STRUCTURE

EGEA consists of member entities (at the moment almost 75) that are based in cities where one can study geography and are represented by their two Contact Persons. Entities belong to one of the four regions in EGEA which are coordinated by the four Regional Teams (RTs). The whole association is managed by the Board of EGEA (BoE). Regional Teams and the Board of EGEA are part of the Organisation and Strategy Committee which is a place for cooperation for all bodies of the association. It also includes Teams, Supporting Roles, Congress Organisers and the Financial Control Commission.

The General Assembly (GA), the highest decisive body of EGEA, usually takes place once per year during the Annual Congress. In the General Assembly new entities are approved and inactive ones discharged. Also matters of the association are discussed and voted upon via proposals. At the General Assembly all approved member entities can cast their vote. The Board of EGEA is voted upon before the General Assembly via e-voting by all entities. Regional Contact Persons are voted upon by their region’s entities.

At the General Assembly, the Board of EGEA elect, the Regional Teams elect, the members of the Financial Control Commission and the Secretariat Coordinator are approved. There are also regional decisions, which are taken during the Regional Meetings at Regional Congresses or during the Annual Congress: Every region appoints its representative for the Financial Control Commission and votes upon the organising entity of the Regional Congress. The organising entity of the Annual Congress is elected by the General Assembly. Representatives or coordinators of Committees, Website Administrators, Grant Team and Congresses are chosen by the respective body and don’t need the approval of the General Assembly.

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EGEA currently has one supporting role: the Secretariat Team. The team coordinator leads a team responsible for their respective topics and is an essential supporting team for the Board of EGEA and the Regional Teams. The supporting role coordinator is annually elected.

Secretariat

The Secretariat is located in Utrecht (NL) and it’s the physical address of EGEA where our Secretariat Coordinator(s) runs an office. The SC is in direct contact with the Board of EGEA and helps with the administrative tasks of EGEA.

teams

green

EGEA Green focuses on raising the ecological awareness within the Association. Therefore EGEA Green established the EGEA Green Book. This work of reference consists of a list of guidelines to encourage a more ecological behaviour. Entities and event-organisers can receive a label of recognition by EGEA Green on the basis of the proposed guidelines.

external opportunities

The External Oppotunities Team helps EGEAns with their geography related careers outside of EGEA. Whether it’s an internship, a job or research opportunities – we might have something in store for you!

media

The Media Team is a project-based EGEA body, it works in small teams on certain projects such as the regular newsletter and calendar. The main aim of the CMC is to support EGEA by documenting its activities and with promotional material like videos, pictures, leaflets, posters, flyers, banners, presentations, etc. The CMC also maintains all of the outside channels of communication in the public domain such as the Facebook and Wikipedia pages.

science

The Science Team is an official body of EGEA which aims to strengthen the quality of scientific activities in EGEA and to encourage EGEAns to share their scientific work and to participate in scientific events. 

training

EGEAns are the core of our organisation – and that’s where we come in. We want to make EGEA a place for you to develop your skills. We want to support you in the organisation of trainings and above all we would like to create a network of trainers.

european geographer

The European Geographer is the official EGEA magazine, a magazine by young geographers for young geographers. The publication is divided into three main sections; the scientific section, the GEOtalk section, and the EGEAscope section. A team of editors and a design team co-ordinated by two chief editors work together to produce and publish a magazine which is a patchwork of scientific, opinion and narrative pieces forming an interesting read for all.

inclusion

The Inclusion Team is a Group of EGEAns that supports newbies and helps them with their first steps in EGEA.

For example, we organize Newbie Areas and the Buddy System on congresses. We also provide newbie flyers including information about our association.

finance

We believe in the importance of bringing professional opportunities to EGEAns by connecting them with potential employers. The Fundraising Committee aims to attract sponsors and partners who can benefit EGEA, and works towards improving and diversifying EGEA’s financial basis. Furthermore, our work is strongly linked to projects addressing the external visibility of our association and the connection of EGEAns with the labour market.

technical support

Not only are we maintaining this very website, but also administrating the email accounts of all EGEAns. Whenever there are some technical issues to be solved, we’re happy to help out!

