Millenium Development Goals and Refugees

Just to keep in mind....

At the Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000, the largest gathering of world leaders in history, heads of states and governments adopted the UN Millennium Declaration. This committed their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and also set out a series of targets, all with a deadline of 2015, that have become known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) report on living conditions of people of concern. On behalf of UNHCR, the (NIDI) investigated the MDG-related living conditions of

• refugees in Armenia
• refugees in Pakistan
• asylum-seekers in Ecuador
• internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka

Comparative summary report: The living conditions of refugees in Armenia and Pakistan, asylum seekers in Ecuador and internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka

HSRC report on refugees and urban asylum seekers in South Africa

The Human Sciences Research Council, in Pretoria (South Africa), undertook a desk study for the UNHCR on refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa. This study compares the well being of such persons with comparable groups in South Africa based on the UNHCR Standards and Indicators Report and the UN Millennium Development Indicators.


Resource: UNHCR offical Wev Page...

Lisbon Strategy - Press Release of Youth Forum

LISBON STRATEGY NEEDS TO STRENGTHEN COHESION IN ORDER TO WORK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE


Following the European Council meeting of 13—14 March, the European Youth Forum (YFJ) welcomes the emphasis European Heads of State and Government have put on the need to give continued attention to youth and employment in the context of the implementation of the European Youth Pact, as well as on the need to strengthen the social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy.

"EU Member States need to work more on the cohesion and inclusion of young people in order to ensure that all — and not only a privileged few — can profit from 'more and better jobs'," states Bettina Schwarzmayr, President of the European Youth Forum. The Heads of State highlighted that the renewed Social Agenda, which should strengthen the social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy, should cover such issues as youth, education, migration, demography and intercultural dialogue. The European Council called on Member States to implement the common principles on flexicurity, with due regard to intergenerational solidarity and with continued attention to tackling youth unemployment and implementing the European Youth Pact. When implementing the common principles on flexicurity, and in the framework of the flexicurity missions to Member States, the YFJ calls on the European Commission, EU governments, and the social partners, to meet with National Youth Councils in order to establish a genuine dialogue on integrating young people into the labour market. "It is good to hear European leaders repeat their call for a strengthened social dimension in the Lisbon Strategy," stated Schwarzmayr, "however, to achieve this, cohesion will need to become a focus of the strategy. Moreover, there is a need for more cross-sector cooperation between policy makers and the involvement of all stakeholders, including youth organisations."

Our Webpage!!!

If you still didn't check OUR PROJECT'S WEBPAGE???

You should... :)

Special Thanks to William...

Here WE are...

We are;

• Maisa Mohamed Abd El Magid Nasr
• Dina Samy Ibrahim Mahmoud EL Maayrgy
• Elad Aron
• Daniel Shweitzer
• Hazem Abo-youness
• Iyad Al shihabi
• Judith Zijstra
• Tjerk Destombes
• Joanna Danilewicz
• Senem Gungor
• Maarja-Liisa Kärp
• Anna Szramkowska
• Ceren Gergeroglu
• Serhan Karatas

ready to go! :)

Why "migration"? Why "Destination Europe?"

Hello everyone! It's so soon that our event will be realized, before packing our motivations, ideas, enthusiasm, and backpacks, I wanted to share my analysis about migration :) So we will try to adopt ourselves slowly to our theme and increase our (already high) motivation...

Because for me:

Migration is human-being.
Migration is human rights.
Migration is culture.
Migration is mediation.
Migration is integration.
Migration is cultural exchange.
Migration is citizen.
Migration is mobility.
Migration is being active citizen.
Migration is democracy.
Migration is peace.
Migration is network.
Migration is “other”.
Migration is tolerance.
Migration is “cross-border”
Migration is borderless.
Migration is universal.
Migration is globalization.
Migration is European, National, Regional…
Migration is policy.
Migration is being politic.
Migration is equality.
Migration is being active.
Migration is activity.
Migration is activism.
Migration is open.
Migration is YOUth.
Migration is today.
Migration is tomorrow.

