| | | Bulletin no. 32 - July 11th, 2001
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Success in the Transylvania Community College
New volunteer at the ACC Office
Be yourself our next volunteer
New address and phone number
Visit our office
Jeppe Linnet in Budapest
"Kurs Europa" in Kassel
Conference Youth for Tolerance in Berlin
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Success in the Transylvania Community College
The ACC got an enormous success during its last activity in Transylvania (Romania). Thanks to the effort of our local members Agota Illyes and Barna Kovacs, who made a fantastic work organizing the course and coordinating the participants (Szusza, Orsi, Robi, Endre,…), and other members and friends of the ACC in Romania, the Transylvania Community College has been a great impulse for our Association. The 50 young European participants from about 22 European states were very satisfied and spent some unforgettable days in the city of Székelyudvarhely/Odorheiu Secuiesc/Oderhellen. The aim of the course- to stimulate a common European debate on questions and political problems shared by the Europeans- has been achieved and the participants have now a better knowledge of the political and social situation in Transylvania, especially about the situation of the minorities and the perspective of the EU enlargement. The ACC has received a great impulse with the success of this initiative. The organizers got the attention of the media in Hungary and Romania, and the activity had an important coverage, that for us means a better promotion of our activities all over Europe. But even better than the promotion are the ideas for new activities and initiatives that the participants have suggested and that we are going to support. And now, we are bigger. We get some new members. By the moment, we are 156.
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New volunteer at the ACC Office
Since the first of July, we have a new volunteer working in our office in Aabenraa. His name is Ruben Marcos, he is from Spain, and is going to help you with all the questions or ideas you want to send to the ACC. He is the first volunteer we have following the EVS (European Voluntary Service) initiative of the European Union, support that makes possible a very good arrangement for both the ACC and the volunteer. Ruben is going to stay here during six months, until the end of December, and during this time, he will be in charge of some administrative tasks and formalities that could make easier the work of the rest of the board, and he will also help you to solve all your doubts, problems or questions about the ACC. You can contact him directly writing to the address ruben@acc.eu.org, or just using the office one: office@acc.eu.org
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Be yourself our next voluntary
The work of Ruben Marcos at the ACC office will finish on December and, after that period, we are open to receive another volunteers. Would you like to be the next one? If you are interested, let us explain you something about the EVS, the European Voluntary Service of the European Union. The idea of the European institutions is to allow young people work for NGO's in other countries. To achieve this target, the EU supports the associations and the volunteers who want to make that social work for those organizations who would like to receive somebody, so the conditions for the NGO´s and the volunteers are very good. Most of the expenses of the volunteers during their stay at the chosen country, including for example the travel costs and the board and lodging, are paid and, for those that are not covered, the association gives them some pocket money for their personal expenses. The only condition is to be under 25 and to feel motivated for the work. In the case of the ACC, our agreement with Højskole Østersøen, Aabenraa, Denmark, allow us to offer our possible volunteers board and lodging in the school, where our main office is -those who have been at Højskolen Østersøen know already how good are the conditions there -and a friendly work environment. It´s not so easy to explain the EVS in a newsletter like this one so, if you are interested, please ask us for more information the soonest as possible because there are some formalities and applications that should be solved much time before the beginning of the work. The EVS is not a program just reserved for the countries members of the EU, so the country where you are leaving is not a problem to come and work with us.
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New phone number
The ACC has now a new phone number for the office in Aabenraa. If you need to contact us you just have to dial the number + 45 73 63 00 43. The old mobile number, +45 2425 3068, is still working and goes usually to John.
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Visit our office
We remember our members and friends that they are very welcome to visit our central office in Denmark, especially if you want to use the time drafting a new project. We know, that many initiatives are coming up, so don't hesitate.
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Jeppe Linnet in Budapest
Our member Jeppe Linnet has been selected to participate in the Training Seminar for Young Social Scientists to be held at the European Youth Centre Budapest from 4 to 9 September 2001. As a Social Anthropology expert, he is going to receive some useful information about the fields he is working, and represent the ACC in more one activity supported by the Council of Europe. At the seminar, he will present the other participants the results of their study NGO activism among young urban pro-EU Latvians as their way of handling new opportunities, based on recent fieldwork in Riga.
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"Kurs Europa" Kassel
We are happy to say that three of our members, Daniel Zuchowski from Poland, Larissa Kus from Estonia and Monica-Anamaria Zarna from Romania have been accepted to participate in the "Kurs Europa" in the German city of Kassel. More members have been put on the waiting list, since they are from countries with too many applicants.
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Conference Youth for Tolerance in Berlin - Oct 2001
From the Council of Europe, we have received the application form to participate in the Conference Youth for Tolerance that will be held in Berlin on October. The main goal of the meeting, where are going to assist around 100 people from all around Europe working against xenophobia, is to contribute substantially to the efforts made on a European level to combat racism and xenophobia - and this namely through the active participation of young people that are involved in Anti-racism projects. Politicians as Commissioner Viviane Reding as well as German Youth Minister Christine Bergmann will be present at the conference, and the results of the meeting will be reported to the Council of Ministers on the 29 November 2001. If you are interested in take part of this event, please, ask us for information and the application forms. Be hurry! The deadline for the applications is the 31st of July.
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Calendar
24/6 Jesper Nielsen speaking at Rødekro Ungdomsskole about "ACC in between national and European Identities".
24/6-8/7 Transylvania Community College (Romania) plus massive media coverage both in Hungary and Romania.
26/6 Meeting of the Italian ACC committee.
7-8/7 Dainis/Linda at Rite to talk about creating an NGO
11/7 Agota Illyes and Barna Kovacs presenting the ACC and the experience of TCC for the Hungarian sat channel Danube TV
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Wishing a pleasant summer for everyone,
ACC International programme office
Flensborgvej 48, A6
DK-6200 Aabenraa
www.acc.eu.org
office@acc.eu.org / ruben@acc.eu.org
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