Natalie Kolbe

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The Working Groups (WG)

• Presented by
• Natalie Kolbe Stefan Hauk
• Regional Meeting Lund, November 2003

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The Working Groups (WG)

• The Working Groups are the places where YOU can
  become active on European level and join AEGEE
  members who are interested in specific issues.
• They organise events, edit publications, conduct
  discussions, give support to AEGEE-Europe, etc.

The Working Groups
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The Working Groups (WG)Communication tools
The Working Groups

• Mailing lists
• http//lists.aegee.org
• Tiki shared editing of documents
• soon to come !

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The Working Groups (WG)

• There are three kinds of Working Groups
• AEGEE Working Groups
• Thematic Working Groups
• Supporting Working Groups

The Working Groups
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AEGEE Working Groups

• They have the same status as an Antenna, i.e.
  they are registered as associations, have
  statutes, have delegates and voting rights at the
  Agora.

AEGEE Working Groups
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AEGEE Working Groups

• The AEGEE Working Groups
• AEGEE-Academy
• Cultural Working Group
• Education Working Group
• Human Rights Working Group
• International Politics Working Group
• Dance Working Group

AEGEE Working Groups
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• AEGEE-Academy

• Human Resources Working Group
• Founded in 1999 as supporting WG
• Since Agora Bucuresti AEGEE-WG
• Aim enable and support internal education in
  co-operation with the HR Responsible in the CD.
• Focussed on developping the Human Resources of
  AEGEE.

AEGEE Working Groups
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• AEGEE-Academy

AEGEE Working Groups
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• Cultural Working Group

• Aim enhance the knowledge, understanding and
  respect of the wide variety of cultures in
  Europe.
• Hopes to act for a natural development of
  cultural and artistic diversity
• Wants to help in the conceptualization of a
  common peace culture for humanity.

AEGEE Working Groups
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• Cultural Working Group

• Activities
• AEGEE-Live Magazine
• Artistic and cultural mazine
• www.aegee.org/live, aegee-live_at_yahoogroups.co
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• Cultural Fair
• During the Agora Bucuresti, traditional
  clothes, food, drinks and other national objects
  were presented
• Theatre School
• Planned for September 2004
• Contact http//www.aegee.org/wg/cwg/,
• CWG-BOARD-L_at_aegee.org

AEGEE Working Groups
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• Education Working Group

• For students who are interested in European
  integration in the field of Higher Education and
  who would like to contribute to its development.
• Publication
• Erasmus Manual
• Provides Erasmus Responsibles of AEGEE and
  International Offices of universities with useful
  information for the daily work of those who take
  care of in- and outgoing exchange students.
• http//www.aegee.org/erasmusmanual/

AEGEE Working Groups
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• Education Working Group

• Activities
• Bologna Process
• Creation of similar educational systems all
  over Europe, the recognition of studies abroad,
  etc.
• European Day of Languages
• Information about languages, raise awareness
  of their importance and motivation to learn a new
  language
• Socrates on the Move
• Spread information about the Socrates II
  programme
• Socrates Action Week
• Campaign to evaluate and promote the
  Socrates programme
• Contact www.aegee.org/wg/ewg/,
  ewg-board-l_at_aegee.org

AEGEE Working Groups
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• Human Rights Working Group

• Represents the conscience of AEGEE and brings
  human rights violations into public notice.
• Its topics of activities cover Balkan matters,
  visa issues, immigration, crimes against humanity
  and more.
• Activities
• Workshops at Agoras and PMs
• On the Move the Migration Project
• tackling the topic of Migration within the
  European context
• Next Conference Human Resources Human Import,
  27.-30.11.2003, Passau
• Contact www.aegee.org/wg/hrwg,
  hrwg-board-l_at_aegee.org

AEGEE Working Groups
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• International Politics Working Group

• Forum for students interested in international
  politics
• Activities
• PIE (Palestinians, Israelis, Europeans) Project
• supports and encourages intercultural
  dialogue between Palestinians, Israelis and
  Europeans
• Europes (torn?) Identity, conference, Lubljana,
  October 2003
• Diplomatic Seminar, Bucuresti, May 2003
• Contact www.aegee.org/wg/ipwg/,
  ipwg-board-l_at_aegee.org

AEGEE Working Groups
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Thematic Working Groups

