Educational Program Degree organized in cooperation with the East European Educational and Cultural Center (EEECC) from Brno, Czech Republic with
highly qualified specialists in this domain.
Participants will receive Diploma of completing courses which allow further perspectives for cooperation with international organizations.
The program is supported by EEECC, EGEA Moldova and University of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
There are no fee for the program, but every participant are responsible for their accommodation and living costs.
Priority for EGEA members, but can participate any other interested persons as well.
For subscription and complimentary information please write by e-mail:
moldova@egea.eu
dorinlozovanu@yahoo.com
and
on the EGEA forum topic
Soon will be available application form and poster.
Deadline for subscription will be 17 of April.
Coordinator of the program: Josef Orisko (EEECC, Czech Republic)
Local coordinator: Dorin Lozovanu (EGEA Moldova)
Peacebuilding Anthropology (PA)
Annotation
Peacebuilding anthropology is a unique approach in the field of peacebuilding, which utilizes cultural anthropology and other related disciplines as a
theoretical framework, supplemented by extensive field experience. At the same time, peacebuilding anthropology is considered a direction of applied
sciences relating to cultural anthropology and ethnology. This subject explains the essence of peacebuilding, peacekeeping and confidence-building
processes against the background of theoretical approaches to ethnic/ethno-social/tribal conflicts. The main aim of the lecture is to contribute to
professionalism and viability in peacebuilding.
(Josef Oriško)
Theory of Ethno-Social Conflict (TEC)
Annotation
The term “ethnic conflict” is often generalized or misused in order to create simple and widely understandable explanation for ethno-social
processes of destructive or violent nature. Many of these conflicts result from rather different backgrounds than ethnical ones, and are caused by
different factors, many of which remain unclear and difficult to define. These causes are often debatable, and studies and reflections on this subject
are sometimes vague and unsubstantiated. There are primary and secondary causes of these conflicts, which often overlap. For example, the idea of
historical injustice as the primary cause of the 90’s conflict between Serbs and Croats in ex-Yugoslavia can be misleading, as these historical
grievances arose from some other causes, too; the specific primary causes are cultural difference and economic problems, differences between the size
of ethnic groups, and changes of boundaries or political systems. Historical injustice in this case can be considered a secondary cause.
(Josef Oriško, Miroslav Krčmář, visiting lecturer)
Ethno-Social Conflicts in the Balkans (BA)
Annotation
This subject focuses on ethnic and ethno-social conflicts, those that have occurred in the Balkans in the early nineties, after the fall of the Iron
Curtain. The subject specifies the term “Balkan”, describes ethnic structure of the Balkan Peninsula and provides a short excursion into the
Balkan history. The ethno-social conflicts and tensions are broadly displayed using two examples: the South Slavonic internal strife and the strife
between South Slavs and Albanians. The lecture goes through space and time, trying to explain why ethnicity should be excluded as the prime cause of
the Balkan conflicts. The lecturer combines theoretical knowledge with his own field experience. The lecture is supplemented by screening of films and
documentaries on the topic followed by a discussion. This lecture will provide a good background to those willing to work in the region; participants
will be also given an opportunity to broaden their critical view of recent Balkan conflicts.
(Josef Oriško, visiting lecturer)
Ethno-Social Conflicts in Caucasus (CA)
Annotation
As a follow–up to the Balkan lecture, this class delivers a comparative analysis of Balkan and Caucasus ethnic/ethno-social conflicts. The audience
can benefit from “ex-Czechoslovak” views of both lecturers, who have grass-root field experience from both ex-Yugoslavia and the ex-Soviet Union.
The lecture is supplemented by screening of films and documentaries, followed by a discussion. The main aim is to discover, describe and perceive
differences and similarities of different ethno-social strives within European East.
(Josef Oriško, Miroslav Krčmář, visiting lecturer)
International Community (IC)
Annotation
This subject deals with efforts of the International Community (IC) in conflict and post-conflict countries, and in particular with peacebuilding and
security activities of most important and most influential international organizations: the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), NATO and the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The lectures will briefly cover historical development of the organizations, their
structure, current activities and expected role in the future, and will then focus on their particular missions in various parts of the world. Case
studies will attempt to make a comparison of successful and less successful operations: UN missions in Nepal and Afghanistan; EU military and election
observation missions in African, Asian and South American countries; OSCE missions in Kosovo, Bosnia and Georgia. The goal of these lectures is to
present a brief analysis of the reasons why the International Community’s attempts at conflict resolution, peacebuilding and peacekeeping are
sometimes successful and, at times, less productive.
(Miroslav Krčmář, Markéta Černoušková, visiting lecturer)
Electoral Processes in Post-Conflict Countries (EP)
Annotation
These lectures will focus on a corner-stone process within democratization in post-conflict countries – elections. From elections completely
administered by the International Community, through UN assisted elections, to independently organized elections, we will go through various case
studies in Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. Some crucial questions will be discussed – what does the term “free and fair” or “democratic”
elections mean? Are these realistically achievable? Are elections in post-conflict/developing countries profitable? Would traditional ways of
selecting authorities work better? The goal of this subject is to open students’ mind to questions which probe the fundamentals of electoral
processes; it also tries to present elections as living and flexible processes, which can cement healthy political systems but can also be used or
misused for particular goals.
(Markéta Černoušková, Miroslav Krčmář)
Coming April EGEA will once again participate in the most legendary student race of Europe. Every year a total amount of 8.500 athletes take part in
the race, thanks to this the race is mentioned in the Guiness Book of Records as the largest relay race in the world! We hope to set a new record ourselves by having the best
ranking of EGEA ever! (Does anyone actually know what the best ranking is up until now? )
After the race we will join the biggest student party of Europe at the campus of Enschede University!
After last year's teaming up with another student association from Utrecht we decided to try to form an All-EGEA-team like the years before last year.
We hope to fill the 25 places in the team with only EGEAns. There are places for 17 gentlemen and 8 ladies.
For the ones who are not familiar with the race:
The Batavierenrace is a relay race between Nijmegen and Enschede. 25 persons
will run a total amount of 175 kilometers, true Nijmegen, a small area of Germany and eventually Enschede. The length of the stages differ from ± 3
km to 11 km.
Do you like to run and do you want to be part of the biggest relay race in Europe? And... The biggest student party in Europe, afterwards at the
campus of Enschede University?! Please, sign up and be part of a wonderful weekend!
By the way:
Any suggestions for a team name are welcome! Please post them on the forum and we will check if we can try to change our current team name, because we
already had to sign up the team
This April EGEA will celebrate its 25th birthday. To celebrate this the founding entities Barcelona, Warszawa and Utrecht invite everyone to join us
on an international weekend of birthday celebrations.
EGEA 25th Birthday Weekend
This weekend will be held from April 13 to April 16 in the Polish Jurassic Highlands, near to Krakow and Krakow Pyrzowice Airport. The programme of
the weekend will involve some traditional EGEA activities from the last 25 years and is mostly about seeing old friends, meeting new ones and having
fun! More information will follow very soon so keep an eye on this topic page for details. The registration website will also be online soon.
EGEA AACHEN and EGEA BONN will organize a pre-congress event, which will take place from the 24th until 26th of March 2012 in DÜREN
Travel Information
The train station you have to arrive is DUEREN. When you arrived in Dueren you chose the local train (RURTALBAHN) and descend at BLENS.
If you come by car to the Pre-WRC look for the address:
Hausener Gasse 5, 52385 Nideggen, Germany
Program
There will be 2 excursions:
We will move on the early paths of Industrialisation in the valley of the river Rur. We will make an excursion to the old facilities of Hoesch. Like
we will do it when we're going to the WRC, the industrial family Hoesch moved from this first location in the Ruhr Area to expand their business in
the steel industry.
Also, we want to visit an old power plant constructed in the Art Nouveau era, that is nowadays located in a National Park, to learn more about the
early electrification of the rural area.
So, don't wait, sing up and enjoy the pre-glowing of the Western Regional Congress.
At time there are still 15 free places. The event will cost 35€ (incl. travel costs to the WRC) and will take place between 24th an 26th March
2012.
Mayas (pessimists) predicted the end of the world in 2012. But what would happen after? We (optimists) say it's the beginning of a new world! Of
course this needs to be investigated..what would this new world be like? To the orga team of BeNDeLux 2012 it was clear who had to research this new
world: geographers! Hence, the theme of BeNDeLux 2012 is
2012: welcome to a new world!
Use your imagination to create this new world and dress up!
The weekend will be somewhere in the Netherlands during the last weekend of February. Exact costs will be announced.
More information as well as an event page will follow soon!!
Remember: It's first come, first serve!
Deadline for registration is sunday, 11th december at 23:59 o'clock!
Price: 69 € per participant
Program (subject to minor changes, as more information leaks through we will update you):
15.02. Arrival of the participants (all day)
Get to know your host For those arriving early a campus tour will be arranged and maybe a little party (but don't forget, the big party is yet to come!)
Dinner at your host
Party (optional)
16.02. Winter Fun and Gala Dinner
Breakfast at your host
10:30 "St. Olavs city - A millennium in Trondheim" (A city tour in the footsteps of the Vikings...)
14:00 Geolympics - Get into your snowsuit and prepare for the toughest and funniest Geo(winter)lympics you've ever experienced! There
will be a prize for the best team! Against a hungry stomach there'll be a
campfire and some "pølse med lompe" (take a wild guess what that might be...)
After having a great time in the snow the sauna waits for you - you'll need to relax a bit before the big party starts - followed by a nice and cold
as ice snow shower! Now you're prepared and fresh again for the most awesome...
19:00 GeoGalla ...there has ever been! (NB! Dress code men:Black tie/Dinner Jacket/Tuxedo; women: cocktail dress or evening gown - in other words: the finest clothes you have, traditional folk costumes are also very welcome!)
We start with a three course menu, some speeches, singing, drinking , laughing, award ceremony more
singing and drinking and laughing not at least, before the band starts to play
the songs of our youth and we dance our feet off! Woohoo! (Geir Globus' in the House tonight!!!)
When we start to get tired and almost fall asleep it's comforting to know that we'll spend the night at the hut and just can slip into our beds and
dream of Odin, Trolls and Espen Askeladden...And...who knows... Maybe we'll see a moose or two?
17.02. Recovery
Sleep long, sleep tight;
Sleep until the dawns light sweeps away the darkest night.
We eat breakfast at the hut and depart to our hosts - Spare time - explore
Trondheim on your own or join us to either Bowling, GoKart or Paintball (not yet decided)
We'll take a nice and slow battery recharging evening with some games and some "kosepils" (you'll find out soon enough what that is). However, for
those who want: The world and Trondheim is your oyster, in other words: There just might be another party around the corner if you want to join. We
are Norways Student City No. 1 - someplace there's always a party - but keep in mind tomorrows excursion!
18.02. Excursion and Farewellparty
Excursion - Time and place remains a secret... We can't tell you everything... But it could be cold... ;P
As for the Farewellparty we are currently discussing several options - stay put and wait for more information!
19.02. "Ha det bra og på gjensyn"
Good bye and farewell - Departure of the participants (all day)
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If you have any questions please post them in the forum or send us an e-mail and we will answer as good and fast as we can
For information about how to get to Trondheim have a look at the forum
February 10th - 12th 2012:
11th Geographers Championships in inner tube downhilling
January 26th
18:00 CET
Lecturer: Ivar Berthling, Associated Professor at the Department of Geography at NTNU, Trondheim/Norway
The Scientific Committee has organized already two e-Lectures and this one is the 3rd EGEA e-Lecture. We will have an online lecture and every EGEAn
can take part. After the presentation by Dr. Ivar Berthling we will have the possibility to ask questions and start a discussion.
The e-Lecture will be held by using the online platform WiZiQ, which is free of charge. People do not have to install anything on their computer.
Furthermore it is possible to see a video of the speaker. The presenter is able to use an interactive whiteboard to visualize certain aspects, e.g. a
PPT, pictures etc.
The Scientific Committee would like to encourage EGEA entities to organize some kind of local meetings to take part in the e-Lecture with a bigger
group. For example you could use that event to promote EGEA at your university.
So...save the date, remind your CP's, book a room, invite other students and your professors, bake a cake and serve coffee - We are looking forward to this and hope you are too!
Egea Bratislava decided to organize last minute NYP in Oravska Lesna. This is the village with coldest climate in Slovakia, so one of the best places
to have enough snow (there is some 50 cm actually). The NYP will be organised in the style of ´90 ties so don´t forget to bring up clothes and
fashion accessories from this period and of course some casettes with 90´s hits - Roxette, Dr. Alban, DJ Bobo, Captain Jack... . Also bring your collection of POGs, Hockey cards, Céčka (this is special
Czechoslovakian phenomen ). And lots of good mood.
Programme:
Snowball fight
Building Egea snowman
Degustation of homemade alcoholic beverages (if you have the chance, bring your sample )
Historic train ride (cca 5 km on historic steam train)
Games of the 90´s (POGs, Céčka)
90´s party
08.00 – 19.00 Arrival of participants
19.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Official opening
21.00 - Ice-breaking games (literally Mhhhh)
Back to kindergarden party
Friday – 30 December 2011
08.00 – 09.00 Breakfast
09.00 – 13.00 Excursion at Orheiul Vechi Fortress Complex- Official Website
13.00 - 17.00 Excursion to the Cricova Winecellar - Official Website
17.00 – 20.00 Snowman/Mudman competition
20.00 – 21.00 Dinner
21.00 – International Night
Saturday – 31 December 2011
09.00 – 10.00 - Breakfast
10.30 – 12.30 – Winter Games, visit around the village, trip with the horse drawn sleigh
13.00 – 14.00 – Traditional lunch
14.00 – 18.00 - More winter games, New Year's Customs, Sauna
19.00 - 00.00 - Etno Party
00.00 - New Year's Fireworks
Sunday – 1 January 2012
10.00 – 13.00 – Brunch and chill out time
13.00 - 17.00
- Watching Romanian and Moldavian short films
- Indoor and outdoor games
16.00 - 19.00 - Culinary workshop
19.00 – 20.00 - Dinner
20.00 – Farewell party - NYDC - WDC, VDC, BDC, ETC. Singing
Monday – 2 January 2012
9.00 – 10.00 - Breakfast
10.00 - Departure of participants
The price covers only accomodation. Food is extra paid and not provided (it's possible to cook something on the spot or visit restaurants / bars in
Limanowa)
Programme overwiew:
- mountain hiking (Beskid Wyspowy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beskid_Wyspowy
- downhilling (with tubes, skis, snowboards and other vehicles)
- evening programme including dressing party, BDC, karaoke, GEO-wordplay
Essential things to take:
- sleeping bag
- toaster / kettle (if you plan to "cook" on your own) - the info about available equipment will appear on the forum
- downhilling equipment
- suit for dressing party (theme: "subcultures")
As every year, the Bavaria-Meeting will take place at some christmas market in Bavaria. This year it will be in Augsburg, including a city-tour, the
visit of two different christmas markets and a nice pub-evening to get warm again afterwards. All bavarian EGEA-Entities are invited to join!
Wien invites Muenchen, Graz, Erlangen, Bern and the Newbies of Salzburg and Passau to gather for the most family-style event of the year: Christmas in
Vienna
Participants
1. Alex
2. Annika
3. Felix
4. Grzegorz
5. Jakub
6. Jelle
7. Jirka
8. Max
9. Petronela
10. Tom
Programme of the ESC 1st live meeting
Thursday, 1st December
arrival of participants, hosts check-in, lunch, sightseeing (Jirka, Max, Felix, Jakub, Petronela)
dinner (together with BoE, ActComm and other participants) – restaurant „Szwejk”
20:00 integration evening I
23:00 arrival (Tom)
Friday, 2nd December
breakfast (with hosts)
sightseeing
arrival of participants (Jelle, Annika)
~13:00 meeting at the University
~13:00-20:00 official part of the ESC live meeting (BUW - New Library):
brainstorming session
lunch break
discussion
coffee break
discussion & conclusion
~20:00 integration evening II – „Kafe Fajka”
21:10 arrival (Alex)
EGEA Moldova announce the Conference
Vegetal world and homo sapiens,
17 November 2011
h. 14, Str. M. Kogalniceanu 82, Chisinau, Moldova
the conference is addressed to the students and young scientists!
especially EGEA Moldova members are expected to participate
any interested to come with the presentations or to assist at the Round table are welcome!
topics for the paper presentations:
Interaction between the biodiversity and Human,
Ecological aspects
Biogeography
Agricultural Geography
please send the request of participation to the e-mail:
moldova@egea.eu
and the forum topic!
It will happen again! The next Newbie Weekend will take place from the 4th-6th of November 2011.
The Newbie Weekend is the best opportunity for freshmen to meet real friends all over Europe and have a nice start in their new term
A two day-sightseeing tour and a bit of regeneration in Budapest for the participants of the FINE Training Course, organized in Szeged. The Budapest
Entity presents itself and welcomes you, EGEAns!!!
Scientific Seminar Ethnographic Atlas
organized by EGEA Moldova
any interested persons are welcome!
Muzeul Naţional de Etnografie şi Istorie Naturală din Moldova
Institutului de Etnografie şi Folclor “C. Brăiloiu”, Academia Română
Asociaţia de Geografie şi Etnologie din Moldova EGEA Moldova
SEMINARUL ŞTIINŢIFIC
“Atlasul Etnografic – reprezentare complexă a patrimoniului regional”
2 – 5 OCTOMBRIE 2011
Muzeul Naţional de Etnografie şi Istorie Naturală
Str. M. Kogălniceanu 82
Scopul seminarului este ştiinţific, metodologic şi practic, de a prezenta metodologia şi etapele de realizare a Atlasului Etnografic Român pe
regiuni şi tematici, selectarea localităţilor cercetate, elaborarea anchetelor, aplicarea chestionarelor, elaborarea bazei cartografice, colectarea
şi sistematizarea informaţiilor.
Rezultatele de perspectivă preconizate sunt elaborarea şi editarea Atlasului Etnografic Român – Republica Moldova (Basarabia şi
Transnistria).
Programul seminarului include următoarele activităţi:
2 octombrie:
anchete, cercetări de teren, localităţi rurale din centrul Republicii Moldova
3 octombrie:
ora 11 – 15 Seminarul ştiinţifico-metodologic,
Muzeul Naţional de Etnografie şi Istorie Naturală,
str. Mihail Kogălniceanu 82, Chişinău
4 octombrie: investigaţii de teren în echipă, aplicarea chestionarelor.
5 octombrie: încheierea programului.
Prezentarea seminarului:
Institutului de Etnografie şi Folclor “C. Brăiloiu”, Academia Română:
dr. Emil Tîrcomnicu, cercetător grd II
dr. Lucian David, cercetător grd III
Muzeul Naţional de Etnografie şi Istorie Naturală din Moldova
Mihai Ursu, director general
dr. Varvara Buzilă, secretar ştiinţific
Maria Ciocanu, şef secţie Etnografie
dr. Dorin Lozovanu, coordonator seminar
Sunt invitaţi cercetătorii muzeului, academiei, universităţilor şi toate persoanele interesate de tematica prezentată.
Vă rugăm să vă anunţaţi participare şi în prealabil prin e-mail:
dorinlozovanu@yahoo.com
buzila.varvara@gmail.com
FINE is the first Training Course organised by Egea and it aims to start creating a pool of trainers for our association. It will be a ToT/TtT -
Training Of/The Trainers and the participants will receive at the end the Youth Pass.
The event received a grant from the Youth in Action agency, therefore there are no fees for participants and they will get up to 70% of the travel
costs refunded.
FINE is a training event designed especially for those, who already have some experience and want to be active participants at youth events such as
congresses, seminars, trainings and all other events. FINE will give you skills and experience on how to facilitate a group in international context.
But not only! FINE aspires also to provide you enough knowledge and skills so you can pass it easily to others in the future and become a trainer
yourself! Sounds complicated? I will not after FINE, which will help you to gain confidence and necessary experience.
The main purpose of this training course is to enhance the quality, impact and sustainability of all types of activities of youth organizations and
informal groups throughout Europe.
We proudly present the Scientific Committee Blog # 3
Scientific Exhibition at the Annual Congress 2011
The Scientific Committee will organize a poster exhibition for the Annual Congress 2011. This exhibition will give science another place in our
association. There will be three possibilities to present a poster at the exhibition.
1. Organisers of Scientific Events or Events with Scientific Part
There are many events in EGEA, that have a scientific part. On these events, EGEAns learn a lot about geography. We would like to encourage all
organisers, to present this output at the exhibition.
2. Presenters of the Scientific Symposium 2011
EGEAns who will present their work at the symposium during the AC 2011 are invited to create a poster for the exhibition. More information about the
symposium and an open call will follow in a few weeks.
3. Every Other EGEAn
We invite every EGEAn to take part on this exhibition. There is just one restriction: Your poster have to be scientific (e.g. about your
Bachelor-/Master-Thesis).
More information about this exhibition as well as some formal issues will be published in the forum.
You can find the posters from the scientific exhibition 2010 in the forum.
Have a look in the forum topic from time to time. If you have any questions, post it there as well.
Rigth before the AC 2011 in Ebermannstadt, Bavaria, we - EGEA Augsburg and EGEA Tuebingen - invite you to the
Pre-AC on the Lake Constance, Friedrichshafen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Let's get to know each other in a loose atmosphere at the biggest lake of Germany, with a view into the Swiss Alps, with barbeque and beer at the bar.
And by the way we will even learn something about beginning and current aviation, when we will be guided through the airport and visit an aviation
museum.
For more information and registration please check our homepage!
EGEA Moscow is proud to present you the biggest scientific EGEA event of this summer!
The seminar has a program of summer geomorphological school where we will combine days with lectures and workshops and excursion-days. During the
seminar we would like not only to share our knowledge in geomorphology and to improve our field skills, but also to show you the beauty of the White
Sea coast. For this purpose we chose the best place ever - White Sea Biological Station of Moscow State University with a 70-year history, located
right on the Arctic Circle.
This weekend will be the perfect way to discover beautiful landscapes and enjoy some hiking in the region of Thun (Bernese Oberland) before jumping
into the fresh water of the Lake of Thun. On Saturday you’ll get the opportunity to learn some facts about the creation of the Alps and the Ice Age
during an excursion day with a geologist (we will walk to the 'Stein
Glacier' and through the 'Aare Gorge'). In the
evenings we’ll savour some typical Swiss dishes and enjoy the last summer nights in the very quiet cottage’s surroundings.
Registration: 1st - 30th of June 2011
No 'first come first served system'. If more than 22 people sign up, each entity will get a fixed number of places and will have to send us a priority
list.
The Albania Mapping Projetc organised by EGEA Muenster in cooperation with EDEN Environmental Education Center (Tirana) and the German Development
Cooperation (Office Tirana & Korca) offers the chance to a bunch of EGEAns to gain experiences in international project work.
With the aim to digitally track potential hiking routes in the beautiful Region of Korca, we are going to organise a new type of event with a direct
output to further sustainable tourism development in Albania.
Please frequently check www.mapping-albania.com, take your chance to pre register via register@mapping-albania.com or ask questions on
info@mapping-albania.com
Retezat Trail Running is a Romanian Event in the Retezat Mountains organized by Egea Timisoara. This event will be like a competition between teams
and it will consist in Hiking, General Geographical knowledge, Telling Jokes.
We are proud to announce this year's Climbing Weekend in the Franconian Switzerland. After last year's big succes, we want to climb with you once
again!
This event is for everyone with and without climbing experience.
Soon there will be more information.
Have you heard of Berlin?
