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ESIB - The National Union of Students in Europe

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Education Human Rights Intellectual Property Migration Minority Rights Refugees Science and Technology Social Development Sustainable Development Values Volunteerism Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Information and communication technologies Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Violence against women Women in power and decision-making Population: International migration Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Disabled persons Employment Social policy Youth Statistics: Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Education Gender equality Information for decision-making and participation Sustainable development in a globalizing world NEPAD: Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development) Human Development
Geographic scope:	Regional Europe
Country of activity:	Belarus Israel Belgium Portugal Italy Denmark France North Macedonia Austria Hungary Malta Armenia Latvia Ireland Norway Croatia Liechtenstein Slovenia Cyprus Sweden Iceland Türkiye Ukraine Poland Bulgaria Finland Germany Netherlands Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Switzerland Luxembourg Russian Federation Republic of Moldova Lithuania Spain Greece Holy See Estonia Czechia Azerbaijan Serbia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Slovakia Kazakhstan
Other geographic areas of activity:	Kosovo
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The aim of ESIB - The National Students Unions in Europe is to represent and promote the educational, social, economic and cultural interests of students at the European level towards all relevant bodies and in particular the European Union, Bologna Follow Up Group, Council of Europe and UNESCO. We work to bring together, resource, train and inform national student representatives on policy developments in higher education at the European level. Since decisions concerning higher education are increasingly taken at the European level, ESIB's role as the only European-wide student platform is similarly growing. Our work centres around supporting our members through organising seminars, training, campaigns and conferences relevant to students, conducting European-wide research, partnership projects and campaigns, providing information services and producing a variety of publications. for both students, policy-makers and higher education professionals.
Year established:	1982
Year of registration:	2003
Organizational structure:	The representatives of the 47 members organisations ESIB - The National Students Unions in Europe form the General Assembly of the organisation. Twice a year the General Assembly meets to set the political agenda of the organisation and elects 10 representatives to carry out this agenda. Each spring a ten person Executive Committee, including a chairperson and two vice-chairpersons, are elected. All mandates are for one year. In the autumn the General Assembly elects three person Commission for Internal Auditing (CIA). CIA member mandates are for three years. In addition to the Executive Committee and the Commission for Internal Auditing (CIA), ESIB has a secretariat in Brussels from where the Chairperson and Vice-Cherpersons are also based. The member organisations can also decide to create ad-hoc working groups with a specific scope and by a limited period of time. At the moment there are two active working groups: one on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and another one on International Cooperation (with students' unions outside of Europe).
Number and type of members:	ESIB - The National Students Unions in Europe is an umbrella organisation of 47 National Unions of Students (NUS) from 39 countries (January 2015). The NUSes are open to all students in their respective country regardless of political persuasion, religion, ethnic or cultural origin, sexual orientation or social standing. Our members are also student-run, autonomous, representative and operate according to democratic principles. Through its members, ESIB represents over 15 million students in Europe. ESIB is also known as the European Students' Union (ESU).
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for providing consulting or research services Fundraising campaigns Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants Grants from Governments

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