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European Students' Union
Institutionsee member list
LocationMundo-Madou. Avenue des Arts 7/8, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
Established1982
PresidentIris Kimizoglu
Vice presidentsLana Par, Arno Schrooyen
Members44 (40 Countries)
AffiliationsEuropean Youth Forum
Executive Committeesee executive committee
Websitehttp://www.esu-online.org/
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The European Students' Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 44 national unions of students from 40 countries, representing almost 20 million students.[1][2] A consultative member of the Bologna Process, ESU is also a full member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ).[3]

History

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On 17 October 1982, seven National Unions of Students (NUSes) from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Iceland, France, Denmark, Norway and Austria established the Western European Students Information Bureau (WESIB) at a gathering in Stockholm.[4] In February 1990, WESIB dropped the "W" to become the European Student Information Bureau (ESIB) following the political upheaval in Europe at the time. In 1992 the name was changed yet again into the National Union of Students in Europe. This reflected the recognition of the changing mission of ESIB from being a pure information-sharing organisation into a political organisation that represented the views of students in European institutions. In May 2007, the current name, European Students' Union (ESU), was introduced.

Over the years, the office of ESU has moved around Europe and was first hosted by the member NUSes. Following the establishment of WESIB in Stockholm, the office was based in the SFS Office in Sweden from 1982 until 1985, funded by a grant by the Swedish Government. By 1985 the grant was running low, and so NUS UK offered to host WESIB in their London headquarters. In 1988 the office moved to the ÖH offices in Vienna and remained there until 2000 when it was decided that for reasons of being near the European institutions, the office should move to Brussels and was hosted by VVS.

Structures

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The highest ESU structure is the Board Meeting, bringing together representatives from all the National Unions of Students it represents. The Board Meeting sets the organisation's policy direction and elects members to the executive committee to run the organisation.

Executive committee

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The executive committee (EC) is elected for a one-year term at the annual Board Meeting by representatives of the member organisations, with each country (not organisation) given two votes. The president and vice-presidents together make up the presidency of ESU, and are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organisation along with the seven general members of the EC.[5]

Title Name Country
Presidency President Iris Kimizoglu  Germany
Vice Presidents Lana Par  Croatia
Arno Schrooyen  Belgium
Executive Committee Duarte Lopes  Portugal
Jens Bartnes  Norway
Lauren Pray  Czech Republic
Levente Varga  Hungary
Lisa Schivalocchi  Italy
Tamara Ciobanu  Romania
Nora Angelova  Bulgaria