If your answer is “Yeah, sure, it’s the German capital with the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag”, then you are wrong and HAVE TO attend the
one and only
BERLIN UNCENSORED weekend from 1st to 3rd of July 2011
Our program (though not fixed yet):
Friday, 1st of July:
Morning: Arrival
12:00 Excursion by bike through Kreuzberg: you will learn about squatted houses, the special situation of Kreuzberg during the separation of Berlin,
you'll will get to know what Sterni, Kotti and Späti are and much more
19:00 Great dinner at an awesome burger restaurant
21:00 Party in a bar
Saturday, 2nd of July:
11:00 Excursion by bike though Lichtenberg, Marzahn: you will see an oriental market, lots of concrete apartment blocks and of course authentic life
in Berlin
16:00 Trip by boat on the Spree: you will see and hear what the term Mediaspree means to Berlin
18:00 Barbecue on the closed down airfield of Tempelhof, including a lecture about the development of the airport since its closing and its
outlooks
21:00 View over Berlin from a rooftop
22:00 Spelunkentour (pub crawl) through Neukölln: you will get inside view into the oldschool pub scene of this part of Berlin but don't expect any
fancy bars or trendy student cafés (to adapt yourself to the usual guests of those bars you need to bring a bathrobe with you)
Later (optionally): Clubbing
Sunday, 3rd of July:
11:00 Delicious brunch in a cosy bar in Prenzlauer Berg and, sadly, the goodbye
Later (optionally): If you want can visit a flea market and a great outdoor karaoke show at the Mauerpark
During the whole weekend we will have a photo-competition and the winner team will get a great prize on sunday (So if you have a camera please bring
it with you)
Number of participants: 15
Participants fee: 45€
Included: food, bikes, boat trip, accommodation, excursions, public transport and the kindest hosts
Not included: drinks at the parties
What you need to bring with you: A bathrobe, a camera (if you've got one), a raincoat
Some travel information:
It is absolutely possible to arrive before friday or leave after sunday if you want to see more of Berlin
Berlin has two Airports (Schönefeld-SXF and Tegel-TXL), which can be easily reached by public transport. However, due to ecological reasons we
recommend you to come by train or bus.
The homepage of Deutsche Bahn provides you with information about
train shedules and prices for almost every connection in Europe. Unfortunately travelling by train is quite expensive in Germany. If you're lucky you
might find connections as cheap as 39€ but the normal prices are much higher
Another possibility is to come by bus. Berlin Linien Bus has
connections to and from many German cities, but also to places like Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Prague and many other cities in Europe. (Price example:
Amsterdam - Berlin and back 90€)
Your host will pick you up wherever you arrive in Berlin, so you don't have to care about that.
EGEA Marburg is inviting you to experience the river Lahn in its purest form, just like the Brothers Grimm knew it when they studied here in the 19th
century!
Think or sink! Let's build a raft! We will provide the equipment. There are no rules! Depending on the number of participants we will
split up in groups and the groups will then compete, both ashore and on the raft. Don't forget your swimming suit either! The water will be warm and
bright (and the sports ground is just a swim away as well ...).
Programme:
Thursday 23/06 (Fronleichnam / Corpus Christi public holiday)
- arrival
- city tour
- get2gether in the legendary "Ochsenbraterei" (our faculty's very own cellar)
Friday 24/06
- raft building contest + some hardcore barbecuing all day long
Saturday 25/06
- hike through the hinterlands
- bdc
Sunday 26/06
- good-byes
Participation fee: 20 €
(incl. all meals & non-alcoholic drinks, bdc, material for the raft building contest, accomodation)
Accomodation is private and most of us can take up 1 person each but there is also the possibility of up to 6 people sleeping together at one
place.
We look forward to welcoming you in Marburg!
Bis bald!
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Small print:
Depending on the weather AND DEMAND the raft building contest might take place on Saturday.
The Utrecht Experience will be back this year! So if you're looking for an amazing weekend with lots of fun, pleasure and sun (yes, even in the
Netherlands, but not guaranteed ;-)) in and around Utrecht don't hesitate to come!
At this moment it's just that the organising team is forming so more information about prices, where to sign up, programme and of course a THEME (most
important) will follow soon!!
Attention: We have changed some parts of our program, so now we will start with our
Flunkyball tournament on Friday evening.
A Rubber Duck Goes
Green
03-05 June
2011
number of places: 20
participants fee: 40€
With our rubber duck we would like to show you the City and the urban fringes of Hanover by bike, by foot and by canoe. After funny
evenings you will get a comfy sleeping berth. One of the highlights will be the Flunkyball tournament 2011.
So, you shouldn't miss this memorable event.
Programm:
Friday:
- arrival
- (following the red stripe for those who arrive on friday forenoon)
- dizzying, giant sandwiches
- Flunkyball tournament 2011
Saturday:
- bicycle tour through the beautiful nature of hanover
- plashing
- big barbecue
- BDC
Sunday:
- breakfast
- canoe tour through the waters of hanover
- departure
06:50 Meeting point at Piraeus Port of Athens (Gate E6)
07:10 Tickets distribution and embarkation at BLUE STAR PAROS
07:25 Departure for Paros Island
11:40 Arrival at Parikia, the capital of Paros
12:30 Transfer to the Hotel and Room Allocation
14:00 Lounging and Swimming
Three Options: (a) Hotel's Pool area, (b) Delfini Beach, small beach next to the Hotel,
(c) Parasporos Beach, 10-minute walk from the Hotel
18:00 Tasting Souvlaki at Parikia Town souvlakeries
18:30 Guided Tour of Parikia
Medieval Frankish Castle, Traditional Settlement,
Market Street, Sea Captains' Mansions, Marble Fountains,
area around the Archaeological Museum,
Panayia Ekatontapiliani Orthodox Church:
“The Church with the 100 Gates,” St. Nicholas chapel
19:30 Free time to explore the inner city in groups
21:00 Return to Hotel
22:00 Program Presentation at Hotel's Conference Room
23:00 Welcome Reception at Hotel's Pool area for Socializing
♠ SATURDAY 04/06
08:30 Breakfast
10:00 Transfer to the Environmental & Cultural Park of Paros
10:30 Trekking at the Park till the northern tip of the island
13:30 Swimming and Beach Sports
at Monastery (Katholiko) beach
inside Paros Environmental & Cultural Park
and at “Kolymbithres” granite beach
17:30 Excursion to Naoussa The most cosmopolitan hotspot of Paros
18:00 Dinner at Greek Taverna
19:30 Free Time to explore the inner port,
Naoussa's seaside traditional houses, the Venetian mini-fortress
20:30 Return to Hotel
23:00 Island Nightlife: Bar Crawl in Parikia
♠ SUNDAY 05/06
08:30 Breakfast
10:00 Free Time
Three Options: (a) Swimming around the Hotel, (b) Parikia Town,
(c) Visit to the ancient Marble Quarries at Marathi
12:10 Departure for Lefkes village
The former capital of Paros
and the most traditional rustic settlement on the island
12:40 Guided Tour of Lefkes
Showcasing the basic characteristics of traditional Aegean architecture
14:00 Start of the “Byzantine Route”
A 1000-year-old path paved with Parian marble,
the same marble that produced “Hermes” of Praxiteles,
the “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” “Aphrodite of Milos” and the tomb of Napoleon
15:40 Arrival at Prodromos village
16:30 Transfer to Golden Beach
16:50 Swimming & various beach sports at Golden Beach
(famous windsurfers' beach)
19:00 Return to the Hotel
21:00 Dinner at the Hotel
22:30 Beer Drinking Contest
♠ MONDAY 06/06
08:00 Breakfast
08:45 Transfer to Parikia with luggages
10:45 Departure for Piraeus port
On the 1st of June 2011 EGEA Groningen will be 20 years old. We want to celebrate this by inviting all Egeans to come to Groningen for a weekend of
fun and traditional activities.
Programme:
June 3: dinner carousel, Old Skool EGEA Groningen Party
June 4: Highland games, EGEA Groningen BBQ and BDC relay
June 5: Hangover brunch in the park
Feel free to join! Party takes place in Ryba Babel, Piastowska Street, Kraków.
We are proud... that is many famous Birthdays on 23rd May:
* 1052 – King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
* 1100 – Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
* 1606 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
* 1617 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
* 1707 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
* 1790 – Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
* 1832 - Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
* 1893 – Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
* 1895 – Billy Smith, English footballer (d. 1956)
* 1896 – Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)
* 1900 – Hans Frank, German lawyer and Nazi official (d. 1946)
* 1913 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer
* 1917 – Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
* 1918 – Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 1997)
* 1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
* 1935 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (d. 2009)
* 1936 – Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
* 1943 – Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
* 1943 – Alan Walden, American rock music manager and promoter
* 1954 – Marvin Hagler, American boxer
* 1954 – Hans Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
* 1959 – Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player
* 1962 – Imran Anwar, Pakistani internent technologist
* 1970 – Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
* 1970 – Nanette Burstein, American director/produce
* 1984 – Adam Wylie, American actor
* 1984 – Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor and commercial model
* 1985 – Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
* 1985 – Wim Stroetinga, Dutch racing cyclist
* 1986 – Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
* 1988 – Morgan Pressel, American golfer * 1989 - EGEA Kraków
We just expect you to bring some gifts for EGEA Kraków The most original gift will be rewarded!
Yes! The time has come! The Batavierenrace 2011 will be at the 7th of may and we need you! Last year we had a great result and hopefully this year the
results will be even better. For those of you who have no idea what the Batavierenrace is, here an explanation:
The Batavierenrace is a relay race between Nijmegen and Enschede. 25 persons will run a total amount of 175 kilometers, true Nijmegen, Germany and
eventually Enschede. The length of the stages differ from ± 3 km to 11 km.
Do you like to run and do you want to be part of the biggest raley race in Europe? And... The biggest student party in Europe, afterwards at the
campus of Enschede University?! Please, sing in and be part of it!
1st of May - Sunday
->15:00-18:00 = arrival
->19:00 = dinner
->20:00 = social evening
2nd of May - Monday
->8:00 = breakfast
->9:00-17:00 = excursion – view of the natural and cultural heritage of Portorož, Piran and Strunjan (14:00 = lunch)
->19:00 = dinner
->20:00 = social evening
3rd of May - Tuesday
->8:00 = breakfast
->9:00 = walk in Koper
->15:00 = departure to EuroMed
Brussels is the capital of EU offering lots of opportunities for geographers to work, intern and study. City offers lots of interesting things to see,
great parties and people, but even with all of these possibilities you might miss other geographers and especially egeans.
We are now on the move for getting all the egeans staying in Brussels together. At first we want to figure out how many of you here is and then we
could start planning and organising some kind of event later this spring.
Check your agendas on 28th April and lets meet somewhere at sometime in the evening - we will fix the details later
We proudly present the Scientific Committee Blog # 5
Second EGEA e-Lecture: Urban Protest
Revolutions in Tunesia, Egypt and other Maghreb states, demonstrations against the pensions policy of your country or the usage of nuclear power - Do
you want to learn more about this? Join our next e-Lecture which will deal with "Urban Protest"!
Prof. Dr. Maarten Loopmans from the University of Leuven is going to lecture about what drives urban protest, what are its effects on urban policy
making, and what are the links with wider protest movements and politics. Additionally, he will also talk about protest against urban development
(which is an evident trigger for urban protest).
The Scientific Committee is organizing the 2nd EGEA e-Lecture. We will have an online lecture and every EGEAn can take part. After the presentation by
Dr. Maarten Loopmans we will have the possibility to ask questions and start a discussion.
The e-Lecture will be held by using the online platform WiZiQ, which is free of charge. People do not have to install anything on their computer.
Furthermore it is possible to see a video of the speaker. The presenter is able to use an interactive whiteboard to visualize certain aspects, e.g. a
PPT, pictures etc.
This is an introduction event, organized by EGEA Szeged for any interested people from hungarian universities.
Our basic goal is to bring together university students from Debrecen, Budapest, Pécs and Szeged and involve them into EGEA family.
The program is:
Tuesday
19.00- Newbies motivation evening
Wednesday
18.00- Introduction of universities and associations at the Conference Hall of the faculty
20.00- spend time all together
Thursday
09.00- Sightseeing and team building
11.00- Lunch
12.00- Scientific symposium
18.00- Great party of geographers with goulash & beer
What is white, cold and there is lots of it in Finland? It is snow! And ice!
Now we are inviting you to enjoy about all the fun you can imagine to have with snow: building snowmen, having a snowfight, learning how animals
survive in snow and lots of other things.
This is a challenge, so take it! Send your subscription to Anni Karlin (annikarl@paju.oulu.fi) by
10th Feb and you are in!
Location: Mountain hut "Kopanki" (NP Pelister - Macedonia)
How to get there? > You need to get to the city of Bitola (from the country's capital Skopje transport options are bus/11 euros or train/6 euros for
return ticket). From Bitola to the mountain hut 'Kopanki' the transport will be organized by Egea Skopje.
- in the morning we will meet in Cluj-Napoca and head toward our accommodation place with a rented bus
- accommodation
-dinner
- official APUSENI WEEKEND 2011 opening
4 march 2011
-breakfast
- workshop surviving techniques (2 parts: theory and applications)
-rescue exercise with the Mountain Rescue team
- flying fox(tiroliana)+ice climbing
-dinner
-indoor activities
5 march 2011 : trips day
-breakfast
- 2 trips for everybody
-dinner
-feedback
6 march 2011
-breakfast
-closing the 3 rd edition of APUSENI WEEKEND
Number of places: 50
Fee: 50 euro for those who arrive at the accommodation place
55 euro for those who come to Cluj-Napoca
The price includes: 3 nights of accommodation more info about the accommodation place
here, 3 dinners, 3 breakfasts, the equipment for all the outdoor activities(ice climbing+flying fox), guide
Registration at onet.cristina@gmail.com; please specify: name, egea nickname, entity, if you want transport from Cluj-Napoca and back, the size of the
t-shirt, if you want one
[COLOR=BLUE][SIZE-4] SEE YOU AT THE THIRD EDITION O APUSENI WEEKEND!
- Meeting at 12.30h at bus station in Vršac and sightseeing city tour.
- Then we have a walk through nice landscape to our accommodation, 8km from the city toward the Vršac Mountains. In that path we will see famous
Vrsac tower, old fort and local surroundings.
- Dinner at our mountain home.
- Introduction lecture and after,
- Ice breaking party, Serbian style.
Saturday 26.2.
- Breakfast.
- All day hiking in the mountains.
- Dinner
- BDC and party afterwards.
Sunday 27.2.
- Breakfast
- Second lecture
- Lunch
- Departure from the mountain home.
- Depending on the wishes of the participants, we can visit some local winery. (this is not included in the price!).
We know that this is expensive for an EGEA- Event.
we did our best to keep the price low, but it takes place in Austria, in a very well-known and really beautiful skiing-region, what could be an
explanation for the price.
And the price includes:
- One day-ticket for skiing! (equipment not included)
- Skiing - instructor
- Accomodation
- Meals
- all the other activities
So we hope that all of you come
Registration is now open till the end of December!!
February 23rd - 23rd 2011:
1st EGEA e-Lecture - The Relation Between the EU and Turkey
We proudly present the Scientific Committee Blog # 2
The 1st EGEA e-Lecture
The Scientific Committee is organizing an e-Lecture. We will have an online lecture and every EGEAn can take part. After the presentation by Dr Gerry
O'Reilly we will have the possibility to ask questions and start a discussion.
The e-Lecture will be held by using the online platform WiZiQ, which is free of charge. People do not have to install anything on their computer.
Furthermore it is possible to see a video of the speaker. The presenter is able to use an interactive whiteboard to visualize certain aspects, e.g. a
PPT, pictures etc.
This event is the second reunion of EGEA Dinosaurs from Utrecht, Münster, Osabrück, Trier & Friends!
It is organised by Kai, Ela, Dirk, David & Yassine.
The first EGEA Nostaglia Weekend was organised by Dinos from Utrecht and took place in Enschede in January 2010 with 35 happy participants.
EGEA Vilnius this year decided to organize Seminar with mostlly paying attention to the difference and similarities of european cultures.
Have you ever thought:
- What is your part in Europe?
- How different you are from other people?
- What is your origins?
- What kind of Europe part are you?
Have you ever tried to find yourself one more time?
And we decided that it is time!
What is waiting you during this seminar?
- Different lectures oriented in cultures difference of Europe and all the world;
- Original workshops where you will get more practice then theory;
- Real white winter activities and specific celebrations;
- Many great egeans together in one crazy and interesting event!!!
- of course - 4 great and unforgetable days
How to join?
- to register, when the registration will be opened...
How to come?
- this is simple question too - just book the tickets or take a car
Who can join?
- All egeans
Why Lithuania?
As Organizers are working really hard at the moment for the seminar - more information is coming really soon!!!!!
February 11th - 13th 2011:
10th Geographers Championships in inner tube downhilling !!!
The Association of Geography Students at the Jagiellonian University
and EGEA Kraków
Present: "Dętki"
Location: traditionally in"SST Lasek" student hut, Pasmo
Pewelskie Price: ~3 euro per night (food, drinks- on their own) Number of places: no limited- imagine...
Some members of EGEA Wien celebrate New Year's Eve together and invite friends from Munich, Graz, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Helsinki to Jumei's house
in Upper Bavaria!
The idea of organizing the BoE Reunion was born long before the Annual Congress 2010 in Romania, when we actually discussed and decided to organize a
New Year's Party for previous and current: BoEs, Committee Representatives, Regional Assistants, Congress Organizers, Financial Control Comission and
Editorial Board of EG, in short: all EGEA activists of this and past years.
We will come together to look back to our most active years in EGEA and talk about what we could still do for our organization.
Our meeting place is middle-of-nowhere upper settlement of Żabnica village, Beskid Żywiecki Mountains, Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
the calendar year is coming to the end, and friends from EGEA Szeged & EGEA Bratislava decided to join the forces and celebrate the last days and
the first days of New Year together in the picturesque village of Hollókő (a UNESCO World Heritage site).
Let's discuss the details of the best event of this year!
December 18th - 19th 2010:
Human Resources and Training Committee Live Meeting
Friday: Arrival, Aachener Weihnachtsmarkt, hot wine punch and Feuerzangenbowle, Party
Saturday: Aachener Weihnachstmarkt & the Charlemagne City Tour, Farewell
Workshop
"New power from the periphery?
Stakeholders from developing countries in globalization"
Marburg (Germany), 12.-13.11.2010
Call for Papers
Over time, economic geographers have contributed with different theories and concepts to the analysis of the changing configuration of global value
chains and thus to a better understanding of globalization. So far, the debate has been dominated by a largely one-sided perspective, which primarily
has focussed on transnational companies (TNCs) from developed countries in terms of their strategies, networks and power as well as their societal and
territorial embeddedness. Doing so, it has been largely neglected that globalization processes have in many ways and increasingly been influenced by
actors from the so-called emerging markets and developing countries:
• The opening-up of many markets to foreign direct investments (FDI) usually is not a deregulation, but rather a re-regulation, in which political
actors actively define the framework conditions for economic activities of foreign investors. Priority objectives are to encourage capital inflows and
to create new jobs. In addition, aspects of knowledge transfer, infrastructure development as well as greater involvement of national stakeholders in
the global markets play a major role. Scale and success of this state control are depending on various factors such as the attractiveness of the
specific location and the political system.
• Companies from emerging and developing countries do not only compete with TNC on their home markets or act as suppliers for them, but are
increasingly developing themselves transnational activities and invest in other markets. When Indian car producers buy British car brands or when a
Chinese steel company buys mines in Australia, then the familiar perspective on globalization processes is to some extent turned upside down.
• Trade unions and NGOs in emerging and developing countries self-confidently contest the activities of TNCs and develop power to influence
globalization processes. They have organized themselves in transnational or even global networks and use these relationships. By exercising their
power they influence political actors and directly impact companies’ strategies.
Given the insufficient reception of those and similar issues in recent economic geography, the workshop aims (a) at providing an overview on recent
studies explicitly dealing with the (changing) power positions of stakeholders from emerging markets and developing countries in globalization and (b)
at critically discussing the reasons behind these developments and (c) at contributing to the conceptual understanding of such processes. With this
focus, various contemporary geographic research fields (e.g. aspects of Transnational Entrepreneurship, Global Value Chains / Global Production
Networks, etc.) will be addressed. The individual contributions should specifically lead to answering the following questions:
1. How has power distribution in processes of globalization changed towards stakeholders from developing and emerging countries?
2. Which strategies are followed by players from emerging and developing countries to generate power in existing production networks or to establish
new production networks?
3. Which role does knowledge transfer (including re-migration) play for the integration of emerging and developing countries into the global
economy?
4. How important is the specific societal embeddedness of transnational actors from emerging and developing countries on their activities in foreign
host markets?
5. Which methods are adequate for the analysis of the named aspects?
A publication of the contributions in the form of a thematic issue in a geographic journal is planned. The workshop takes place at the Department of
Geography at the Phillips University of Marburg from November 12 to 13,2010. The deadline for submitting abstracts (up to 300 words) is April 15,
2010. On the acceptance of abstracts will be decided no later than May 15, 2010. The workshop fee will be 20 Euros (10 Euros for students).
Please send your abstracts, registration details and requests to:
Dr. Martin Franz
Fachbereich Geographie
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Deutschhausstr. 10
35037 Marburg
Tel.: 0049-6421-2824410
martin.franz@staff.uni-marburg.de
or
Dr. Sebastian Henn
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4
06120 Halle (Saale)
Tel.: 0049-345-5526012
sebastian.henn@geo.uni-halle.de
Prague EGEA entity is happy to invite you to an event held mainly to strengthen a new team of Prague EGEAns. We invite our Brno EGEA friends to get a
bit of enthusiasm and advices, we invite our Bratislava friends to support, we invite all other EGEA members to light the right international fire for
EGEA inside us
It's planned to be a weekend event, starting on Friday about noon, finishing at Sunday afternoon or evening. If interested (the far far away visitors
for example), you can come earlier to see Prague Geography faculty or visit lectures at our school; or leave later, just email me
The event took place in Prague. It's most likely to happen in the weekend of 12. - 14. November, it's possible to shift the date when a lot of people
point their interest at weekend 19. - 21. Nov.
The program at Friday depends when people arrive, but surely you will see some of the Pragues highlights as Old Town or Prague Castle, we do our best
to prepare even geographically interesting tour around the city
At Saturday, we go to the karst region of Český kras (http://www.ceskykras.ochranaprirody.cz/index.php?lang=en) by train. We plan to visit the most popular Czech castle
Karlštejn (http://www.hradkarlstejn.cz/en/), huge old quarry Amerika (http://www.lomy-amerika.cz/), we may see karst caves, museums, town of Beroun where live
very famous bears, etc. Among this places, we travel on our feet because all the landscape around is nice. At Sunday we'll try to see Prague from the
social geography point of view - visit gated community, flea market or anything else. This meeting will officially end at Sunday afternoon to let you
arrive home, but as I said, if you want to stay longer after or before, you can.
We will provide you accomodation in our dormitories or flats. Therefore the price won't be high.
Registration email please address to me [jakub.siroky[at]gmail.com], registration is opened to 5. 11. 2010.
We want to build a team in Prague which will enjoy attending and creating EGEA events but we need to experience a nice first action to get into EGEA -
Prague Entity has a potential to rise as the legend says about Prage itself! (Come to hear the whole legend).
Hello, DEAR FRIENDS!!!! EGEA Russia proudly represents:
Introduction weekend "EGEA Russia All Together Again"in VELIKY
NOVGOROD!!!
= November 6-7th 2010 St-Pete, Moscow and Izhevsk will meet Again!! =
Why Veliky Novgorod?
Veliky Novgorod (in Russian: Вели́кий Но́вгород) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia. Despite its name, Novgorod is
among the most ancient cities among the Eastern Slavs. The Sofia First Chronicle first mentions it in 859; Archaeological excavations in the middle to
late twentieth century have found cultural layers dating back only to the late tenth century, the time of the Christianization of Rus.
