EGEA - European Geography Association for students & young geographers

Teambuilding Kegelabend
2024-02-28 18:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Prague)
We as EGEA Hannover are finally able to “start” together into the new year with the upcoming wednesdays evening. We’ll celebrate in a traditional german establishment: a so-called “Kegelbahn”.

If you want to join, you are happily invited!

MOTIVATIONAL WEEKEND By Egea Beograd
2024-02-23 15:30 - 2024-02-25 18:00 (Europe/Prague)
Traditionally, EGEA Belgrade organizes a motivational weekend for its members. This time it will be held in a sanatorium Ovčar Banja in Central Serbia. Like in the previous years, EGEA Novi Sad will join us.

egea lyon welcomes egea krakow
2024-02-23 11:30 - 2024-02-26 13:00 (Europe/Prague)

EGEA KATOWICE WELCOMES EGEA WARSAW!
2024-02-23 08:00 - 2024-02-25 17:00 (Europe/Prague)
First exchange in 2024 in Katowice is coming!

EGEA Brussels welcomes EGEA Groningen
2024-02-23 07:05 - 2024-02-26 08:25 (Europe/Prague)

EGEA WARSAW WELCOMES EGEA ZURICH!
2024-02-17 08:00 - 2024-02-20 17:00 (Europe/Prague)
EGEA Warsaw welcomes our friends from EGEA Zurich on reexchange!

EGEA Turku welcomes EGEA Innsbruck
2024-02-16 08:00 - 2024-02-20 17:00 (Europe/Prague)
EGEA Turku warmly welcomes EGEA Innsbruck to the first part of our exchange <3

Training New Trainers 2024
2024-02-14 08:00 - 2024-02-20 17:00 (Europe/Prague)
OverviewProgramAccommodation & travel info

When:14-20 February Where: Brussels, BelgiumPlaces: 20Application fee: 170 euros – consider applying for the support fund if the registration fee is a hindrance to you

🚀 Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey to master the art of soft-skill training? Look no further than TNT – Training New Trainers.

🔑 TNT, or Training New Trainers, is your golden ticket to becoming an exceptional soft-skill trainer. Participants will acquire essential competencies to provide engaging learning experiences and design qualitative training sessions, while navigating an interculturally diverse audience. Imagine being mentored by not one, not two, but five seasoned trainers who will guide you every step of the way.

Check out the program section to learn more about how the TNT will look!

What is a trainer?
The role of a trainer is to facilitate learning for other people. Non-formal education (i.e. learning that doesn’t happen in a classroom, but in a workshop or training), revolves around creating a positive, brain-friendly learning experience.

Through soft-skill training, trainers develop the skill sets of individuals and groups so that they can act more effectively and efficiently. In EGEA trainers are crucial to support and develop the members and leaders of our organisation, from event- and project planning to team management and leadership.

Within a training session, a trainer can take on various roles: teacher, leader, specialist, coach, facilitator, philosopher, diplomat, listening ear, or any combination of the above.

What will you learn at TNT?
A Train-The-Trainer event aims to skill people in designing and delivering learning experiences that put the learner central.

In short, you will learn what it means to be a trainer, how people learn, how to design a learning experience (aka training) that fits the needs of the participants, and how to facilitate and deliver this learning experience in an engaging and brain-friendly way. Moreover, we will kickstart your own trainers’ journey – because being a trainer isn’t achieved in 1 week, it’s a lifetime skill and perspective you can always develop further.

Some specific topics we will dive into are:

Master the art of connective communication

Harness the power of constructive feedback

Understand the intricate dynamics of group interactions

Design engaging (online) training programs

Explore innovative training methods

Dive into science-based training techniques

Grasp adult learning principles, from learning styles to personality types

Skillfully manage training activities

How to register for TNT?
Train-the-trainer is not like any other event in EGEA. Because the whole week is dedicated to learning, we want to make sure everyone who joins is also motivated for this amazing week. Therefore, registration goes through this form. Don’t get scared by the amount of questions, just be yourself! Selection of participants will be based on motivation and interest in delivering trainings within EGEA.

You can register from 10 to 20th December. If there are still places left, there will be a 2nd round of applications following in January.

Take a look at the draft-program below to know the shape of the Train-the-trainer event.

What can you expect from the training sessions?

You will learn everything you need to know about the art of training design and training delivery, as well as learning processes and so much more. Besides that, you will also deliver your own trainings at the start and end of the week. Why? Because only practice makes perfect!

Expect a week full of engaging learning, connecting with EGEAns and IAAS participants alike, and exploring the world of learning together.

