gorizia Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, and it is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Since 1947, a twin... |
November 1997 - April 1998 |
| Hélène Berard | Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is... |
April 1998 - October 1998 |
| Stefan Seidel | Augsburg Augsburg Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a... |
October 1998 - April 1999 |
| László Fésüs | Szeged Szeged ' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.... |
April 1999 - November 1999 |
| Faní Zarifopoúlou | Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
November 1999 - May 2000 |
| Oana Mailatescu | Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade... |
May 2000 - November 2000 |
| Karina Häuslmeier | Passau Passau Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.... |
November 2000 - November 2001 |
| Pedro Panizo | Valladolid Valladolid Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales... |
November 2001 – May 2002 |
| Tomek Helbin | Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... |
May 2002 – November 2002 |
| Mark de Beer | Enschede Enschede Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region... |
November 2002 – May 2003 |
| Diana Filip | Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade... |
May 2003 – October 2003 |
| Adrian Pintilie | Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.... |
October 2003 – April 2004 |
| Nicola Rega | Torino | April 2004 – November 2004 |
| Silvia Baita | Cagliari Cagliari Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu... |
November 2004 - May 2005 |
| Burcu Becermen | Ankara Ankara Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million.... |
May 2005 - November 2005 |
| Leon Bakraceski | Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... |
November 2005 - May 2006 |
| Alistair De Gaetano | Valletta Valletta Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's... |
May 2006 - November 2006 |
| Theijs van Welij | Utrecht Utrecht (city) Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features... |
November 2006 - December 2007 |
| Laure Onidi | Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
December 2007 - September 2008 |
| Dragan Stojanovski | Niš Niš Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,... |
September 2008 - August 2009 |
| Agata Patecka | Poznań Poznan Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be... |
September 2009 - August 2010 |
| Manos Valasis | Piraeus Piraeus Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf.... |
September 2010 – August 2011 |
| Alfredo Sellitti | Salerno Salerno Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea.... |
September 2011 – Present |
See also
- Les Anciens d'AEGEE-EuropeLes Anciens d'AEGEE-EuropeLes Anciens d'AEGEE is the alumni association of the interdisciplinary European students' association AEGEE. It was founded in May 1990 in Paris by Johannes Heister during the EGEE VI meeting of AEGEE-Europe. Les Anciens d'AEGEE is a secular, non-profit organisation not linked to any political party...
- One Europe MagazineOne Europe MagazineOne Europe Magazine is a European students' magazine, written by AEGEE members, that acts an international forum for discussions about the variety of different opinions on political, historical and cultural themes within Europe...
- Summer Universities