At the weekend we're going to be thoroughly acquainted with historical part of this great land: Kremlin, fortress, monasteries, churches, cathedral...
its ancient architecture & beautiful nature!!
And of course, we'll have a lot of fun all together
We warmly welcome you to EGEA Helsinki's 5th birthday party!
It will be held in Helsinki from 8th to 10th of October. And here’s the long-awaited complete description of the program.
On Friday the program starts with dinner at around 6 pm. If you arrive later or earlier it's not a problem. After dinner we continue with some games
and BDC!
On Saturday you will discover bits and pieces of the city of Helsinki, and in the evening it's time for PARTY!In our cosy party premises we have both
a swimming pool and sauna, of course. Not forgetting that we are going to live through all the Finnish holidays!
On Sunday there are activities either inside or outside depending on the weather. Lunch is served.
The participation fee of 20€ includes accommodation, food and program. We also recommend that you buy a ticket for public transport to get around.
(48 hours ticket costs 10,20€) We have send guests an e-mail with some more information.
Registrations to 5anniversary.helsinki@gmail.com
Since there are still places available rest of the places will go to the fastest ones. So register youself for our birthday party sending email to
5anniversary.helsinki@gmail.com
It will take place on top and around the Rarau Mountain in north-eastern Romania. This place is situated at about 85 km away from the AC's
location.
How to get there?
You will probably arrive at one of the major airports (Bucharest, Cluj). From there you should take the train to CÎMPULUNG EST. We will wait for you
there.
Program
We will have activities like rock climbing, rafting, zip-line, survival workshop and practice, race for clues in the surrounding area, bonfire at
night.
We will also include other activities like discovering the traditions of the place or hiking, but the rest is for you to come and discover.
Participants
The people who wish to come have to take into consideration the fact that some activities will require a bit of effort and that luxury, high class
confort and spoiling are not included
Registration
If you wish to come to this out of the ordinary event, sent an e-mail to one of the following adresses until the 15th of JULY. If there will be more
than 30 subscribers we will make a priority list and a waiting list.
I hope to see you at this event because we're planning to have a great time and we will make you want to come again in this part of Europe.
September 17th - November 7th 2010:
Exhibition Historic-Ethnographic maps (Moldova, Romania and South-East Europe)
topographic and cartographic instruments and materials
base for map-making
historic maps of Moldova, South-East Europe,
original maps since 15 century until today
Ethnic maps
administrative maps and teritorial-administrative evolution of the teritory of Moldova
city plans and maps
topographic maps
collection of historic flags of Moldova (Petru Costin)
organizator: Dorin Lozovanu
National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History and EGEA Moldova team
maps and materials provided by:
National Archive of Moldova
National Library of Moldova
National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova
National Agency of Cadastre and Land Relations of Moldova
State University Tiraspol, Faculty of Geography
State University of Moldova, Faculty of History and Philosophy
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Atlas of East and South-East Europe
Romanian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography
Associaion of Geography and Ethnology EGEA Moldova
17 septembrie – 7 noiembrie 2010
Expoziţia Internaţională
Harţi istorico-etnografice (Moldova, spaţiul etnic românesc şi sud-estul Europei)
Consacrată Zilelor Europene ale Patrimoniului
- Reprezentarea spaţială a fenomenelor naturale şi socio-umane este de o importanţă deosebită pentru majoritatea ştiinţelor actuale.
Concepţiile regionării, arealităţii, limite şi interferenţe, aspecte cantitative şi calitative, spaţii reale şi imaginare, toate pot fi
reprezentate prin intermediul cartografiei.
- Hărţile sunt un rezultat al cercetărilor minuţioase, precum ele însăşi reprezintă o sursă de documentare şi cercetare care îşi
păstrează valoarea ştiinţifică, iar deseori şi artistică sau de utilitate practică, indiferent de timpul realizării lor.
- Spaţiul înconjurător, de la cea mai elementară percepţie umană a mediului de abitare până la conceperea unor sistematizări globale, poate
fi cel mai bine reprezentat prin intermediul cartografiei.
- Harta răspunde unei străvechi necesităţi umane, aceea de a ne localiza în spaţiu – de a ne defini locul ocupat şi de a prezenta cadrul
natural şi socio-uman în care se desfăşoară toate procesele şi fenomenele.
- Harta merge mână în mână cu aventura cunoaşterii şi este un element definitoriu al civilizaţiei umane, al clipelor de graţie, dar şi al
marilor tragedii. A exista pe o hartă înseamnă bucuria şi mândria identităţii, cursul firesc al naşterii, existenţei şi afirmării unei
naţiuni. Şi nimic nu defineşte mai dramatic o catastrofă naturală sau ororile războiului aşa cum face sintagma „ a şterge de pe hartă”.
După cum a nu figura pe nici o hartă este echivalentul enigmei, al marilor întrebări, al misterelor, dar şi al provocărilor.
- Harta face parte din patrimoniul naţional prin valoarea sa istorică, simbolică, ştiinţifică şi artistică
Expoziţia include:
- Baza de realizare a hărţilor: elemente de topografie şi cartografie ilustrate prin instrumente, metodologie, tehnici, proiecţii cartografice
- Evoluţia teritorial-administrativă a Moldovei / Basarabiei ilustrată prin hărţi originale (sec. XVIII – XXI)
- Hărţi etnografice şi istorice relevante pentru Moldova, spaţiul etnic românesc şi sud-estul Europei
- Hărţi tematice reprezentând elemente socio-economice şi demografice
- Regiunile şi localităţile Moldovei istorice: hărţi regionale, topografice, planuri ale localităţilor
- Atlase, cărţi, globuri geografice, materiale cartografice.
Vă invităm la deschiderea expoziţiei, vineri 17 septembrie 2010, ora 15.00
Muzeul Naţional de Etnografie şi Istorie Naturală din Moldova
Str. Mihail Kogălniceanu 82, Chişinău
Intrarea liberă
Comitetul organizatoric:
Dr. Dorin Lozovanu (coordonator)
Mihai Ursu, Dr. Varvara Buzilă, Tatiana Tihmanovski (MNEIN), Dr. Igor Sîrodoev (AŞM)
Dr. Petru Vicol, Dr. Teodor Candu (Arhiva Naţională a R. Moldova)
Dr. hab. Vasile Grama, Tamara Rudenco, Dr. Maria Ovdii (ARFC)
Dr. Peter Jordan, Dr. Thede Kahl (Academia de Ştiinţe Austria)
Acad. Dan Bălteanu, Dr. Radu Săgeată, Dr. Monica Dumitraşcu (Academia Română)
Alexe Rău, Tatiana Plăcintă, Svetlana Miron (Biblioteca Naţională)
Dr. Igor Codreanu, Dr. Ion Mironov, Dr. Valentin Constantinov, Vadim Cujba, (UST, Facultatea Geografie)
Dr. Igor Şarov, Dr. Ion Gumenâi (USM, Facultatea Istorie şi Filozofie)
Andrei Valean, Cristina Botnari, Diana Braga (Asociaţia de Geografie şi Etnologie EGEA Moldova)
after a great and successful Tatra Trek eXpedition ´09 and positive recommendations and replies from the participants, we (EGEA BLAVA) decided to
invite all tourist friendly egeans again, who are willing to spend a nice time in trekking in Malá Fatra mountains in the north of Slovakia. Trip
will be physically friendly, not as difficult as in Nízke Tatry year ago, but anyway – some experiences in trekking are recommended and more than
welcome. Be ready for 4 days of trekking with your backpack from 15 km to 20 km a day.
This year the Summer School is dedicated to a challenging topic: Communicating and Telling places! We are organising an interesting programme with a
blend of theory, practical cases, field visits as well as social activities!
International Summer School in Geography of Tourism
"Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development: Communicating and telling places" - 30th August – 4th September 2010
University of Bologna - RIMINI CAMPUS
There 2 scholarship opportunities reserved for applicant from EGEA (deadline 25th of May)
+ all participant that are affiliated to partners’ organisation will be entitled of a special reduction of 40% on fees (i.e. 222 Euro for those
applying by the 15th of June 2010 and 270 Euro for those that will do it later).
This year we would like to welcome you to the Dinosaurs & Alumni weekend in Stockholm from 26th to 29th of August.
Where?
We are going to stay in a scout-cottage in a suburb about 20 km north of Stockholm. The location is situated at the edge of the natural reserve
Järvafältet and good to reach by public transport.
The cottage is very simple. There are no beds, so everyone needs to bring an isolation mattress and sleeping bag (can even be purchased at IKEA or the
outlet-mall around the corner ;-)). There is enough space to host 20 persons and probably there is even a possibility to put up a tent nearby. The
house is equipped with a modern kitchen, toilets and running water, both cold and warm. As there are no showers we will include a trip to a nearby
lake into the program :-).
Costs and places?
There are 20 places. Total costs for 3 nights, food, a nice program and excursion will be 70 €. Beer and wine can be purchased at cost price.
Program possibilities:
- Excursion to Stockholm (possibility to visit the castle or Wasa museum)
- Hiking in the nature reserve and swim in a lake
- Outdoor games (swedish classics: kubb and brännboll, or even discgolf)
- Barbecue
- EGEA Dinosaur & Alumni discussions
How to get there?
Plane: There are 3 airports near Stockholm, Arlanda, Skavsta and Västerås. Several low-fare airlines are coming here (Ryanair, Easy Jet, Air Berlin,
Germanwigs...) but even the large airlines have campaigns with good prices (SAS, Air Baltic...).
From Arlanda you can take either the lokal busses (bus 583 to Märsta station) and trains (pendeltåg from Märsta)(60 SEK, takes about 1,5h) to get
to the city or you go by Flygbuss (99 SEK, ca 45 min) or Express train (240 SEK, ca 20 min) to the main station.
From Skavsta you can catch a Flygbuss or a Ryanair buss to get to the main station (about 99 SEK, takes 1,5 h).
From Västerås you can also catch a flygbuss (about 99 SEK, ca 1,5 h).
Train/Bus: There are even lots of trains and long-distance busses going to Stockholm. They arrive directly at the main station.
Ferry: For those of you coming from Finland and the Baltic countries, ferry can be a very cheap alternative. Boats from Turku, Helsinki, Tallin, Riga
and sometimes even St Petersburg are going to Stockholm (Viking Line and Tallink-Silja). From the Ferry-terminal there are busses to the city
centre.
After arriving to Stockholm you will continue by a commuter train (pendeltåg) to Jakobsberg. Then it is about a 15 min walk to get to the cottage. A
one way ticket from the central station costs 45 SEK, a three day-ticket costs 200 SEK. Tickets can be purchased at the commuter train station,
SL-center or any Pressbyrån, please note that you cannot by tickets on local busses!
Registration:
Please send a short email with your name, (former) entity and general contact information to alumni@egea.eu.
enjoy the summer with some great foodd, drinks, Lucenec city markets, BEER FESTIVAL!!! no registration requied ... just leave a note that you are
comming ...
EGEA Szeged proudly invites 30 participants between 19th and 23th of august to the second time organized seminar at the „Hungarian Sea“.
The Balaton, which is situated in the western part of Hungary, is the biggest lake and one of the most important touristical destination. The event
will be taken place in Keszthely, on the western coast.
During the seminar participants will have an opportunity to get to know this region in several aspects such as wine culture, tourism, gastronomy,
geographical diversity etc. Furthermore the aim of this congress is to reveal how can this touristical region be developed theoretically by foreign
university students in the future and how could it be more attractive for tourists. The congress will be focused on gathering of these facts and
publication of it. During this period we are trying to show everything we can what is important to the understanding of point of Balaton as really
special hungarian landscape by 3 workshops (workships): 1. Touristical regions in Europe-ship, 2. Enviromental friendly-ship 3. Cellar scholarship.
In addition the participants will have an opportunity to enjoy the real feeling of Balaton for instance night life, feeling of bathing on the lake and
lying on the sandy beach staring at local girls (or boys). Also will be guaranteed by the sunny summary weather of Balaton and unique landscape.
Besides we are going to organize workshop excursions to explore the geomorphologically diversified surrounding area of the lake as visiting the city
of Keszthely, Tapolca cave and St. György volcanic witness mountain etc. As well as the foreigner geographers will have chance to make contact with
original hungarians by orientation games. Moreover we will organize international sporty challange day to gage power relations between nations.
The registration period is opened between 1st and 15 of June. The informations about the event can be reached on the continously updated webpage: http://www.egea.eu/congresses/bal10/index.php
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to write us.
We will make it unforgettable on board of the friendship
July 17th - August 7th 2010:
Altai Experience – Unique Culture and Virgin Nature
We would like to offer you extremely great event organized by EGEA Moscow and EGEA Izhevsk
ALTAI ADVENTURE
The most attractive sites for tourists are concentrated here. Unique natural and cultural features of Altai Mountains grant wonderful opportunities to
discover new world for you! Join us!
Draft
The Summer School is meant to be an intensive week of substantive courses. Every day you will have a lecture and a workshop of prominent speakers and
teachers. On Wednesday you will be challenged to apply your gained knowledge in an excursion. At the end of the week you will have reached the set
learning objectives (for more information see Theme and
content). Therefore you have definitely earned a Utrecht University certificate. Furthermore, you will receive ECTS (the exact amount
of ECTS will be announced soon).
Differences with congresses
The Summer School will be a different event then the normal regional congresses. The main difference is the cooperation of EGEA Utrecht with the
Faculty of Geosciences. All the lectures and workshops are going to be held by professionals (professors, specialists, junior teachers etc.). In this
way we try to achieve a high scientific level that can be expressed in ECTSs. To hand out ECTSs we also have to achieve a certain amount of learning/
working hours. Only a week will be too short to accomplish this so you have to do some preparing work. In the end this results in a setting that is a
bit more serious then the regional congresses but not less fun.
Mutual expectations
Because the Summer School is a serious scientific event, which is supported by the Faculty of Geosciences, there are some expectations.
What do we expect from you? We expect:
a thorough preparation in advance. That is, you have to have studied the course literature
a serious, (pro)active,
interested attitude during the lectures, workshops and excursion
What can you expect from us? You can expect:
an event to the nines without worries about accommodation, food and drinks
lectures, workshops, trainings and
course materials on a high scientific level
an interesting excursion day
an Utrecht University Faculty of Geosciences
accredited certificate and ECTS
attention for the FIFA World Cup semi-finals
Theme and content
Bridging the blue The prospect of transborder water issues in Europe
Introduction
In Africa, millions of people struggle for life, because of a lack of drinking water. Polluted water is a huge hygenic problem at the river Ganges.
Many times, abundant rainfall has caused massive floods in the United Kingdom. Sea level rise threatens the Low Countries. The anticipation of nations
on these issues, could be a serious source of conflict. The Cold War was about weapons and power, Ukraine and Russia had a row about gas in 2008/2009,
Nigeria has a history of internal conflicts about oil. There is no doubt that, especially in a globalizing world, it is not that difficult to find a
reason for problems. It might well be possible that water will be that reason in the future.
The EGEA Utrecht SummerSchool tries to give insights in this matter. The focus will be on transborder issues in Europe. A wide range of topics will be
discovered. Moreover, a form of interdisciplinary thinking will be tried to reach. That is, insights from human geography, physical geography,
environmental studies and planning studies, are coming together. There will be great attention for geopolitical issues on water,
GIS, rivers (including pollution, dehydration) and man-environment relationships, all in a
transborder and European perspective, and with a view to the future.
In the end, we hope to have bridged the blue and to be able to give a proper prospect of transborder water issues in Europe!
Learning objectives (provisionally)
The (provisional) learning objectives for the EGEA Utrecht Summer School are:
to create a common ground on water issues with different geographical insights and perspectives
to gain knowledge
about threatening geopolitical relations on water
to gain knowledge about changing physical conditions that influence the provision of
water in the future
to exchange experiences of geographers from different European countries
Meet the end of the land!!! in BALTIC WEEKEND 2010
25.-27.06.2010
Registration for Baltic Weekend 2010 is allowed for everybody, but priority will go to entities from Baltic States
(Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia)!!! Register from 17.05. - 01.06.2010 by sending e-mail to riga@egea.eu!
Together 33 places (including organizers).
Participation fee: 25 EUR (payment info will follow later, payment deadline
14.06.2010)
Included in price: food, soft drinks and BDC, accommodation, the Latvian sauna (transport to and from Kolka is not included)
“The early bird catches the worm” – be the first to register! The last ones can stay without a place…
Program details will follow as soon as possible. Be ready to wake up at 8:30, to have games, orientation challenge 5x5x5, Latvian sauna, BDC, lot of
chill out and swimming
Arriving:
- 24th June evening to Riga (if there will be people for this possibility we will organize some pre-party
- 25th June 12:00 directly to Kolka (or we can meet earlier in Riga and go somehow together if somebody has special wish for it)
- Possibilities to get to Kolka on 25th June: bus 7:20 Riga – 10:48 Kolka, 4,1 Ls (~6 EUR); by personal car (around 160 km from Riga); hitchhiking
- There is still one possibility to get to Kolka later than by public transport (at 9:00 from Riga) – organized bus, BUT we will organize it only if
enough people will be interested in it, so at the registration point out if you would be interested in it (should be cheaper than by public transport
if enough people apply)
- where? Kolka happens here
Leaving:
- 27th June afternoon/evening from Kolka
- By public transport: 17:25 Kolka – 20:50 Riga, 4,0 Ls
- By car, hitchhiking or however…
- If somebody has special wish for organized bus, please, write it at your registration, and we will try to do our best to get some bus (the same as
for arriving)
- We still offer you possibility to stay overnight in Riga from 27th to 28th June, if somebody has such a wish or need
Homework:
- as we will have national evenings of our Baltic trinity, each one (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) has to prepare approximately 30 minutes
presentation of country with songs, dances, games, food or whatever for this time
just one rule – no PowerPoint! + take some music that comes from your state for evening chill out at fireplace
To take with you:
- sleeping bag and/or bedclothes (there will be pillows and blankets)
- towel and swimming suit (as we will enjoy Latvian sauna and live very near to the seaside and the end of the land)
- music in some computer-attachable/-insertable drive (if you have special wishes for nice evenings at fireplace) or live music if you have any
- clothes for different types of weather (we hope for sun, but who knows…)
- comfortable boots for some walking
- some mosquito killer
- good mood
Several things that you have to let us know at registration:
- name, surname
- entity
- if you are vegetarian or not
- when do you plan to arrive (already 24th evening or 25th to Kolka) and how do you plan to get to Kolka (if you will go by car, hitchhiking, choose
public transport or if you would be interested in organized bus from Riga)
- the same for getting back… (+ if you would need place where to stay from 27th to 28th of June or if you need to be in Riga at some specific time
on 27th)
- if you don’t know yet about arriving and leaving, please for now write at least the most possible scenario!
The yearly BBQ of EGEA Groningen will take place on thursday the 17th. All food is included in the price of €6,-, drinks optional. After the BBQ we
will have a big party, the theme is Trailer Trash Party!
If you want a bed or couch e-mail us before June 15th.
Utrecht Experience 2010: The Alternative Bad Taste Weekend
Location: Utrecht
Number of places for EGEAns from outside of Utrecht (hosting :-)): 30
Participation fee: 17 Euro + a bad taste gift
What you get:
- A great 4-day-programme
- Food
- Accommodation. Please notice that hosting provision depends on the quality of your bad taste gift for your host. If he is satisfied with it, you
will be completely pampered, otherwise it might happen that you only get Hagelslag for breakfast. Possibly you would need to bring your own sleeping
bag. Before your departure you will receive more information about that of course.
Programme:
[U][B]Friday 11th of June: [/B][/U]
16.00 Arrival of the Participants
19.30 Alternative Sports Event and Bad Taste competition
22.30 Pubcrawl with Games
00.30 Aus der Reihe Derrick
[U][B]Saturday 12th of June:[/B][/U]
11.00 City Quest
17.00 BBQ (good taste)
22.00 BDC (subsequently no taste)
23.00 Party at the Cambridgebar
[U][B]Sunday 13th of June:[/B][/U]
12.00 Relaxing Games + Picknick in the Wilhelminapark
16.00 Canal Parade and Party
(20.30 Germany WC Match)
[U][B]Monday 14th of June:[/B][/U]
10.30 University Quest
12.30 Tosti Lunch at the EGEA Room
13.30 Netherlands WC Match
17.00 Crying and Hugging (Don't forget to take a frikandel at the station before getting into the train)
egea Berlin and egea Hannover proudly present the Germany Weekend 2010.
This special event will take place in Lübben, Germany.
It will be an outdoor weekend. We will explore an eastern german city, go biking and canoeing and relax on a barge tour.
Would you like to meet your old EGEA friends and network with Geographers from all over Europe in a cosy atmosphere in the great city of Prague?
Would you like to discuss the future of EGEA-Alumni and how we can join forces with EUROGEO to promote geography and the work of geographers?
Would you like to learn and discuss about Sustainable Geographies and present and publish your own scientific work on this subject?
If at least one of your answers on the above questions is 'yes' you might consider joining this unique event in Prague organised by EGEA and
EUROGEO.
It will be an EGEA reunion, a meeting on how to to promote Geography and enhance the work of Geographers and a seminar on sustainability.
All three for the price of one!
EGEA Vilnius organizes [colo=red]Ecological Boating[/color] trip 7th time. It become traditional even on spring.
This year we choosed special location - Jura river, in Western Lithuania. it is not only surounded by beautiful nature, but has
specific culture people living here.
It is almoust natural, that everywhere, where people are living, you will find a lot of environmental problems and one of them: littering. So the main idea of Eco Boating trip this year is to clean Jura river from litters and rise local people and tourists comprehension how it is
important to keep clean nature.
In order to reach our marked aims EGEA Vilnius collaborate with Environment Protection Pgency, Local Governmental Institutions,
Newspapers that promoted ecological ideas, Vilnius University and even local people.
Boating Trip will be organized in the 31 of April - 02 of May.
We will have 30 Places,
EGEA Leuven & EGEA Ghent present: TOUR OF FLANDERS (the best of)
~°°PROGRAM°°~
Friday evening: arrival of participants, settling with hosts, if the weather is nice: bbq
Saturday:
>> Waking up early and getting to startzone. Choice between two distances: 66 km (incl. koppenberg, oude kwaremont, paterberg, taaienberg, steenberg,
leberg, molenberg, wolvenberg) and 125 km (koppenberg, oude kwaremont, paterberg, taaienberg, steenberg, leberg, molenberg, wolvenberg + de
berendries, elverenberg, muur en bosberg).
We will rent a race bike for those who can't bring their own. Let us know! (around 20€)
>> Alternative program for those who want to join but don't like to cycle: sightseeing in the historical city of Gent, navigating with a mini-yacht on
the river, shopping, chilling, etc..
Saturday evening: Party in Gent, the biggest student city in Belgium (yes, even bigger than Leuven!)
~°°TO SUBSCRIBE°°~
just send an e-mail to egea@merk.student.kuleuven.be and tell us if you want to cycle or not, which distance you want to cycle and if you have a bike
available or not. Do it BEFORE 21st of April!!
April 28th - 29th 2010:
The MRSS 6th International Remote Sensing & GIS Conference and Exhibition 2010
MRSS 2010
The MRSS 6th International Remote Sensing & GIS Conference and
Exhibition 2010
Theme: Geospatial Solutions for the Future
28-29 April 2010
PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Malaysian Remote Sensing Society (MRSS) and Universiti Putra Malaysia are jointly organising the MRSS 6th International Remote Sensing & GIS
Conference and Exhibition on April 28-29, 2010 at PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Malaysian Remote Sensing Society (MRSS) was formed in July 1995. Its overall objective is to support the facilities development of remote sensing
and related technologies in the country. MRSS has embarked on several activities, aimed towards further promoting the use of the technologies,
strengthening government-private sector interaction, encouraging more publication of R&D results and keeping members informed of remote sensing
activities and development in the country and internationally.