Excursion?

Yes! you see that right! We will have an excursion in the middle of the week to empty our minds a bit. More details about where we’ll go will follow soon, but trust that Brussels has many beautiful places to your hearts content!

The event is taking place in Brussels, Belgium. 📍 Accommodation Address:JES Sleep Inn, Werkhuizenstraat 3, 1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium

Transportation Options:

If you are coming by car, please let us know, as there are no parking spaces at the accommodation.

Please note that Brussels is a low emission zone, and only diesel cars with euronorm 5 and 6 and petrol cars with euronorm 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are allowed inside. Non-Belgian cars also need to register beforehand via https://lez.brussels/mytax/en/registration.

🚊 Train

If you are travelling by train, you can either arrive in Brussels-North or Brussels-South/Midi by international train, or Brussels-Central by Belgian train.

From Brussels-North, you can take bus 20 direction Hunderenveld to stop ‘Ribaucourt’, and walk to the accommodation from there. You can also take buses from De Lijn: line 212/213/214 direction Aalst station or line 355 direction Liedekerke station, to stop Sainctelette, and walk to the accommodation from there. You could also walk from Brussels-North to the accomodation if you feel like walking after being on the train.

From Brussels-Central, you can take metro 1 direction Gare de l’Ouest/Weststation or metro 5 direction Erasme/Erasmus, both until stop ‘Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen’, and walk to the accommodation from there. The entire distance could also be done on foot if you’d like.

From Brussels-South/Midi, you can take tram 51 direction Stade/Stadion to stop ‘Porte de Flandre/Vlaamsepoort’. You can walk to the accommodation from there.Travel tips: If you are travelling from Germany, you can take a Belgian local train from Aachen Hbf to Liège-Guillemins and take an IC train from there to Brussels-Central. This will save you some money! Also, if you are under 26 years old, you can buy a Youth Ticket for a fixed price of €7.10 for any trip on Belgian trains, no matter the distance.

🚌 Bus

If you are travelling by bus, there are plenty of Flixbus, Regiojet and BlaBlaCar Bus connections to Brussels-North train station, Brussels-South/Midi train station and Brussels airport.

To travel from Brussels-North and Brussels-South/Midi to the accommodation, please refer to the previous point.

To travel from Brussels airport to the accommodation, there are 2 options:

You can take bus 12, the airport line, direction Brussels City to stop ‘Schuman’. From here, you can take metro 1 direction Gare de l’Ouest/Weststation or metro 5 direction Erasme/Erasmus, both until stop ‘Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen’, and walk to the accommodation from there.

You can also take a train to either Brussels-Central or Brussels-Schuman train stations and from there take the metro (see previous points). The trains run frequently on this route. Taking the train is a bit faster and more comfortable, but is a bit more expensive (€7 for the bus vs €10.30 for the train), so you can decide what you prefer.

✈️ Plane

If you are travelling by plane, you can either arrive at Brussels airport (Zaventem) or Brussels South airport Charleroi.

To travel from Brussels airport to the accommodation, see the previous point.

To travel from Charleroi airport to the accommodation there are 2 options:

You can book a ticket with Flibco (flibco.com). They run direct shuttle buses between Charleroi airport and Brussels-South/Midi train station that run every 20 minutes from 4:40am until 00:40am. A ticket costs €18.99 and you can use it to take any of their buses on your chosen date. To get from Brussels-South/Midi to the accommodation, see a previous point.

You can take bus A3 to Luttre and take a train to Brussels-Central from there. You can buy a combined ticket for the bus and train either in the airport or on the website of the belgian railways, which costs €16.80.

📜 Other info

Information and tickets for all Belgian trains can be found on the following website: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en, or their app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.sncbnmbs.b2cmobapp. Tickets can also be bought at the blue ticket machines at the train stations or ticket offices in bigger stations.

Information about all buses, trams and metros (except De Lijn) within Brussels can be found on the following website: https://www.stib-mivb.be/index.htm?l=en, or their app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.stib.mivb.mobile. Tickets can be bought at the ticket machines at stops or at ticket offices at bigger stations. All public transport tickets within Brussels cost €2.60 for a single ticket. You can pay contactless on the bus/tram/in the metro station by bank card as well, this is the easiest way to buy a ticket.

Information and tickets for buses from De Lijn can be found on the following website: https://www.delijn.be/en/, or on their app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.themobilecompany.delijn. Tickets are €2.50 for a single ticket or €17 for 10 rides (can be shared with multiple people). You can pay contactless on the bus by bank card as well, this is the easiest way to buy a ticket.

