Partner Student Organisations
IFISO is an informal forum for international officers of pluralistic, "non-political" and not-for-profit international (worldwide, European, etc.) student-run organizations. Currently the IFISO network consists of a multi-disciplinary mix of 28 such NGOs, covering more than 2 million students all together. These organizations are, as of 31 August 2005: AEGEE, AIESEC, BEST, EDSA, EESTEC, EFPSA, ELASA, EMSA, EPSA, ESN, ESSA, ESTIEM, EUROAVIA, FISEC, IAAS, IADS, IAPS, IAPSS, IEEE, IFMSA, IFSA, IPSF, IPSO, ISHA, IVSA, JADE, PRIME and WISE. While not being a formal entity (no by-laws, no obligations, no fees, no website, no official spokespersons or officers, etc.), IFISO as an informal forum is still quite influential because it creates the necessary environment for international student organizations to collaborate on all possible levels in order to strengthen their capacities through knowledge sharing and identification of synergies.
EESTEC is also proud to be a member of IFISO network. Vice Chairman for External Affairs is the one who is responsible to deal with the IFISO affair related to EESTEC and also has to atted IFISO meetings to find someone to represent EESTEC there. Furthermore, EESTEC is responsible for IFISO web page administration and updating the web site according to the requests from other student associations.
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AEGEE - European students' forum
AEGEE is an interdisciplinary organisation, promoting a unified
Europe, cross-border co-operation, communication and integration in
academic environment, and at the same time striving to create an open
and tolerant society of tomorrow. It is represented in 271 university
cities, in 40 countries all around Europe and has about 17 000 members.
Web page: http://www.aegee.org
AIESEC - International Association of Students interested in Economics and Management
AIESEC is the international platform for young people to discover
and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society.
Along with providing over 5,000 leadership positions and delivering
over 350 conferences, AIESEC runs an exchange program that enables over
3,500 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in
another country. Present in over 800 universities in 89 countries and
territories, we engage around 20.000 young people at any point of time
in different activities and 3000 organizations in our International
Internship Program. Since 1948, when AIESEC was founded, more then 1
million people went trough the experience of AIESEC. Please visit our
website to find out more about us.
Web page: http://www.aiesec.org
BEST - the Board of European Students of Technology
BEST is an organisation managed by students which strives to make
technology students more international minded by encouraging their
mobility and intercultural communication. Founded in 1989 BEST is
currently present in over 60 universities in almost all countries
across Europe. We offer 3 main services to European students of
technology : academic and nonacademic courses, support to start an
international career and involvement in the European educational system
by participation in several thematic networks from the European
Commission.
Web page:http://www.best.eu.org
EFPSA - European Federation of Psychology Students' Associations
EFPSA actively helps any type of student mobility: exchanges between
two or more countries, summer schools, seminars, etc. The Research
Network helps psychology students engage in joint research projects,
promote their own research on an international level, or find articles
that are not available in the home country. Via a Travel Network. EFPSA
wants to create a network of psychology students who want to provide
their colleagues with free lodging, in exchange for the same service.
Web page: http://www.efpsa.org
ELASA - European Landscape Architecture Students Association
ELASA is an association of European landscape architecture student
organizations with the purpose to support co-operation, exchange of
ideas and understanding between landscape architecture students
throughout Europe.
Web page: http://www.elasa.org
EMA - Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association
EMA is an international organization that links students and alumni
in all Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses - representing almost 100 joint
masters’ courses (across various academic disciplines) and in 200
European universities. EMA serves the interests of alumni and students,
notably by providing a forum for networking, communication and
cooperation - and by promoting Erasmus Mundus as a European programme
of excellence in international education.
Web page: http://www.em-a.eu
EMSA - European Medical Students' Association
EMSA aims to provide a European network for communication and a
platform for medical students to defend their interests, ensuring
quality of medical education, representing them and cooperating with
other international organizations. Therefore it organizes congresses,
workshops and symposium on medical ethics, medical education and
medical science, and has a few other projects like Teddy Bear Hospital,
Working Abroad Database, EuroTalk, Twinning Project and Summer Schools.
Web page: http://www.emsa-europe.org
EPSA - European Pharmaceutical Students' Association
EPSA is an independent student organization that represents over 120
000 pharmacy students. Now structured on Working Committees (special
interest groups) EPSA encourages contact and co-operation among
pharmacy students, developing their interests and opinions. EPSA
stimulates scientific, educational and mobility projects, striving to
gather students from the 42 member associations in four regular events:
Annual Congress, Summer University, Autumn Assembly and Annual Office
Reception.