The theme for this coming conference is “Geospatial Solutions for the Future”. We are currently issuing a call for papers related to this
theme.
The main objective of this MRSS 2010 conference is to bring together local and international experts in geospatial technologies, both from the
government and private sectors to disseminate knowledge and to share their expertise and experiences in present and future applications and
development of RS/GIS/GPS.
List of sub-themes:
1. Sensors and Platform: Systems and Development
2. Remote Sensing – GIS Application in Natural Resources and Environmental Management
3. Remote Sensing – GIS Application in Agriculture
4. Remote Sensing – GIS Application for Earth’s Climate Change
5. Remote Sensing – GIS Application for Natural Hazard and Disaster
6. Remote Sensing – GIS Application for Biodiversity Conservation and Management
7. Remote Sensing – GIS Application in Health
8. Education and R& D in Remote Sensing and GIS
9. Operational Policy Issues: Legal Issues in Remote Sensing and GIS
10. Spatial Data Infrastructures
11. Geo Spatial Technologies
12. Global Positioning and Navigation Systems
13. Student Session: Career Prospect, workshop and Academic Excellent
14. Razaksat: Its Capabilities and Prospects
Prospective presenters are invited to submit an abstract of 250-300 words before 10th November 2009.
Abstract may be submitted by mail, fax, e-mail or the following link: -
Contact Details:
MRSS 2010 Secretariat
MRSS 6th International Remote Sensing & GIS Conference and Exhibition
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor
Malaysia.
Phone: +6 017-3543505
Fax: 03-89466425
E-mail: mrss2010@gmail.com
(Attn: Ms Nuraini Bt Abdul Thalib)
April 23rd - 25th 2010:
Batavierenrace 2010: Natascha ha ha ha du bist schön
You are all invited for the EGEA-sports-event of the century: the world’s largest relay combined with one of Europe’s biggest student parties!
Last year Egea’s team “hej, hej, hej, leert die Gläser” was a big success. Therefore, we as EGEA Nijmegen will be your host again this year for
the Batavierenrace. We hope to welcome you all in the oldest city of the Netherlands.
On Saturday midnight, the 24th of April 2010 the 38th edition of the Batavierenrace will start. This annual event is a student relay race organized in
the Netherlands. It is a 185 km race starting off at the Radboud University Nijmegen and it takes the up to 8000 participants in 25 stages through
Germany to the campus of the University of Twente in Enschede. There are 17 men's stages and 8 women's stages varying from 3.4 km to 11.9 km, over
paved and unpaved terrain.. More than 300 teams participate in this race.
It was listed in 2006, in the Guinness World Records as the relay race with the highest number of participants. Although mainly a Benelux event, teams
from all over the world participate. What is truly unique about this race is the mixture of competitive elements as well as the social aspects. At
midnight on the 24th of April, the race starts and then the first runners will dive into the night for their heroic battle against the elements. This
is the beginning of 18 hours of sportsmanship. When you complete this heroic battle the well deserved beer(s) will be waiting for you… In brief, a
nice opportunity to be out with your fellow Egeans for a few days and definitely a great experience!
When:
The opening ceremony will be on Friday, the 23rd of April, with a dinner with all the participants. After you survived the party, we will say goodbye
on Sunday, the 24th in the morning. However, for those who are interested it is also possible to come on Thursday to explore the city- and nightlife
of Nijmegen.
Costs:
40 Euro’s
Registration:
The registration is now open and closes the 15th of November at 12.00. You can subscribe by sending an u2u to either Timon (alias Timon) or Roger
(alias RogerV). If there are more 25 subscriptions, we will deal with that just like the normal AC registration procedure, which means that each
entity has the same priority.
07:00 leaving from Cluj - Napoca to the location
11:00 our arrival
- accommodation
- arrival of those who will arrive directly there
19:30 dinner
20:30 official Apuseni Weekend 2010 opening
13. march - second day
08:30 breakfast
09:30 visiting Scarisoara Cave, situated in Garda de Sus, at about 10 km away from our accommodation, with our guide, pf. Buzila Liviu, specialized in
geomorphology and one of the most passionate speleologist;
more info about the cave here
18:00 on our way back to the accommodation
20:30 dinner
21:20 EGEA Party(everyone should wear EGEA t=shirt )
14.march - third day
08:30 breakfast
09:30 leaving for Chiscau in order to visit BEARS CAVE, with our guide; more info about the cave here
17:00 back at our location
18:30 ski and hopefully snow for everybody
21:00 dinner
SURPRISE
15. march - last day
10:00 breakfast
- time to take last pictures, pack up and leave
15:00 leaving for Cluj-Napoca
Minimum number of participants: 45
Maximum number of participants: 70
Fee: 40 euro for those who arrive strait at accommodation palce
43 euro for those leaving from Cluj-Napoca
The price includes: 3 nights accommodation more info about our
accommodation place here
3 breakfasts, 3 dinners ([prepared by the organizers and volunteers )
transport from Cluj- Napoca for those arriving here and to those 2 caves and the entrance fee
guide
Registration at onet_maria_cristina@yahoo.com until 10.February.2010, 10 p.m (please specify name, entity, if you want transport from Cluj-Napoca and
back, if you want t-shirt and the size of it )
For 3 days, the organising team of AC2010 will meet in Bucharest to discuss live all the details about the event. This will help us assure you that
AC2010 will be smashing
February 12th - 14th 2010:
9th Geographers Championships in inner tube downhilling
EGEA Vienna is happy to host the Live Meeting of the Entity Support Committee 2009/10.
Short Programme describtion (detailed one will be sent to you by Miri): Thursday
Arrival of the first guest
Inofficial Meet and Greet at Charlie P's
Friday
Official Arrival day
Preparations for the Meeting at University and Sightseeing
Official Meet and Greet at Käuzchen
Saturday
Meeting day @ Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna
Official "Going out"
Sunday
Meeting part II (at Cafe Merkur)
Sightseeing in Vienna
Monday
Departure day
Hosting list will also be provided inthe document by Miri - please contact your host about your exact arrival/departure and the way of transport (and
what to bring, e.g. sleeping bag) - in case of no response of the guest/host please contact me or Miri.
Don't have plans yet for New Years Eve? Well, you're welcome to join the celebrations in Groningen.
At the party location there's place to have 15 more people to stay over for the night. If it's full you're still welcome, but you have to arrange
something yourself!
The €10 is for the overnight stay and includes the brunch. It excludes the drinks during NY. AND you have to bring your own sleeping bag and
mattress!
For those who would like to join dinner and don't want to bring own drinks or won't join dinner and don't want to bring own drinks costs will be
respectively €15 and €20.
Any questions contact Kasjmir
To sign up contact Kasjmir by email. First comes first serves.
This will be the biggest New Year`s Eve Party organised by EGEA Romania.
75 people from all the country will celebrate in Vatra Dornei 3 nights and 4 days continuously.
More information you can find on the forum.
This event is organized by Bratislava and Szeged, under the scope of Slovak-Hungarian friendship events
We will spend four days together in the beautiful Oravska Lesná, and will try to prepare gulyas again
December 18th - 19th 2009:
egea Hannover invites Osnabrueck, Muenster and Berlin for X-Mas Party 2009
This year we want to celebrate a x-mas Party in Hanover. We will visit the christmas market and party the whole night.
We invite our "neighbours" Osnabrueck and Muenster as well as our special friend Berlin to join this party. If there are any places left everybody
else is invited to come to Hanover!
EGEA Bucharest, EGEA Cluj-Napoca, EGEA Iasi, EGEA Timisoara are proud to present Romanian Freshmen Weekend, an activity designed for welcoming the
new members of Romanian entities.
Arrival of participants in Timisoara
18:00 Official opening
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Party
13 nov, Friday
8:30 Breakfast
9:30 Departure from Timisoara to Moldova Noua
14:00 Visiting cave "Gaura cu Musca", Castel Maria Teresa, village with czech population "St. Elena", walking across Danube
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Party
If you can read and understand the following German flyer and are in possession of European Union citizenship, then you are eligible to apply to this
GRUNDTVIG-Workshop funded by the European Union.
What is it about? All people seeking to work within the European Union (but outside their home country) will find here an opportunity to discover
ways, resources, and possibilities to manage their way to the European job market, European exchanges and projects, or internships in other European
countries, aso. In an international group you will work on strategies to build up “your bridge to Europe” step by step. European Union funding
schemes are also briefly introduced.
The participation fee, travel costs, accommodation and meals are funded by the European Union. Only German citizens are asked to cover their travel
costs themselves.
The Workshop will take place in Berlin, Germany, from November 1st to 7th , 2009. As it is held in German, the respective language skills are
obligatory. You may apply via email to Matthias Bär as proposed on the following website www.grapepeople.de. Here you can also find further
information about the workshop.
Arrival in Nuremberg -Just let us know when and where and we pick you up. You don´t need any further ticket for public transport!
Then travel together to the beautiful village of Schlaifhausen where we stay the 3 nights.
After arriving there: Get to know each other, playing some games, having fun, party!
Friday:
We start with our first hiking tour - and it´s all about rivers and the typical vegetation and landscape of the Franconian Switzerland. We will be
hiking the whole day and in the evening we have a typical franconian dinner.
Saturday:
Today we have the second tour - and this time we focus on Karst and caves. [We´ll visit one of the fabulous caves and try to discover the variety of
geomorphologic characteristics the Karst shows. In the evening we have time for a quiz about what you´ve learned! So be attentive!!!
Sunday:
On our last day we go geocaching - to maybe find the treasure of the Walberla.
And then we bring you back to Nuremberg to say goodbye! Again you don´t need any tickets for public transport- just your ticket back from where you
came!
Our hostel:
We have a hostel in Schlaifhausen just besides a nice inn and distillery . There are
bathrooms, little kitchen and a lounge. One thing you definitely need is your sleeping bag!
We will be situated in camp Skriveni, in Skrivena Luka, small town on the south of Lastovo island.
1st day: arrive on Lastovo, registration and accommodation of participants, dinner, official opening of CROWEEK, hanging around
2nd day: breakfast, sightseeing and exploring town of Lastovo, lunch in Lastovo town, free time, dinner in camp, seminars, hanging
around
3rd day: breakfast, excursion on Saplun island ( lunch included ), return into camp ( free ), dinner, seminars, hanging around
4th day: breakfast, final seminar, visit to lighthouse Struga, lunch on lighthouse, free time, dinner, official closing of CROWEEK,
hanging around
5th day: breakfast, going in Uble town on ferry
VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE!!
ONLY entities from SLOVENIA, CROATIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINIA , SERBIA and MACEDONIA can participate on
CROWEEK.
Participation: 65 €
Price includes: 4 half-pansions in camp Skriveni, 3 lunches in different locations on island of Lastovo, transport ( by the program
) over Lastovo island and one day excursion trip on island of Saplun.
Accommodation is in the tents, so you have to take only a sleeping bag with you Showers with warm water included Every entity on CROWEEK will held one seminar. Number of participants: 40 Main coordinator of CROWEEK: Marko Kovač *organizers keep its rights to change a program
Applications STARTS from NOW, TILL 5.9.2009., so hurry up
All your applications send on email – thepatuljak@gmail.com
PLEASE , ALL conversation HERE, MUST be on ENGLISH
THANK YOU
September 24th - 27th 2009:
Pre-AC - Polar mission: An adventurous journey to Freezeland
Before the annual congress in Heeg takes places, EGEA Utrecht organises an adventurous journey through different parts of the Netherlands which will
end at the congress location. The perfect way to see more of the country and a chance to meet other AC participants and get into the congress mood.
We can’t reveal the whole program yet, but a sure thing is that we’ll visit Utrecht and the capital Amsterdam and its surroundings.
The journey will start on the 24th of September in sunny Utrecht, and will end on the 27th of September at the congress location in the northern
province of Freezeland (Friesland in dutch). In between there will be time for adventure, sightseeing, BBQ, and partying. There will be place for
around 50 participants.
Sounds good? The pre-AC website will be available soon.
main topic: "Undiscovered secrets in the heart of Europe"
- exploring of natural and cultural heritage of this region
- sport activities like trekking
- 4 days of rambling in the deep forests and open crest
- lecture about NAPANT - national park and its geographical attractions
- lot of fun
Important: only for experienced tourists and highlanders.
Organizing team has the right to choose the appropriate candidates according to their hiking experiences and physical abilities in order to prevent
some accident situations.
Registrations: open from 15th of May to 15th of Jun
EGEA Bern decided to organize the alumni weekend 2009 in Switzerland between the lake of Biel and the mountain Chasseral. The exact location will be
in Les Près d'Orvin. A nice house with some nice BBQ space and a cheminee will help us to feel like home.
The weekend starts on Thursday 3rd of September and ends Sunday 6th of September.
# Program #
Thursday:
Arriving in Les Près d'Orvin
Friday:
Hike in the region
Saturday:
Rope park (optional) + Alumni meeting
Sunday:
Free time + Bye Bye
Registration is still open and will close 24th August 2009.
Why? Because BSS is already a tradition and we don`t wanna give it up
Where? in Romania, at the Black Sea seshore, in the most southern part of the Romanian Black Sea coast - Vama Veche
When? in August - 28th till 31st
Who? The more the merrier
How much? nothin`
The BSS 4 - the weekend edition - will be a veeery relaxed "seminar" where everything will be self made - there will be no participation fee and
nothing "organized"... whoever will want/can come will just have to send us an email telling us that he/she wants to come.. and we will see you there
Guidelines:
- no participation fee - everyone will take care of their own expenses (travel, accomodation, food)
- we will be camping on the beach - so bringing a tent will be very good
- a program is not yet defined, but some things that for sure will be inside: pilates and aqua gym in the morning, beach volleyball in the afternoon,
parties in the night - and in between some very light geographical activities - small field trips in the area, facts and figures about the area, swot
analysis, etc
More info soon!
Until then, if you wanna join us, u can already send us an email at bssproject@gmail.com telling us:
1. Your name
2. Your entity
3. Your contacts (email, phone)
Greets from Bucharest and see you at the seaside!!!
Hi dear EGEAns!
Szeged in collaboration with Pécs proudly presents the brand new Balaton Seminar!
We invite 30 participants to our beautiful country, to the Lake Balaton!
More details and website will follow next week! There you will find information cocnerning the event!
Protected Areas Seminar (shortly PAS) is a new concept that can be passed from an entity to another, not depending on its geographical position, but
the only rule is to take place in a protected area.
The first edition will be held in Horezu - Romania and its title is "The role of culture and local traditions in nature's
conservation" and the case study will focus on the Buila Vanturarita National Park and sorroundings.
20 Years after the Fall of Berlin Wall we will cycle along the former Wall with 20 Egeans and show them what you can still find there. The tour is
about 170km long, we will have four days to make it.
Registration will start on the 11th of May and finish at the 6th of June. Participant list will then be published on the 7th of June.
Costs: 70€ if you have a bike, 95€ if you need a bike.
If you have any questions concerning this event, just ask in the forum topic ore write an e-mail: berlin-wall-by-bike@web.de.
After last year´s failed plan to have the MaMüMaMü (MainzMünsterMarburgMünchen) - camp during summer time, we (EGEA Mainz) decided to learn from
this experience and create a summer camp, which every EGEAn can and should attend!!!
The 25th of June, EGEA Utrecht organizes a dinner and Beach Party (theme)!!
You are all very welcome to come to Utrecht for a great evening and night!!
The dinner is for the international students (Erasmus students) a 'goodbye dinner' because most of them are leaving in the end of June, but for you
(from EGEA), it's a dinner and party to welcome and meet the new EGEA Utrecht candidate board for next year!!
The dinner starts @ 20.00 and the party starts @ 22.30
Costs:
Dinner: €7,- (incl. entrance to the party!)
Party: €3,-
Location: De Grote Catacomben (Oudegracht aand e Werf 219)
Prices:
Beer €1,-!!!!
Soda/juice: €1,-!!!
Wine: €1,50!!
So, bring your 'beach clothes' and have fun with us!!!
(no presale, you can pay at the door)
If you need a sleeping place for the night, please let us know by sending an email to: egea@geo.uu.nl
Hereby some more information about the Utrecht Experience!
Subscribe: You can subscribe by email (egea@geo.uu.nl) please note the following things: Name, email, entity and how many nights you
want to stay.
We will take care of the sleeping places. For the soccer tournament you can subscribe by team (6 persons), or individually.
You have to subscribe BEFORE Monday 25th of May!!!
Meeting time and place:
Friday, 17.00 hours @ Utrecht Central Station ( near the blue signs of departure of trains).
A few days before this event I will send an email where you can sleep, with email address and phone number of the person, so that you can have contact
with that person in case you arrive earlier or later.
Please bring your photo camera for the City Quest!
Programme:
Friday evening:
indoor soccer tournament (20.00 hours till 22.00 hrs), and afterwards going out in the city.
Saturday:
- City Quest (starts around 12.00 hrs)
- BBQ
- Pub Crawl
Costs: €10,- (incl. soccer tournament and BBQ)
In short:
When: Friday 29th of May and Saturday 30th of May
Meeting time: Friday 17.00 hours @ Utrecht Central Station.
What: Indoor soccer tournament, City Quest, BBQ, Pub Crawl
Costs: €10,- (incl. soccer tournament and BBQ)
* When? The weekend will take place from 22nd to 25th May.
* Where? In Villavallelonga, a small town in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park, central Italy.
* What? During the weekend all the participants will have the chance to discover the surrounding landscape, attend small workshops, play sports, get
to know new egeans and have unforgettable parties all nights!
* How many places available? We can take about 55 EGEAns - 5 places are reserved for new Euromed entites.
* How much is it? The fee is set on 75€
Feel free to email us at: egeaitalianweekend@gmail.com
Prepare for the ultimate raft building contest! We will make two or three teams (depending on the number of participants) competing against each other
trying to cross the river Lahn without getting their feet wet. We will provide some material like europallets, barrels or else. Bring anythink that
might float or help to cross the river: ropes, emty plastic bottles, or what ever you can think of!
Please bring:
- anything that might help you to build the raft
- your swimming suit
- a sleeping bag
Subscribe via Email: think-or-sink@web.de
Please give the following information: Name, Entity, Email and Telephone Number
Subscription until So 17th of may.
Features: Raft building contest, Pub-crawl, BBQ
We have enough sleeping-places for about 25 people!
The costs of food and drinks will be split equally among the participants, so prepare to contribute about 5 - 10€.
On the 25th of April 2009, the starting shot of the 37th edition of the Batavierenrace, held in the Netherlands, will sound. It is a relay race over
185 km from Nijmegen to Enschede, divided into 25 stages (17 men's stages and 8 women's stages) varying from 3.4 km to 11.9 km. More than 300 teams
(which means more than 7,500 students) participate in this race. This number of participants gave us a mention in the Guinness Book of Records. What's
unique about this race is the mixture of a competitive as well as a social event. At midnight on the 25th of April, the race starts and the first
runners will then dive into the night for their heroic battle against the elements and the temptations of a warm bed. This is the beginning of 18
hours of sportsmanship, which means you arrive in Enschede the 26th of April. Afterwards, the biggest student party in the Netherlands takes place,
with over 12,000 visitors! In brief, a nice opportunity to be out with your team for a few days and definitely a great experience!
EGEA Nijmegen willl arrange a team. If you want to stay some days before or afterwards in Nijmegen you're welcome!
Spring is coming & it's getting warmer day after day... m-m-m!!! That's why what could be better rather than go all together somewere?!
Why Veliky Novgorod?
Veliky Novgorod (in Russian: Вели́кий Но́вгород) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia. Despite its name, Novgorod is
among the most ancient cities among the Eastern Slavs. The Sofia First Chronicle first mentions it in 859. Archaeological excavations in the middle to
late twentieth century have found cultural layers dating back only to the late tenth century, the time of the Christianization of Rus.
At the weekend we're going to be thoroughly acquainted with historical part of this great land: Kremlin, fortress, monasteries, churches, cathedral...
its ancient architecture & beautiful nature!!
Also we'll have some competitions during excursion & party at night!
Orange Legion, Tartan Army, and assorted sympathisers,
David and myself want to go and watch the Scotland vs The Netherlands
game next year. We will depart, in kilt, with as many compatriots as
possible. I would like to invite you to join us! Get your kilt on or
orange outfit, and lets all go to the same pub together to watch the
game!
Lets organise ourselves soon, as prices for transport will start to
rise soon. We could go on the ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam at
around £115 return which would be overnight (pissed on the ferry - be
a great laugh) and we would share cabins.
Let me know if you will join us by boat or by plane, or if (Dutchies!)
you would like to have a few Scots to stay!
Geert van Woerden is trying to organise to see both matches in the stadium, and is considering attaching some days to the trip, a tour of the
Netherlands, as people might want to see some sights too.
Please pass this on to others you think would be up for it!
David Boyd (EGEA Alumni)
Willem de Joode (EGEA Alumni)
Willie Hewitt (Guest)
Thea de Joode (EGEA Alumni)
Geert van Woerden (EGEA Alumni)
Ally McGibbon (EGEA Alumni)
Emiel Dopper (EGEA Alumni)
Andreas Moeller (Guest)
Floor van de Wateren (EGEA Alumni)
THE Party will be held on 25th of March 2009. in party room in student home Cvijetno. If anyone want come from outside of Croatia you will have
arranged sleep over.
Ticket price will be put up in next few days.
For any additional questions send PM, and i will try to answer you in shortest time.
EGEA München is turning five on march 30th!
As we all wanna celebrate it when we are still alive (not after the congresses) it will take place on march 21st to be prepared for the WRC!
Of course, whole EGEA Wien is invited to be in munich at this weekend! As we don't know so far how many will be there, maybe also some special guests
form other entities could come... just send your applications
All people who will go to the WRC afterwards could of course stay one night longer till monday and go directly from Munich to Bingen.
March 6th - 10th 2009:
N&B RC'09 workshop "Cultural heritage: image of a country"
The main workshop’s topic: the importance of a cultural heritage like a symbol(s) of the country.
Workshop’s description
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations,
maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Often though, what is considered cultural heritage by one generation may
be rejected by the next generation, only to be revived by a succeeding generation.
Physical or “tangible cultural heritage” includes buildings and historic places, monuments, artifacts, etc., that are considered worthy of
preservation for the future. These include objects significant to the archaeology, architecture, science or technology of a specific culture. This
kind of heritage sites often serve as an important component in a country's tourist industry, attracting many visitors from abroad as well as locally.
Could that be harmful?
The heritage that survives from the past is often unique and irreplaceable, which places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation.
Smaller objects such as artworks and other cultural masterpieces are collected in museums and art galleries.
Cultural heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural heritage is
irreplaceable source of life and inspiration.
World cultural heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. But also some of the
sites are deeply in local people mind like the symbols of the past, war, freedom, religion, high culture and originality, etc.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seek to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of
cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Some of the cultural sites are inscribed on the list
of World Heritage in Danger.
In our workshop we are going to discuss about the importance of the cultural objects like a symbols of the country in the world. Is it very important
to become a member of the UNESCO to have possibility to protect cultural objects and sites? UNESCO cultural objects and tentative sites (they lay
claim to become on the UNESCO list). How did the local government could take care about that? What kind of threats is for the objects and sites
(tourism, urbanization, etc.)? The main subject’s we discuss is:
Cultural objects and sites like symbols of the country (region or city);
Possibilities and measures of protection
Threat’s for the sites and objects
Importance of the UNESCO
Culture in the advertisement
Workshop leaders: Tomas Bedulskis (EGEA Vilnius) and Gintas Misiūnas (EGEA Vilnius).