Migration takes courage…

And a quotation...

“As times goes by the continent is also experiencing an enlargement of what it means to be European. I look forward to day when Europe rejoices as much in diversity within States as it does in diversity between them” Kofi Annan...

Malta Inmigration Photo Galery

Malta is struggling to deal with the immigration influx from Africa to Europe. Photos from Jonathan Miller also tells about their stroies with their faces...

You can also check more photos through his photo galery.

Help Us!

Help to enlarge the impact of our project!

Contact your local media!!

Would you like to share your experiences during the study visit with a larger public?
Then contact local media in your country/city: like tv, radio, magazines, newspapers, and preferably those focused on young people or European issues.

Tell them about the aims of the project and ask them if they would be interested in a report!
For example:
-you can write an article, or we write it for you if you dont think you have good writing skills ;-) and then you can adjust and translate it
-you can ask if they want to interview you about the study visit afterwards, etc

It is better to contact a medium before the study trip than afterwards, so please start today!

For any questions, please write to me at judithzijlstra@hotmail.com

Sincerely,
and see you in Malta!!!

Judith Zijlstra
Project Manager Destination Europe

Who We Are?

What is AEGEE?

AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe) is a student organisation that promotes co-operation, communication and integration amongst young people in Europe. As a non-governmental, politically independent and non-profit organisation AEGEE is open to students from all faculties and disciplines.

AEGEE, which was founded in 1985 in Paris, puts the idea of a borderless Europe into practice. A widely spread student network of 15.000 members in 240 local branches provides the ideal platform where young people can work together, free from any national way of thinking. AEGEE brings together youth workers and young volunteers from 40 European countries with activities such as conferences, seminars, exchanges, training courses, Summer Universities, case study trips and Working Group meetings. By encouraging travel and mobility, stimulating discussion and organising common projects AEGEE attempts to overcome national, cultural and ethnic divisions and to create a vision of young people’s Europe.

AEGEE’s main fields of actions are Peace & Stability, Active Citizenship, Cultural Exchange and Higher Education.

AEGEE does not consider any national organisation level, and relies solely on the local branches and a European level that consists of Working Groups, commissions and the European Board of Directors. AEGEE has participatory status in the activities of the Council of Europe, consultative status at the United Nations, operational status at UNESCO and is at the same time a member of the European Youth Forum.


Our Project Team?

Judtih Zijlstra -Project Coordinator- AEGEE -Utrecht

Ceren Gergeroglu -Content Manager- AEGEE-Ankara

Anna Szramkowska -External Relations- AEGEE-Torun

Maarja Lisa Karp -Program Manager- AEGEE- Tartu

Antonella Bonavia - Local Coordinator - AEGEE- Valletta

Paul Fenech - Treasurer- AEGEE- Valletta

William Bellia - IT Responsible - AEGEE-Valletta





Our Partners?

Sustaible Development Asociation - Egypt
Minorities of Israel - Israel
Association des Jeunes Mediterranées pour les Échanges culturels - Tunisia
AEGEE- Human Rights Working Group - Turkey
AEGEE-Izmir - Turkey
AEGEE-Ankara - Turkey
ACOGE - Spain
Youth for Exchange and understanding, Cyprus - Cyprus
AEGEE-Nijmegen - Netherlands
AEGEE-Europe - Belgium
MEDAC Alumni Association (support) - Malta
AEGEE-Valletta (support) - Malta
AEGEE-Utrecht (facilitator) - Netherlands
AEGEE-Torun (facilitator) - Poland
AEGEE-Tartu (facilitator) - Estonia

Book your ticket! We booked your place!

Our project will be realized so soon! Organizers ( Dearest AEGEE-Valletta) and our team is getting more and more excited every single day!

Get ready, stay tuned!

Our destination is Europe, our destination is YoU, Our destination is US!