Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe
Logo of AEGEE-Europe
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Map of the AEGEE Network
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| Abbreviation | AEGEE-Europe |
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| Motto | Some call it Europe, but we call it home. |
| Formation | 1985 |
| Type | Network for European students |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
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Membership
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13,000 |
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Official language
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English (working language) |
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President
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Réka Salamon |
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Key people
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Katarzyna Sokołowska, Zvonimir Canjuga, Maarten de Groot, Joanna Pankowska, Evangelia Touska, Tekla Hajdu |
| Affiliations | European Youth Forum, European Movement International, European Civil Society Platform for lifelong Learning, European Civic Forum, Informal Forum of International Student Organizations, Council of Europe (participatory status) |
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Staff
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10 (7 in the European board + 3 staff) |
AEGEE, stands for Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe, and it is known as European Students' Forum in English. It is the largest trans-national, interdisciplinary student organisation in Europe.
Established in 1985, AEGEE currently has around 13,000 members more than 200 local groups (Antennae) in university cities across Europe, including Russia, Turkey and the Caucasus, with a European board and head office 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 advocates for the needs and interests of European students.
The short name "AEGEE" evokes the Aegean sea, one of the birthplaces of democracy, and the full name includes the first parliament established during the France, the États Généraux.
AEGEE has a yearly elected European board, the Comité Directeur[ with a head office in Brussels, and a number of European-level working groups. There is a lot a network of autonomous local groups, the antennae. Active members meet twice a year in Spring and Autumn in a general assembly called 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 establishment or deletion of antennae, working groups and projects. There is also a smaller annual European Planning Meeting (EPM), intended to develop projects and campaigns and usually held in late winter: During the EPM, AEGEE also works on developing its Strategic Plan in an Action Agenda for the whole AEGEE network.
The association has no national level, and it does not recognise the current national borders within Europe.
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