Busy November!

ESN BelUPgrade has had a very, very busy November so far!

After a successful Halloween trip to Transylvania, our team turned their focus to the 2014 Autumn SocialErasmus Week. During this week, ESNers and exchange students across Europe joined forces to help and inspire those in need.

ESN BelUPgrade organized two events for this season’s SocialErasmus week. In addition to donating blood, our members and international students paid a visit to the National Association of Parents with Children with Cancer (NURDOR) three times. Our lovely volunteers helped arrange and pack Christmas gifts and cards and assisted the hardworking staff at NURDOR in other things that needed to be done. Unfortunately, a planned visit to a children’s shelter in New Belgrade had to be canceled due to bad weather. Overall, the week was a successful one, so we celebrated with a 100-member guest delegation from Zagreb!

On November 18^th, representatives of ESN BelUPgrade and the Tempus office in Belgrade held a presentation on exchange programs available for students in Serbia. Students had the opportunity to hear about the existing and future programs, the application procedure, the experiences of former outgoing students, as well as other important details.

And finally...SEEP! Over the last 4 days, two members of our section, accompanied by the outgoing and newly elected ESN Serbia National Representatives, attended the South Eastern European Platform in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This is one of 6 regional platforms – ESN international events gathering members of local sections from each respective region. They, literally, serve as a ‘platform’ for sharing experiences between local sections with the purpose of improving one’s practice and building friendships. More than 120 participants had the chance to learn about new aspects of our evolving network, discuss important matters, attend workshops, play games and have a “bloody awesome” time! Our delegation had an unforgettable weekend and returned enriched with new skills, knowledge and inspiration, which they are hoping to transmit to their colleagues back home.