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The European Students\u2019 Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 43 national unions of students\u2019 from 40 European countries. ESU promotes and represents the educational, social, economic and cultural interests of almost 20 million students to all key European decision-making bodies: the European Union, Council of Europe, UNESCO and the Bologna Follow Up Group.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Throughout the years, ESU has witnessed many internal and external changes while continuously developing itself to what it is right now: a professional advocacy and capacity building organisation that is influential and recognised as an important stakeholder at the European and international level.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Besides representing the views, needs and perspectives of European students, ESU aims to ensure and strengthen students\u2019 participation and to increase the student input into higher education policy and decision making at the local, national and European level.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESU promotes a higher education system based on the values of quality, equity and accessibility for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another important aim for ESU is to be renowned and respected as a source of expertise on higher education policy at all institutional levels and to build links and foster an exchange of information, ideas and experiences among students and student platforms at a regional and global level.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delegations from the 43 national unions of students meet during ESU events that take place four times a year<\/strong>.<\/mark>The meetings give delegates the opportunity to meet face-to-face and create strength and unity. The most important meeting is the bi-annual Board Meeting<\/strong><\/mark> which is the highest decision making body of ESU. During this meeting, ESU representatives are elected and policy priorities are decided upon. Each board meeting is preceded by a high-level seminar (the European Students\u2019 Convention \u2013 ESC) to build knowledge and skills on a relevant topic. In 2010, these topics were the linkage between the Lisbon Agenda and the Bologna Process and student centred learning. The bi-annual ESCs are packed with training sessions, workshops and seminars to help unions both function better internally and perform better externally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESU regularly produces publications, such as the Student Centred Learning Toolkit (published in 2010) and provides training to increase the knowledge of the national students\u2019 unions and provide them with valuable tools for their work. All written materials are provided free of charge, while attendance at training is heavily subsidised through projects that are mainly funded by the European Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From WESIB to ESU<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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ESU was founded in 1982 by seven national unions of students (NSU Norway, NUS-UK, SFS Sweden, SH\u00cd Iceland, UNEF-ID France, DSF Denmark and \u00d6H Austria) and back then was called WESIB, the West European Student Information Bureau. The political changes in Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s affected WESIB as well, as it opened up itself to national unions of students from the former east.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 1990, WESIB dropped the \u201cW\u201d to become the European Student Information Bureau (ESIB). As the European Communities started to gain more influence on higher education in Europe and certainly with the start of the Bologna Process, the objective from just an information sharing organisation changed into to a political organisation that represents the views and interests of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In May 2007 it was decided that ESIB needed to change its name as the ESIB acronym no longer represented the work of the organization and ESIB changed its name into the European Students\u2019 Union (ESU).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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At an extraordinary Board Meeting held in Florence, Italy, from 28 to 30 September 2014, it was decided to dissolve formally the organisation ESIB Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


On the 27th of December, the Belgian official registry (Moniteur Belge) announced the merger of ESIB \u2013 The National Union of Students in Europe and ESU – The European Students Union. Since then the two organisations are one legal entity which carries the name and abbreviation \u201cThe European Students Union- ESU\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The last steps of the merger took place at the Extraordinary Board meetings in Cardiff October 2017 and at the regular Board meetings in Jerusalem in December 2017. On the 12th of December 10:00 the official rapporteur of both organisations, Caroline Sundberg got the notary\u2019s declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"\" ESIB\u2019s and ESU\u2019s structures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The organisation operated on several levels before they were integrated gradually in one main Executive Committee, following exhaustive organisational reforms that were carried out in conjunction with the formation of the new European Students\u2019 Union (ESU).