Member organisations

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Country English Name Local Name ESU Abbrev.[nb 1]
 Armenia Armenian National Students Association Հայ ուսանողական ազգային ասոցիացիա ANSA
 Austria Austrian Students' Association Österreichische Hochschüler_innenschaft ÖH
 Belarus Belarusian Students' Association Задзіночанне Беларускіх Студэнтаў BSA
Brotherhood of Organizers of Student Self-Government БОСС BOSS
 Belgium Federation of French-speaking Students Fédération Des Etudiants Francophones FEF
Flemish Union of Students Vlaamse Vereniging van Studenten VVS
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Students' Union Republic of Srpska Unija studenata Republike Srpske SURS
 Bulgaria National Assembly of Student's Councils in the Republic of Bulgaria Национално представителство на студентските съвети в Република България NASC
 Croatia Croatian Students' Council Hrvatski Studentski Zbor CSC
 Cyprus Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions Pagkypria Omospondia Foititikon Enoseon POFEN
 Czech Republic Student Chamber of the Council of Higher Education Institutions Studentská komora Rady vysokých škol SKRVS
 Denmark National Union of Students in Denmark Danske Studerendes Fællesråd DSF
 Estonia Federation of Estonian Student Unions Eesti Üliõpilaskondade Liit EÜL
 Faroe Islands Faroese National Union of Students Meginfelag Føroyskra Studenta MFS
 Finland National Union of University Students in Finland Suomen Ylioppilaskuntien Liitto, Finlands studentkårers förbund SYL, FSF
Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences Suomen opiskelijakuntien liitto, Finlands studerandekårers förbund SAMOK
 France National Federation of Student's Associations Fédération des Associations Générales d'Étudiants FAGE
 Georgia Georgian Student's Organizations Association Georgian Student's Organizations Association GSOA
 Germany Free Association of Student Unions freier zusammenschluss von student*innenschaften fzs
 Hungary National Union of Students in Hungary Hallgatói Önkormányzatok Országos Konferenciája HÖOK
 Iceland National Union of Icelandic Students Landssamtök íslenskra stúdenta LÍS
 Ireland Union of Students in Ireland Union of Students in Ireland, Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn USI
 Israel National Union of Israeli Students התאחדות הסטודנטים בישראל
تحاد الطلاب في إسرائيل 		NUIS
 Italy Union of University Students Unione degli Universitari UdU
 Latvia Student Union of Latvia Latvijas Studentu apvienība LSA
 Lithuania Lithuanian National Union of Students Lietuvos Studentu Sajunga LSS
 Luxembourg National Union of Students in Luxembourg Union Nationale des Etudiant(e)s du Luxembourg UNEL
 Malta University Students' Council Kunsill Studenti Universitarji KSU
 Moldova Student Alliance of Moldova Alianta studentilor din Moldova ASM
 Montenegro Student Parliament of the University of Montenegro Studentski Parlament Univerziteta Crne Gore SPUM
 Netherlands Dutch National Students Association Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg ISO
Dutch Student Union Landelijke Studentenvakbond LSVb
 Norway National Union of Students' in Norway Norsk studentorganisasjon NSO
 Poland Students' Parliament of Poland Parlament Studentów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej PSRP
 Portugal Academic Forum for Information and External Representation Fórum Académico para Informação e Representação Externa FAIRe
 Romania National Alliance of Student Organizations in Romania Alianta Nationala a Organizatiilor Studentesti din Romania ANOSR
 Serbia Students Conference of Serbian Universities Studentska konferencija univerzitetâ Srbije SKONUS
 Slovakia Student Council for Higher Education Študentská Rada Vysokých Škôl SRVS
 Slovenia Slovene Student Union Studenska Organizacija Slovenije ŠOS
 Spain Coordinator of Student Representatives of Public Universities Coordinadora de Representantes de Estudiantes de Universidades Públicas CREUP
 Sweden Swedish National Union of Students Sveriges Förenade Studentkårer SFS
  Switzerland VSS-UNES-USU Verband Schweizer Studierendenschaften
Union des Etudiant-e-s de Suisse
Unione Svizzera degli Universitari 		VSS-UNES-USU
 Ukraine Ukrainian Association of Student Self-government Українська асоціація студентського самоврядування UAS
 United Kingdom National Union of Students NUS-UK

Candidate members

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Candidate-members are NUSes that have submitted an application of membership to ESU but have not yet been granted member status by the Board Meeting. Candidate-members retain their status for one year and are subject to a "study visit" by ESU to ensure they meet membership criteria.

Country English Name Local Name ESU Abbrev.[nb 1]
 North Macedonia National Students’ Assembly Државно Студентско Собрание NSA

Associate organisations

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Associate members of ESU are pan-European and international student organisations that have similar goals to ESU. The criteria for associate membership require the organisation to be democratic and student-run, have either students or NUSes as members, and represent students from at least 8 countries that are parties to the European Cultural Convention. Associate organizations can attend and speak at all ESU meetings, but cannot vote at Board Meetings.[6]

List of Executive Representatives

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Source:[7]

