ESIB... for beginners

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ESIB... for beginners
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Charting Progress
45 National Unions of Students from 34
countries(full members)
Board(2 delegates/country)
Commissionon Internal Audit
Chair

Working Groups
Executive Committee
Expert Committees
Director
Task forces
Staff
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Structures and Management

• Statutes and Standing Orders
• The Board Meeting
• The Executive Committee (EC)
• The Secretariat
• The CIA (Commission for Internal Audit)

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Board Meetings

• Sovereign body of ESIB
• Meets twice a year
• Makes all democratic decisions
• Governed by Statutes and Standing Orders
• Elects EC and approves mandates of all ESIB
  instruments
• Each country with a full member has two votes
• If gt1 full member, votes are shared

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The EC and Secretariat

• The EC
• Chair 2006 Justin Fenech
• 6 other members (Maher Tekaya, Victor Vidilles,
  ime Viic, Marja-Liisa Alop, Janja Komljenovic,
  Tatsiana Khoma)
• Politically responsible for ESIB, and represents
  ESIB externally
• The Secretariat
• Director
• Staff
• Others as needed

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Involvement in ESIB

• Membership (national union of students)
• Candidate (at least one year before membership
  status granted)
• Associate organisation (international student
  organisations)
• Partner (non-student organisations)

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Membership
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Membership
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Membership
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Working groups

• Education KSU Malta
• Equality SFS Sweden
• FESU Estonia
• International FAIRe Portugal
• Mobility SYL Finland USI Ireland
• Social Affairs VVS Belgium

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Committees

• Given mandate by the Board
• Inform BM and EC on specialist issues, and do
  specialist representation for ESIB
• Currently three committees
• - Bologna Process Committee (BPC)
• - Committee on Commodification of Education
  (CoCo)
• - Gender Equality Committee (GEC)

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European Student Conventions

• The concept of conventions has evolved into a
  traditionoften associated with EU Presidency of
  host
• Paris, Gothenburg, Athens, Dublin
• In London in December 2005
• Sometimes produce declarations
• Sometimes discuss issues to inform national
  student representatives

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Communications

• Email lists for members, committees and working
  groups
• European Student Voice, monthly external
  newsletter
• Website
• www.esib.org

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Contact

• ESIBZavelput 201000 BrusselsBelgium
• Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Email secretariat_at_esib.orgwww www.esib.org
• Thank you for flying ESIB!