Post on 29-Dec-2015
What is ESN
It’s one of the biggest students no-profit organization in Europe. Founded in 1989 .• In conjunction with the return of the first Erasmus students.
Objective: to support and to develop exchange between students, and to offer an intercultural experience . • Also for the students that don’t have the possibility to live
an experience abroad (“internationalization at home”).
Main principle: Student helping student.
What is ESN /2
More than 12.000 volunteers .425 local sections (University-based). ESN exists in 35 different European countries.Helps over 160.000 students per year .All ESNers are volunteers.Annual growth rate: 12.3 %
ESN tasks – Before the Erasmus
In Pavia: Info Market. • Informative booths where former Erasmus students /
actual foreign students in Erasmus gives all the info about the city where they have been Erasmus / where they come from, in order to help the Italian students that will go on Erasmus!
In the city that will be your destination.• You can contact the ESN section of the city that will be
the destination of your Erasmus: you will surely find important information that will help you !
ESN tasks – During the Erasmus
Improve the social integration of the exchange students: integration both between Erasmus students, and between them and the local community.Organize any kind of activity: buddy / tutor system, Welcome / orientation week, language exchange project (Tandem), cultural and social activities, trips, events.Help to overcome the difficulties that can be faced during the mobility period.
ESN tasks – After the Erasmus
Help to fight the post Erasmus syndrome.Let you live a multicultural experience in your own city.Welcome who comes back from Erasmus: we need new volunteers!
Local Projects
Info Point e Welcome MonthWelcome DayInfo MarketTandemTheme party (San Nicola, Eurodinner)Cultural activities (Find Me!, Green Tour, Cineforum)Trip for the promotion of the local areaTrip for the promotion of the national territory
National and International Projects
Social ErasmusErasmus in SchoolESN Italy GuidePRIME (Problem of Recognition In Making Erasmus)ExchangeAbilityEduk8History Book
Contacts
Web site: • ST.E.P. ESN Pavia: www.esnpavia.org• ESN Italia: www.esn.it• ESN International: www.esn.org
E-mail: pavia@esn.it