Year (Mandate) President Country Vice Presidents Executive Committee Coordinators (appointed by the executive committee)
2024–2025 Iris Kimizoglu  Germany Lana Par  Croatia Duarte Lopes, Jens Bartnes, Lauren Pray, Levente Varga, Lisa Schivalocchi, Nora Angelova, Tamara Ciobanu Estelle Née, Magnus við Streym, Urszula Lis
Arno Schrooyen  Belgium
2023–2024 Horia-Șerban Onița  Romania Iris Kimizoglu  Germany Joanna Maruszczak (until October), Lana Par (substituting Joanna Maruszczak), Andrej Pirjevec, Ana Gvritishvili, Arno Schrooyen, Ida Flemmich, Tamara Ciobanu, Tór Marni Weihe (until October), Magnus við Streym (substituting Tór Marni Weihe) Emily MacPherson, Bastien Degardins, Lauren Pray
Tanguy Guibert  France
2022–2023 Matteo Vespa  Italy Katrīna Sproģe  Latvia Tanguy Guibert, Iris Kimizoglu, Andrej Pirjevec, Emily MacPherson, Tór Marni Weihe, Oraz Myradov, Ana Gvritishvili Antoine Bakhash, Joanna Maruszczak, Sandi Rizvić
Horia-Șerban Onița  Romania
2021–2022 Martina Darmanin  Malta Zamzam Ibrahim  UK Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavletić, Ruben Janssens, Meral Nur, Stanimir Boyadzhiev Katrīna Sproģe, Borna Nemet, Anastasia Kreis
Jakub Grodecki  Poland
2021 Martina Darmanin  Malta Zamzam Ibrahim  UK Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavletić, Ruben Janssens, Ronja Hesse, Otto Rosenlund Vicky Reichling, Borna Nemet, Carmen Romero (until June), Katrīna Sproģe (substituting Carmen Romero)
Jakub Grodecki  Poland
2019–2020 Gohar Hovhannisyan

(Oct.-Dec. 2020)

 Armenia Martina Darmanin  Malta Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud, Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki, Martin Paluoja, Daniel Lindblom (until November), Carmen Romero (substituting Daniel Lindblom)
Sebastian Berger  Austria
Robert Napier

(until Sept. 2020)