The Bendelux weekend is ready for you! EGEA Utrecht is the proud organiser of the 2009 edition, which takes place in Loon op Zand, 50 km south of
Utrecht.
During the weekend the special them will be [Golddiggers!] The hunting for gold will lat day and night! To make it easer for
you, the golden liquid (beer) will be free during the weekend!
the program will include skiing, visit to Scarisoara Ice cave, visit to Rosia Montana gold mine and other surprises.
Registrations at onet_maria_cristina@yahoo.com until the 14th february.
Price includes transport from Cluj-Campeni and back and accomodation, food, the visit of some of the most importan places, from turistical point of
view and lots of surprises.
Welcome to Introduction weekend of egea St-Petersburg!!!
We're sincerely glad to invite everyone who would like to know more about egea or interested in egea events as well
Our program:
February 21st
- in the morning: arrive from St-Petersburg to Vyborg by train
- excursion in the town, go sightseeing
- visit park Monrepo
- in the evening: spend time all together, geographical-games, entertainment!
- night in the hotel
February 22nd
- morning exercises
- go sightseeing
- in the evening: come back home
More information about departure/arrivel time & payment you'll read in nearest future. Please, check this topic on the forum.
See you soon, friends!!!
Do skorogo!
February 13th - 15th 2009:
8th Geographers Championships in inner tube downhilling
During the re-exchange with Bonn and Vienna there will be a big party in Groningen. The theme will be Kriminalpolizei (for non Germans, thats Crime
Police). If you want to come, e-mail us for for more information and sleeping places.
EGEA Helsinki offers you a chance to spend the changing of 2008 to 2009 in good Egea company!
Important dates:
October 14 (Tue): registration closes October 19 (Sun): priority lists due PLEASE SEND THE PRIORITY LISTS TO TIMO (Timbal)!
October 21 (Tue): the list of participants & the waiting list will be published on the forum
Entity contact persons: do not forget to send the priority lists (in case more than 1 person registered)! All entities which haven't sent
their priority lists in time will be neglected when distributing places to the NYP.
December 30- January 2 New Year's Party in Grzybowo, Poland What? Alternative New Year's Party at the Baltic sea in Grzybowo Poland When? 30 December 2008 – 2 January 2009 Costs? 60 euro Places? 36 and eventually some more Programme: Improvisation (excursion to Kolobrzeg, walking on the beach, entity presentations, campfire, celebrating new year, New
Year swimming in the Baltic Sea, etc.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%82obrzeg
The idea: After seeing many applications for New Year in Finland and a small discussion at the EGEA Netherlands meeting, EGEA
Nijmegen decided to arrange a new years party as well. We think there's a certain need for more places to celebrate new year. The location is
beautiful according to hours of Googling . In the costs are sleeping and food
included.
Subscription 2 parts (email and payment): 1. Email
Email this information to: nypgrzybowo@gmail.com
- Name
- Entity
- Sex
- Date of birth
- Vegetarian or not?
2. Payment : 60 euro
Account details:
OV Kamphuis
Account number: 969773250
IBAN: NL93 SNSB 0969 7732 50
BIC: SNSBNL2A
SNS Regio Bank
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
You will get a confirmation email, when the payment has arrived.
On the forum the list of participants will be published. Depending on the enthusiasm and availability some extra places can be created.
Hi dear egeans!
As you can read in the title, egea Valencia is going to organise a NYP for those who really want to have fun.
Where? in Forcall, a place full of high mountains and nice landscapes.
When? obviously 30th december-2nd january.
Who? everyone is invited, we would like you all to stay here.
Places? 20-25
If you don't know what to do for the new year's eve, you have to come to Valencia.
If you have one plan... well, cancell it!
More news coming soon!
December 29th - January 2nd 2009:
New Year´s Seminar 2008-2009 Potsdam (near Berlin), Germany
You do not know what to do for New Year’s Eve? What about coming to Potsdam, near Berlin? Here is what it is about:
What? New Year’s Seminar “Overcoming Borders – Uniting Europe”
When? 29.12.2008 – 02.01.2009
Where? Potsdam (near Berlin)
Who? You! (Young people between 18 and 30 years old, Polish and German students are explicitly invited to apply) 30 participants in total!
How much? 50 Euro (all inclusive, only alcoholic drinks have to be paid for by yourself – except for New Year’s Eve)
How to apply? first come, first serve! vorstand2[at]sicherheitspolitik.org
More infos? www.grenze.sicherheitspolitik.org
We wait for your applications! Registration is open!
For a detailed programme please check on the website!
if you have any questions regarding the programme, please contact: cindy.bruhn@cms.hu-berlin.de
if you have any questions regarding the organisation or application, please contact: vorstand2@sicherheitspolitik.org
With kind regards,
Cindy & Sebastian
(Programme Manager & Project Manager)
we are happy to announce the Committee and Congress Organisers Training Weekend!
As you all might know, we succesfully applied for EU-money this year. Since we have to spend this money in a way it will improve EGEA, we decided to
invest in a special meeting where both Committee Contact Persons and Congress Organisers will exchange knowledge and learn from 'experienced
organisers'.
We've found the entity of Vienna so kind to host us for this meeting.
Some more precise details:
*Unfortunately, the meeting is not an open event, but only for an invited group of active EGEAns. All together will be present (we invited):
- CP1 and CP2 from SciComm, ActComm, OffComm and EntSuppComm (Spokesperson and Secretary) (8 in total)
- Main organiser of WRC, ERC, NBRC, EuroMedRC and Martinus as ACO 2009 (5 in total)
- Kamila (Committee Coordinator) and Jeroen (Webcomm Coordinator) on behalf of BoE (2 in total)
Furthermore some EGEA Vienna members will join (and assist) as well as two very experienced organisers/teamcoachers.
*The meeting will be held on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of December in Vienna.
* At day-time we will have workshop sessions where we will focus on:
1. Leadership (how to motivate a committee/orga-team)
2. Communication (how to use tools -e.g. website- for efficient communication)
3. Do's and don't (learning from experiences of previous committees/orgateams)
* At night we will of course join the social activities already announced by Lole: HERE
I invite all participants to inform the organisation about their arrival and departure time in Vienna in order to arrange accommodation for all of
you.
Please POST your arrival and departure time by replying on this forum-topic.
Hello, dear friends!!!
A lot of new people are Members of Egea-Kyiv.
So we think that it would be great to meet each other at one quiet place, to know more about each other, and to show you, dear freshmen, what is
EGEA.
About location, we'll dicide it at Forum. If you have propositions - just write.
EGEA Bucharest, EGEA Cluj-Napoca, EGEA Iasi, EGEA Moldova & EGEA Timisoara are proud to present Romanian Freshmen Weekend, an
activity designed for welcoming the new members of Romanian and Moldovian EGEA entities.
What will we do there?
Lots of interesting things such as: presentations about EGEA & Youth in Action Program, hiking, ice breaking games, orientation game, camp fire,
etc.
The WebComm meets for a 4-day planning workshop on a relaunch of egea.eu
Thanx to EU funding, we now have the chance for the first time to set up a completely new system which will cover most needs for the board, entities
and event organizers as well as for the individual user to work and learn with and through egea.
We would like to invite all neighbouring entities to join our Freshmen party - enjoy great location,
lousy music, cheap drinks and awfull service
There is a possibility to sleep in the mountain hut (price is 80 kuna-cca 11 Euro), you don t have to
bring your sleeping bags and breakfast(when you wake up,you get your breakfast-no time
pressure) is included in this price.
For registration just send us an e-mail to ksg@geog.pmf.hr or to matijamarkusic@yahoo.com till
11th November 2007. Please, state in this e-mail if you re sleeping in a mountain hut.
And one more information... Unfortunately, one of our fellow student is very ill and we are organising some kind of a fundraising. We will put the box
where you can donate as much money as you want and also a part of the money that we get from selling drinks will be given to him. So come and drink a
lot...
EGEAns from Moscow, Izhevsk and St'Pete will meet together in the Middle Volga region to explore local cultural and natural sights
Our route is the following:
01.11 - Yoshkar-Ola (Republic of Mariy El)
02.11 - Kazan' (Republic of Tatarstan)
03.11 - four optional sights in Tatarstan:
Raifa / Sviyazhsk, Bolgar, Chistopol' or Yelabuga
04.11 - Cheboksary (Republic of Chuvashiya). National Unity Day celebration
TURKEY - transitional country between Europe and Asia
5 brave members of EGEA Bratislava and one member of EGEA Warszawa will travel to Turkey, for a one week´s expedition, to discover culture, beauties,
meet new people. The plan of our journey includes visiting of Istanbul, hiking in the mountains, visiting of ancient Efez and EGEA Izmir as well
Because EGEA-Brussels can't get enough of you, we would like to invite you for another activity: the BRUSSELS CITY RALLY.
Idea: We gather on Friday evening at Tim's place where you can put your tent in the garden. On Saturday and Sunday you'll be crossing Brussels
inside out from the craziest to the most well known places. You'll be divided in different teams to face the coolest challenges throughout your
European capital!
When: weekend of 11 and 12 October
Number of places: ~24
Estimated price: about 35€ (for transport, breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, and a barbecue on Saturday evening)
As every year the weekend will take place at the first weekend of September - from the 5th till 7th of September 2008. This year Flo
(egea Munich) organised the possibility to host up to 20 participants in an excellent mointain cottage close to the village of Fügen in the famous
Zillertal in Austria!
Have a look at this map for a 3D impression of the area (link to our location by maps.google).
A weekend to meet again, to have a good time and to make progress with egea-alumni!
There are about 20 participant places awaiting you. The cost for this weekend, including food, accomodadion and basic drinks are about 40 Euro.
Registration is easily possible by writing an e-mail to: alumni@egea.eu
Hi! Why not spending one week in Rimini enjoying life before winter...eventually learning and visiting something interesting about geography of
tourism during the day…and enjoying beach parties in the night?
Just to let you know that there are 3 additional scholarships issued for University Egea students (including PhD ones)...meaning a fee only @ 120 Euro
(note: you will not see in the website as that is has been decided lately by the School coordinator – deadline for sending requests: 15th of
July).
To know more about it click at the following link or write to contacts.
Int'l Summer School Territorial Development: Culture, Creativity & Itneraries
it's time again for the swiss mountain cottage weekend!
it will take place from the 23rd till the 26th of august somewhere in the swiss alps. further details later...
we invite you to spend a relaxing weekend in the beautiful mountain scene. planned activities: hiking, socialising, drinking beer, playing games,
barbecueing, watching cows, eating cheese, breathing clean mountain air, consuming loads of chocolate, swimming in a mountain lake, sunbathing, and
and and
please register as soon as possible by writing an email to egea@giub.unibe.ch with following information: name, adress, egea entity, birth date,
vegetarian or carnivore. no priority list: first come first serve.
How many places? - 40 Egeans from all around the Europe
In the location, where wild nature meets human civilization...
The unique place, which used to be on the bottom of the Black sea many thousands years ago...
2000 years ago, the roman empire was on its way to the north, conquering more and more of the territiories we call "Germany" today. German tribes were
acting separated, not able to resist the perfect war machine of the world empire...
After crossing the rhine river, 3 legions consisting of 20.000 soldiers were heading forward to conquer the "teutoburg forest", the last narrow gate
to the north-western territories.
But there was one man, knowing their tactics, uniting the german tribes...and finally stopping the roman legions - Arminius, so called "Hermann"!
The participants of "Germany Weekend`08" will be divided in 3 legions, stepping back in time, learning about history, geology and today`s importance
of the "Eastern Westphalias Heart - The Teutoburg forest"
Join our roadtrip on the waterways of Europe! We plan to sail the Rhine and Danube, from Amsterdam to the Black Sea! An EGEA
cruise along green riverbanks, rolling hills, forests, and small towns. Some of the big towns we will pass are Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt,
Nurnberg, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Novi Sad, Belgrade, and Odessa!
We expect to leave Amsterdam on 1st of august 2008, and arrive on the Black Sea coast on the 31st of august. You can join us any
where along the route, for as many weeks as you want, for 200 euro a week!
activities to do:
- camping
- vollyball
- cycling
- barbecue
- party
-- 3 nation party at Giurgiulesti
-- gipsy party in Romania
More info:
We may sail from the Black Sea to Amsterdam, if that is cheaper!
In total we have 80 places. (20 places times 4 weeks).
The budget will be made up from 1) participant contributions (4 weeks times 20 people = 16000 euro or 4 weeks times 15 people = 12000 euro) 2)
partnerships 3) sale of the boat.
The Rhine-Main-Danube is 3,500 km long, 539 km on the Rhine, from Rotterdam to the mouth of the river Main at Mainz, 384 km from Mainz to Bamberg, 171
km on the canal between Bamberg and Kelheim, and 2,411 km on the Danube from Kelheim to the mouth of the Danube into the Black Sea.
interested egeans and lines of investigation:
- Floor van der Wateren / www.greencrossinternational.net
- Willem de Joode / nizw
- Thea Watt
- Koen Wagenveld
- Thomas Wanderer
- Lara Simons
- Julia Eyring / (german) geography faculties en route
- Dirk Lindemann / German or international solar panel companies
- Susan Beveridge
- Vesna Andjelkovic
- Vita Valiunaite
- Cindy Bruhn / in china till april 15th
- Tuukka Mäkitie
- Bernd Vogelgesang / fees for canals,sluices, harbors, stop locations
- Milica Pavlović
- Gerard van Dijken -
- Laura - Mihaela Cireasa
- Florian Gehler
- Diederick Arntzen
- Ray Muenster
- Rink Kruk
- Stefan Kurka
- Vyron Giannakopoulos
- Ineke de Bock
- Sara Van Boeckhout
- Emiel Dopper
- Desiree Grandke
- Klaartje Asselbergs
- Jasper van Gammeren
- Florian Fischer / boat parties to raise money / biodiesel sponsors / egea promotion
- Volker Heil / boat parties to raise money
- Nataly Maiboroda
- Susan Teunissen / back in march / boat dealer contact
- geert van woerden / uncle at tno
- Jeroen van Pelt
- Alois Humer / geog fac in aust
- Philipp Knatz
- seonad forbes
- Vladimir Toncea
- Dumitrescu Vlad / buy a boat in romania?
- Joost van der Hammen
- you?
unassigned lines of investigation:
- touristic points of interest
--where exactly the half-distance of the trip is?
- interesting boats for sale in Romania? around 10000 euro. http://boote-online.com/uk/ http://www.botentekoop.nl http://marktplaats.nl
- check out possible cooperation with the university of delft
- check out possible cooperation with http://www.extent.nl/
- bio diesel partners?
- engineering partner / student organisation?
-- European student organisations, BEST (engineering), ESTIEM (management engineer), EESTEC (electric engineering), IEEE (electronics).
- foundation ? utrecht? amsterdam?
- insurance needed?
- what maps do we need to buy?
- are visa needed for the boat itself, or something like an autobahn vignet? what papers do we need to cross borders?
- how can we promote egea with this trip?
-- integrating Europe. "Europe for sustainability"
egea promotion "exhibition" on the boat
- what universities with geography departments are there along the route?
- is there something like an aa/anwb for boats within Europe? costs?
bootgarant. service dienst in Nederland .rtl4 programma yachtvision.
- dominant winddirection?
-
geography faculties enroute
- germany
--passau EGEA Munich has good contacts to there cos the boyfriend of Swantje/Munich studies geo in Passau. Probably a matter of time until the birth
of EGEA Passau.
- austria
--vienna
- hungary
--budapest(ELTE is the name of the university)in Budapest exists the building of this faculty near the River Danube. (on the coast)
--Pécs exist also a good geography faculty with strong humangeography. this university is 40 km away from the River Danube. the nearby small town of
Mohács is on the danube. (maybe it is possible to try to see this city and drink very good hungarian wines in Villány)
other egea projects to visit:
EGEA Vienna - AustrianWE with EGEA Innsbruck and contacting geos in Salzburg and Graz).
The amazing, great, never been there yet MaMüMaMü- Camp, open for all entitys whose Names starts with Ma or Mü, is going to take place probably in
the beautifull, forresty landscape at Bostalsee in Saarland this summer.
We will compete in loads of different competitions to find out which Ma or Mü gets the honors to earn the MaMüMaMü- trophy.
All details (especially the dates ) and everything has still to be discused
here..... so get started and ready for a very special event !!!!!!!!!
EGEA Athens organizes on July, 4-6th a three-day activity in the island of Spetses in order to recruit staff for our newest
EU-funded activity, European Simulation Game. Visit the respective blog for more information on European Simulation Game: http://eusim08.wordpress.com/
European Simulation Game entails a project simulating the systemic nature of Earth's ecosphere and civilizations throughout the
stream of human history. It will take place this October in the islands of Ios and Santorini, with 55 participants from 11 countries of the European
Union, sponsored by YOUTH Programme of the European Commission.
Spetses is often mentioned as the island of ...Revolution, since its abundant fleet during the 1800s helped significantly the
Greek Revolution of 1821. The island preserves genuine architectural style with unique mansions, along with an uspoilt environment of Mediterranean
pineforest. Quite inspiring place for our plans regarding European Simulation Game.
Changing Climate - Changing People? The impact of Global Environmental Change on the European Society
Introduction
The process of global warming is not deniable anymore. Even in areas of moderate climate, floods and draughts are affecting the peoples’ lives. But
still, many people in the countries of Europe don’t see the problem yet. In order to prevent society from the worst consequences it is important to
change old habits as well as establish sustainable solutions in economy, technology or public transportation. We have to take action now in order to
reduce the impact of climate change in the future. Due to the importance of the topic, the two student networks Aegee and Egea have decided to host a
conference on the topic of the Impact of global environmental change on the European society.
Concept
The main object of this conference is strengthening the knowledge of young academics from all over Europe. We want to synergize by combining both the
"experts"-knowledge of geographers (EGEA) and the interdisciplinary perspective of Aegee, another European Student Organization.
EGEA Polish Weekend Canoeing Rally,
Rivers Piława and Gwda in NW Poland
May 23-25th 2008
REGISTRATION CALENDAR:
15th of April - registation deadline
20th of April - priority list deadline
22th of April - participants list on activities and forum
30th of April - payment deadline
1. Kasia Dąbrowska
2. Stachu Piotrowski
3. Krzysiek Piotrowski
4. Przemek Kotynia
5. Kinga Elwart
6. Agata Sternik
7. Janis Keiss
8. Kasia Pałka
9. Magda Sternik
10. Guus Frenay
11. Irena Kroc
12. Sylwia Wiśniewska
13. Herman Nienhuis
14. Kamila Szmidt
15. Kasia Wiśniewska
16. Maciej Szewczyński
17. Christine Ornetsmuller
18. Alois Humer
19. Paulina Wygnaniec
20. Marcin Ziółkowski
21. Jan Smutek
22. Paweł Kołodziński
23. Guido Roegholtr
24. Maciej Neska
25. Kasia Sasiadek
26. Paweł Pacholczyk
27. Przemysław Rumiński
28. Marzena Belka
29. Matthias Goerres
30. Paweł Piątkowski
31. Emilia Dyczewska
32. Czesław Adamiak
33. Marcin Czarnota
34. Dorota Żelnio
35. Michael Markowski
36. Artur Wiśniewski
37. Kamila Motyka
38. Agnieszka Gajda
39. Łukasz Jankowski
40. Joanna Mierzwa
41. Karolina Tomiak
42. Ewa Piotrowska
43. Sven Vanderhaegen
44. Tim de Roeck
45. Hanna Piotrowska
46. Mathijs Vreeman
47. Paulina Szkliniarz
48. Mariusz Matyjaszczyk
49. Beata Twardowska
Regulation of the EGEA Polish Weekend Canoeing Rally 2008 (called PWCR).
1. The aims of the canoeing rally
a) An integration of geographers associated in EGEA
b) Presentation of the beauty of Gwda’s and Piława’s rivers valley landscape
c) Active recreation with fantastic people
2. Organizer
EGEA Poznan
EGEA Torun
3. Rally Command
Commander Stanisław Piotrowski UMK (stanislaw entitiy Torun; stanislav84@wp.pl)
Lifeguard Krzysztof Piotrowski UAM (krzysiek entity Poznan; krzysiek.hkt@wp.pl)
Other people necessary to make the rally safe and efficient will be appointed by Commander.
4. Program of the rally
23.05.2008 Friday
Till 8 p.m. Arrival to the city of Piła and reaching the base camp in 8 Kwidzyńska Street
8 p.m. camp-fire
Overnight stay in tents in the base camp
24.05.2008 Saturday
8 a.m. daparture from Piła to Szwecja by bus
10 a.m. beginning of the first stage
6 p.m. arrival to Krepsko, protecting the kayaks, pitching the tents, supper organized individually, camp-fire
Overnight stay in tents in the in Krepsko
25.05.2008 Sunday
9 a.m. taking down the tents and departure of equipment to Piła
10 a.m. beginning of the second stage Krępsko-Piła (Gwda River) 15 km.
5 p.m. arrival to Piła, cleaning the kayaks, putting the equipment in order
6 p.m. the end of Canoeing Rally in City of Piła in 8 Kwidzyńska Street
Hours are given approximately
5. Participation, application, registration
a) Each participant is expected to be an adult, to be able to swim and to be in good fit to canoeing.
b) Number of participants is limited, EGEA members have precedence.
c) Participants take part in the rally at their own responsibility.
d) Registration till 15 April 2008 by email krzysiek.hkt@wp.pl, on Application Form only application_pwcr_2008.doc
till 20th April – contact person from every entities are to send priority list
till 22th April – the organizer will announce the list of people who are qualified to the rally
e) Payment – till 30th April 100 polish zloty ca. 30 Euro – must be paid in bank account announced by organizer. If any participant doesn’t pay
this amount on time he will be cross out from the list. Every participant will get confirmation. In case of cancelation after 30th April the money
will not be returned.
6. All participants should take:
a) the will to fight with the nature
b) good mood
c) food
d) tent
e) sleeping bag
f) musical instruments (optional)
7. Organizer provides:
a) accident insurance for the period of the event
b) kayaks, paddles, safety equipment
c) transport of kayaks to the start point
d) transport of people from Piła City to the start point (in Trzebieszki)
e) transport of the equipment to the campsite and back to city of Piła
f) attention of rally command (especially lifeguard)
g) free emergency medical care
h) place on the campsite
i) souvenir (T-shirt)
j) rally sticker
k) water in the river
l) cheerfulness
8. All participants are obliged to:
a) follow regulations of the rally
b) obey all rally command instructions and orders
c) follow safety regulations conveyed by lifeguard and other members of rally command, especially:
* I) do not set off from stopovers before the appointed time
* II) do not overtake the rally guide
* III) do not lag behind person closing the rally
* IV) stay seated in kayak, not on kayak while canoeing
* V) canoe only in properly worn life jacket
d) turn up in canoeing base camp in city of Piła till Friday (May, 23th) till 8 a.m.
e) take attention of entrusted equipment (kayaks, paddles, life jackets) and give it back in undamaged condition
f) inform and coordinate with rally command all distancing from the group
g) give first aid to participants who have accident or need first aid
h) not overuse alcohol. Participants in state showing intoxication will not be let canoeing, including exclusion from the rally. It's absolutely not
allowed to drink alcohol on the water.
