How can AEGEE help ECI

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You are interested and you ask yourself: “What can I do?“


AEGEE as the initiator of the project has a big role to play in ECI, and through its structure is one of the best-placed organizations to promote a grassroots initiative. The first step has now been made. A lot of NGOs, working at different levels, have now joined the project. Some AEGEE antennas are willing to help, such as AEGEE-Athina, AEGEE-Valletta and AEGEE-Berlin. But the most difficult part has yet to be accomplished: gathering signatures.

When I am looking at the hugeness of the network and its 15 000 members, I am sure that ECI can be a success. For that we need a real involvement of AEGEE-antennas and members.

To help you, I can give you some hints:

    • Organize actions at your university and promote active citizenship and the right to have a say in Europe.

    • Place the signatures form in your toilet, when you have guests, they have time to read it and to sign. Don’t forget to place a pen beside the paper

    • When you are traveling or hitchhiking, speak about this project. Make your new friends sign and give them some signatures form.

    • Use ECI could as a PR-tool for AEGEE in countries where political awareness is high among students.

    • Don’t hesitate to use it when you promote AEGEE.

    • And last but not least:

Let me introduce a new game in AEGEE. It is not really original since the principle is the same as what AEGEE-Nowy Sacz explained to us at the last AGORA, but it is smart.
We now have the key to ECI.
We issued 10 keys, which are going to be spread around the network. Each local having the key has to collect 100 signatures. Once these are gathered, their members who are traveling have to carry the key on to the local they visit next. The new local has now to do the same, and should keep on being done from local to local.

    • And in order to be sure to involve every local, we are also organizing an ECI Competition.

So be attentive during the plenary. That is where the game is starting! It will continue until September 2007.


Laure Onidi
AEGEE ECI-Team

Ps: If you want to join the ECI team and be active… if your local is interested to participate and share in this success… if you have any questions: PLEASE write to eci.aegee@gmail.org

“ A small step for man, a big step for humanity” (Neil Amstrong)

You are interested and want more information
or become active,send a mail to
eci.aegee*AT*googlemail.com


For further information:
-http://www.citizens-initiative.eu


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AEGEE-ECI team

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