Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum HISTORY OF AEGEE T4T Nowy Sącz 9-14 August 2001 Lecture by: Sergio Maestri

QUOTES “People who don’t know their history are condemned to repeat it” (Napoleon) “Look at the past to understand the present and to plan the future” (Winston Churchill) “Smile,tomorrow can be worse !” (Murphy’s Law)

1985 EGEE I in Paris - the beginning (16-22 April) Creation of the statutes (July)

1986 The European Nights - video-links between 7 cities all-over Europe EGEE II – first General Assembly (Agora) in München (April) Adoption of the structure First democraticly elected European Board (CD)

1987 CD has lunch with François Mitterrand - EGEE convinces France of the necessity of the Erasmus - programme (March 18) EGEE III – Agora in Leiden - (February) First Euromanagers conference in Köln  EMDS Agora – Sevilla (November)  Affirmation that AEGEE is political although not linked to any political party  Creation of the Juridical Commission and Audit Commission

1988 Presidents’ Meeting in Louvain-la-Neuve - first Presidents’ Meeting preparing an Agora (February) EGEE IV – Agora in Milano (April) EGEE becomes AEGEE Vieri Bracco succeeds Frank Biancheri as president First project “Summer Universities” (11 cities)

1989 Agora in Salamanca (April) first News Bulletin (by AEGEE-Amsterdam) Moot Court (October - Firenze) Agora in Salerno (November) AEGEE opens up towards Central Europe CD reduced to 16 people Leipzig becomes first AEGEE Contact Group beyond the former “Iron Curtain”

1990 AEGEE-Turku/Åbo becomes first Contact in Scandinavia PM in Munchen (March) - the criteria for C, CA and A were set Agora in Bonn (November) AEGEE opens up to the USSR Quo Vadis

1991 Presidents’ Meeting in Groningen (February) AEGEE searches for possibilities to move to Brussels AEGEE starts to discuss about Summer University Coordination Team moves from Maastricht to Milano First European School in Madrid (July) Agora in Budapest (November) Opened with a big panel-discussion about the United Europe

1992 AGORA in Kós, organised by AEGEE- Athina AEGEE expands partly to Turkey AEGEE gets consultative status at OSCE –First Year Plan was presented –First “Key to Europe” presented

1993 AEGEE gets consultative status at the Council of Europe (March) The first “Case Study Trip” (to Albania) AGORA in Praha (April) Pavel Miladinovic becomes the first non-EU-Citizen as President of AEGEE-Europe AGORA in Utrecht (November) Zsuzsa Kigyós becomes the first female President of AEGEE-Europe

1994 Europe against Discrimination AEGEE-Europe gets its first Website Agora Montpellier Dorian Selz resigns as president Quality vs. quantity

th Anniversary Year 10th Anniversary Book is presented (May) Agora in Amsterdam (April) The whole of Turkey included into the AEGEE-network AEGEE includes both Bosnian and Serbian Students

1996 Round Table on the Euro (January) Find Your Way to and within an Open Society European Project “AEGEE and the Inter-governmental Conference” AEGEE-Europe moves to Brussels AGORA Athina (November) reduction of the number of CD members split up the vote upon the President and Secretary introduction of the Network Commission

1997 Europe and Euro David Stulík becomes the Young European of the Year (June) First Socrates Action Day (November)

1998 Agora in Maastricht (April) African students invited official in plenary Agora in Hamburg (October) Opened with a big panel-discussion about the Education in Europe The whole of Cyprus included into the AEGEE-network Task Force AEGEE became member of the European Youth Forum

1999 PM in Novi Sad (2 weeks before the war started) the first AEGEE conference in European Parliament “Education for 2020” (March) specialization in Internal Education PR European School IT European School European School II

th Anniversary Year Partnership agreement between AEGEE and UNESCO Peace Summit Newropeans Case Conference in the European Parliament (June)

2001 White Paper on youth policy First Planning Meeting Katowice Strategy Plan adopted during Agora Constanta T4T Nowy Sacz

AEGEE ACTIVITIES SERVICES ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP ?

AEGEE MEMBERS FUN IDEALISTIC CAREER

FUTURE What will be the future of AEGEE ? What will be YOUR future in AEGEE ? ?

SOURCES OF INFOS Minutes AGORAS & PM Booklet “10 Years and beyond” Key to Europe Oldies (Les Anciens) Long Late Night Discussions in front of 50 different drinks from all over Europe