AEGEE-Athina

Founded in Athens just a few months after the first AEGEE antenna was created - about 30 years ago, AEGEE-Athina is one of the bigger and busiest antennae of the whole European AEGEE network. As a non-governmental, politically independent, secular and non-profit organisation, AEGEE-Athina, just like the rest antennae of the AEGEE network, is open to students and young people from all faculties and disciplines, making AEGEE network the biggest interdisciplinary student association in Europe. With more than 120 members, AEGEE-Athina constantly organizes and informs students about important cultural, political and educational events taking place anywhere in Europe and neighboring countries. All the numerous events and projects run by the organisation are to be focused on our 4 Fields of Action (Cultural Exchange, Active Citizenship, Higher Education, Peace & Stability) and 3 Focus Areas (Youth Participation, Bridging Europe and Inclusion of Minorities). Among AEGEE’s most well-known achievements there are the effective lobbying for the Erasmus Programme, which lead it to develop to its current state of development and recognition, and its longest running project, the Summer University, gathering each summer thousands of volunteers who contribute to open a new perspective to the participants over the multicultural dimension of the European continent, providing high-content, high-quality and low-cost summer courses (ranging from language courses to seminars about political, cultural, environmental issues).