European Geography Association

"EGEA" redirects here. For other uses, see Egea.
EGEA - European Geography Association
Founded1987
FounderStudents from the universities of Barcelona, Warszawa and Utrecht
TypeNetwork for geography students and young geographers
Location
Area served
Europe
Websitewww.egea.eu

The European Geography Association (EGEA) is an association encouraging European students to engage with geography through hands-on learning experiences.[1] EGEA provides exchange programs and excursions to facilitate connection between European students and others from across the globe.[2]

EGEA also provide publications in partnership with EuroGeography.[3] They operate in 32 European nations and have over 3,000 active participants.

The aims of EGEA are to offer personal development opportunities to young geographers across Europe, and enable them to fulfill their potential as young scientists.[4] EGEA provides complementary and alternative learning opportunities, beyond formal education of geography.[citation needed] This is done by encouraging and enabling involvement in intercultural interaction, as well as by development of academic, scientific, cultural and professional activities intended for young geographers on terms of equality, diversity and non-discrimination. EGEA actively contributes towards the promotion of geography through its network capabilities and through strategic partnerships, with the ultimate goal to strengthen geography’s place in members’ local communities.[citation needed]

History

The EGEA was founded in 1987 by students from universities in three main cities; Barcelona, Warszawa and Utrecht. The aim for the organisation was to allow students from varying European countries to exchange knowledge regarding the geography of the region.[citation needed] One year later, in 1988, EGEA was officially registered as a foundation with chair in Utrecht.[5] In 1996 the first website of EGEA was launched. The homepage would become the central meeting point for all EGEA members across Europe.At the 2009 General Assembly in Heeg a change of EGEA's legal status was decided. Since then EGEA is working as an association. Until 2014 EGEA has grown from its initial three entities to a current number of 90 entities in 36 different countries.[citation needed]

Activities

There are several local, national, and international activities organized by the entities of EGEA. The main events of the year are the congresses. Other annual events are national weekends and summer schools. In addition, entities organize their own events. The spectrum of content of these events reaches from scientific seminars or excursions to events where the main focus lies on getting together. A high popularity among EGEAns are exchanges between entities.[citation needed]

Congresses

Five congresses take place each year: four Regional Congresses in Spring, organized by one or more entities in each region, and the Annual Congress held in September.

Congresses always include workshops, excursions, trainings, and lectures with a scientific background. There are also meetings for Contact Persons of the entities and regional or international assemblies.[2]

Exchanges

Students exchanges are the core activities of EGEA. They enable small groups from 2 or 3 EGEA entities to visit each other in their countries, learn about culture, explore local habits and experience that country's natural environment. Most importantly, they enable young geographers to get to know their international peers. Following the agreement, one entity is hosting the other one. During the hosting time young people take care of the accommodation, food, and programme. Later on, the hosting entity becomes the visiting one and repays the visit. Exchanges are numerously the most attended activities, when taking into consideration number of events taking place every year.[2]

Scientific Symposium

Each year at the Annual Congress there is also a scientific symposium, where the members are able to present their scientific work, for example diploma or PhD theses.[2]

Seminars

There are a few seminars every year, always organized by several entities. The seminars are held on a scientific level that cover different themes in the particular disciplines of geography.[2]

Summer-/Winterschools

During the semester breaks in summer and winter EGEA also gives students the chance to participate at self-organized summer- or winterschools.[2]

Weekend Activities

The national or international weekend activities are organized by the EGEA. In most cases there is a main theme to show particular regional or local characteristics. The programme can be scientific or have a more informal level. Some of the regional weekend activities, such as those in the Baltic states, the Slavic countries, Germany, the Benelux countries, the Iberian peninsula and the Balkans, are mainly aimed at people from that region, whereas other weekends are open to all EGEA members.[2]

Structure

EGEA is divided into four administrative regions: the North & Baltic, the Eastern, the Western and the Euro-Mediterranean regions. Every region elects a new Regional Contact Person each year. As helping hands they have one or more Regional Assistants. Together they form the Regional Teams. The function of Regional Contact Person was introduced in 2012 to relieve EGEA's board members of coordinating the regions.[6]

Regions

Source:[1]

North & Baltic Region

This region is located in Northern Europe around the Baltic Sea. Entities that belong there are situated in: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia and Sweden. The countries in this region that currently don't have active entities are Iceland and Latvia.