• They are a platform for discussion and knowledge
  on specific topics. They do not have voting
  rights at the Agora.
• Thematic Working Groups
• East-West Working Group
• Dance Working Group

Thematic Working Groups
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• East-West Working Group

• First established Working Group in 1988
• Aims Informing AEGEE and the outside world on
  East-West relations and related topics
• Supporting the development of the AEGEE-network
  in Central and Eastern Europe.
• Activities
• Case Study Trips (Albania 94, Ukraine 95,
  Former Yugoslavia 96, Caucasus 2003)
• Contact www.aegee.org/wg/ewwg/ewwg.html,
• ewwg-board-l_at_aegee.org

Thematic Working Groups
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• Dance Working Group

• Dance Working Group is not an all-too-serious
  working group.
• New members can get a glimpse of the AEGEE
  Spirit and start becoming more active
• Activities
• Dance Around Europe"
• 10 events over the course of the year
• Closing event Music Voyagers-A journey beyond
  noise!, Athens, 20-23.11.2003
• Contact www.aegee.org/wg/dwg ,
• dwg-board-l_at_aegee.org

Thematic Working Groups
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Supporting Working Groups

• They deal with a specific task to support the CD
  and the locals.
• The Supporting Working Groups
• Public Relations Working Group
• IT Working Group
• Visa Freedom Fighters
• Bobigosa Working Group
• Voyager Working Group

Supporting Working Groups
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• Public Relation Working Group

• Supports the work of the CD in the field of PR
• Strives to find and develop innovative
  communication technologies to maintain, and
  improve the image and visibility of AEGEE
• Activities
• Organising PRES
• Publishing twice a year the PR-ezine
• Supporting new locals
• Contact www.aegee.org/wg/prwg/,
• prwg-board-l_at_aegee.org
  

The Working Groups
AEGEE Working Groups
Thematic Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Working Group portal
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• IT Working Group

• Deals with all kinds of Information Technology
  related topics within AEGEE.
• Group of AEGEE-members, who have expertises in
  different fields of Information Technology.
• Areas of work
• Maintenance of IT infrastructure, Internal
  Education about IT, Software Development
• Contact http//aegee.student.utwente.nl/itwg/,
  
• itwg-board-l_at_aegee.org
  

The Working Groups
AEGEE Working Groups
Thematic Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Working Group portal
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• Visa Freedom Fighter

• Strive for the abolition of visas in Europe and
  aim at removing all borders to persons' mobility
  on our continent.
• Activities
• Publishing an on-line booklet on visa
  regulations,
• trie to make it easier for AEGEE members to
  receive their visa.
• Contact www.aegee.org/visabooklet/,
• visa-board-l_at_aegee.org
  

The Working Groups
AEGEE Working Groups
Thematic Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Working Group portal
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• Bobigosa Working Group

• A thematical, virtual square, where people with
  common ideals meet for creating new and useful
  proposals
• Spread their own visions of what AEGEE should be
  but is not yet. Irony and sarcasm are used as
  main tools.
• Contact davidecalenda_at_tin.it

The Working Groups
AEGEE Working Groups
Thematic Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Working Group portal
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• Voyage Working Group

• Last created Working Group Agora Zaragoza
• Aim collect information about cheapest travel
  possibilities and share them with the network
• Enable AEGEE members to travel more often due to
  lower travel costs
• Stay tuned
• more information coming soon .
• Contact Norman Kummer normannus_at_WEB.DE

The Working Groups
AEGEE Working Groups
Thematic Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
Supporting Working Groups
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Working Group Portal

• Got interested? You are motivated to join a
  Working Group?

• 1. go to www.aegee.org/wg
• 2. click on the WG you want to join
• 3. click the join button
• 4. fill in your AEGEE username and password
• 5. fill in the online form

Working Group portal

• PS. soon WG board elections will take place
  online, through the Working Group Portal ?

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• Step1 www.aegee.org/wg
• Step2 click WG you want to join

Working Group portal
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• Step3 click join

Working Group portal
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• Step4 fill in your AEGEE username and password

Working Group portal
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• Step5 fill in the online form

Working Group portal
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• Step6 Congratulation!
• Your application was sent to the WG board for
  approval.
• You will soon be subscribed to the WGs mailing
  list of your choice ?

Working Group portal
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Thank you very much for your attention !For
any question, dont hesitate to contact us
stefan.hauk_at_aegee.orgacademy_is_cool_at_freenet.de