the Netherlands
Committees
1. Communication Committee (ComCom)
What we do
Communication Committee is an advisory and administrative body that helps External Relations Board Member and ESN in general to work in the field of Communication.
Communication Commitee consists of 1 chair and 2 vice-chairs sharing the responsibilities of external, internal communication and administrative tasks. We have divided into 2 groups (internal and external communication) and adequate subgroups.
Current projects we are working on:
Internal Communication:
External Communication:
- Communication strategy of ESN
- Press Relations Working Group -(one Press Officer per country, one care team to write all press-related documents)
- Corporate Identity
- ESN Gadgets
- ESN Brochure & Booklets
2. International Education Committee (ICE)
What we do
ESN International Education Committee works mainly with the following ESN projects and activities:
Strategy
International Education Committee develops the long term strategy for educational policy
Coordination and Policy
International Education Committee coordinates all ESN activities concerning educational policy in cooperation with the President. Committee is also responsible for preparing ESN policy papers on different ESN concerning issues.
Participation
International Education Committee actively participates in international education initiatives by ESN partners – such as consultations by EU institutions, ESU and AEGEE. Committee also participates and organizes international education related activities (training courses, seminars, projects).
Education
ESN Section's Guide international edcuation chapter, Competence development of ESN members, Guide on exchange programmes.
Projects
International Education Committee is responsible for research related project, such as ESNSurvey and PRIME development and result dissemination ESN in cooperation with the project teams.
Information
Continuous updating of ESN library.
3. Finance Committee (FiCo)
What we do
In the Finances Committee we work on 2 different fields:
Financial auditing and management
Guarantee proper management of ESN finances ensured through regular financial audits.
Fundraising
Secure the Financial sutainability through the establishment of partners, sponsors and donors. In addition fundraise for ESN events on a short term basis.
4. IT Committee
What we do
The ESN IT-committee works mainly within the webprojects of ESN, but also on its websites. Below here you can find a list of the IT-tools that the committee works on:
Satellite
ESN Satellite 3.0 is the free website template for ESN sections, developed and maintained by ESN International and Youth Agora.
Galaxy
ESN Galaxy is a platform where all the events, news and other articles posted on the ESN Satellite web-templates are gathered. It is also the backbone of the ESN database.
Supernova
Supernova is a blogsystem of ESN where the National Representatives, Committees and the International Board can post news, blogs or updates.
Infocentre
The ESN Infocentre is the archive of the ESN Network, it holds all the information necessary for National Boards, International Board, but also sections.
ESN Wiki
This project has been set up to gather information and knowledge from within the network.
5. Network & Events Committee (NEC)
What we do
Project management
Social Erasmus
Social Erasmus is a project that gives international students the opportunity to volunteer in the local community whilst getting to know a new culture. The project encompasses multicultural meetings in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, as well as ecological and cultural events (ErasmusForest) and charity actions (International Santa Claus). All the projects are tutored by international students who act with the idea of enriching the society.
More: http://www.esn.org/content/socialerasmus
Coordinators: Paulo Ramos and Katerina Vigkou
E-mail: socialerasmus@esn.org
Network support:
Associate Membership
The aim of the Associate Membership is to cooperate with non-European student organisations to share experience of actions in the higher international education field. The benefits from the cooperation should be beneficial for both parties and involvement in each other projects is suggested.
Contact persons: Christoph Bachmann begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: network@esn.org
Section in the Spotlight
The Section in the Spotlight is a project to promote one ESN section every month to honour their work and give best practice examples for the other sections in Europe. The section is chosen on the 20th of each month and published on the 1st of the following month. The chosen section is promoted on www.esn.org , in the eXpress Magazine and in the ESN Newsletter.
More: http://www.esn.org/spotlight
Contact person: Katja Krohn
E-mail: spotlight@esn.org
Rescue team: AC Team
The A/C-Team was built to give the sections and OCs of events and projects the possibility to get help during their planning and organizing. The Advice-Team will give useful tips for organizing events and projects before they are taking place. They will help with the risk analysis, legal issues, section activities and general international matters. The Crisis-Team is meant to help if something went wrong during the event or during the planning. The crisis can either be in the network as such, during or after events (financial or legal matters) or projects.
Contact person: Christoph Bachmann begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: network@esn.org
Network management and development:
Study Trips
Study Trips are made in order to get to know new countries who are applying for ESN membership and have to be done in order to accept the first two sections of a new country.
Contact person: Christoph Bachmann begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: network@esn.org
Development Strategy
Since the number of ESN sections is still growing, there is also a growing need for more coordination in the network. A development strategy is necessary for the expansion and controlling of our network and to assure that the brand name ‘ESN’ is not diluted. Strategic topics discussed are; quantity vs. quality of the network, requirements for new (start-up) sections and necessary changes to already existing sections.
Contact person: Stijn Bracke
Email: nr@esn-nl.org
Section Benefit & Requirements
Currently, work is started on a requirements list for ESN sections. A differentiation will be made between a generic requirements list (which will be applicable to all ESN sections in the network) and an optional requirements list (which can be voted upon in the different National Platforms). Aim of the introduction of a requirements list is to raise the quality of our sections network wide.