9. Final provisions
a) Participant will be excluded from the rally when:
* I) does not follow regulations of the rally
* II) got drunk or drinks alcohol while canoeing
* III) uses other intoxicants
b) Participants excluded from the rally lose right to all the services and to refunding of incurred costs.
c) Participants bear financial responsibility for entrusted equipment
d) Rally command do not bear responsibility for participants’ property
e) Rally command on account of participants safety and weather conditions can change, shorten and even cancel individual stages(legs) of the rally
without right to compensation
f) Rally command has right to exclude from participating people who do not obey regulations of the rally and rally command instructions
g) Final interpretation of regulations’ provisions stays within exclusive competence of rally command
EGEA MOLDOVA YOUTH STUDY CAMP IN TOURISM, 01- 05 May 2008
EGEA Moldova invites you to participate at the first Study Camp in tourism in Moldova.
Activities proposed:
1. National Contest of Young specialists in Tourism
2. Seminar and workshops in:
Ecotourism
Rural Tourism
Agrotourism
Ethno-cultural Tourism
Religious Tourism
3. Round Table: Perspective and promotion of Tourism in Moldova
4. Official meetings with specialists and authorities.
5. Study excursions and research of the region
Where: Lozova - Micleuseni, Strasani district, Central Moldova
When: 01- 05 May 2008
Number of places: arround 70
Participant fee: no
Deadline: 22 April 2008
At request we can provide accommodation for 1-2 more days.
Who can participate: any EGEA entity, students, any organization involved in geography, tourism, socio-cultural or natural studies. Any person
interested in the development of tourism, specialists and enthusiasts.
Practical arrangements:
Accommodation: in tents, you need to bring your own tents and sleeping bag. If you dont have tent please inform us, we can try to arrange it.
Food: prepared on the place by participants.
Place is situated on the hilly region outside the village, drinking water is available, other arrangments should be prepared by participants.
Every participant is welcome to take part in practical arrangments.
Some activities will take place in the villages.
Visas to enter Moldova are required only for the following European countries:
Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey, Israel
We can send official invitation letters if required.
Citizens of any other European countries, USA, Canada or Japan need only a valid Passport.
Other news will come latter.
You can subscribe with a team of 5 members for the Contest or individually as a participant.
Subscribe by sending e-mail or fax to the organizing committee of EGEA Moldova at the
FOR TO SUBSCRIBE PLEASE SEND FOLLOWING DATA BY E-MAIL OR FAX:
1. NAME AND SURNAME
2. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
3. ADDRESS, CITIZENSHIP
4. PHONE NUMBERS
5. E-MAIL, WWW, SKYPE
6. ENTITY, ORGANIZATION, UNIVERSITY, FIELD OF STUDIES
7. DATE OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
8. IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST OF TOURISM
9. IF YOU CAN MAKE PRESENTATION AND SUBJECT
If you wish to stay 1-2 extradays we can provide free accommodation in the village, just anounce us.
Any questions you can ask by email to EGEA MOLDOVA
egeamoldovatourism@yahoo.com
or by phone:
+373-79247404 Sevastian Botnari, coordinator of the program
+373-79693857 Dorin Lozovanu, president EGEA Moldova
Any questions you can ask by email or u2u to EGEA MOLDOVA
The Association of American Geographers (AAG) is pleased to announce its 2008 Annual Meeting will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 15–19,
2008. The week-long meeting is expected to host more than 6,500 geographers from around the world and feature over 4,000 scientific presentations,
workshops, and field trips.
Special events planned for the meeting include a reception for international attendees, an exhibition hall showcasing the latest books, publications,
and geographic technology, and an opening night celebration, complete with live Boston entertainment.
Attendees also will have several opportunities to explore the rich cultural and physical geography of Boston and the surrounding New England area
through informative field trips and excursions.
AAG is the professional association representing leading practitioners, researchers, and educators in geography. Founded in 1904 as an educational and
scientific society, its 10,000 members share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography and geographic education.
WHO: Association of American Geographers
WHAT: 2008 Annual Meeting
WHERE: Marriot Copley Place and Westin Copley Place Hotel, Boston
the 26th of March EGEA Groningen invites all entities for the faboulous EGEA Groningen Party. The theme for the party will be "I'm from EGEA
Groningen, where the f*ck you from?" and the dresscode will, of course, be orange. Don't miss this party of a lifetime!
We are a bit late with announcing, but we finally have a firm date and location!
The BenDeLux-weekend will be on the 14th, 15th and 16th of March. The location lies in Hulshorst, more information in the location link.
The subscriptions are now open and you can all sign up. The costs are 40 euro. Accomodation, activities and food are included. Showers(0.50 cent) and
alcohol are unfortunatly not free.
The drinking contest IS free ofcourse!
On friday the 14th of March you are welcome at 16.00/17.00. On sunday the 16th around 15.00 we all have to say goodbye ...
We have about 50 to 60 sleeping places and we hope to fill them all up! Our team of 11 enthusiastic organisors will make sure you will enjoy the
weekend completely.
Proudly presented by Students’ Representative Office of Faculty of Natural sciences, Vilnius University, The COINS 2008 is an annual international
conference for students of nature sciences. Taking place in March 2008, this year’s conference is an anniversary: the young scientists are welcome
for the fifth time already. The aims of the conference are:
o Encouraging students’ interaction and communication in scientific, social and cultural fields;
o Motivating students to do scientific research;
o Educating young conscious scientists, who are aware of and tend to reach for their goal.
o Acquainting students with the newest scientific trends;
o Giving students an opportunity to present their research to international audience;
One of the main aims of the COINS 2008 conference, as mentioned above, is to motivate the students to do research in various fields of nature
sciences. Accordingly, the range of themes chosen by participants is expected to be very wide. Consequently, the young scientists’ presentations,
due to the branch represented, will be grouped into three sections:
In section DEEP, introduced newly this year, the students are encouraged to dig, descend or even dive deeper while doing their research in Hidrology,
Geography, Geology, Meteorology etc.;
Section WIDE is about to gather “classical” naturalists, such as students of Botany, Zoology and Ecology, which are emboldened to explore as
widely as possible;
HIGH is a section including presentations of authors, ready to prove to be reaching for higher crossbars in facing the challenges of Biotechnology,
Biophysics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and other modern fields.
After presenting their works to and answering the questions of jury and the audience, the participants will have their presentations evaluated by
specialists of related fields and all students will receive the certificates confirming their participation. Furthermore, the authors of the best
works will be awarded. While the most of attention is paid to the presentations of the participating students, organizers also put all effort into
fulfilling participants’ leisure and cultural activities (see in Programme) and expanding their scientifical horizons by arranging interesting
lectures of professors from Lithuania and abroad (read more in chapter Lecturers).The COINS 2008 is not only a conference. It is a challenge to dig
deeper, seek wider and reach higher. Do you take the challenge?
February 22nd - 24th 2008:
7th Geographers Championships in inner tube downhilling
The Association of Geography Students at the Jagiellonian University
and EGEA Kraków are proud to announce that:
7th Geographers Championships in
inner tube downhilling
commonly known as "Dętki"
Will take place from 22nd till 24th of February 2008 in Żywiec Beskids, Carpathians, southern Poland...
Exact location: "SST Lasek" student cabin, Pasmo Pewelskie (Laskowskie).
Participants have to cover all costs (food, drinks, accomodation - ~2,5 euro per night) on their own. Our base will be cosy student
cabin, but as our event became the most popular activity among polish students this cabin will be surely overcrowded
Some pictures (copied from last year announcement + there's more info about
this event):
EGEA Kraków
The Association of Geography Students at the Jagiellonian University
EGEA Nijmegen invites all egeans to come and celebrate the new year 2008 with us! As one day of party is not enough for most egeans, we already start
at Sunday the 30th of December, and go on till Wednesday the 2nd of January. Between the parties, there is time reserved for an excursion to the
Nijmegen and a hike through the nature protected area "Hatertse & Overasseltse vennen".
The New Year Special will take place from 30th December 2007 till 2nd January 2008. There are 50 places (including the organizing team).
Costs will be around 49,95 euros.
The registration is open from October 23th till November 15th. If there is a waiting list, this will be made public before November 20th.
Payments need to be made before the 5th of December.
Seminar "Building Bridges"
- German-polish relations in a united Europe - past, present & future
Bridges help people to reach the other side and to overcome obstacles. They ought to be stable und based on a solid fundament in order to withstand
the next decades the powers of nature and steps of mankind without greater difficulties. “Building Bridges” thus implies connections, to take care
of those and to repair them when the need arises.
The 4-Day-Seminar “Building Bridges” shall assist the meeting of young Germans and Poles with a special treat: How could one possibly get to know
and understand each other better than at New Year´s Eve?
The New Year Seminar sponsored by the German-Polish Youth Association (DPJW), the Association of Security Studies and International Relations (ASS)
and the European Geography Association (EGEA) would like to warmly invite all interested German and Polish young people to join us in MIKUSZEWO (near
Poznań) in the period from 12/29/2007 to 01/02/2008.
Due to sponsorship, we only have to ask for a participant fee of 15 Euro.
we will sleep in a small former castle, which seminar rooms are technically equipped and which bedrooms (double, triple, quattro) are ensuite.
A programme teaser:
• Excursion to the city Poznań.
• Horse drawn sleighride and winter walk.
• Movie night on German-Polish relations.
• Workshops on the seminar´s topic.
• New Year´s Eve celebrations.
For forther information please follow the link (English version). Building Bridges.pdf or contact:
Egea Ljubljana and Egea Koper are proud to present their next activity
After hosting Egea Koper on "their teritory" Egea Ljubljana invites them to
LJUBLJANA !
"Od stanta do stanta" will be held on 14th of December in Ljubljana
Meeting point: Trg republike or somewhere else in center... at 19:30
How to apply?
-for members of Egea Ljubljana at anamaglica@yahoo.com
-for members of Egea Koper at mpremelc@gmail.com
-for special guests ( who are always welcome ) just send me an u2u
Registration is open till 12.12.2007 !
Further information will be available soon!
So, see you!
We would like to invite you to a cosy and enjoying weekend in Münster including:
- visiting the famous Christmas-market(s)
- melodious singing
- local food specialities
- traditional X-Mas-Drinks
- …and some mysterious, but traditional activities!
November 30th - December 2nd 2007:
Motivation weekend of Egea Koper and Egea Ljubljana
EGEA LJUBLJANA & EGEA KOPER
proudly present
M O T I V A T I O N W E E K E N D
Where: Elerji and Korte
When: 30.11. - 2.12.2007
Who: Egea Ljubljana and Egea Koper ( and some special guests)
For more info please contact entity's contact person
EGEA Zagreb is organising traditional Brucosijada (Freshmen party) on 17th November 2007 and (again!) location is mountain hut Glavica on Medvednica
in vicinity of Zagreb.
This year we will combine Motivation weekend with Freshmen party and this is a great opportunity to make our freshmen more interested in EGEA by
bringing EGEA to them .
We would like to invite all neighbouring entities to join our Freshmen party - enjoy great location with magnificent view of Zagreb, cheap drinks,
great music prepared by our DJs , our nice and cool freshmen and, of course, EGEA
Zagreb dinosaurs who are organising all this for you!
There is a possibility to sleep in the mountain hut (price is 50 kuna - bring a sleeping bag) or to be hosted by EGEA Zagreb. Just let us know about
this when you're registering.
For registration just send us an e-mail to ksg@geog.pmf.hr or to anapopovi@gmail.com till 9th November 2007.
Please, state in this e-mail if you need a place to sleep or would like to sleep in a mountain hut, and if you'd like to join a dinner at the mountain
hut.
See you at our Freshmen party!
For all information contact us via u2u or e-mail!
November 16th - 18th 2007:
Hiking the Top Trails of Germany - Vol.1: Rheinsteig
Explore a little bit of the beautiful world heritage area middle rhine vally by foot!
Keep in good hiking condition during autum!!
Enjoy the EGEA company!!!
And get into the EGEAn mood - as we are very looking forward to take some fresh EGEAns on this hiking trip!!!
Its gone be a hard hiking trip. So be prepared for two whole day hikes and
steep parts as well. There could be bad weather in November, you never
know. It's gone be an experience however it comes .
There is the possibility to already arrive on Friday and spend the night with us in a youth hostel in a castel.
"Here we go again with both feet planted firmly in the air." (Hugh Scanlon, British Trade Unionist)
Preliminaries
EGEA will apply (again) for EU funding, through the Youth in Action program, Action 4.1, Support for bodies active at European level in the field of
youth.
Why this meeting?
The BoE live meeting in Utrecht has a very well defined, unidirectional purpose, that is to finish and overview the application form that needs to be
send until 31st of October
Who will attend?
BoE 07/08 = Ales, Vlad, Kreet, David, Misha
BoE 06/07 = Anastasia, Tim
Secretariat 07/08 = Malou
Secretariat 06/07 = Gert
Why???
To explore the nature of the most beautifull place in Poland and Slovakia
To spend three unforgettable days (and nights) in the highest mountains in Poland
and Slovakia
To climb on the highest peak in Polish part of Tatras - Rysy (2499m)
To get an adrenaline experience on the legendary and the most difficult path in The Tatras - Orla Perć (Eagle's Path)
To feel the atmosphere of polish mountain shelters
To integrate before the congress
To continue the tradition of mountain expeditions before AC
For how much???: Approximately 35 euro - for the accomodation and transport
Feel free to ask any question about the expedition! - contact Kasia Dąbrowska (Kasia D), Robert Głodek (perfect_cell) or Magda Sternik (Magda...)
Tatra Expedition participants:
1. Aina Borrego Martí (Barcelona)
2. Laura Roman Ortuño (Barcelona)
3. Milica Pavlovic (Beograd)
4. Branislav Karuovic (Beograd)
5.
6. Johann Müller (Bonn)
7. Jana Junghardt (Bonn)
9. Tim Van de Laar (Groningen)
10. Matevž Premelč (Koper)
11. Andrej Novak (Koper)
12. Andrej Tomšič (Ljubljana)
13. Ana Maglica (Ljubljana)
14. David Jochum (Marburg)
15. Beata Sternik (Warszawa)
16. Thomas Wanderer (Munich)
17. Michael Kobs (Münster)
18. Jorn Bobenhausen (Muenster)
19. Lorin-Cristian Bold (Timisoara)
20. Susan Teunissen (Utrecht)
21. Kasia Dąbrowska (Warszawa)
22. Anna Sowińska (Warszawa)
23. Ewa Koprowska (Warszawa)
24. Robert Głodek (Warszawa)
25. Magda Sternik (Warszawa)
26. Raphael Riedler (Wien)
Price is 35 Euro and includes: accomodation, breakfast and dinners (lunch is an extra option), BEER, excursion,
transport (for those who will come with us from Warsaw to Perzanowo) and privilege to shake my hand
Egea Bucharest is proud to announce the second eddition of the BLACK SEA SEMINAR
The main themes discussed are going to be:
- The geopolitical importance of the Black Sea in Europe
- Erosion and pollution – the main problems of the Romanian shore
- Romanian shore geomorphology
Beside these, there are going to be: field trips, excursions, lectures, visits to the Mare Nostrum association, parties, scuba diving (optional),
Romanian night, Gypsy night, camping on the beach, and of course swimming
and a quick preview of the program we`ll have this year (just to make the wait more... enjoyable)
- Tuesday, 21st august, accommodation, getting to know the place and the other participants, speeches, presentations, and of course, a welcoming party
- Wednesday, 22nd august, working sessions, some lectures, during the night - entity presentations and European night
- Thursday, 23rd august, start traveling around Dobrogea region, and first stop will be in VAMA VECHE, the most beautiful, crazy, interesting, superb,
alive, diverse, perfect, most southern place at the Romanian sea shore - field search during the day and some really heavy clubbing during the night,
and we will camp on the beach.
- Friday, 24th august, excursion - Constanta (the biggest seaside city), visit the Mare Nostrum Environmental Association, visit some other modern
seaside cities as well as some valuable historical places; in the night we will have a chill out session - some cocktails and some good Romanian
movies
- Saturday, 25th august, debates, workshops, lectures, and, in the evening and whole night - the Romanian night - lot of food, strong drinks, good
music, and some surprises in store
- Sunday, 26th august, some optional scuba diving in the morning (for whoever is up to it), some conclusions of the seminar in the afternoon and THE
Gypsy night
on Monday, 27th, unfortunately it will be time to say goodbye....
Registration is going to start on the 25th of June and it will last till further notice .
EUGEO2007 is the first major conference to be organized by EUGEO the European Association of Geographical Societies. It is open to everyone involved
in geography in Europe and/or interested in the geography of Europe.
EUGEO invites all who are engaged in a geographical field -- be it in policy, planning, human geography, physical geography, geomorphology, GIS and
cartography, geographical education, or any other related area -- and who share our common interest: European landscapes, peoples, places, and
environments. The conference will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on
August 20 - 23, 2007. It will be hosted jointly by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society and the University of Amsterdam.
Call for presentations: June 2006
Deadline for abstracts: January 2007
Registration: from January 2007
More information about the conference, the (main) themes, abstract submission and registration can be found on www.eugeo2007.org
Maybe two funded places offered by HERODOT! Check the announcement. Deadline for application 20th of April!
You don’t have any plans yet for the 17th to 20th of August 2007? What about spending some time in the Swiss Alps?
EGEA Bern organizes the first Switzerland weekend. It will take place in a mountain cabin on 1546m over sea level in the Diemtigtal
valley (www.diemtigtal-tourismus.ch) about 1.5 hours drive south from Bern.
We don’t plan to have a very full program but to decide rather spontaneously about our activities… There will be plenty of time for hiking,
relaxing, swimming in one of the mountain lakes, barbecueing, talking, enjoying the view, breathing clean mountain air, partying, eating cheese and
chocolate, sleeping, sunbathing, drinking beer, discussing geographical topics… and so on… just having a good time.
To subscribe for this unique experience send an email with following information to egea@giub.unibe.ch: name, entity, address, birth
date and if you are vegetarian. We cannot tell you the exact costs yet but it will be around 50 euros depending on our activities and how much you
drink…
We are looking forward to seeing you in the mountains!
was found on one of AC
2007 Ogranizing Team meeting. We think that this contest will be a great challenge for all Egeans We all travel around the world and I am sure that everybody have some photos to share!
The results will be announced during the Annual Congress 2007 in Ustron and the exhibition of the distinguished photographs will be
held there.
If You have any questions please ask!
I'm waiting for your photos!
Board of Executives together with reresentative of EGEA Secretariat and part of Committee of Official Affairs meet together to discuss official
matters of EGEA!
Summer school Belarus, Smolevichi, 5th till 18th of August 2007
We welcome all who are interested in the creation of a garden.
This Summer school is co-organized in close partnership between Green
CrossBelarus and Egea-Alumni. Sponsoring is done by Green Cross Switzerland.
Participants will be: young teachers of art, students of geopgraphy, art and young artists. Of course other youth who is interested in creativity and
planning is also more then welcome.
A) Workshops:
1. Creative studious of liberal arts in European garden
2. Art classes painting (graphics, exercises at nature, art design of green
arbor and its floor mosaics, paths of European garden.
3. Art classes sculptors (exercises with form, clay class, design of
sculptures for ‘chess square’ and ‘Italian courtyard’ of European garden.
4. World literature and poetry.
The workshops will be followed by all participants.
B) Design and development of parts of territory:
The group is developing different cultural areas of European gardens. The areas could be of different size: big, medium or small, or even a
fragment. The master plan provides land for landscape and regular parks. The participants have a chance to choose any part of them. They could develop
also any vital elements like a small lawn, flower-bed, path, bench, arbor, pergola, greenhouse, pavilion, starling-house, forest café, sport or play
ground, etc.
The proposed project could have a landscape, fragmental or in an integrative style. They could also combine landscape parts with small
architectural forms. The participants will develop and present an outline, drawings, pictures or models. All ideas will be openly discussed in public.
The group will also have a practical part of implementation of their ideas.
C) Lectures and discussions:
Explanation of garden and park art. Men tries to organize surrounding space. Parks and country estates in Belarus. From Gothic to Modern. The
main idea of European garden. A joined brainstorming and discussion.
European garden – a place where many famous schools were born and revived. From Antique time to Middle Ages and Modern Time.
Presenter – Nikolai Semionov, Chairman of Philosophy of Belarus University.
Role and history of the Garden in Eastern cultures. Reminiscence about Paradise.
Presenter – Dr. Andrei Goiko, Senior Scientist of Institute of Eastern Study of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Sound in open air. Traditions of folk singing.
Presenter – Irina Maziuk, Scientist of Institute of Problem of Culture of Belarusian Academy of Sciences.
Language and Landscape.
Presenter – Vladimir Kostchenko, Scientist of Insitute of Linguistics of Belarusian Academy of Sciences.
Treasure of the world – a set of documentary about famous parks and palaces.
Gardens of Netherlands
Presenter - Bastiaan Prak, cultural historical geographer of the Dutch Green Cross organisation.
D) On the program will be as well:
* Excursions, at least two, over Belarus:
- to the capital of Belarus, Minsk,
- to a national park, Bereszinsky.
* Actions on cleaning and accomplishment of territory of the Center.
* Sport: football, volleyball, kayaking, morning exercises, swimming in the lake.
* Modern Belarusian cinema: documentary and animation.
Presenter – Galina Adamovich, Film Director of ‘Belarusfilm’ Studio.
* Traditional dances, games and songs in the open air.
* Final ball in European garden.
Notes: During the Summer school the participants will prepare something special for their participation in the program and present this to the
others at the end of the Summer school.
EGEA Moscow is glad to present you the most faraway expedition ever organised - the Baikal lake trip!
THE REGISTRATION IS OPEN AND WILL LAST TILL JANUARY 10th!
You may find the application form here
Just to refresh your knowledge, the Baikal lake is the unique natural object with the following characteristics:
- the deepest lake in the world;
- the purest water in it;
- the endangerous species live there in (like nerpas (small seals) and omuls);l
- only one river flows out of it;
- it is surrounded with various mountain ranges;
- ecologal conditions attract attention of scientists and usual people all over the world!
And we have to see it, to feel it, to touch it, to explore it, to swim in it, to enjoy its microclimate, to cross it, to taste the fish from it, to
realise the spirit of it and to discover all the secrets of it together... next summer...
The program of the expedition is already worked out in all the details and we are proud to present it right now. We start from Moscow
and finish there as well.
So, here it is!!!
First I would like to say that we changed the route a bit... We have estimated both positive and negative sides of teh previous one and decided that
there were too much uncertainties and dangers with transportation facilities. Moreover, 10 days is not much for such a great route, full of unexpected
things and hidden dangers. We will be FULLY responsible for you during all your trip at least, and during your stay in Russia as a whole...
So to reduce all the factors of hazards, I would like to present you the new route!
June 28th - we start by train from Moscow, go through Transsiberian railroad and travel 3 days...
July 2nd - we arrive to Slyudyanka and start our travelling by the "excursion train" called "Matanya" till port Baikal via all the tunnels, aqueducs
etc. The information about the Circle Baikal Railway, the old part of the Transsiberian railway, you may find here http://baikal.irtel.ru/eng/e_service.htm
Our final point for this day is the house-hotel "Nadezhda" at the top of the mountain on the bank of the Angara river and with the view on the Baikal
Lake (Pictures of "Nadezhda" you may find here http://www.nadega.angara.ru/1-1.htm and http://www.nadega.angara.ru/3-1.htm
You'll have dinner and early breakfast here, included in accommodation price!
July 3rd - We start early in the morning (at 6.00 a.m.), take the ferry boat and sail to the Olkhon island where we'll arrive approximately at 14.00.
There we'll be met by our hosts and will be transfered to Khuzhir - the largest town on Olkhon, where we'll stay at the hotel-house of Nikita
Bencharov (the accommodation possibilities you may find here http://www.olkhon.info/ru/accom/)
This day we'll have a small walk to the huge sand dunes, after that we'll go to the beach and we'll take the first attempt to swim in the Baikal
Lake!!!
After that you'll have free time - you may take a bike, rent a horse or just walk around yourself.
And in the evening we'll go to BANYA - Russian Sauna!
