AEGEE Europe & Non-Formal Education_by Denis Maksimov
1. AEGEE EUROPE & NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION
By Denis Maksimov
Director for European Institutions
The Comite Directeur 2009/2010
2. AEGEE EUROPE IN BRIEF
○ Fields of action: promoting peace & stability, non-formal
learning, European citizenship, academic
mobility, intercultural dialogue
○ No national level
○ the largest student interdisciplinary association
at the European continent
✓ 15.000 active members
✓ 230 University cities
✓ 42 European countries
✓ More than 350 events per year on European and
local level
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3. NON-FORMAL EDUCATION PROVIDER
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS
○ Summer University Project
○ Flagship Project
○ Thematic Projects in fields of action
○ Youth exchanges
○ Conferences
○ Assurance Star Quality (ASQ) Project
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4. KEY ISSUES OF NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION
○ Transparency & Quality assurance
1. To provide good quality of events externally and
internally
2. In AEGEE: ASQ Project, Academy, T4T, etc.
○ Recognition by universities
1. Incorporation of NFE methods
2. In AEGEE: practical recognition by some universities
the value of NFE events in ECTS credits
○ Recognition by employers
1. Joint projects & practical perception of the added value
2. In AEGEE: partnership of locals with businesses,
disseminating information on uniqueness of experience
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5. BEST PRACTICES: EXAMPLE OF
CORPORATE AFFAIRS PROJECT OF AEGEE
○ Summer Academy: The Art of Start-Up (Moscow,
July 2008)
1. Acquiring practical skills with best experts
2. Recognized value by universities of participants
3. Recognized value by partner businesses and
sponsors
4. Diplomas
○ Upcoming:
1. Research on FR techniques followed by book on
the topic of creative fundraising
2. Think Tank on Creative Fundraising
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