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is due to the generous contribution of student representatives to ESU\u2019s work that the organisation became a major participant in policymaking processes in higher education in Europe. When ESU was still called WESIB and ESIB, the organisation was lead early on by National Unions of Students and later on by Directors together with Executive Committees until the formation of ESU in 2007. Since 2007 ESU has been led by a Presidency (President + 2 Vice Presidents) together with an Executive Committee as well as Coordinators. Mandates last a year, regularly starting in July and ending in June the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about ESU\u2019s current structure, including the contact details of ESU\u2019s President, Vice Presidents and Executive Committee, click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expand to see the list of ESU’s previous Executive constellations:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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2007 – Now (ESU)<\/h6>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tshow more\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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Year<\/th>President<\/th>Vice Presidents<\/th>Executive Committee<\/th>Coordinators<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2024-2025<\/td>Iris Kimizoglu\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Lana Par\u00a0\"\", Arno Schrooyen\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Duarte Lopes, Jens Bartnes, Lauren Pray, Levente Varga, Lisa Schivalocci, Nora Angelova, Tamara Ciobanu<\/td>Estelle N\u00e9e, Magnus Streym (until September), Urszula Lis<\/td><\/tr>
2023-2024<\/td>Horia-\u0218erban Oni\u021ba
\"\"\u00a0<\/td>		Iris Kimizoglu\u00a0\"\"\u00a0, Tanguy Guibert\u00a0\"\"\u00a0 <\/td>Andrej Pirjevec, Ana Gvritishvili, Arno Schrooyen, Ida Flemmich, Tamara Ciobanu, Lana Par (from September, replacing Joanna Maruszczak), Magnus Streym (from September, replacing T\u00f3r Marni Weihe), Joanna Maruszczak (until September), T\u00f3r Marni Weihe (until September)<\/td>Emily MacPherson, Bastien Degardins, Lauren Pray<\/td><\/tr>
2022-2023<\/td>Matteo Vespa \"\" <\/td>Katr\u012bna Spro\u0123e\u00a0\"\", Horia-\u0218erban Oni\u021ba\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Tanguy Guibert, Iris Kimizoglu, Andrej Pirjevec, Emily MacPherson, T\u00f3r Marni Weihe, Oraz Myradov, Ana Gvritishvili<\/td>Antoine Bakhash, Joanna Maruszczak, Sandi Rizvi\u0107<\/td><\/tr>
2021-2022<\/td>Martina Darmanin \"\"<\/td>Zamzam Ibrahim \"\" , Jakub Grodecki\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavleti\u0107, Ruben Janssens, Meral Nur, Stanimir Boyadzhiev<\/td>Katr\u012bna Spro\u0123e, Borna Nemet, Anastasia Kreis<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/td>Martina Darmanin \"\"<\/td>Zamzam Ibrahim \"\" , Jakub Grodecki\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Matteo Vespa, Kristel Jakobson, Martin Hammerbauer, Pegi Pavleti\u0107, Ruben Janssens, Ronja Hesse, Otto Rosenlund<\/td>Vicky Reichling, Borna Nemet, Carmen Romero (until June), Katr\u012bna Spro\u0123e (substituting Carmen Romero)<\/td><\/tr>
2020 (Oct.-Dec-)<\/td>Gohar Hovhannisyan (Oct.-Dec. 2020) \"\" <\/td>Martina Darmanin \"\", Sebastian Berger\u00a0\"\"
<\/td>		Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud, Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki<\/td>Martin Paluoja, Daniel Lindblom (until November), Carmen Romero (substituting Daniel Lindblom)<\/td><\/tr>
2019-2020 (until Sept. 2020)<\/td>Robert Napier \"\"<\/td>Gohar Hovhannisyanm\u00a0\"\", Sebastian Berger\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Daniel Altman, Jakub Grodecki, Monika Skadborg, Ursa Leban, Nina De Winter, Rajko Golovic, Helene Mariaud<\/td>Martina Darmanin, Daniel Lindblom, Martin Paluoja<\/td><\/tr>
2018-2019<\/td>Adam Gajek \"\"<\/td>Katrina Koppel\u00a0\"\", Robert Napier\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Daniel Altma, Jo\u0101o Martins, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Monika Skadborg, Sebastian Berger, Ursa Leban, Yulia Dobyshuk<\/td>Rob Henthorn, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Mariaud, Marie Desrousseaux, (1st part of mandate), Martina Darmanin (substituting Marie Desrousseaux)<\/td><\/tr>
2017-2018<\/td>Helge Schwitters \"\"<\/td>Caroline Sundberg\u00a0\"\", Adam Gajek\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Chiara Patricolo, Aleksandar \u0160u\u0161njar, Filip Prihoda, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Jo\u00e3o Pedro Est\u00eav\u00e3o Martins, Katrina Koppel, Yolanda Trujillo Adri\u00e1<\/td>Simona Gamonte, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Henthorn<\/td><\/tr>
2016-2017<\/td>Lea Meister \"\"<\/td>L\u012bva Vikmane\u00a0\"\", Blazhe Todorovski\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Beth Button, Gramoz Shpendi, Adam Gajek, Aleksandar \u0160u\u0161njar, Frederik Bach, Chiara Patricolo, Milana Jankovic (1st part of mandate), Helga Lind Mar (substituting Milana Jankovic)<\/td>Melanie Fr\u00f6hlich, Filip Prihoda, Helge Schwitters<\/td><\/tr>