July 4th - this day we'll travel to the Northern Cape of the Olkhon island by several mini buses - the Choboi Cape. There we'll have dinner from the
cooked OMUL (the tastiest fish of Baikal) and UKHA (traditional Russian fish soup), prepared on fire!
And again banya...
July 5th - this day we'll go to the
Shara-Nur Lake (from the Buryat language - 'Yellow Lake". It is the mineralized lake of the island, of course we'll swim there... And will get
minerals! While swimming your body seems to be red... But it is really healthy!
And Banya again...
Note*: Three times meal is included in accomodation price during all our stay at Olkhon!
July 6th - we'll leave the Olkhon island early in the morning by bus, which will be transfered along with us by ferry accross the Maloe More (S,all
Sea) Strait and we'll arrive
to Elantsy! Here we'll meet the most famous 6-fingered Buryat Shaman who'll take us around the steppes beauty and will tell about Baikal Soul Origin
and about traditions of his people!
July 7th - we'll leave early in the morning to Irkutsk by bus... And will arrive there approximately at 15.00! After we leave our clothes in the
students' hostel, and will go to the faculty of geography of Irkutsk State University!
July 8th - we'll go around the citwill see the Irkutsk hydroelectrostation, city's beauty and the Angara river!
And in the evening we'll go back to Moscow...
Now about the way back...
There will be two possibilities:
1) for those who are in a hurry - we'll take plane from Irkutsk to Moscow
3) for those who would like to save money but not time - train
from Irkutsk to Moscow
And now about all the expenses...
The presented below price includes:
- tickets from and back to Moscow
- Accommodation
- Meals (included in accommodation and calculated approximately when we'll stay in Irkutsk and while travelling by train)
- Excursions
- All the interior transportation within the trip (ferries, buses, cars)
And it will be maximum...
Variant A: back to Moscow from Irkutsk by train
The total Cost will be - 550 EUR
Variant B: back to Moscow from Irkutsk by plane
The total Cost will be - 650 EUR
These costs are calculated taking into account all the unpredictable risks! If some money remain, we'll give it back to you, and I believe they
will!
Registration: IS OPEN NOW! Please find the application form attached to this post!!!
Maximum amoun of participants: only 20 (we'll try to take more different entities).
Payment Procedure: We will ask you to transfer some part of money to buy the tickets at least. We'll be able to tell more a bit later... May be there
will be an option to transfer it to the bank account of some entity within EU, and we'll just take it then.. But we'll see. The prepayment will have
to be done till the end of January! Other amount of money you will take with you to your trip!
Visa Application: The issue of invitation letter in Russia is also payable, it costs 7 EUR. Please transfer this sum together with prepayment. The
invitation letters will be sent out to you in the Middle of February or will be brought to WRC and will be sent out from Netherlands to provide the
fast and reliable delivery. You may also receive your invitation letters later on at NBRC, ERC if you come there. You will have enough time to apply
for Russian visa after them.
Precaution Measures: As we travel to Baikal in summer, it will be the time of the high activity of the encephalite mite, you MUST do in advance the
vaccinacition from encephalitis! and to provide the reference that it was done! We'll ask you to scan this confirmation and to send it by email to us.
Those who won't undertake this procedure, won't be accepted to the trip!
please be aware that it is just a standard vaccinacition, which should be made twice (in 2 weeks difference between two vaccinations) - then you'll
secure yourself and will help all the group to escape troubles!
I think that is all... For your reference and pleasure below I'll attach some maps of the lake!
Don't miss it!!! Join us! Every geographer has to see the Baikal lake at least once in life...
REGISTRATION CALENDAR:
6th of February - start registration
15th of March - registation deadline
22th of March - priority list deadline
27th of March - participants list on activities and forum
15th of April - payment deadline
Regulation of the EGEA Polish Weekend Canoeing Rally 2007 (called PWCR).
1. The aims of the canoeing rally
a) An integration of geographers associated in EGEA
b) Presentation of the beauty of Gwda’s and Rurzyca’s rivers valley landscape
c) Active recreation with fantastic people
2. Organizer
EGEA Poznan
EGEA Torun
3. Rally Command
Commander Stanisław Piotrowski UMK (stanislaw entitiy Torun; stanislav84@wp.pl)
Lifeguard Krzysztof Piotrowski UAM (krzysiek entity Poznan; krzysiek.hkt@wp.pl)
Other people necessary to make the rally safe and efficient will be appointed by Commander.
4. Program of the rally
18.05.2007 Friday
Till 8 p.m. Arrival to the city of Piła and reaching the base camp in 8 Kwidzyńska Street
8 p.m. camp-fire
Overnight stay in tents in the base camp 19.05.2007 Saturday
8 a.m. daparture from Piła to Trzebieszki by bus
10 a.m. beginning of the first stage Trzebieszki-Krępsko (Rurzyca River) 20 km.
6 p.m. arrival to Krepsko, protecting the kayaks, pitching the tents, supper organized individually, camp-fire
Overnight stay in tents in the in Krepsko 20.05.2007 Sunday
9 a.m. taking down the tents and departure of equipment to Piła
10 a.m. beginning of the second stage Krępsko-Piła (Gwda River) 15 km.
5 p.m. arrival to Piła, cleaning the kayaks, putting the equipment in order
6 p.m. the end of Canoeing Rally in City of Piła in 8 Kwidzyńska Street
Hours are given approximately
5. Participation, application, registration
a) Each participant is expected to be an adult, to be able to swim and to be in good fit to canoeing.
b) Number of participants is limited, EGEA members have precedence.
c) Participants take part in the rally at their own responsibility.
d) Registration till 15 March 2007 by email krzysiek.hkt@wp.pl, on Application Form only
till 22th March – contact person from every entities are to send priority list
till 27th March – the organizer will announce the list of people who are qualified to the rally
e) Payment – till 15th April 80 polish zloty ca. 20 Euro – must be paid in bank account announced by organizer. If any
participant doesn’t pay this amount on time he will be cross out from the list. Every participant will get confirmation. After 15 April payment will
not be given back.
6. All participants should take:
a) the will to fight with the nature
b) good mood
c) food
d) tent
e) sleeping bag
f) musical instruments (optional)
7. Organizer provides:
a) accident insurance for the period of the event
b) kayaks, paddles, safety equipment
c) transport of kayaks to the start point
d) transport of people from Piła City to the start point (in Trzebieszki)
e) transport of the equipment to the campsite and back to city of Piła
f) attention of rally command (especially lifeguard)
g) free emergency medical care
h) place on the campsite
i) souvenir (T-shirt)
j) rally sticker
k) water in the river
l) cheerfulness
8. All participants are obliged to:
a) follow regulations of the rally
b) obey all rally command instructions and orders
c) follow safety regulations conveyed by lifeguard and other members of rally command, especially:
i) do not set off from stopovers before the appointed time
ii) do not overtake the rally guide
iii) do not lag behind person closing the rally
iv) stay seated in kayak, not on kayak while canoeing
v) canoe only in properly worn life jacket
d) turn up in canoeing base camp in city of Piła till Saturday (May, 19th)
till 8 a.m.
e) take attention of entrusted equipment (kayaks, paddles, life jackets) and give it back in undamaged condition
f) inform and coordinate with rally command all distancing from the group
g) give first aid to participants who have accident or need first aid
h) not overuse alcohol. Participants in state showing intoxication will not be let canoeing, including exclusion from the rally. It's absolutely not
allowed to drink alcohol on the water.
9. Final provisions
a) Participant will be excluded from the rally when:
i) does not follow regulations of the rally
ii) got drunk or drinks alcohol while canoeing
iii) uses
other intoxicants
b) Participants excluded from the rally lose right to all the services and to refunding of incurred costs.
c) Participants bear financial responsibility for entrusted equipment
d) Rally command do not bear responsibility for participants’ property
e) Rally command on account of participants safety and weather conditions can change, shorten and even cancel individual stages(legs) of the rally
without right to compensation
f) Rally command has right to exclude from participating people who do not obey regulations of the rally and rally command instructions
g) Final interpretation of regulations’ provisions stays within exclusive competence of rally command
Best regards
Stanisław i Krzysztof Piotrowscy Stanislaw & Krzysiek PWCR Commander and lifeguard
GRAPHICAL CONTEST: The PWCR Rally Command invite to take part in graphical logo PWCR contest. The best chosen logo will be presented on T-shirts and
other advertising and informative materials.
Rally Command is the contest jury and jury decisions are not disputable. The first prize is the free of charge participation in the rally
more information: official PWCR forum (2dn post)
EGEA Osnabrueck is Happy to announce that we can invite 20 Egeans to participate at the great Maiwoche in Osnabrueck!
What can i tell about the program? Bands for free, its in the Citycenter and its awesome
So u are all welcome!
Cause of some weeks left please dont be angry that we can only invite people who needs NO Visa or have already Visa for Germany for that period.
Thanks!
The first 20 People who will register (only write a mail that u wanna participate, name, surname, vegetarian status) under:
Above the seemingly endless Panonnian plain, on its southern tip, a single “island” mountain rises: not very high (539m), covered with woods, with
narrow valleys, cut by the rivers and streams heading towards either north or south, a home to many endangered species, dotted with monasteries and
archaeological sites...
Location of Fruska Gora mountain, its specific geological history and different microclimatic conditions made it very interesting and important to
science. Thanks to unique and rich deposits of fossil fauna and flora, this mountain is often called the 'mirror of geological past'.
Fruska Gora National Park is proclaimed in 1960 in order to provide permanent protection of this wonderful mountain and its surroundings, to improve
its natural resources and beauty. The area of active protection covers 25.525 square kilometers and its main characteristic is the existence of
numerous protected, rare and endangered species of both flora and fauna. National Park Fruska Gora is a member of EUROPARC - Federation of Nature and
National Parks of Europe.
Due to its outstanding natural resources, wonderful landscapes, exceptional charm and beauty, that will bring you closer to nature, Fruska Gora is an
ideal place for rest and recreation…and organizing an EGEA seminar in there as well.
TIME: 10th to 14th May
PLACE: mountaineering club “Strazilovo”, Strazilovo picnic area, NP Fruska Gora
LOCATION: Fruska Gora mountain, Srem, Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 45 students*
PARTICIPATION FEE: 50 EUR**
REGISTRATION: 15th of February - 15th of March 2007
*30 participants from abroad + 15 EGEA Novi Sad participants – members of the organizational team
**Participation fee covers accommodation & food expenses (4 nights, full board), a whole day excursion for all participants (Sunday, 14th May),
individual workshops excursions, t-shirts.
During the seminar most of the workshops will be connected with Fruska Gora:
* Fruska Gora - National Park or a traffic-jammed crossroad
* Fruska Gora - The Mirror of Geological Past
* Religious Tourism on Fruska Gora Mountain
* Vojvodina - Multiethnic Region in Serbia
More information you can find on the official web site of Fruska Gora Seminar.
GPS and many other prizes available for the runners-up
The competition will run till the 15th of December 2007.
Shooting a movie can be a very good and fun part of your exchange or seminar programme!
Or team up with media or computing students.
EGEA Novi Sad is currently organizing a pilot project new in EGEA Foundation and for the first time in Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel
Management in Novi Sad. It is EGEA Job Fair (official name is Poslovi u turizmu- Berza mladih strucnjaka u turizmu, meaning Jobs in Tourism- Market of
Young Tourism Experts.
Although EGEA Alumni doesn't has any official members from Novi Sad, there are some Egeans that have already graduated and are less active in EGEA,
but they are still pretty much invovled. As some of the Alumni activities are help with employment, our "Novi Sad Alumni" came to idea to organize
such an event. Most of the students in Serbia don't have a clue what to do after they get their diploma. First step in career is still pretty much
unknown. The goal of the project is to fight unemployment among young experts in such fields like geosciences, tourism and hotel industry. (The reason
why there is such an accent on tourism is because our Department is mostly orientated to tourism geography). The mean for that are lectures divided in
three following days:
11. April
-How to write a CV?
-How to prepare yourself for a job interview?
-How do Human Resources agencies work?
12. April
-Career planning
-Networking
-Selfemployment
13. April
-Presentation of National Employment Service
-Inside Laibour Law
14. April
-Job Fair
Job Fair is the highlight of the project. Students will be given the opportunity to have direct contact with the companies, and companies can pick the
students with best qualities for their vacant jobs. We hope to create a win-win x 2 situation:
1. Students to find a job and to be prepared for the first step in their career
2. Companies to find best young experts for themselves
3. Strong marketing for our department
4. Strong marketing for EGEA
We have support from our profesors that are very excited and optimistis about the whole project (they want to make it an annual event), while the
members of the organization team are a bit reserved. It's a new event for us and EGEA, we organize it for the first time, and after that we will make
an evaluation and give an official report.
AHoi Nederlanders, Servus/Hey Deutsche Leute & hey Belgen!!
The BeNDeluxweekend "Battle of Bastogne 07" is finally coming!! And the beautifull city of Bastogne and its environment will be the place to be, the
battlefield for these three days of Egea-Fun!!!
This region of Bastogne, next to the Belgian-Luxembourg border, is located in the Ardens. It is a region famous for its many activities and
possibilities. The sceneray betrays itself that it is perfectly suited for rafting, bicycle tours, canoeing, speleology and lots more! Next to that,
the Ardens also offer lots of opportunities for interesting excursions in social and physical geography, and besides that, it is famous for its
richness in geological history.
Next to all these tempting facts, Bastogne also played a major role in the 'battle of the Ardens', at the end of world war II. The beautiful village
and its folklore are also worth visiting!!
So, as you can see, lots of possibilities to turn the bendelux weekend a great, adventourous, interesting, attractive and definately not to miss
Egea-Event!!!
The weekend will take place from friday 30th of March untill sunday 2th of April. More details and exact time schedules will be given after
registration!
There will be place for about 55 people of 4 countries (if we hereby would include the non-existing entities of Luxembourg). So yes, we are happy to
say that also German entities are invited!!!May we hereby ask to all entities to send a priority list before the 19th of february!!!!!Based on that we
will try to make a well-balanced participant list combining all nationalities/entities.
Depending on the number of registrations, it is possible that people from other non-BeNDelux EGEA entities will be accepted too. So don't hesitate to
register, but keep in mind that BeNDeLux entities have priority!!!
Registration fee for this event is set on 40 euros, which have to be paid in advance. Please check for more registration and payment details on the
registration page!
Hope to see all of you in Bastogne!!!We are already looking forward to it!!
Egea-Tartu has an announcment to make. We are proud to inform you that we are organizing New Year's Party in Estonia also.
This event takes place between 30.12.2006 and 02.01.2007 in a beautiful part of southern Estonia called Karula. Our programm will lead us to discover
beautiful landscapes of Estonia with an excoursion. You will also have a possibility to try wintersports and estonian sauna...and of course the NEW YEAR'S PARTY in estonian way
We can host 35 Egea people from all around Europe. The participation fee is 35 Euros.
"Quiet villages and gentle, welcoming people may be the words that best describe the Maramureş region, situated in northwestern Romania .
Centuries-old traditions are still alive in the rural areas of Maramureş: in late afternoon, old women sit outside their gates coaxing coarse wool
onto spindles. Many still favour the traditional dress, white flounced blouses and striped woven aprons covering full black skirts, headscarves and
"opinci", a sort of leather ballet slipper from which heavy yarn criss-crosses over thick socks. On Sundays, even little girls wear this garb"
Want to discover this romanian spirit?
Want to get to know a unique part of romania, and indeed, in europe?
Want to have lots of fun?
Want to see lots of interesting sites?
then, come to the Romanian New Year`s Eve in Viseu de Sus
registration will start on the 1st of november and will last till the 20th of november
on the registration day we will post the final price for the event
in the meanwhile take a look at our webpage
Taking place the third time and being a kind of traditional event in the EGEA calendar, we're proud to announce this years X-MAS Special.
To keep the tradition going, we are going to explore the christmas market, one of europes most finest:-), sing christmas songs, celebrat christmas, so
all in all just have a cosy and enjoyable weekend together.
It will take place from 08.12.06-10.12.06 (Friday-Sunday)
Numbers of Participants is limited to 15, registration will open soon.
Costs will be something about 15-20€, we have to calculate them yet, more detailed infos soon to come.
Hey everbody!
This month takes the official geographers party place in Marburg (like every semester)! EGEA Marburg invites all interested EGEAns to join us.
When: 30th of November, 20:00
Where: Department of Geography in Marburg
Entrance: 1 €
Beer Price: 1,50€
LongDrink&VodkaAhoi Price please ask Andrea
When you like to come contact one of the Marburgians you know or write to egea-marburg at web.de or Goldbacb at gmx.de so we can organize the needed
accomodations.
We are looking forward to see you all in Marburg!
EGEA Zagreb invites all surrounding entities to join their Freshmen party in mountain hut on Medvednica near Zagreb on 17th November 2006. We offer
nice band, cheap drinks, traditional baptizing of freshmen and much more... We'll try to host as many people possible, but if there's too many people
interested, it's possible to sleep also in a mountain hut for a price of 60 kuna (bring a sleeping bag)! See you in Zagreb!
On Russian traditional holiday (Day of National Unity) EGEAns from two capitals will meet in the Northern Capital of Russia - St. Petersburg!
The program will include:
- sightseeing
- travelling to Helsinki for one day
- night life overview
- dancing
- intellectual fights
- holiday celebrating!
- etc....!!!
Pictures will follow ))))
October 1st - 8th 2006:
Seminar "Centre vs. Periphery - Obstacle or Challenge"
Egea Koper is organising a seminar to which we have invited 4 other entities - Mytilene, Trier, Warszawa and Tartu. From each entity 8 people will
join during this week and we hope we will have a fruitfull week and also lots of fun.
This forum is opened for all the questions participants might have now, just 10 days, before everything starts. (and we would like to apologize for
not opening it before...)
Every participant should allready received an e-mail with exact programme, if there were some problems in communication, please tell us.
And please when you come do not forget to bring the following things (besides clothes):
- towells
- hiking boots
- clothes for rain and cold
- sun cream
For any questions you can write e-mail or U2U to me or to Nina:
Aleš Oven
offca2@gmail.com, offca
Nina Šik
sik_nina@yahoo.com, ninca
Afterall I would like to announce the dates for the EGEA Alumni weekend 2006. Although the participation in this topic was marginal I hope that we can
still have a nice time at my parents home. Due to the poll and some nice emails the date of this weekend will be from the 1. to the 3. of September.
Just before the AC, so that we can get prepared and have the EGEA feeling just before the big event!!!
The programme would look like:
Friday 1. September
Arrival(4.30 p.m. - midnight)
- get yourself prepared (tents, ...)
5.30 Welcome drinks
6 p.m. First debate section (open end)
Meanwhile Barbecue
Saturday
9 a.m. Breakfast
10 a.m. Second debate section
1 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Third debate section
9 p.m. Dinner
Sunday
9.30 a.m. leaving the beautiful village of Stockum
10 a.m. Brunch in a nice restaurant in Dortmund discussing the results of the weekend.
2 p.m. Sit in at my home in Dortmund discussing the results
4 p.m. departure
I don't know how much time disussing will cost. Therefore I didn'T annouce that much around activities. But there are some possibilities .
You can download the registration form at the forum topic 2679 (link below).
We know that you’ve all been waiting for this, so…after a pretty long period of debates, EGEA Bucharest is proud to announce the first edition of
the Black Sea Seminar
The main goal of the seminar is to get better informed about the Black Sea and the Danube Delta, a unique part of Europe, well known firstly for its
varied flora and fauna.
All these combined with a glimpse of sun and a drop of fun will definitely make your trip to Romania worthwhile.
So hurry up and register! We’ll be expecting you!
Program of the Seminar
Saturday, 5 August
Until 6 pm - Arival of participants
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Dinner
After 9 pm – Welcome party
Sunday, 6 August
8.00 am– 9.00 am: Breakfast
10.00 am-1.00 pm: Ws 1 - General overview of the Black Sea
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm: Lunch
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm: The Black Sea in connections with other European marine systems
6.00 pm – 6.30 pm: Conclusions
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Dinner
9.00 pm: Entity presentations
Monday, 7 August
8.00 am – 9.00 am: Breakfast
10.00 am - 1.00 pm: Ws 2 - The Biosfere Rezervation of Danube Delta
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm: Lunch
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm: Management of protected wet lands in Europe
6.00 pm - 6.30 pm: Concluzions
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Dinner
9.00 pm: Multicultural night
Tuesday, 8 August
8.00 am – 9.00 am: Breakfast
10.00 am -1.00 am: Ws 3 - Problems and solutions in the development and evolution of the Sf. Gheorghe village
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm: Lunch
4.00 pm– 6.00 pm: Problems and solutions in the development and evolution of the Sf. Gheorghe village (follow up)
6.00 pm – 6.30 pm: Concluzions
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Dinner
After 9 pm – DC and party
Wednesday, 9 August
8 00 am– 9.00 am: Breakfast
10.00 am– 6.00 pm: Field trip in the Danube Delta
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Dinner
8.00 pm – 9.00pm: Concluzions of the Seminar
After 9 pm – Night hike on the beach
Thursday, 10 August
6 am: Departure of the participants
Friday, 11 August
One day in Bucharest, special edition – (for the participants who choose to stay in Bucharest one more night)
As the region of Bern was covered by a thick layer of ice during the last glacial maximum, leftovers of glacial erosion are still present in the
landscape. To see those remains and to learn more about glaciers and their power in building landscapes and the variation of climate in time is the
main goal of the ice age seminar.
We organized the ice-age seminar not in the traditional workshop style. There will be teams working on different sub-aspects of glaciers and ice-ages,
but all participants will join the same excursions led by an expert.
For more details have a look at our website (see link above)
We would like to invite environmental sciences students from all Europe to the 1st European Environmental sciences student meeting called EURENSSA
2006 (EURopean ENvironmental Sciences Student Association 2006).
ABOUT EURENSSA
EURENSSSA 2006 is one week open-air meeting of environmental sciences and ecology students from all over Europe which will take place from 17th –
23rd July 2006. It is organized by the Student Association of geology, geography and earth science students in collaboration with the faculty of
Geography and Earth sciences, the University of Latvia.
The idea of EURENSSA is to learn more about the environment and its related subjects during various field trips and lectures held by professors and
experts, to gain on-hand experience during team-work and discussions, to share your experience during presentations and many other events. Another
important aspect of EURENSSA is to get contacts, to get to know each other, and to have a lot of fun, of course! That is why EURENSSA is an excellent
platform for understanding among different nations. Furthermore, every participant may profit from contacts with other countries, for example, when
looking for a traineeship or studies at a university abroad.
The program includes such themes as nature protection and degradation actualities in Latvia, the diversity of the Baltic Sea costal area and
consequent environmental concerns, the modelling of city’s sustainable development, the examples of successful environmental problem solutions and
visits to cultural-historical landscapes and monuments. This is a possibility to apply your unique knowledge in a different environment, to compare
the aspects of environmental sciences in various countries and to get to know the experience in environmental sciences internationally.
The official language at the meeting is English. The participation fee is 60 Euros for participants from EU countries, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland
and 30 Euros for participants who need visa for entering Latvia. You can find more information about EURENSSA 2006 together with the application form
on http://eurenssa.lu.lv.
26. Yassine Mokdad
27. Jacek Raddatz
28. Maddy Schwarz
29. Sunny Neuhauser
30. Christine Wendland
31. Jan Zülshoff
32. David Fliegel
33. Alex Gauß
34. Matthias Stiller
Some places are still left! So come on
During the weekend of the World Cup Final, we will organise a few activities and invite all EGEAns to join in. Events to be organised will be:
EGEA Football Cup, Sightseeing Tours, Stadium visit (if possible), Barbecue, Watching the Final on Big Screen and of course, having party with the
winner on the streets of Berlin.