 Malta Gohar Hovhannisyan  Armenia Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki, Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud Martina Darmanin, Daniel Lindblom, Martin Paluoja
Sebastian Berger  Austria
2018–2019 Adam Gajek  Poland Katrina Koppel  Estonia Daniel Altma, Joāo Martins, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Monika Skadborg, Sebastian Berger, Ursa Leban, Yulia Dobyshuk Rob Henthorn, Hélène Mariaud, Marie Desrousseaux, (1st part of mandate), Martina Darmanin (substituting Marie Desrousseaux)
Robert Napier  Malta
2017–2018 Helge Schwitters  Norway Caroline Sundberg  Sweden Chiara Patricolo, Aleksandar Šušnjar, Filip Prihoda, Gohar Hovhannisyan, João Pedro Estêvão Martins, Katrina Koppel, Yolanda Trujillo Adriá Simona Gamonte, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Henthorn
Adam Gajek  Poland
2016–2017 Lea Meister   Switzerland Līva Vikmane  Latvia Beth Button, Gramoz Shpendi, Adam Gajek, Aleksandar Šušnjar, Frederik Bach, Chiara Patricolo, Milana Jankovic (1st part of mandate), Helga Lind Mar (substituting Milana Jankovic) Melanie Fröhlich, Filip Prihoda, Helge Schwitters
Blazhe Todorovski  North Macedonia
2015–2016 Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares  Spain Lea Meister   Switzerland Liva Vikmane, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Cristi Popescu, Rebecka Stenkvist, Tijana Isoski, Viktor Grønne Melanie Fröhlich, Chiara Patricolo, Martin Retelj
Blazhe Todorovski  North Macedonia
2014–2015 Elisabeth Gehrke  Sweden Erin Nordal  Norway Blazhe Todorovski, Maksimas Milta, Cat O’Driscoll, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Lea Meister, Tiago Estêvão Martins, Tijana Isoski Melanie Fröhlich, William Benn, Viktor Grønne
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares  Spain
2013–2014 Rok Primozic  Slovenia Elisabeth Gehrke  Sweden Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares, Erin Nordal, Elin Blomqvist, Nevena Vuksanovic, Blazhe Todorovski, Maroš Korman, Maksim Milto, Michael Tolentino Frederiksen Gabriela Bergan, Tiago Estêvão Martins, Aengus Ó Maoláin (1st part of mandate), Melanie Fröhlich (substituting Aengus Ó Maoláin)
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares  Spain
2012–2013 Karina Ufert  Lithuania Taina Moisander  Finland Fernando M.Galan Palomares, Florian Kaiser, Blazhe Todorovski, Tinja Zerzer, Nevena Vuksanovic, Elisabeth Gehrke, Liliya Ivanova Aengus Ó Maoláin, Karl Agius, Brikena Xhomaqi (until November 2012), Gabriela Bergan (substituting Brikena Xhomaqi)
Rok Primozic  Slovenia
2011–2012 Allan Päll  Estonia Rok Primozic  Slovenia Nevena Vuksanovic, Kaloyan Kostadinov
2010–2011 Bert Vandenkendelaere  Belgium Rasa Cincyte  Lithuania Robert Santa, Karina Ufert
2009–2010 Ligia Deca  Romania Allan Päll  Estonia Andrea Blättler, Alma Joensen, Bert Vandenkendelaere
2008–2009 Ligia Deca  Romania Anita Lice  Latvia Bruno Carapinha, Alma Joensen, Olav Øye
2007 Koen Geven  The Netherlands Anela Beso, Bartlomiej Banaszak, Lara Lena Tischler, Maria Noleryd, Matthew Tabone, Viorel Proteasa, Rossella Iraci Capuccinello
2006 Justin Fenech  Malta Maher Tekaya, Sime Visic, Marja-Liisa Alop, Tatsiana Khoma, Victor Vidilles, Janja Komljenovic
2005 Vanja Ivosevic  Croatia Öyvind Reidar Bakke, Justin Fenech, Marzia Foroni, Katja Kamsek, Jean-Baptiste Prévost, Marija Stambolieva
2004 Johan Almqvist  Sweden Marzia Foroni, Lene Henriksen, Vanja Ivosevic, Péter Puskás, Robin Semal, Chris Weavers
2003 Stefan Bienefeld  Germany Johan Almqvist, Mads Aspelin, Nikki Heerens, Vanja Ivosevic, Marija Mitrovic, Bettina Schwarzmayr
2002 Martina Vukasovic  Serbia Petra Arsic, Stefan Bienefeld, John C. Friend-Pereira, Chris O’Sullivan
2001 Jacob Henricson  Sweden Stefan Bienefeld, Ante Matic, Marlous Veldt, Martina Vukasovic
2000 Remi Bordu  France Polona Car, Aleksandar Dimiskov, Magne Hustavenes, Taru Liira
1999 Antti Pentikäinen  Finland Remi Bourdu, Anja Kovacs, Marieke Rietbergen, Uros Vajgl
1998 Peter Sondgaard  Denmark Antti Pentikäinen, Judith Sargentini, Emese Szitasi, Hilde W. Wibe
1997 Agnieszka Bolimowska  Poland Malcolm Byrne, Outi Hannula, Helena Randerborg, Reuben Seychell
1994 - 1996 Stephen Grogan  UK

Prior to 1997 ESIB was Chaired by a NUS instead of an individual, though its first director was employed in 1994.

Year Union Country
1996 Hökosz  Hungary
1995 SYL  Finland
1994 SYL  Finland
1993 SFS  Sweden
1992 SFS  Sweden
1991 VVS-UNES   Switzerland
1990 NUS (UK)  United Kingdom
1989 NUS (UK)  United Kingdom
1988 ÖH  Austria

Notable people

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Abbreviation given in ESU's member list, may differ from the associations' local or official abbreviations

References

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  1. ^ "European Higher Education Area and Bologna Process". www.ehea.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. ^ "About". European Students' Union. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. ^ Klemencic, Manja (2015). "European Students in the Bologna Process". International higher education (50). ISSN 1084-0613.
  4. ^ "The European Students' Union". www.ecbe.eu. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Elected representatives". Structures. European Students' Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Associate members". About us. European Students' Union. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  7. ^ "ESU History". ESU Online. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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