Meet AEGEE

What does it mean?

AEGEE stands for Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe. Is it also sometimes referred to as the EuropeanStudents’ Forum

The main steps

• AEGEE was founded in 1985 in Paris
• AEGEE has lobbied for the initiation of ERASMUS programme in 1987 in Paris
• AEGEE is the biggest interdisciplinary students’ association in Europe The structure and the people
• Today AEGEE has approximately 15.000 members in currently 224 local groups spread all over Europe in 43 countries
• AEGEE’s main pillars are Active Citizenship, Peace and Stability, Higher Education and

Cultural Exchange

AEGEE does not have a national level in its structure. Our members work at local level, directly implementing AEGEE aims in a way that serves best the needs of their local community, and at European level, which gives the great common frame and direction for all local activities and provides a platform for international cooperation on cross border initiatives.

The beliefs

• AEGEE aims to promote European co-operation and integration among young people, especially those in the student world
• AEGEE is a secular, non-profit, financially and ideologically independent organisation
• AEGEE is not linked to any political party, but it carries out pro-European projects with an aim - European integration - that have direct influence on European policies.

The activities

• AEGEE has six Focus Areas: three Thematical and three Organisational
• AEGEE members organise and participate in a wide range of activities such as conferences, seminars, exchanges, training courses, case study trips and street actions, as well as various other types of meetings and the well known Summer Universities
• AEGEE members from local level can get directly involved in the European Working Groups, Project Teams and Commissions.

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