Projects

Penpal

The Pen Pal Project is a project that will connect EGEAns all over Europe by writing letters to each other.  Each month a topic will be suggested to write about. The topics will vary between personal stories, scientific research and social topics to broaden the minds of all participants.

podcast

The Podcast Project Working Group consists of EGEAns that are interested in Podcasts. While all of us listen to Podcasts in our free time or during work/studies, none of us have produced a podcast before. Together we are figuring what it takes to do so. Our goal is to create entertaining but also scientific and EGEA related content. Our content concept focuses on 3 types of episodes: 1. Cultural (e.g. EGEA songs with natives, EGEA cities) 2. Scientific (e.g. droughts) and 3. EGEA related (e.g. How to organise a congress, Ask BoE)

COOKBOOK

The Cookbook is a project that gathers EGEAn’s favourite recipes for a more diverse and international cuisine.

Explore Cookbook

Reach beyond

Reach Beyond advertises EGEA at universities where we are not yet existant. The goal is to acquire more entities and expand our EGEA network.

For administrative and organisational purposes EGEA entities belong to one of the regions – Eastern, Euro-Mediterranean, North&Baltic and Western.

The four EGEA Regions are led by their respective regional teams, consisting of a Regional Contact Person and one to three Regional Assistants. They maintain the contact between the entities in their respective regions and the European board. Please contact your regional team with questions related to:

Contact your Regional Team with questions
related to:
  • New Entities
  • Entity Management
  • CP Tasks
  • New members
  • Membership Criteria
  • Support Fund
  • Regional Congresses

All entities are under supervision of a regional team. The entities are basically cities where EGEA has a local branch of geography students. Entities vary from a few, up to a hundred or more, involved students & young professionals.

Most events, eg. congresses and exchanges, are hosted by local entities and their members, and visited by students from other entities in this network.

The entities are the members of EGEA. Once a year at the General Assembly, every entity has one vote to support or reject new proposals.

The Association is administratively divided into three regions. Though the names of whole sovereign states are listed below, countries can be divided internally using the Nomenclature d’Unites Territoriales Statistiques
(Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (N.U.T.S.)) level 1 data which divides countries into their internal provinces and states.

To maintain regions with close to similar numbers of entities, the recommended division of the regions is the following:

West Region:
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, France, South-Western Germany*, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, The Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

North & Baltic Region:
Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, North-Eastern Germany** Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden.

East & Mediterranean:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kosovo***, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine.

*The included N.U.T.S level 1 states are as follows: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
**The included N.U.T.S level 1 states are as follows: Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
***This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
West
Augsburg
Bamberg
Bochum
Bonn
Brussels
Edinburgh
Freiburg
Ghent
Graz
Grenoble
Groningen
Leuven
Lyon
Mainz
Marburg
Münster
Nijmegen
Utrecht
Valladolid
Wien
Würzburg
Zürich
Barcelona - candidate
Bayreuth - candidate
Bordeaux - candidate
Guildford - candidate
Heidelberg - candidate
Innsbruck - candidate
Milano - candidate
North & Baltic
Berlin
Gdansk
Göttingen
Greifswald
Halle
Hannover
Helsinki
Izhevsk
Jena
Joensuu
Katowice
Kazan
Kiel
Kraków
Moscow
Olsztyn
Osnabrück
Oulu
Saint Petersburg
Tartu
Trondheim
Turku
Vilnius
Warszawa
Wrocław
Hamburg - candidate
Toruń - candidate
East & Mediterranean Region
Banja Luka
Belgrade
Bratislava
Brno
Bucharest
Budapest
Cluj-Napoca
Debrecen
Iasi
Izmir
Kharkiv
Kherson
Kyiv
Ljubljana
Lutsk
Lviv
Malta
Maribor
Novi Sad
Olomouc
Ostrava
Prague
Pristina
Skopje
Ternopil
Timisoara
Zadar
Zagreb
Usti nad Labem - candidate