AEGEE-Academy

AEGEE-Academy is a non-profit organisation specialized in non formal education. We work for AEGEE, one of Europe’s biggest interdisciplinary student organisations, striving for a democratic, diverse and borderless Europe. AEGEE provides learning opportunities for the development of its members through non-formal education and informal learning. By participating in training courses, workshops, and active involvement in the organisation, our members improve their competences (such as leadership skills, communication skills and team management) which will be useful for their future lives. Sustaining AEGEE’s human resources and enabling its members to turn their ideas and visions into reality has been the long-term vision of AEGEE-Academy since its foundation in 1999. The main aim of AEGEE-Academy is to develop and strengthen the human resources of AEGEE and to stimulate the motivation of its members. It strives to combine the competences of AEGEE members with the potential AEGEE offers them towards the achievement of the organisations’ aims. AEGEE-Academy supports the personal development of AEGEE members by providing a diversity of training courses and coordinating a mentorship system. It maintains an overview of the personage and tasks in the organisation and empowers its members to find their place in the organisation. Every year, AEGEE-Academy ensures awesome trainings are given to students and young professionals all over Europe. These trainings are given by our trainers that come from all over Europe and have been educated in delivering non-formal education on many different topics. OUR MISSION AEGEE-Academy is a group of young, motivated trainers from all over Europe. We are the official pool of trainers of AEGEE, aiming at providing high quality non-formal education training activities that facilitate the self-development of our trainees. We are specialized in many topics, varying from soft skills development workshops to practical trainings, all focused at the world of non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurship. OUR AIMS – Monitor and ensure the quality of trainings within AEGEE; – Recruit, educate and mentor new trainers; – Keep the Academy visible within the netwoek of AEGEE; – Facilitate training tools to the network in the form of training materials database, training formats and more; – Ensure good follow-ups after each training event; – Keep on rocking our trainings, as always!