Web page: http://www.epsa-online.org
ESN aims at working in the interest of students who are spending a
part of their professional education at a higher education institution
in a country other than the one in which their home institution is
situated, by means of: Improvement of the social and practical
integration of exchange students at their host institution,
Representation of the needs and expectations of exchange students on
the local, national and international level, Provision of relevant
information about academic exchange programs and ESN resources,
Reintegration of homecoming students by making them active in the
network, Contribution to evaluation of different exchange programs.
ESN aims at creating the conditions for better understanding of each
others cultures and national habits between students of different
nationalities. ESN works without being associated with any political
party or confessional grouping.
Web page: http://www.esn.org
ESSA - European Sociology Students' Association
ESSA is international students' association whose fundamental purpose is to gather sociology students and sociology students' clubs from all over Europe.
- to promote sociology as a profession
- to open communication channels
- to enable easier access to information
- to promote and encourage sociological research on local, national or regional level
- to promote and encourage interdisciplinary co-operation
- to connect and co-operate with institutes for social sciences and other scientific institutions
- to care for and protect students' educational, social, cultural and other interests and rights
- to contribute to establishment of modern, free, democratic, plural and tolerant non-violent society
ESTIEM - European STudents of Industrial Engineering and Management
ESTIEM was created to increase communication and cooperation between
students and institutions of technology in Europe within the field of
Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM). It organizes a wide scope
of activities such as exchanges, conferences, case competitions,
lectures and workshops.
Web page: http://www.estiem.org
EUROAVIA - European Association of Aerospace Students
EUROAVIA is the European Association of Aerospace Students, founded in 1959
and present in 31 cities in 17 European countries, with a total of more than
1000 members.
EUROAVIA aims to:
- stimulate contacts between university students and the aerospace industry;
- offer opportunities of acquaintance and exchange among students from different countries, thereby actively pursuing European integration;
- represent European aerospace students at an international level.
Being a non-political, non-profit association, EUROAVIA is managed
exclusively by students with its various activities being entirely financed
by membership fees and sponsoring
Web page: http://www.euroavia.net
FISEC - Food Industry Students European Council
The main goal of FISEC is to promote the exchange of ideas and
knowledge among students studying a food related course in Europe.
FISEC strives to maintain a close relationship between students,
universities and food companies, whereas together all parties may
contribute to the sustainable development of the food sector. Apart
from this, the students involved, can evolve and accompany the constant
changes of the food industry, gaining multidisciplinary skills and
dynamic orientations.
Web page: http://www.fisec.de.vu
IAAS - International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences
Mission Statement: "To promote the exchange of experience, knowledge
and ideas, to promote the mutual understanding between students in the
field of agriculture and related sciences in the world" The
International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related
Sciences was founded in 1957 and gathers today 49 countries. The
backbone of IAAS is its local committees through which it carries out
its activities which are seminars, conferences, VCPs, exchange
programme, meetings etc. With our external Partners we are involved in
projects on higher education, hunger concern etc...
Web page: http://www.iaasworld.org
IADS - International Association of Dental Students
Next to the Annual World Congress of Dental Students, IADS offers
many things to dental students, including an International Student
Exchange Programme, which allows students to visit a foreign country
and experience its culture and its dentistry, both scientifically and
clinically. In collaboration with the World Health Organisation, IADS
runs a Voluntary Work Abroad Scheme, which allows students to
experience primary oral healthcare in a developing country.
Web page: http://www.iads-web.org
IAPS - International Association of Physics Students
IAPS promotes peaceful relations among physics students around the
world and exposes physics students to the international physics
community. We organise annually international activities of scientific
as well as social interest to encourage physics students in their
academic and professional work in an international context. IAPS acts
as a liaison between physics students and the physics community and
promotes physics for the general public.
Web page: http://www.iaps.info
IAPSS - International Association for Political Science Students
IAPSS is a worldwide political science students' association with
member associations and individual members in 44 countries. Our vision
is generating and promoting opportunities for full actualization of
political science students cooperating through a global communication
network based on values - political independence, professionalism,
respect for diversity and knowledge. We strive to stimulate
international discussions about various topics of political science and
encourage research and concern for significant contemporary political
and social problems and policies.
Web page: http://www.iapss.org
IEEE - the student body of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE is a non-profit, technical professional association of more
than 360 000 individual members in approximately 175 countries. Through
its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging
from computer engineering, biomedical technology and
telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer
electronics, among others. The IEEE holds annually more than 300 major
conferences. Worldwide there are nearly 1 200 educational institutions
with IEEE Student Branches.
