

ESN is looking for the best photos that will be included in the design of the new
For our third edition of the 25th Anniversary portraits we delved deep into the history of both the Erasmus programme and ESN, and thus had the pleasure to interview Désirée Majoor. Désirée was one of the first ever Erasmus students who went abroad in 1987, but she was also the first ever President of ESN. Thus, in this interview we had a chance to understand both how the exchange experience influenced Désirée and also how ESN was built up from the discussions of a few former Erasmus students in the late 1980s.
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) and
European University Foundation - Campus Europae (EUF-CE)
input and concern regarding the proposal “ERASMUS for all” 2014 – 2020
Are you creative? Do you already design things for ESN or would like to? Do you want to be part of something cool? You might be the person cut out for this challenge!
Now you have the chance bring your ideas to life for the new ESN gadgets! The gadgets will be available from the summer onwards and will be distributed to ESN sections all across Europe!
We are looking for designs for the following:
The call for the committee chairing teams for 2012-2013 are hereby open. Each chairing team will be elected internally by the respective committees and approved by the CNR Reykjavik, Iceland in May 2012. The deadline for the applications is 4th May 2012 23:59 CET.
Please note that the open call for the NEC chairing team was sent out already before and the deadline is the 20th April 2012 as all chairing team positions are currently vacant.
The committees work within the field of each of the Board Members and are as follows:
If the International Board had to say what was the busiest month of the year, it would be a challenge, but March would win (so far) as we had the pleasure of preparing and attending the Annual General Meeting in Granada. But to say that was only the important activity of the month would ignore all the other exciting events and developments that occurred, which we will tell you about here.
The Erasmus Student Network was invited to Brussels to take part in a Workshop called ''Young Policy Makers'' organised by the European Commission to brainstorm and discuss which will be the main challenges in 2040-2050 that policy makers can start addressing today.
From the 22nd-26th March, the biggest event in the calendar of ESN took place in Granada, Spain.
On a windy but sunny April afternoon in Ireland, the Lord Mayor of Dublin hosted Erasmus Student Network Ireland at his humble abode in the Mansion House. The event celebrates the success and the 25th Anniversary of the Erasmus programme, the world’s largest student exchange programme in which over two million students have participated since it’s inauguration in 1987.
Open Call for Video Crew
****Application deadline 13th of April 2012****
We are looking for a two person video crew, to plan, record and edit a professional high quality promotional video for SocialErasmus. The crew will travel together with the international coordinator to three countries to attend SocialErasmus activities during SocialErasmus week 4th to 11th of May 2012 where they collect footage for the video.
ESN International is looking for a volunteer from ESN to become the International Coordinator for the Responsible Party campaign.
The silver anniversary of the Erasmus programme in 2012 also means a year full of celebrations for the Erasmus Student Network. The European Commission and other European institutions started the celebrations officially with a kick-off conference in Brussels from 30th – 31st January 2012. They also elected 66 Erasmus ambassadors, two from each Erasmus country, who are representing the programme, mobility and success stories of Erasmus throughout the generations.
ESN International is hereby launching the open call for the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Communication Manager and Web Projects Administrator of the International Board 2012/2013 to be elected at the AGM 2012 in Granada.
We are looking for Organisation Committees (OC) for the International ESN Events for 2012/2013 to be elected at the AGM 2012 in Granada, Spain. We are looking for motivated OCs for the following events!
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme this year, on the 25th of every month ESN will be publishing an interview with a former Erasmus/exchange student who tells their story about how the ERASMUS programme affected their life.
To start off this quest for stories of former Erasmus students’ lives we visited and interviewed Johannes Gehringer, a manager of the Erasmus Programme at the European Commission and he told us about how his exchange changed him.
BackgroundESN International opens a call for a new Liaison Officer to EUCIS-LLL.
The European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL) brings together 24 European networks working in education and training. Together, they cover all sectors of education and training including networks for higher education, vocational education and training, adult education and popular education; networks for students, school heads, parents, HRD professionals, teachers and trainers.
Dear ESNers,