Partners

International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences

EGEA Kraków welcomes you to Dętki!
2024-02-09 15:00 - 2024-02-11 12:00 (Europe/Prague)
Hello everyone! We warmly invite you to our traditional winter event DĘTKI. For those who haven’t heard about it yet, it’s riding downhill on tubes (a part of a tire). If you want to have fun and take part in the competition, join us! We’re waiting for you 🙂

The event is a our Institute’s winter tradition and the goal is to ride on a tube down a slope in individually or in groups of 2. The participants are given marks for speed, style and costumes. There are prizes in each category!

EGEA Mainz visits EGEA Ghent
2024-02-08 08:00 - 2024-02-10 17:00 (Europe/Prague)
EGEA Mainz drives to Belgium to visit EGEA Ghent and not only discover the cutest people #Ment_to_be but also a beautiful old city. Mainz fell in love with Ghent, very excited about the reexchange! Also prolonged exchange, because of the following WRC24, traveling there together.

EGEA OULU welcomes EGEA ZURICH
2024-02-06 08:00 - 2024-02-10 10:00 (Europe/Prague)
EGEA Oulu welcomes EGEA Zurich for the first part of the exchange! <3

EGEA LYON WELCOMES EGEA TARTU
2024-02-01 20:00 - 2024-02-04 10:00 (Europe/Prague)

EGEA Tartu welcomes Egea helsinki
2024-02-01 08:00 - 2024-02-04 17:00 (Europe/Prague)

egea oulu welcomes egea utrecht
2024-01-28 22:00 - 2024-02-02 09:00 (Europe/Prague)
EGEA Oulu welcomes EGEA Utrecht for the first part of the exchange!

Congress Preparations Session
2024-01-25 00:00 - 23:59 (Europe/Prague) | Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 10, Marburg, 35037, Germany
EGEA Marburg would like to prepare its newbies for the upcoming congress season. For this purpose we have prepared an extensive programme with typical EGEA traditions, dances and a small closing BDC. In addition, Egeans from Hanover and Mainz have been invited to support us.

If you are also interested in dropping by, please send us a message to marburg@egea.eu!

EGEA BANJA LUKA Welcomes EGEA OULU
2024-01-19 20:00 - 2024-01-23 03:00 (Europe/Prague)
EGEA Banja Luka welcomes EGEA Oulu for the first part of the exchange.

WINTER ALPINE WEEKEND 2024
2024-01-18 12:00 - 2024-01-21 12:00 (Europe/Prague) | Ferienlagerhaus Trans, Quardaval 67, Trans Graubünden, 7407, Switzerland
We are thrilled to announce that there will be a second edition of the Winter Alpine Weekend in Switzerland in January 2024 organised by EGEA Zurich. It will take place from 18th to 21st of January.

We are hoping for snow to do diverse winter activities and enjoy cozy evenings.

Registration will open on November 1st 18:00 CET

Number of places: 30

Programme

How to get there?

TrainTo Rhäzüns

From there, take the bus to Tumegl/Tomils, Curschiglias. From there, there’s a bus to Trans, Dorf. Unfortunately only three times a day.

IMPORTANT: for people arriving by public transport, there is a reservation needed for the last bus. Let us know the exact connection you want to take and we will do the reservation for you. You can also ask other participants if they can pick you up with a car in Tumegl.

Hint: For people age under 25 there is a so called “Friends-Tageskarte”, which you can buy online from SBB. It costs 80 CHF and you can travel anywhere in Switzerland with max. 4 people.

BusThere are Flixbusses to Chur or SplügenFrom there, take the train and bus

Car(pooling)There is a big enough parking lot in Trans.Let us know if you want to come by car and have free spots 🙂

Location

EGEA Oulu and EGEA Zadar one day visit to Zagreb
2024-01-18 00:00 - 23:59 (Europe/Prague) | Zagreb, Croatia, Trg bana Jelačića, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
On their way to an exchange with Banja Luka, 6 EGEA Oulu members made a stop in Zagreb. Together with one member from EGEA Zadar who also came to Zagreb, several of our members organized a city tour for EGEA Oulu after which we went for some drinks. It was lovely seeing so many EGEAns at once.

Halle & jena visit Bochum
2024-01-05 15:00 - 2024-01-07 12:00 (Europe/Prague)
As first part of the “BoJeHa” (Bochum, Jena and Halle) exchange, Jena and Halle visit Bochum.