Eastern Region

The Eastern Region is the largest geographic region in EGEA. Part of this region are the entities of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia (except for Kaliningrad and Saint Petersburg), Slovakia and Ukraine. The countries in this region that currently don't have active entities are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia and Moldova.

Western Region

By members and entities the Western Region is the largest administrative region of EGEA. It comprises the British Isles, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and parts of France. The country in this region that currently doesn't have an active entity is Luxembourg.

Euro-Mediterranean Region

This region contains all entities of countries that are located around the Mediterranean Sea. There are entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.

Board of EGEA

The Board consists of six persons, four of whom fulfill the functions of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. These four Board members are elected by the General Assembly out of individuals from the Association. A representative of the entity chosen to organise the Annual Congress was also a member of the board, but this latter position was replaced by an elected Event and Public Relations Advisor at the General Assembly of 2015. The Board represents and is the executive body of the Association. The Board is supported by the Secretariat Coordinator, previously called the Secretariat Director, whose seat is the office at the EGEA headquarters in Utrecht. This position was first created in 2005 and contrived by the entity of Utrecht. In 2016 also the grant team with its coordinator was created to take care of financial grants.

Year President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Event Advisor PR Advisor Secretariat Coordinator**
2024/25 Julia Nejman Luka Lešić Michał Purta Kristof Heimann Céline Walker Tabea Kottek Jasper Oosterloo
2023/24 Runa Witte Amalia Ilie Lars Kohlmeyer Jonas Martens Max Buchhart Veera Niemi Raf Martens
2022/23 Henrik Stein Josefa Loreth Jared Young Sigrid Paavle Patrycja Sokołowska Daniela Kebertová Raf Martens
Year President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Event and PR Advisor* Secretariat Coordinator**
2021/22 Micol Alessandri Esther de Winter Marie Johanna Univer Luana Schena Stanisław Konieczny Raf Martens
2020/21 Dylan Colonne Rhune van Cleemput Victoria Stoyanova Alexander Basten Daria Karsonova Suzanne Lansbergen
2019/20 Ksenia Simonova Jakub Růžička Johanna Zempel Jeroen Royer Merli Ilves Jelle Bulens
2018/19 Swen Schmitz Valentina Vrhovec Milan Mík Frederike Schneider Anna Feliksbrot Albert-Jan van der Werp
2017/18 David Rabensteiner Pietu Niinimäki Lea Rebernik Vít Volný Anselm Eberl Rick de Graaf
2016/17 Simon Schudel Ines Stadler Vilna Tyystjärvi Joonas Pöllänen Marek Borkowski Rick de Graaf
2015/16 Daan Smekens Florin Cioloboc Maria Kolesnikova Nina Wack Michael Witte Andries Bosma
2014/15 Nora Varga Claudia Rock Wendy Wuyts André Berger Robbert Kramer Sander van der Klei
2013/14 Colette Caruana Christoph Götz Isabella Rojs Alexandra Savulescu Marius Vidac Cecile Kerssemakers
2012/13 Jirka Konietzny Niels Grootjans Petronela Bordeianu Maciej Radyno Anna Toloczko Rik de Kleijn
2011/12 Svetlana Samsonova Joanna Wawrynowicz Henning Kronen Michael Poulsen Kristel Sieprath Sanne Heijt
2010/11 Alexandru Drăgan Sven Vanderhaegen Kaija Murasov Mihovil Masic Carolin Ziegler Roos Saalbrink
2009/10 Claudia Iordache Slobodan Cvetkovic Milda Latakaite Samantha van der Sluis Catalina Ionita Jelle Gulmans
2008/09 Jeroen van Pelt Kamila Jankowska Milena Karanović Dennis Söderholm Martinus Spoelstra Lisette von Leijenhorst
2007/08 Aleš Oven Vlad Dumitrescu Kret Masik David Jochum Misha Lobanov Malou Weber
2006/07 Heli Rekiranta Alexandros Ziogas Anastasia Kazakova Tim van de Laar Lukasz Jankowski Gert Ruepert
2005/06 Alois Humer Vojkan Gajovic Anna Bieniasz Sandor Kreuze Florian Fischer Gert Ruepert
2004/05 Vita Valuinaite Igor Pilipenko Rok Godec Andrea Jordan Leftheris Eleftheriadis
2003/04 Leftheris Eleftheriadis Natalia Krivenok Kristjan Pärnamägi Kathrin Klei Gert Ruepert
2002/03 Jean-François André Joanna Markowska Kristjan Pärnamägi Heidi van Otten Tomasz Dusza
2001/02 Denis Ceric Magdalena Bednarz Erki Saluveer Winneke Lobeek Sylvain Rigollet
2000/01 Sylvain Rigollet Anna Tsukanova Ann Ideon Remco van der Hoogt Wojtek Zalewski
1999/2000 Vera Veranda Magda Rak Helle-Mai Pedastsaar Sebastian Mosler Primoz Pipan
1998/99 Erika Eloranta Primoz Pipan Svetlana Malysheva Dennis van der Avoort Tonia Koops
1997/98 Teresa Gomes Piotr Strubel Erika Eloranta Dennis van der Avoort Catrin Effe
1996/97 Teresa Gomes Mait Rei Piotr Strubel Henk Looijen Nadia Dida
1995/96 Catrin Effe Sebastian Pichinski Helder Santos Rebecca Haacker Ricardo Coutada
1994/95 Ricardo Coutada Ricardo Coutada Maciej Dabski Berend Bock Monika Dittrich
1993/94 Ricardo Coutada Adam Sniadowski Ingibjörg Bjornsdottir Berend Bock Tiit Tammaru
1992/93 Jarna Karrila Joanna Widy-Kwiatkowska Jorge Humberto Marije Willems Xavier Munoz i Torrent 
* until 2012 Annual Congress Organiser, then until 2015 Annual Congress Coordinator.
** until 2016 Secretariat Director

