BEST Engineering Competition 09-18 October 2009 SOFIA, BULGARIA
Agenda What is BEST – Mission, Vision, Services BEST Sofia BEST Engineering Competition – Octomber 2009, Sofia Charlemagne Youth Prize – follow up Q&A
What is BEST? www.BEST.eu.org non-profit & non-political Voluntary work since 1989 European students of technology 86 Universities 30 Countries About 2700 members Reaching 1 000 000 students BEST - Board of European Students of Technology www.BEST.eu.org
BEST Services Complementary education Career support Increasing educational involvement
10 years BEST Sofia www.BEST.eu.org/Sofia Technical University of Sofia 35 enthusiastic students Since 2000 Striving to help future engineers in their development, education and career by creating a network of projects, events and activities. www.BEST.eu.org/Sofia
Engineering Competition 15 International students 6 Local participants 11 countries 5 Teams 2 tasks 10 hardworking organizers 9 days of unforgettable memories
Objectives engineering skills and knowledge into practice effective teamwork in a multi-national cooperative environment cultural diversity and mutual understanding among young Europeans
Actions 2 competition categories: - Case study - Team design Sharing experience, technical knowledge and good practices Social part – Bulgarian history, traditions
Awarding
Event on Education 21 international students of technology 10 local participants 3 thematic networks Companies representatives Discussion panels
Youth Exchange 33 young people from Bulgaria, Romania, France
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