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ESIB
- The National Unions of Students in Europe
is the umbrella organisation of 50 national
unions of students from 37 countries. The
NUSes are open to all students in the country
regardless of their political conviction,
religion, ethnic or cultural origin, sexual
orientation, social standing, run and controlled
by students, which hold democratic elections
and are run on democratic lines, they are
autonomous and independent in their decision-making
and which are representative.
The
aim of ESIB is to represent and promote
the educational, social, economic and cultural
interests of students at a European level
towards all relevant bodies and in particular
the European Union, Council of Europe and
UNESCO. Through its members, the 50 National
Unions of Students from 37 European countries,
ESIB represents 10 million of students in
Europe.
We
work to bring together, resource, train
and inform national student representatives
on European developments, particularly in
fields of higher education and youth. Since
more and more decisions concerning students
are taken on the European level, ESIB's
role as the European student platform is
increasing. ESIB is ensuring student participation
in European policy making; it support members
by organising seminars, training and conferences
relevant to students and conducts European-wide
research and co-operation projects, provide
information service and publishes magazine.
ESIB
main bodies are:
- the
Board
(consists of representatives of all member
organisations);
- the
Executive Committee
(chair and 6 members are elected for 1
year period);
- the
Secretariat
(Secretary General and Executive Officer
are appointed for a 2 years mandate and
hire additional staff within the secretariat,
this currently includes the Communications
Officer);
- Working
Groups: Education, Mobility, International
Affairs, Equality and Social Affairs
(chaired by respective member organisation,
work towards realisation of plan of work
in their respective field);
- Committees:
Bologna
Process Committee, Committee
on Commodification of Education and GATS,
the Strategic Development Committee and
the Commission for Internal Audit
(expert committees working on specific
priority issue);
- Project
Steering Groups
(formed to support realisation of projects
and consists of interested representatives
from member organisations and are co-ordinated
by director and responsible EC member).
ESIB
- For Beginners! (powerpoint presentation)
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