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European Students' Union

Acronym: ESU

General Information

Identification Code: 947001511571-77
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif - Registered in Belgium
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 7/12/2013
Last Update: 4/4/2024
EP Accredited Number: 3

Mission & Interests

Goals: The European Students’ Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 44 national unions of students from 40 European countries. Since 1982, ESU has promoted and represented the educational, social, economic and cultural interests of almost 20 million students to all critical European decision-making bodies. ESU is an influential professional advocacy and capacity-building organisation recognised as an important stakeholder at the European and international levels. Likewise, ESU has also been renowned and respected as a source of expertise on higher education policy at all institutional levels. ESU aims to ensure and strengthen students’ participation and to increase student input into higher education policy and decision-making. ESU aligns its mission, vision, and objectives with key EU policy priorities. ESU actively contributes to EU objectives, addressing themes like digital transition, green transition, and quality higher education.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Borders and security
  • Budget
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Culture
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • External relations
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Migration and asylum
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Sport
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Mainly, ESU participates and aims to influence the design and implementation of European policy processes and political strategies on education, mainly through the lens of higher education. Over the next three years, the main processes ESU is and will be focusing on are the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area, the European Education Area and the European Universities Initiative, the Erasmus+ programme, the European Research Area, the Global Students Forum, Next Generation EU, and the Green and Digital Transitions. Three main achievements are to be highlighted regarding the external ESU’s work in 2023: Firstly, ESU successfully advocated the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education within the Council of Europe to adopt the creation of a European Students Rights Charter as part of the Education Strategy for 2030, which will be the first ever document of such nature on transnational level and function as a soft power tool for future student generations in promoting and defending their educational rights. Secondly, within the EU context, ESU has been working intensively in cooperation with the Commission, DG EAC etc. especially on topics such as the European University Alliances, Joint degrees and automatic recognition, supporting the development of these tools through providing constant feedback and ideas on how to advance these initiatives. Thirdly, within the context of the EHEA, ESU as Co-chair of the Social Dimension WG developed indicators for the future monitoring of student social policy as well as members of the WG on Fundamental Values intensively worked on definitions for fundamental values including the writing and negotiation of the definition on Academic Integrity, which will be adopted officially in May 2024. ESU also took the role of co-chair of the Drafting Committee of the Tirana Ministerial Communique, offering a new structural opportunity for furthering students’ voice in transnational governance of higher education. We conducted research on matters pertaining to academic integrity, academic freedom and quality assurance, and adopted new policy on social dimension, internationalisation and mobility, gender-based violence, education for sustainable development and Artificial intelligence. This has contributed to the knowledge base at European level and feed into policy processes. Apart from that, ESU made some important internal advancements, including the introduction of a digital General Assembly platform and the adoption of the Equity Plan. In order to increase the outreach of ESU activities, the plan to create the ESU Conference of student bodies of European University Alliances was successfully implemented, and the first meeting took place in Coimbra, Portugal in December 2023, gathering democratically elected student representatives from more than two thirds of the European University Alliances, representing an unique platform for them to share their views and contribute to ESU policy.
Communication Activities: Our communications goal is to demonstrate that the European Students’ Union is an important voice in higher education and that our representatives are examples of well-experienced people involved in activities that make higher education more quality, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of various groups of students. Primary campaigns in the current year: - Ukraine helpdesk: ESU will continue the rollout of its 'Ukraine helpdesk' open to help Ukrainian students quickly reply to individual cases and connect them with the relevant student unions. - 'The Student Voice' (podcast): The ESU podcast discusses higher education politics and student issues with a European/transnational perspective. Its guests are students, organisations related to this field, and experts whose perspectives can enrich the debate. ESU will aim to keep the same rhythm of publication, with at least a quarterly frequency. - European Elections 2024 - StEUdents: ESU will run a campaign to raise the awareness of students and youth on the importance of participation in the European elections and raise student voices and demands towards the candidates. How? ESU will disseminate the resolution ‘Student Manifesto - 24 proposals for the 2024 European elections’ to the European political parties in order to encourage them to include those points in their electoral platforms. ESU will disseminate social media content on the European elections, how they work, and the main issues proposed in the campaigns. The information and advocacy campaign will have both a European and national component through the established Task Force on European Elections, which includes representatives of NUSes. ESU will organise a debate in Brussels on the future of education in Europe in light of the European elections in March. - ESU alumni hub: ESU will establish a systematic follow-up with the alumni network by updating the database and creating a policy for interacting with alumni. PUBLICATIONS: (you can get all our publications for free at http://www.esu-online.org/documents/publications/) - Bologna With Student Eyes 2024, for the Ministerial Conference: ESU will disseminate the 2024 edition of its flagship publication, "Bologna With Student Eyes'' in order to increase awareness and understanding of the Bologna Process, its implementation or lack thereof and its implications for students and HEIs. Therefore, this will allow for a cross-reference tool regarding the Ministry's self-assessment of the national implementation of Bologna commitments.
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Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings

Head Office

Address: Rue de la Charite 22Mundo Madou
Post Code: 1210
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Rue de la Charite 22Mundo Madou
Post Code: 1210
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 6
Members F T E: 3.5999999046325684
Info Members: An overall picture of the work of ESU will be as follows: The Secretariat coordinates and implements project activities, campaigns, advocacy work, and capacity-building activities with the assistance of the Executive Committee's (EC) members. They participate in projects that are aligned with their cluster memberships (i.e., area of work). Through ESU projects, we bring students' voices to the fore and build our knowledge and skills to continue advocating for students' interests on various issues at the European level. In parallel, the Secretariat is in charge of ESU management, including both staff and EC. Simultaneously, the Presidency and EC members work on policy formulation and advocacy by participating in various task forces, attending multiple meetings, and compiling their findings to share with the Board and the stakeholders we work with. Therefore, we can conclude that a diversity of duties and work are completed every day at ESU.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Armenia - ANSA(90000), Austria - ÖH(343000), Belarus - BSA(440000), Belgium - FEF(115000), Belgium - VVS(219008), Bosnia & Herzegovina - SURS(99218), Bulgaria - NASC(142500), Croatia - CSC(195000), Cyprus - POFEN(50000), Czech Republic - SKRVS(300000), Denmark - DSF(140845), Estonia - EÜL(64940), Finland - SAMOK(140000), Finland - SYL(135000), France - FAGE(300000), Georgia - GSOA Germany - FZS(1000000), Hungary - HÖOK(360000), Iceland - SHI(19334), Iceland - LIS, Ireland - USI(250000), Israel - NUIS(251800), Italy - UdU(500000), Latvia - LSA(91907), Lithuania - LSS(100000), Luxembourg - UNEL(2500), Malta - KSU(12000), Moldiva, ASM, Montenegro - SPUM, Netherlands - ISO(630000), Netherlands - LSVb(670000), Norway - NSO(200000), Poland - PSRP(1900000), Portugal - FAIRe(145000), Romania - ANOSR(500000), Serbia - SKONUS(230000), Slovakia - SRVS(240000), Slovenia - SSU(104000), Spain - CREUP(700000), Sweden - SFS(286000), Switzerland - VSS-UNES-USU(105675), Ukraine - UASS(1400000), United Kingdom - NUS-UK(7000000)
Organisation Members: ESU is a member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ), the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP), SIRIUS, the Global Campaign for Education, the Global Students Forum, the Groningen Declaration network, the Advisory Council on Youth in the Council of Europe, E4 group, EQAR and FAIB.