2015-2016<\/td>Fernando Miguel Gal\u00e1n Palomares \"\"<\/td>Lea Meister\u00a0\"\", Blazhe Todorovski\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Liva Vikmane, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Cristi Popescu, Rebecka Stenkvist, Tijana Isoski, Viktor Gr\u00f8nne<\/td>Melanie Fr\u00f6hlich, Chiara Patricolo, Martin Retelj<\/td><\/tr>
2014-2015<\/td>Elisabeth Gehrke \"\"<\/td>Erin Nordal\u00a0\"\", Fernando Miguel Gal\u00e1n Palomares\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Blazhe Todorovski, Maksimas Milta, Cat O\u2019Driscoll, Karolina Pietkiewicz, Lea Meister, Tiago Est\u00eav\u00e3o Martins, Tijana Isoski<\/td>Melanie Fr\u00f6hlich, William Benn, Viktor Gr\u00f8nne<\/td><\/tr>
2013-2014<\/td>Rok Primozic \"\"<\/td>Elisabeth Gehrke\u00a0\"\", Fernando Miguel Gal\u00e1n Palomares\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Fernando Miguel Gal\u00e1n Palomares, Erin Nordal, Elin Blomqvist, Nevena Vuksanovic, Blazhe Todorovski, Maro\u0161 Korman, Maksim Milto, Michael Tolentino Frederiksen<\/td>Gabriela Bergan, Tiago Est\u00eav\u00e3o Martins, Aengus \u00d3 Maol\u00e1in (1st part of mandate), Melanie Fr\u00f6hlich (substituting Aengus \u00d3 Maol\u00e1in)<\/td><\/tr>
2012-2013<\/td>Karina Ufert \"\"<\/td>Taina Moisander\u00a0\"\", Rok Primozic\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Fernando M.Galan Palomares, Florian Kaiser, Blazhe Todorovski, Tinja Zerzer, Nevena Vuksanovic, Elisabeth Gehrke, Liliya Ivanova<\/td>Aengus \u00d3 Maol\u00e1in, Karl Agius, Brikena Xhomaqi (until November 2012), Gabriela Bergan (substituting Brikena Xhomaqi)<\/td><\/tr>
2011-2012<\/td>Allan P\u00e4ll \"\"<\/td>Rok Primozic\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/td>Nevena Vuksanovic, Kaloyan Kostadinov<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2010-2011<\/td>Bert Vandenkendelaere \"\"<\/td>Rasa Cincyte\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Robert Santa, Karina Ufert<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2009-2010<\/td>Ligia Deca
\"\"<\/td>		Allan P\u00e4ll\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Andrea Bl\u00e4ttler, Alma Joensen, Bert Vandenkendelaere<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2008-2009<\/td>Ligia Deca
\"\"<\/td>		Anita Lice\u00a0\"\"<\/td>Bruno Carapinha, Alma Joensen, Olav \u00d8ye<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tshow less\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1996 – 2007 Directors & Executive Committees (ESIB)<\/h6>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tshow more\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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Year<\/th>Director<\/th>Executive Committee<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2007<\/td>Koen Geven \"\"\u00a0<\/td>Anela Beso, Bartlomiej Banaszak, Lara Lena Tischler, Maria Noleryd, Matthew Tabone, Viorel Proteasa<\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/td>Justin Fenech \"\"<\/td>Maher Tekaya, Sime Visic, Marja-Liisa Alop, Tatsiana Khoma, Victor Vidilles, Janja Komljenovic<\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/td>Vanja Ivosevic \"\"<\/td>\u00d6yvind Reidar Bakke, Justin Fenech, Marzia Foroni, Katja Kamsek, Jean-Baptiste Pr\u00e9vost, Marija Stambolieva<\/td><\/tr>
2004<\/td>Johan Almqvist \"\"<\/td>Marzia Foroni, Lene Henriksen, Vanja Ivosevic, P\u00e9ter Pusk\u00e1s, Robin Semal, Chris Weavers<\/td><\/tr>
2003<\/td>Stefan Bienefeld \"\"<\/td>Johan Almqvist, Mads Aspelin, Nikki Heerens, Vanja Ivosevic, Marija Mitrovic, Bettina Schwarzmayr<\/td><\/tr>
2002<\/td>Martina Vukasovic \"\"<\/td>Petra Arsic, Stefan Bienefeld, John C. Friend-Pereira, Chris O\u2019Sullivan<\/td><\/tr>
2001<\/td>Jacob Henricson \"\"<\/td>Stefan Bienefeld, Ante Matic, Marlous Veldt, Martina Vukasovic<\/td><\/tr>
2000<\/td>Remi Bordu \"\"<\/td>Polona Car, Aleksandar Dimiskov, Magne Hustavenes, Taru Liira<\/td><\/tr>
1999<\/td>Antti Pentik\u00e4inen \"\"<\/td>Remi Bourdu, Anja Kovacs, Marieke Rietbergen, Uros Vajgl<\/td><\/tr>
1998<\/td>Peter Sondgaard \"\"<\/td>Antti Pentik\u00e4inen, Judith Sargentini, Emese Szitasi, Hilde W. Wibe<\/td><\/tr>
1997<\/td>Agnieszka Bolimowska \"\"<\/td>Malcolm Byrne, Outi Hannula, Helena Randerborg, Reuben Seychell<\/td><\/tr>
1994-1996<\/td>Stephen Grogan \"\"<\/td>–<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tshow less\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1988 – 1996 Chairing Unions (WESIB\/ESIB) & Directors<\/h6>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tshow more\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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1996<\/td>H\u00d6KOSZ<\/td>Hungary<\/td>Stephen Grogan<\/td><\/tr>
1995<\/td>SYL<\/td>Finland<\/td>Stephen Grogan<\/td><\/tr>
1994<\/td>SYL<\/td>Finland<\/td>Stephen Grogan<\/td><\/tr>
1993<\/td>SFS<\/td>Sweden<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1992<\/td>SFS<\/td>Sweden<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1991<\/td>VSS-UNES-USU<\/td>Switzerland<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1990<\/td>NUS UK<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1989<\/td>NUS UK<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1988<\/td>\u00d6H<\/td>Austria<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tshow less\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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