ASOCIACION ESN ERASMUS ALMERIA

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is the biggest student association in Europe. It was founded the 16th October 1989 and legally registered in 1990 to support and develop student exchange. ESN Almeria is a non-profit association founded in 2009 whose main aim is to support international students in their experience during the Erasmus program. ESN Almeria cooperates with the International Office of UAL and with other private and public entities in Almeria province. It has its own office inside the University and manages a youth pub where it organizes leisure activities for young people. ESN Almeria aims to bring dynamism in the local society ad to foster the European sense of belonging. In order to do so, it provides also short term opportunities like youth exchanges for young people and training course for its volunteers and the youth workers on the local territory. Another resource will be the implementation of international volunteering, both as hosting then as a sending entity. ESN Almería has 10 years of experience in working with exchange students. The areas covered have been: • Support the social and practical integration of international students • Support the Erasmus students in discovering the local area and south of Spain organizing visits, travels and cultural programs • Represents the needs and rights of international students on the local, national, and international level • Inform and promote student mobility programs through young people • Support the reintegration of homecoming students, the visibility and the valorization of their experience • Improve the accessibility of student mobility