History of AEGEE's role in the target regions

Since 1992
AEGEE establishes contacts to students in the countries of Former Yugoslavia.

Since 1995
A network of students from countries of Former Yugoslavia is established and included in AEGEE.

September 1996
AEGEE Case Study Trip Former Yugoslavia I
For two weeks, 20 students from different European countries are exploring the situation of students in Bosnia, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FYR of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

November 1996 ‚ March 1997
Students Protests in Belgrade Parallel to the civic protests demanding the recognition of the victory of the Zajedno-coalition in the local elections, students protests are taking place in Belgrade. Students demand a restriction of the influence the Milosevic-government is imposing on universities. AEGEE supports these activities: A group of AEGEE-members visits their fellow students in Belgrade; the Head-office sends public letters to the Foreign Ministers of the EU asking for the support of the international community.

May 1997
In Aachen the first AEGEE-Award, under the patronage of German Federal President Roman Herzog, is presented to the Belgrade-based student radio stations Radio B92 and Radio Indeks for their role in the peaceful students demonstrations a few months ago.

April 1998
AEGEE Novi Sad organises a conference on Minorities in Vojvodinaë. Presentations inform participants about the situation of several minorities such as Hungarians, Ruthenians and Roma in Vojvodina.

July 1998
A summer university focusing on Regions, Nations, Europe ‚ Perspectives for the Balkansë takes place in Belgrade. There are 20 students from 10 different countries participating in this event.

February ‚ March 1999
AEGEE Case Study Trip Former Yugoslavia II
What has changed in the ex-Yugoslavian countries since September 1996? Twenty students are following the traces of the first CST to Former Yugoslavia...

5-7 March, 1999
200 AEGEE-members from all over Europe have come to Novi Sad to participate in the Spring Presidents Meeting, one of AEGEEs statutory assemblies.

24 March ‚ 10 June 1999
Nato-airstrikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. AEGEE-members stay in touch via e-mail and contemplate on projects that might help to prevent such actions to be applied in future. Emphasis is put on promoting the re-integration of Serbia and Kosovo into Europe. The idea of íEducation for Democracyë is born.

August 1999
The first Balkan Strategy Meeting of AEGEE takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia. AEGEE-members from the Balkan countries as well as from Eastern and Western Europe discuss and co-ordinate future projects in and concerning the Balkans.

10 - 12 March, 2000
AEGEE's Presidents' Meeting takes place in Ohrid, Macedonia. During this meeting about 40 delegates from all over the "post-yugoslave" region gather and start preparing "Vucko", a common event planned to take place in Sarajevo around New Years' 2001.

30 March - 2 April, 2000
AEGEE's International Politics Working Group welcomes 60 people from the Balkans, but also from other parts of the Europe, from the Near East and from Africa for the international post-graduate students' conference: Kosovo - Understanding the Past, Looking Ahead.

6 May 2000
The General Assembly of AEGEE adopts in Utrecht "Stability in Southeastern Europe" as a yearplan topic of the association in 2001.

7 - 10 September 2000
Subotica becomes AEGEE contact during the Presidents' Meeting in Szeged.

September / October 2000
15 students from Serbia and Kosovo arrive at their Dutch and German host universities. They receive scholarships within the AEGEE project "Education for Democracy".

3 - 5 November 2000
At the Agora (General Assembly) in Udine new projects are discussed. Several locals express their will to proceed with "Education for Democracy" for a second year.

1-4 March 2001
AEGEE Planning Meeting "Think Europe!" in Katowice discusses the future Strategy of the organisation towards Southeast Europe.