1. SECTION PARTNERSHIP
Sofia Papaioannou ESN Athens AUEB
Marta Guasp ESN UC3M
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ESN Athens AUEB – ESN UC3M
2. Once upon a time…
ESN UC3M
ESN Athens AUEB
… back in 2006-2007…
Section partnership | Marta Guasp and Sofia Papaioannou
3. Partner Sections
- Founded in 1998
- 12 active members
- Around 800 and 500
exchange students
each semester
-Founded in 1992
-20 active members
-Around 250 exchange
students each year
Section partnership | Marta Guasp and Sofia Papaioannou
4. Section Partnership
Active collaboration between sections on a
regular basis
Students helping
students
Unity in
diversity, diversit
y in the unity
International
dimension of life
Respect and
tolerance
Section partnership | Marta Guasp and Sofia Papaioannou
6. Benefits for ESN Members
Constant
communication
Knowledge
exchange
Learning
Mutual
support
Mutual
promotion
Section partnership | Marta Guasp and Sofia Papaioannou
7. Promotion on the website
Section partnership | Marta Guasp and Sofia Papaioannou
8. Benefits for ESN
Cooperation and
collaboration
Strengthening of the
network
Growth and improvement
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9. Benefits for exchange students
• Joint events
• SocialErasmus activities
Common
events
• Direct link to the partner section
• Direct link to the Erasmus community
Erasmus
ambassadors
• Collaboration and mutual support
• ESN as an international association
Spread ESN
spirit
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10. Best practice examples
ESN UC3M – ESN Athens AUEB:
• Exchange of delegates
ESN Vienna – ESN Bratislava and ESN Brno:
• Invitation to the Welcome Party
• Trips with exchange students
ESN Dresden – ESN HTW Dresden
• Joint parties
Further examples
• Advice with the creation of a new section
• Monitoring
• Workshops and know-how
Section partnership | Marta Guasp and Sofia Papaioannou
11. Get a partner section!
If your section is
interested in having
a partner
section, contact the
IB Vicepresident !
Section partnership | Marta Guasp and Sofia Papaioannou
Partnership between the torero and the Greek wise man started a looong time ago. Forgotten til .. 2012-2013: reestablishment of the relationship and willigness to keep learning and imporving.
Two sections working together … just an example of how a section partnership could work and what all the benefits of this program are.Presentation of the “Section partnership” as a program of ESN international. Not the same as “INFORMAL” cooperation among sections:Example: ESN SPAINSections of the same city working togetherTrips of one section to another city: the hosting section organizes guided tours, recommendations for places to eat, parties, etc.
Section partnership programs contains and strengthens all ESN valuesStudents helping students: volunteering in the benefit of others erasmus students, fellow members AND PARTNER SECTIONUnity in diversity: different backgrounds but common goal and missionInternational dimension of life: open-minded, mobile, like to discover and explore, to co-operate and to interact to BREAK BORDERSRespect and tolerance: willing to see how others work and willing to learn from them Distance among sections doesn’t matter!
Constant communication: emails and skype, following development of their activities and calendarKnowledge exchange: organization and structure of the section, activities, GET IDEAS and question how your own section works improvement. LearningMutual support: Help, advice, recommendationsMutual promotion: promotion on the website by presenting the partner section coming closer to Erasmus students
Section partnership not only as a formal procedure (info exchange, etc.) BUT involving the Erasmus students.Ultimate goal of ESN Erasmus students. Also with this programCOMMON EVENTS: - Joint events: simultaneous, make the relation amomg sections as sth rasmus students themselves feel too despite the distance (Ex. Spanish party/dinner in Athens, Greek party/dinner in Madrid)- Social Erasmus: Present donation of food/ clothes, etc. as a competition incentive for erasmus students to participateERASMUS AMBASSADORS:Link to the partner section: SYMBOLICMake them feel involved in ESN, additional way of reaching Erasmus studentsSPREAD ESN spiritCollaboration and support among sectionsMake erasmus and ESN members feel part of the ESN communityBuilding a strong Europe, ESN as an INTERNATIONAL organization
Summary: BENEFITS of WORKING TOGETHERErasmus: feel the ESN community as a strong one, feel part of EuropeESN members: learn and improve in the benefit of Eramus students and ESNESN as a whole: strengthening the network