Contact person: Stijn Bracke
Email: nr@esn-nl.org
Network knowledge management:
National Board Buddy System
In order to give new countries or new National Boards the opportunity to get help and support by experienced ESNers the NB Buddy System was invented. The old members give advice and useful tips to the Newbies.
Contact person: Francesco Cappellano
E-mail: presidente@esn.it
Section Questionnaire
The Section Questionnaire has to be filled in by every ESN section once a year. It is a mean of gathering information for the international level and analyzing the network and how is it working/improving. The SQ report is written once a year. Contact persons: Christoph Bachmann begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting E-mail: network@esn.org
Section Guide
The Section Guide will be a manual meant for the members of all ESN sections. It will contain theoretical background information combined with best practice examples from the whole network on how to manage a section. Moreover, the Section Guide will contain important information about ESN, student mobility and higher education.
More: http://www.esn.org/content/section-guide
Contact person: Veeli Oeselg
E-mail: section_guide@esn.org
European Year of Volunteering
We are preparing for the European Year of Volunteering with some new projects. One of them will be ESN CV to reward and recognise volunteering work for ESN. More information coming soon.
Contact persons: Tina Podgornik and Emre Emirlioglu begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: tina.podgornik@gmail.com, events@esn.org
Event Knowledge Management:
Guidelines for events: update and management
Committee updates the gudelines and support the Organisation Committees (OCs) of the ESN events during their planning. The ESN countries can get help in organizing their national events and make them international ones.
Contact person: Nikolas Spanoudakis
E-mail: nikolas.spanoudakis@gmail.com
Event feedback questionnarie and analyses
Another task is to gather feedback from the participants and the OCs to evaluate the meetings. The analysis helps to improve the organization of the next ones.
Contact person: Emre Emirlioglu begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: events@esn.org
Management of statutory meetings:
CNR
The Council of National Representatives (CNR), composed by all National Representatives (NRs) represents the highest decision making body Annual General Meeting (AGM) during the ESN year and is one of the main strategic bodies of ESN International.
More: http://www.esn.org/content/council-national-representatives
Contact person: Joachim Wyssling begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: vicepresident@esn.org
CND
The Council of National Delegates (CND) is constituted of all the National Representatives (NR) and two additional delegates from each country. The delegates should preferably be national board members but it is up to the National Platforms to appoint them. The CND meets once a year in the midterm between two AGMs. The CND is an extended CNR (Council of National Representatives), where only one delegate per country (NR) attends the meeting. Contact person: Emre Emirlioglu begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting E-mail: events@esn.org
Management of non-statutory meetings:
Regional Platforms
Regional Platforms are meetings of only one European region of ESN in order to discuss more regional matters or topics of the AGM, to exchange good practices about local activities and to start partnerships with other sections. The meeting is a good means to mix experienced and new people and to secure a good knowledge transfer.
More: http://www.esn.org/content/regional-platforms
NBM
The NBM (National Boards' Meeting) is meant to gather ESNers from the different ESN countries, which have national boards and through this meeting enable them to exchange their projects, activities and tools.
CoMeet
CoMeet is the All Committee Meeting. The aim on of the meeting is to secure the ESN International Committees the possibility to meet, strengthen the cooperation with other Committees, capacity building and future strategy creation with the Board. Only members of the Education, Communication, Network & Events, IT and Finance Committee can participate at the meeting.
Cultural Medley
Cultural Medley is a mixture of cultures. ESN people from different countries meet to learn about each other’s culture, to see, taste and feel each other’s culture. The purpose of the Cultural Medley is for a country or a city to present itself to ESN. Participants are taken on a tour of cultural, historical and social heritage. In the end, it is all about socializing and getting to know the country, its ESN members and other ESNers from all over Europe without any pressure. A true Pallomeri feeling!
Contact person: Emre Emirlioglu begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: events@esn.org
AGM Advisory Team
Annual General Meeting, also known as the AGM, is the main decision-making body of ESN International. All the official sections of our network are invited to the AGM to decide about how the network should be run the following year.
Contact person: Adam Włodarkiewicz
E-mail: agm@esn.org
Human Resources Management
We know how important human resources are for Network and Events Committee. That’s why we have responsible persons who take care for all NEC members. They recruit new members and integrate them into the committee. They are responsible for positive atmosphere inside the committee. The NEC buddy system is a procedure in which two people, one buddy (old, experience member) and one newbie, operate together as a single unit so that they are able to monitor and help each other. And to get each other better we have our own NECBook (similar to very popular FaceBook ;).
PR
Public relations includes ongoing activities to ensure the committee has a strong public image. Public relations activities include helping the public to understand the committe and its projects. PR is responsible for website, Facebook, managing the media, ...
Contact persons: Tina Podgornik and Joanna Maziarz
E-mail: tina.podgornik@gmail.com, maziarz.joanna@gmail.com
For more information please visit the following website: http://committee.esn.org/
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