Everbody interested, just contact us. WE try to provide sleeping places, if we run out, we will give you advices for cheap Hostels, Campiung sites or
other cheap accomedation. NEW Due to the fact that we are almost booked out, we reommend, espacilly bigger groups want to come to check the page http://www.edff.net/en/index.php?p=DB_search_out&search[playloc]=Berlin
Here private peole, clubs and schools offer free or cheap accomedation during all the wordl cup...its insane but Berlin will be full...
Midsummer Party is one of the most important events in Finland. That's why EGEA Helsinki will party like crazy on this wonderful weekend... It would
be great if our EGEA friends from other entities could join us!
The sun doesn't set during the whole night (if there are no clouds, you can even see it!!), its light shines on the lake where you are floating in a
boat, relaxing with your friends, swimming... The smoke sauna is hot, the beer, however, is cold!
There is no official programme but there are many interesting, fun and very Finnish things (like fishing and digging potatoes from the ground...) to
do. It's up to you how you want to spend your days and nights! Everyone will participate in cooking and cleaning, everyone will pay for their own
food and drinks, we'll sleep (if we sleep) in tents and there are no showers. All the travelling costs are for everyone to pay by him/herself but the
accommodation is free!
The party place is in Eastern Finland, which is famous for friendly people and beautiful nature. Midsummer is known for drinking, falling from boats,
burning a bonfire and sun light all day and night long... Who could resist this combination?!
The programme will be something like this:
(All the times are here just to give you an idea of the plans we made.. Anyway, the main idea is just to relax and not to be stressed about the
schedule )
THURSDAY 22.6.
8.00 Departure from Helsinki, road-tripping through Lake Finland, sightseeing
(the driving time from Helsinki to Kuopio without any stops is ~ 4-5 hours)
16.00 Arrival at Kuopio, a dinner
(the driving time from Kuopio to the cottage is ~ 1 hour)
18.00 Arrival at Hiukkastenlahti, the cottage. Accommodation etc.
20.00 Sauna, barbeque - - party, whatever
FRIDAY 23.6.
10.00 Excursion in Savo Region (some geomorphological attractions, monastery of Valamo etc..)
14.00 Back to the cottage, lunch
Building the bonfire, cutting the birches, decoration, preparations for the evening, heating the smoke sauna (takes 5-6 hours)
19.00 Smoke sauna - - party - - games
23.20 Sunset
Lighting the bonfire around midnight (only if there is no forest fire warning given) and some
SATURDAY 24.6.
12.00 Rowing to the rocky islands - - fishing - -swimming etc..
17.00 Motorboat ride around Lake Suvasvesi and to meteorite crater
20.00 Sauna or smoke sauna - - party etc.
Visiting banya in Trakai!!
Nights and days walking in Vilnius.
Tasting Lithuanias cookery and drinks.
On day for Evropas Centras and Evropas Parkas - the real places for every geographer.
We tried to cover every city with a contact person from EGEA, so you know whom to contact to find a bed and to watch the match with, have a beer and a
party after and to keep you in the spirit!!!!!!!!!
(unfortunately it didn't really work out for Hamburg and Stuttgart, but whatever)
Travel tip:
How to get around?
By Train: Trains are efficent, fast and expensive, although the Deutsche Bahn offers as well a few special tickets and you can save money if you book
in advance online and as a bigger group. Still Wochend Ticketsa and the „Ländertickets“ (Valid for one Bundesland) help as well to save money.
They are valid on slow trains for a group of five for a whole day and cost about 30 Euros. More details you will find at www.bahn.de.
By Bus: Beside some conncetion to Berlin, there are not so many inter-city Busroutes. But you can save a lot of money, traveling to Germany by Bus.
Buslines are available to all bigger german cities. Check www.eurolines.com.
By Carsharing: The cheapest and most interestingh way to get around. Its a unique german way to travel. You can either go for a „Mitfahrzentrale“
and ask for registered rides to other cities or visit the homepage www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de or alternatively www.mitfahrzentrale.de . There you can
choose between the cities you want to go and see when, which rides are available, call the driver, arrange a meetingpoint and go cheap to your
destination. Its the bit more „planable“ alternative for hitchhiking, which is usualy as well no problem! If you hitchhike, keep in mind rule no.1
in Germany: Never leave the Autobahn!
By plane: Each Big City has its low budget Airport close by. To travel from abroad its easy, internal cheap flights are limited, but try
www.germanwings.de or www.dba.de. They offer a few.
The Places to play:
Hamburg
Egea contact: Sarah
Matches:
Argentinia – Cote d'Ivoire (10.6.)
Ecuador – Costa Rica (15.6.)
Ukraine – Saudi Arabia (19.6.)
Czech – Italy (22.6.)
Quarter Final (30.6.)
Nearest low cost Airport: Lübeck ( Ryanair, Wizz Air)
Hamburg ( Blue1, dba, easyjet, germanwings, hlx)
During last year our Entity grew significantly with new members who are fulfilled with energy. They brought us a blow of freshness and increasing
number of activities. To mark out our development we would like to organise an event, that will attract Your attention. Inspired by idea of Alps
Seminar we are preparing Tatra Seminar.What is more, this year (2006) we celebrate 125th anniversary of establishing Association of Geographers at
Jagiellonian University (Kolo Geografow Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego).
We are proud to announce that Tatra Seminar will take place from 10-14 May in the heart of polish Tatra mountains – Zakopane. We
can host 50 guests. Seminar fee is set on 60 euro.
Our project is about to show problems connected with Tatra National Park and Euroregion “Tatra” - they are both physical and social.
Workshop's:
1. Euroregion “Tatra”
2. National identity vs. European Union
3. Physical geography of Tatra mountains
4. National Parks
5. Tourism in Tatra vs. highlanders traditions
6. GIS
For more information please check forum thread
Registration is closed now (officially), but as there are several places left we will accept registrations
until we will be out of them
More details about workshops, payment, transportation and everything what's necessary will be published here within few days. Participants will be
also informed by e-mails
This is just a post to see if anyone would be interested in taking part in the exploration of the industrial heritage of Glasgow, with a special focus
on the old, no longer used, railway tunnels under the city.
Who would be interested in participating or organising?
The great thing about glasgow is that market forces play a great role in the development of the city, meaning that much of the infrastructure from the
industrial age can still be found.
By exploring these monuments of Glasgows industrial golden age, we can understand the historical and geographical development of Glasgow, and consider
the impact of this age upon Glasgow and its culture.
Of course, you will have lots of time to sightsee and go shopping, and a trip to a pub or the football can be arranged should any of you so desire.
The dates for this are yet to be confirmed, but i'm thinking about having it at the beginning of April. I hope to organise free accomodation, but,
sadly, no flats here have jacuzzis...
If any of you might be interested in this, or would like further information, then please either get in touch with me, or post a reply.
After the big success of last year's BeNeLux weekend by EGEA Groningen, EGEA Utrecht has decided to organize another one!!
The weekend will take place from Friday 3 february to sunday 5 in Vierhouten, de Paasheuvel, the place where we have been last year (with the nice
wooden huts).
The price will be around €40, inluded accomodation, food, hot chocolate and drinks!!
Please post below if you are interested to come, before wednesday 5 october, so that we can inform the place if we want to be 24 or 56 people .
Many greetings
Evelien and Anouk
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Participant list EGEA BenDeLux-weekend so far:
1 Anouk Adang
2 Evelien Harmsen
3 Mhairi Bell
4 Sara van Boeckhout
5 Seonad Forbes
6 Yassine Mokdad
7 Susan Beveridge
8 Gert Ruepert
9 Floor van de Wateren
10 Alexander Ziogas
11 Kantas Stathis
12 Berrie Pronk
13 Kai Solinski
14 Geert van Woerden
15 Susan Schulz
16 Anna Bienasz
17 Jasper van Gammeren
18 Werner Spronk
19 Joep Westerveld
20 Bernhard Bakker
21 Maartje Beltman
22 Emiel Blok
23 Kye Lie Ho
24 Marije van Huis
25 Wouter Schrier
26 Annalies Teernstra
27 Korrie Melis
28 Simone Zaunbrecher
29 Wenneke Blom
30 Karsten Schacht
31 Maren Gleisberg
32 Rink Kruk
33 Krista Bosman
34 Derek van Berkel
35 Ron Hanisch
36 Geert te Boveldt
37 Ineke de Bock
38 Wojtek Mikolajczyk
39 Anna Broich
40 Dirk Lindemann
41 Bernd Vogelgesang
42 Julia Eyring
43 Klaartje Asselbergs
So, we have at least 13 places left. maybe some Frenchies? more Germans? Belgians, where are you? Dutchies (Amsterdam???)? Write us at egea@geo.uu.nl
and you'll be on the list!!
Egea Glasgow welcomes you to join us on a New Year's party in the Scottish Highlands. Located just three miles from Fort William, we will stay in the
lovely Farr Cottage. Details of this can be found at:
www.farrcottage.com
More details of the program will follow soon, but our fun-packed weekend is sure to include - walking and hiking (on Ben Nevis, or one of the lower
hills if you don't want to aim quite so high!), whisky tasting; a Burns supper and ceilidh (a traditional Scottish party with traditional music and
dancing - always great fun!), karaoke, quizzes, sports, distillery excursion, visiting Old Inverlochy Castle, visiting the Caledonian Canal, gorge
walk along Glen Nevis and much much more!. Fingers crossed for some snow and we can go sledging! New Year (or Hogmanay as we call it here) is a very
special event in Scotland so come and see how we celebrate!
The price of £45 includes food and accommodation, plus a copius amount of drinks for the duration of the stay.
For more information visit the official website: http://www.egea.org.uk
EGEA Glasgow are already looking forward to the party so please come and join us!
If you're interested or want any more information, post here to let us know or email egea@geog.gla.ac.uk
For some time already there has been a lot of enthusiasm in EGEA Zagreb to organise an EGEA event, so we came to the idea to organize a New Year in
Croatia!!!
WHEN? from the 29th of December 2005 till the 3rd of January 2006!
WHERE? the Rudolf Steiner school in a picturesque little town of Daruvar in the western Slavonia
HOW MUCH? 60 euros (6 days and 5 nights included; food; excursions; drinks at the New Year's Eve)
NUMBER OF PLACES? 40 + 10 organization
SOME INFO ABOUT THE PLACES WE ARE GOING TO VISIT?
Daruvar was named the most beautiful little town in 2004 and it's famous for the old castle, city park, spa bath ; tradition of producing wine since the Roman times (2200 years!) + producing beer nowadays ; interesting for the minorities living there (Czech, Hungarian and Serbian) and the
beautiful nature surrounding it!
Other places we are going to visit include the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje with the old castles;
the baroque city of Varazdin, one of the economically most propulsive areas in Croatia;
ethno village Kumrovec with the birthplace of Marshall Tito; and Zagreb - the capital and economical, cultural center of Croatia!
Interested?
The webpage with the complete info and registration forms is http://free-zg.t-com.hr/geofilip/
For all the questions don't hesitate to contact us on the forum or zagrebnyp05@gmail.com!
For the people interested to come to Leuven to join us for the Christmas party, a social programme will be prepared for Thursday 22 December. You
can't visit Belgium without seeing Brussel, so thats what we are planning to do. After arriving around noon, all Christmas party people will be
directed towards their shelter for the night. Afterwards, around 14h, we meet in the STUK-bar in the center of Leuven, to have a small welcome drink.
STUK is an art complex in an old building of the University of Leuven, renovated in a nice modern style since 2000, where culture lovers can find
anything they look for (dance - theather - mucis - musea - movies... )
Afterwards, Belgian railway lines will be checked for the trip to Brussels. As it has to be, christmas tradition will be respected and the christmas
market will be visited!! This market is the largest one in Belgium with wooden stables scattered on various squares, with christmas stuff, artisanal
Belgian products, and delicious food...All this is graced by an ice-skating rink, a huge huge christmas tree, a Ferris wheel, and so on. On the big
market you can find the "Electrabelnights", huge transparent balls of 3 m high which present the Atomium. This will definately warm all of you to head
back to Leuven in the evening to join the Geographers Christmas Party!
Now, what is it all about? Each year Leuven Geographers have an extra-ordinary, out of the universe christmas party, organised by geographer students
in their second year of education. They prepare appetizers, tasty menu's, desserts and afterwards entertain us with a theatrical performance. But
that's not all! The evening ends up in an unpublished party with great music, lots of drinks and many chances for meeting geographer students and
Professors.
For more details, see our website or feel free to contact us!!
it's time for a new party!!! Both Greek and Slovenians are coming to Utrecht, so time to party!!! Wear all BLUE and come to the EGEA party in K'sjot
Utrecht. Entrance is only 2 euro and beer is 1 euro. In case you need a place to stay over for the night send an email to egea@geo.uu.nl or call
+31642085856!!! Hope to see ya!!!
We warmly welcome you to cosy Münster in christmas time for our second X-Mas-Special!
Christmas time (advent) is celebrated here the whole december with numerous special christmas markets, activities and - of course - warming up
drinks.
Because christmas time is also a mysterious time full of secrets we won't give you a detailled program in advance. Just join a cosy weekend in our
winterly town and explore it! But be prepared for:
- Traditional activities
- Melodious singings
- Local food specialities
- X-Mas-drinks
- and many more... *surprise, surprise*
Don't hesitate any more, sign up and let's spend some bright days!
after a longer period of decision-making, vienna was "chosen" to host the participants of this preparatory meeting.
normal organisations have their subsections for younger people. but egea needs a subsection for its older members, who finished their studies and
leave their universities and entities.
the possibilties and how to implement them, will be discussed during that weekend.
maybe we will be able to communicate via internet with those who can´t come. so stay tuned to the egea-site during these days to be able to
contribute sth. to our meeting.
Kiel-Entity (born in March 2005) is looking forward to organize the National weekend.
Suggestions and support from other entities are more than welcome!
Price: 25 euros
14 - 16 July (Thursday - Saturday)
Berezinsky biosphere reserve: excursions and fieldwork
17 July, Sunday
introduction to national Belarusian cuisine
18 July, Monday
Conference "Roads in national perspective"
19 - 20 July (Tuesday - Wednesday)
Ecological route through interesting historical places and unique ecosystems in North-Eastern Belarus.
21 July, Thursday
national dance evening
22 July, Friday
whole-day excursion in Minsk
23 July, Saturday
practicing traditional Belarusian arts
24 July, Sunday
Excursion day: for you to choose visiting either Belarusian Lake District (North of Belarus) or extremists excursion to Chernobyl area
25 July, Monday
great traditional fest, its roots going back to Pagan times
26 July, Tuesday
departure day
IMPORTANT: This schedule can be easily changed according to your wishes and demands. So, any creative ideas are more than welcome. Just tell what
you'd like to experience in Belarus, and we'll do our best to organize it
Participants' list:
1. Milorad Dusan Nenadic
2. Feike Pieter Alewijnse
3. Suzanne Astrid Vijfhuizen
4. Floor Hendrik Van der Wateren
5. Bastiaan Prak
6. Emiel Dopper
7. Anouk Barbara Adang
8. Renske Zengers
9. Evelien Harmsen
10. Thomas van Egmond
11. Pawel Kosicki
12. Yassine Mokdad
13. Marten Varlemann
14. Swantje Heer
15. Jasmin Diers
16. Mathias Hoff
17. Jörn Jacobs
Hi folks,
i´d like to invite a bunch of you to have an interesting beer-excursion through franconia in end of june.
Beerography of Franconia
a 3-Day-Excursion to the Heartland of the German Beer: Franconia!
a region mostly unknown to the people living abroad, often mistaken as a part of Bavaria and that only because Napoleon gave it to the Duke of Bavaria
in 1803, can be seen as the heart of german beerography. Frankonia has the highest density of breweries in the world (1 brewery on ca. 4.500 inhabitants in average). No other region in
Germany nor in the world has as many. About 280 of them are still producing beer, most of them as very small-scale, local manufactories.
Depending on the weather-conditions, getting first impressions of this 1200-year-old town and its four local breweries inside the brewery-pubs or on the
Kellerberg, a wooded area on a hill with 24 beer garden.s
the 70.000 inhabitant medieval town (UNESCO World Heritage) with its 9 local breweries and a brewery museum.
- city tour through the medieval town of bamberg
- visit of the franconian brewery museum
day 3: Brewery-Hiking in the Franconian Switzerland.
In this national park located to east of Bamberg, 71 breweries still exist. Unfortunately we will not be able to vistit them all, but
hopefully will have a pleasant tour through the hilly region with a few refreshing stops.
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Accomodation: Your nest will be situated in an old power plant building, serving now as The Marshall Brainstorm Entertainment GbR Headquaters Matrasses will be organised, so youll have to bring some
covers, sleeping bags and pillows on your own.
Transportation: We will depend on public transportation. This will also be the main part of the costs youll have to face for this trip (beside of your
beers).
More links on the web: http://www.franconiabeerguide.com/ http://www.bierkeller.de/ http://www.brauereimuseum.org/willkommen.html
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how to get there:
by car:
from north: A3 Franfurt-Nürnberg, get off at Höchstadt-Ost on the B470 to Forchheim.
from south: A3 To Kreuz Erlangen/Fürth, get on A73 to "Bamberg", get off at "Forchheim-Süd" and follow signs to "Bayreuth"
by train:
depending on the connections, you might have to change trains in Nürnberg, Fürth or Bamberg to come to Forchheim.
REGISTRATION is open till 01.06.05. to register, click HERE
PARTICIPANTS LIST (provisional)
1. Christoph Schäfer, Trier
2. Wolfram Wolle Auer, Trier
3. Ray Krohm, Münster
4. Willem de Joode, everywhere in the same moment
5. Bart-Jaap Verbeek, Utrecht
6. Dirk Pardoel, Utrecht
7.
On the 30st of April, All the Dutchies celebrate Queensday. We start the 29th in Utrecht (Queen's night) with drinking and stop on the 1st of may in
the morning. Join us!
EGEA Bonn is organising the first EGEA Party in Bonn to make EGEA more popular and gather some new members!
We would be glad to welcome more EGEAns from other entities to join us and party with us! Everybody who is interested, please contact Claudia (U2U or
E-Mail) and we'll try to find sleeping places for you!
We already have the confirmation of 13 Special Guests from Trier and St. Petersburg!! Looking forward meeting you!
*EGEA Glasgow is happy to present more information about the first ever EGEA Islands Weekend!!!*
The weekend will take place from Friday 11th March until Sunday 13th March 2005 in the lovely town of Moffat in the beautiful Scottish Borders
region.
We'll stay at the Well Road Centre (http://www.dalbeattie.com/moffat/wellroadcentre) which is a lovely big house that we get all to ourselves and has loads of
space and possibilities to do great activities!!!
The weekend has several aims:
-to get more Glasgow University students involved in EGEA and to ensure the survival of EGEA Glasgow (the rest of us are getting old and will have to
retire soon...)
-to help get more students involved from the recently-established entities of Belfast and Newcastle
-to get some other Scottish universities involved in EGEA
-and of course to show Scotland to EGEAns from the rest of Europe!!!
During the weekend we will explore Moffat and go some walks in the beautiful surrounding countryside, play games, practise our Scottish country
dancing at a traditional ceilidh (and hopefully the Irish equivalent!), and take part in other traditional Scottish, English and Irish activities (not
sure about Welsh yet!)!! We also plan to have some 'What is EGEA?' events for new participants.
The weekend will cost £35, for accommodation, food, activities, and lots of alcohol as well ... Moffat is about 1.5hrs south of Glasgow by bus - more
info later...
So! - who would like to come to Scotland??!! We can take at least 15 EGEAns from elsewhere in Europe...
So, please start promoting the EGEA Islands Weekend at your entity meetings and university!! More soon!
jeeeeh! party in Utrecht! everybody is invited to join us. put on your most colourful outfit and come to the K'sjot in Utrecht. the party is organised
by egea utrecht and storm! the party starts at 22.00. beer 1 euro!!
see you there!?!
On behalf of EGEA Glasgow I'd like to invite any interested EGEAns to the University of Glasgow Jogsok (geography society) annual Burns Supper and
Ceilidh.
It basically involves a big traditional Scottish meal with speeches about Rabbie Burns' life, followed by a party with traditional Scottish music and
dancing.
We've been running the event for several years, and it's always lots of fun. This year we hope to hold the event on 26th January, the day after Burns'
Night.
We want to invite EGEAns to celebrate this event with us, and hope to host 10-15 people , but possibly more if demand is high.
If you want to come a few days earlier and stay a few days later we can organise a short program of trips around Scotland and take you to some
lectures at our university.
Of course there's always opportunities for other parties too... So if you're interested in visiting us in Glasgow in January, post your name and
entity here as soon as possible! Looking forward to hearing from you...
A tour here which should interest those of you who are visiting Glasgow for the Religious weekend and/or The Scottish Party. On Saturday 22nd there
will be whisky tasting and talk followed by a tour of Glasgows many famous whisky bars!!!!! Sounds like a good night to me!
This is just a general post to see if anyone would be interested in taking part in a weekend long visit to some of the important religious sites in
Scotland, to find out about the historical and geographical development of religion in the country, and consider the impact of the church upon
Scottish culture. Since the history of the church in Scotland is so pivotal to the country's history in general, this may equally be of interest to
those with a broader interest in Scotland, beyond the immediate focus on churches.
The plan would be to split this into two parts. First, we would look at the story of the church in Glasgow - a city both shaped and often identified
by its ecclesiastical history. This would take the form of a walking tour through the city on the Saturday morning, going from the original heart of
the town to the newer West End, tracing the historical and geographical development of religion in the city, and stopping for a while to hear about
and have a look inside some of the old churches. There would also be a chance to visit the museum of religious life, which contains Salvadore Dali's
famous painting of the crucifixion of Christ.
The next day we would travel to Edinburgh and do a similar kind of thing, but concentrate this time upon religious sites that are nationally
significant, and places that have been used in literature to encapsulate the Scottish religious experience.
Of course, you will have lots of time to sightsee and go shopping, and a trip to a church service or the football (both being the main religions
here!) can be arranged should any of you so desire. The dates for this are yet to be confirmed, but we're thinking about having it at the end of
January to fit in with our Geography Society's Burns' Night ceilidh. There is free accomodation available too but, sadly, most flats here don't have
jacuzzis...
If any of you might be interested in this, or would like further information, then please either get in touch with me, or post a reply.
It's time for party!
We invite our friends from Utrecht to start 2005 good with a amazing party in Groningen. We will show you the best spots in the only city in The
Netherlands without closing times for clubs.
what are we going to do?
- hiking!
- going to the local pub; Clachaig Inn http://www.clachaig.com
(the local pub has a lot of activities, like like, local, scottisch music, and ofcourse, on new years night, CEILIDH dancing!)
- indoor ice/rock/wall climbing
- horse riding (thea will def. be going if the snow is not too bad!!!)
- skiing and snowboarding
- boat trips on the lake
so, if you want to celebrate with us, please reply here!
Hereby EGEA Uppsala announce that we will happily invite you for a New Year party 30 Dec-2 Jan.
So, now that was said! These are the settings: a little cosy red cottage just outside Uppsala stands there waiting for us. It has no electricity nor
running water inside, but a lovely wood-heated stove, sparkling gas lights and beds for about 25 people.
The program is preliminar, but will most likely include sauna sweating, city guiding/games, and sliding in the snow. And some consumption of delicious
food, soft and not-so-soft drinks, and friendship.
So, what are you waiting for? Go check out our homepage and read all the details!
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, laughing, award ceremony more
singing and drinking 
and laughing not at least, before the band starts to play
the songs of our youth and we dance our feet off! Woohoo! (Geir Globus' in the House tonight!!!)
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