Institutional Visits III KAM, Bratislava 4th to 8th September 2013.

Institutional Visits

III KAM, Bratislava 4th to 8th September

2013

The European Law Students’ Association

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What is a Institutional Visit?

Institutional Visits are visits to

- governmental or non – governmental organisations

- public administrations- private institutions- universities or other higher

education institutions

where the main purpose of the event is the visit itself.




Types:

National Intenrational

International – to the … in a foreign country

National - to the… in the country of the organising group.




Why do we do it:

insight into the functioning of governmental or non – governmental organisations, public administrations, private institutions, universities or other higher education institutions.

opportunity for law students and young lawyers to receive direct information about governmental or non – governmental organisations, public administrations, private institutions, universities or other higher education institutions which will contribute to their legal education.




Responsibilities of the Organising Groups

• inform ELSA International • Event Specification Form • Evaluation Form

Responsibilities of the of the National Groups • Provide with knowledge• ESF• Evaluations – 2 week after the event • Ensure respect of the regulations




Regulations

Institutional Relations Regulations under BEE part of Decisions Book




Regulations

Institutional relations: relations with governmental or non-governmental organisations, public administrations, private institutions, universities or other higher education institutions.

Approach to the National institutions:- Permission of the respective national

group- Answer in 2 weeks

Approach to International institutions: - Before contacting approach IB (VP S&C)- 2 week answer- EI assist in contact




Tools:• SV Handbook• ELSA CoE Guidelines• Assistent for IV in IB• S&C mailing list• NG or LG in country you go to




Task list:

• Organising Committee (OC)• Institution• Travel plan• Promotion• Accommodation• Fundraising• Academic Programme• Participants• Logistics (transportation, meals…)• Budget / Bookkeeping• Social Programme




Where to go? (Europe or beyond…?)

• Travel connections

• ELSA’s special status and cooperation: • Council of Europe (Strasbourg), United

Nations (Geneva, Vienna), WIPO (Geneva), INTA (Brussels)

• Theme of the Institutional Visit• Human Rights: EU Fundamental Rights

Agency (Vienna), International Criminal Court (The Hague), International Red Cross (Geneva) etc

• EU institutions (Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg)

• ELSA House (Brussels)• Studies Abroad Opportunities (EU Studies

Fair, Brussels)• Embassies and representations• National institutions

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Organising an Institutional Visit to Brusseles

EU institutions: Parliament Commision Economic and Social Committee Commitee of Regions Centre for Parliamentary Research & Documentation Councile of EU EU Study Fair- Studies Abroad pportunities

- NATO - INTA - ELSA’s special cooperation- ELSA House- Council of Europe

- Law firms - Embassies and representations - National institutions- sightseeing




Summary! • Send the request for visits at least two months before the visit!

• Contact ELSA International before sending a request to the institutions!

• The event fees do not apply for Institutional Visits

• Institutional Visit Evaluation Form to ELSA International

Institutional Visits III KAM, Bratislava 4th to 8th September 2013.

Documents

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