

On the 15th of July 2010, the Erasmus Student Network’s new International Board takes office in Brussels. Their objectives? Professionalize one of the biggest European network of student associations, continue to launch and develop its international projects and promote ESN as a key organisation and a decisive factor in International Higher Education issues.
On 21st June 2010 ESN International and Pernod Ricard officially signed the European partnership agreement to develop the Responsible Party Program. The initiative includes a complete toolkit to help students organize parties in a responsible way. During the trial period ESN Lausanne and ESN Gent organized parties in their cities. You can find their stories and photos from the events on the official Responsible Party website. Is your section organizing a big event or party? Would you like to be part of the initiative?
During the last week esn.org was offline due to a crash of the server. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.
Throughout the time when the server was down we were not receiving our e-mails. Therefore, we kindly ask you to resend your email if you have not received any reply from our side. Thank you for understanding.
Madrid, the Spanish capital, is the hometown of the new Section in the Spotlight in June 2010 – ESN UAM.
European Campus is a project by ESN, UNICA and Youth Agora, which offers an overview of Master programmes in Europe in a new and innovative style. Are you considering to study a Master? Then check the European Campus website.
Thanks to the partnership with Generation 112 ESN international was given to opportunity to have regularly (on a bimonthly basis) its own radio emission directly from the European Commission.
ESN International is working on publishing an ESN History Book. The History Book will be composed of two parts, one about the general ESN History seen year by year and one about the history of all the countries within ESN, taken country by country.
About 60 km from the ESN headquarter in Brussels is another beautiful Belgian ESN city; Ghent. ESN Gent (www.esngent.com) is our Section in the Spotlight in May.
The Network & Events Committee is searching for active ESN members for the Vice-Chair Network and Vice-Chair Events positions!
Since the elections of the Committee Chairs at CNR Warsaw, the position of Vice-Chair Events staid vacant due to missing candidates. The current Vice-Chair Network would need to resign from the position due to limited time ressources after a new suitable person is found!
Therefore, it is you chance to join the Network & Events Committee!
Write an article for the 9th edition of the ESN Magazine! The topic of this edition is "ESN in action". We're waiting for your articles till the 20th May 2010.
The requirements are as follows:
ESN International is searching for the core team for the Section Guide project! In total 6 people will be elected to the core project team and from them the main coordinator.
For applying a motivation letter containing your previous ESN experience should be sent until the 1st of July to Veeli Oeselg at vicepresident@esn.org.
You can find out more about the project on the Section Guide webiste.
Knowledge transfer is an area which is naturally related to the status / nature of alumni – connecting the past and the present, connecting the voluntary student organization with professional experience from various fields. Therefore the ESN Alumni initiated "The Alumni prize for knowledge transfer", the prize given by alumni to active ESNers focused on knowledge transfer.
During the Council of Members (COMEM) of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) held on 23rd-24th April in Brussels ESN has been approved as a full member of YFJ.
From 1st July 2010 the International Board is happy to welcome you to Brussels as the new ESN secretary for 6 months with the option of prolongation of another 6 months. You will be the first reference person when it comes to administrative questions regarding our organisation. Hence, you play a crucial role for the well-being and smooth operation of ESN.
Among your tasks for this job of high importance are:
At the Council of National Representatives (CNR) that was held in Istanbul from 12th-13th of February 2010, ESN – Luhansk Shevchenko University from Ukraine was approved as a full member of ESN network. Since this moment ESN will be represented in 34 countries.
We want to congratulate ESN – Luhansk Shevchenko University with their membership, and want to wish them all the best for the future.
After a long time of waiting, the time has come to order your very own ESN Sweater!
Go to our brand new E-shop to order this beautiful sweater, it is available in the sizes XS, S, M, L, XL and XXL and for now only in the color white!
You can get this sweater for only 20 euro's, this is without transportation costs.
But with this sweater you will be able to make your fellow ESN-ers jealous!