AEGEE members:

AEGEE members:

• 21,1% study Economics• 5,76% study Political Sciences

• 43% members are active (2008)

AEGEE numbers

None/Local events 63Active Citizenship 57Cultural Exchange 121Higher Education 42Peace & Stability 17

300

Events 2008 by field of Actions

AEGEE comments

• AEGEE is a forum: we must discuss!• Our members study economic related

topics

• AEGEE as an activist organisation rather than somekind of exchange-network

1+1+1+1= new project

+ “in case of you haven’t notice, there is a problem in economy”

+ Most of members study Economics

+ We need Active Citizenship events

+ We need discussions and RESULTS

The discussions (I)

• Ecological footprint• Costs-Benefits of environmental policies• Renewable obligations• Real costs of renewable energies• Climate change & business opportunuties• Economic Geography

The discussions (II)

Ecological footprint

The world’s premier measure of humanity’s demand on nature. Itmeasures how much land and water area a human population requiresto produce the resource it consumes and to absorb its wastes, usingprevailing technology.

Costs-Benefits of environmental policiesThose policies have a cost. Cost of missing opportunities, missingbusiness and low spectrum of action.

The discussions (III)

Renewable obligations

Kyoto protocol & 20-20-20.. Are these political agreements worhless or not? What’s their impact? Whats their role?

Real costs of renewable energies

Is Environment a major priority? Relation between Environmental crisis and Economical crisis

The discussions (IV)

Climate change & business opportunuties

On practical level

Economic Geography

A matter of urbanization. Does it reverse? Contribution of reverse urbanization on climate change

Methods (I)

Methods (II)

Antenna 1Discussion 1

Antenna 2Discussion 2

Antenna 3Discussion3

Methods (III)• Antenna 1• Discussion 1

• Antenna 2• Discussion 2

• Antenna 3• Discussion3

• Antenna 1• Discussion 1

• Antenna 2• Discussion 2

• Antenna 3• Discussion3

• Antenna 1• Discussion 1

• Antenna 2• Discussion 2

• Antenna 3• Discussion3

• Antenna 1• Discussion 1

• Antenna 2• Discussion 2

• Antenna 3• Discussion3

Results

1. Be a forum for discussions2. Extract common european opinions out

of different approaches on the same issue

3. Analise different cultural approaches on the same topic

4. Lead the student’s discussions on these issues

1+1 again

+ AEGEE is the Key to Europe+ Economics is the Key to understand the

world

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