Web page: www.ieee.org
IFMSA - The International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
IFMSA is a global network that connects hundreds of thousands of
medical students from 88 countries on 6 continents. IFMSA was founded
1951 and its mission is to offer future physicians a comprehensive
introduction to global health issues. IFMSA activities comprises
exchanges, public health campaigns, humanitarian projects, trainings,
conferences, workshops, databases and publications and are organized in
6 standing committees on Professional/Research Exchange, Reproductive
Health, Public Health, Refugees and Peace, and Medical education. On
the international level, it connects its student activists to relevant
partners, including a great number of NGOs and the UN-system.
Web page: http://www.ifmsa.org
IFSA - International Forestry Students' Association
The primary goal of IFSA is to enrich forestry students' formal
education, especially in terms of a wider, more global perspective
through extracurricular activities and the exchange of information and
experience. IFSA promotes co-operation among forestry students, and
establishes links with other international organisations in areas such
as forestry, environmental protection, higher education, economy and
social development. IFSA intends to contribute to a more complete
professional preparation for its members, as well as to represent their
interests in the international community.
Web page: http://www.ifsa.net
IPSF - International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation
The International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation represents
approximately 350,000 pharmacy students and graduates of up to four
years in 90 countries worldwide.IPSF was founded in 1949 and aims to
study and represent the interests of pharmacy students worldwide and
encourage international co-operation amongst them. Activities include
the annual congress, regional symposiums, student exchange programme,
public health campaigns, professional development campaigns and
competitions, international research on pharmacy education and
practice, publications, and the village concept project.
Web page: http://www.ipsf.org
IPSO - International Psychology Students Organisation
IPSO is a web-based
organisation with a free-of-charge membership of experienced psychology
students from 75+ different countries. Services for IPSO members include
mailing lists for specific topics and language groups, an extensive links
page, and a helpdesk for students with international or organisational
ambitions.
Web page: http://www.psychologystudents.org
ISAVCP - the International Students' Association for Village Concept Projects
ISAVCP helps villagers in low-income countries to improve their
living conditions by enabling students from different countries and
backgrounds to work together in the village and to learn about
developmental work.
Web page: www.vcp.interconnection.org
ISHA - International Students of History Association
ISHA is an international, mostly Europe-based, network of students of
history and related sciences, which was founded in 1989 in Hungary. By
exchanging views, we hope to improve our understanding of history,
culture and of each other.
At the centre of our activities are the international meetings we have
several times per year.
With these meetings we provide opportunities to discuss various topics
of history, meet new people with similar academic interests, establish
international contacts and explore other countries.
Web page: http://www.isha-international.org
IVSA - International Veterinary Students' Association
The IVSA was founded in 1951 and is strictly a non-profitable,
non-political organization, based on volunteer efforts of veterinary
students worldwide. Effective communication on an international as well
as a local level has resulted in current membership encompassing 150
faculties in 56 countries worldwide. The IVSA aims to raise the overall
level of veterinary education worldwide by increasing the international
exchange of ideas and knowledge. Through numerous projects the IVSA
does everything in its power to have its members up on their feet when
they begin their careers.
Web page: http://www.ivsa.org
JADE - European Confederation of Junior Enterprises
JADE is a student-run, pan-European network representing about
20.000 young entrepreneurs in more than 150 local non-profit
organisations, called Junior Enterprises. By running professional
consulting studies and managing small- to medium sized enterprises, the
students add practical experience to their theoretical skills, develop
entrepreneurship at an early stage, enhance their skills as well as
horizons and of course prepare themselves for challenging careers
throughout Europe.
Web page: http://www.jadenet.org
PRIME - European Association of Public Relations and Communications Students
PRIME is an independent, non-profit organization, fully run by and
for students who study PR and Communication sciences, or other related
study programmes, at universities across Europe. The Association
consists of 16 member countries and 12 contact countries, gathering
over 500 European Students. PRIME aims at helping its members to
prepare themselves for a future career as Public Relations and
Communication professionals in Europe.
Web page: http://www.prime-europe.org
WISE - World Initiative of Students for Exchange
WISE wants to promote understanding and interaction among students
of all subjects on both international and local level. To achieve this
aim WISE is organising various projects, such as courses and workshops
with academic and cultural content.
Web page: http://www.wise-global.org
