Working Groups

    The Working Groups (WG) are groups of AEGEE-members who are particularly interested in discussing about certain issues and organize events (conferences, workshops..) about those topics. The members of the WGs elect the board-members - a Speaker, a Treasurer and a Secretary. Often this happens online.

    In AEGEE we have 3 types of WGs: AEGEE, Supporting and Thematic Working Groups.

    The particularity of the AEGEE-WGs: is that they are registered as associations, have their own statutes and delegates at the Agora and consequently voting rights.
They are:
• The Academy, also called Human Resources WG since their task is to motivate and provide training for AEGEE members. They organize internal education events giving more specific focus to the particular topic in question like in the European Scholl (ES), PR European School (PRES), Fund-Raising European School (FRES), and IT European School (ITES). Prospective trainers for such courses are given the necessary preparation in ’Training for Trainers’ (TFT) . If you wish to become really active in AEGEE and organize many great events, you should check out the calendar of events for Internal Education events, especially European Schools.
• The Education WG topic is Higher Education and its development. They promote the exchange programs and spread information about them.

• Cultural WG  - the name says all! They organize and support cultural events (like the Performing Arts Summer School) and collaborate with the projects which enhance cultural understanding and diversity (like the Euro Islam and Find Europe project).
• Human Rights WG - Its topics cover Balkan matters, visa issues, immigration, crimes against humanity and more. They often organize conferences.
• International Politics WG - people sharing passion for international politics! Celebrations for the EU Enlargement, conferences about European Identity, diplomatic seminars... a very active WG!

    Thematic WGs. are a kind of platform for discussion and knowledge on a specific topic. They are:
• Dance WG (DWG) - discovering the roots and traditions of other cultures by dancing.. DWG organizes events with dance workshops, dance exhibitions. The motto of this WG is "shake it!"
• East West WG - they support the development of AEGEE-locals in Central and Eastern Europe and their integration with the ones from Western Europe. Meanwhile AEGEE expanded to the Caucasus - not bad if we consider that 15 years ago it didn't exist in Eastern Europe..

       Supporting WGs: they support the CD and the locals in a specific task.
• Bobigosa is the WG with the most curious name coming from BOrgonobili di BIbiano di GOdena di SAnt’Urbano. A neverplace for us, our own little town where people with common ideals meet for elaborating new and useful proposals, and spread their own visions of what AEGEE should be but it is not. Irony and sarcasm are used as main tools and please: smile before entrance.
• Public Relations WG - they support the CD and the Network in PR activities and work to improve the image and visibility of AEGEE.

• Information Technology WG Of course they manage the IT infrastructure of AEGEE (databases, servers etc) and deal with IT related topics. They have an own IE event which is the IT European School.
• Visa Freedom Fighters - they are a group who strive for the abolition obstacles for persons' mobility in Europe. If a local organizes an event, they have to care about the visas of participants who need it. Did you ever ask yourself how to ask for a visa (and obtain it)? Just read the online-visa booklet on http://web.aegee.org/visabooklet , published by the VFF.

Did you find YOUR WG?

Then... go to www.aegee.org/wg and get registered to your favourite WGs! Just login with your aegee-ID then click on the WG and "JOIN".

The WGs have their own mailing list