EGEA Hannover welcomes EGEA Marburg
2024-01-05 08:00 - 2024-01-07 17:00 (Europe/Prague)

EGEA Marburg welcomes EGEA Tartu
2024-01-04 08:00 - 2024-01-07 17:00 (Europe/Prague) | Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 10, Marburg, 35037, Germany
EGEA Marburg welcomes EGEA Tartu – Exchange

EGEA Helsinki welcomes EGEA Graz
2024-01-03 08:00 - 2024-01-07 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
The first part of Graz – Helsinki exchange. See you soon in HEL!

Christmas market exchange - Belgium
2023-12-19 20:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Prague)
It’s that time of the year again!Following the christmas spirit, the 3 Belgian EGEAs come together again for the annual Christmas Market exchange. This time, we gather in Ghent for some cosy hot drinks, strolling around the market and getting to know some awesome people.We gather tuesday 19 december around 20:00 at the Stadshal, but keep in touch to know which train your entities are going to take!See you there!EGEA Brussels, EGEA Ghent and EGEA Leuven

Christmas movie night
2023-12-19 16:00 - 2023-12-20 15:00 (Europe/Prague)
Together with student council we plan a nice and cozy movie evening. We invite everyone to join the event and offer some sleepover opportunities for ten people. During the next day we can give a nice tour through our beautiful city.

There will be no costs besides drinks and food that you want to drink and eat.

Please message us over via mail or what’s app: goettingen@egea.eu / 015737163858

Christmas market weekend vol. 5.0
2023-12-14 14:00 - 2023-12-17 14:00 (Europe/Prague) | Jena, Jena, Germany
You will be hosted by our lovely entity members, who will provide you with a place to sleep and breakfast. They’ll also lead you to our meeting points. The use of public transport is included in the participant fee.

Programm | Travel Info | What to bring

Programm | Travel Info | What to bring

Depending on your arrival, you are welcome to come to Jena on Thursday evening or Friday morning. Jena is very easy to reach by train. By the way, regional tickets are also valid for the IC trains on the route Erfurt – Weimar – Jena – Gera. Note that there are two major train stations in Jena “Jena West” and “Jena Paradies”, which are not directly connected. Depending on the direction you are coming from, you’ll arrive at one of them. There is also a bus station directly in the center with various Flixbus connections. If you arrive by car, we will individually discuss in advance where you can park it over the weekend.

Programm | Travel Info | What to bring

Warm and weatherproof clothing and shoes

Some typical Christmas treats from your region to share at the Christmas cultural fair

A Christmas Outfit

An item you no longer need for the “White elephant gift exchange” – the crazier the better

Christmas spirit and good vibes

For more information follow our EGEA Jena Instagram page @egeajena

EGEA Berlin welcomes EGEA Zagreb
2023-12-13 00:00 - 2023-12-17 23:59 (Europe/Prague)
EGEA Zagreb is coming to Berlin with 9 people for an amazing weekend!

EGEA Zagreb welcomes EGEA Vilnius
2023-12-12 00:00 - 2023-12-14 23:59 (Europe/Prague) | Zagreb, Croatia, Trg bana Jelačića, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
Seeing EGEA Vilnius after such a short time after the original exchange felt like our time together was one long adventure across Europe. Even though the weather in Croatia was not great, we still gave it our best to show our Lithuanians Zagreb in the best light possible. After showing them Zagreb through a city tour, we also took them to the nearby picturesque town of Samobor. The Croatian traditions, food & drink were showcased during the Croatian Fair which was great fun and an amazing chance to introduce our country to our beautiful guests.

Wü in Aux - 1-day-exchange
2023-12-10 11:30 - 18:30 (Europe/Prague) | Augsburg
EGEA Augsburg welcomes EGEA Würzburg for our 1-day-Reexchange. We’ll show them around our famous Christmas Market.

Hannover Christmas Market event
2023-12-09 15:00 - 2023-12-10 14:00 (Europe/Prague)
You do not have to pay a participant’s fee, your only expenses will be foods and drinks during the weekend.

Visit Hannover’s christmas markets with us! There are several christmas markets all over town for us to visit during the weekend. More information about the program will follow soon.

Everyone will be hosted by our entity members. We do not have a final amount of places yet but we will try to host as many people as we can!

IMPORTANT: Due to the event being in Germany, you need cash to pay for goods at the markets.

Romanian Freshmen weekend
2023-12-08 08:00 - 2023-12-10 17:00 (Europe/Prague) | Bușteni
It’s an extended teambuilding for all the Entities of EGEA Romania. We had organized activities such as a guided tour through the city Sinaia, a mountain hike and interactive games for everyone to bring us closer