Regional Contact Persons

The Regional Contact Persons maintain the contact between the entities in their respective regions and the European Board. At the Annual Congress 2024, the Regional Restructuring went into effect, turning the previous four regions into three new regions.

Year EAST & MEDITERRANEAN NORTH & BALTIC WEST
2024/25 Klemen Baronik Karolina Sentyrz-Kołodziej Matthew Federico Becker
Year EAST EUROMED NORTH & BALTIC WEST
2023/24 Julia Nejman Andrej Jovanović Agnes Rosenberg Lisa-Sophie Schwinge
2022/23 Ondřej Míka Leon Puljević Veera Niemi Runa Witte
2021/22 Ľuboš Rybnikár Mihaela Mladar Jenni Honkanen Henrik Stein
2020/21 Stanisław Konieczny Micol Alessandri Sigrid Paavle Josefa Loreth
2019/20 Dorina Juhász David Botko Daria Karsonova Anna Czerniejewska
2018/19 Yulia Kozak Monika Gričnik Beatričė Petkutė Dylan Colonne
2017/18 Tetiana Stadnyk Petar Božan Ksenia Simonova Swen Schmitz
2016/17 Petr Boucník Lena Kropivšek Ida Viinikka Lorina Schudel
2015/16 Marek Borkowski Vane Urh Vilna Tyystjärvi David Rabensteiner
2014/15 Maria Kolesnikova Sergio Cuevas Pérez Kseniya Gavrilova Daan Smekens
2013/14 Nora Varga Urban Furlan Mariana Verdonen Sascha Sabouhi
2012/13 Alexandra Savulescu Colette Caruana André Sæther Berger Martijn Claes

Teams

EGEA has several teams (previously committees), carrying out important work to keep the association up and running. Currently the following teams are active within EGEA:

Media Team
Green Team
European Geographer (magazine)
Finance Team
Training Team
Science team
Inclusion Team
External Opportunities Team
Tech Team
Reach Beyond Team

Partners

EGEA has several partnerships with organizations like EUROGEO, IAAS, ISHA,and Studyportals.[7] Furthermore, there is a partnership to a program by the EU, "Youth in Action"[8] as well as a partnership to a program by the Council of Europe, "European Youth Forum". There are also cooperations with ESRI, a supplier of GIS programs, and with the Utrecht University.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Story Map Journal". www.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "European Geography Association (EGEA)". International Students of History Association. 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ^ "Eurogeography | European Association of Geographers". Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. ^ "About EGEA". EGEA. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  5. ^ "European Geography Association for Students and Young Geographers | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ ★ European Geography Association - geography organizations. (2021). Retrieved 29 March 2021
  7. ^ "StudyPortals: EGEA - European Geography Association". Archived from the original on 2015-01-24. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  8. ^ "Youth in Action - Programme 2007-2013 | EACEA". Eacea.ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  9. ^ "Sponsors and Partners – European Geography Association for students and young geographers". Egea.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-12-24.

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