Wednesday, 5 May, 2021 - 18:51

 

The ESN Awards are the initiative of the Erasmus Student Network that aims to provide recognition to the work our member organisations do in a span of a year. Each year our local and national organisations submit their initiatives, activities, events, projects, and campaigns that contribute to the mission, vision and values of ESN across 14 different categories. The selected applicants are awarded and given an opportunity to present their submissions in front of the entire network at the awards ceremony. 

The ceremony took place on 5th of May. The jury panel consisted of representatives of youth organisations whose work is relevant for the award they presented - Safi Sabuni, Policy and Training Officer at Eurodesk; Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic, Secretary-General of Europa Nostra; Jamie Ramacciotti, Head of Content, Student Events at Times Higher Education; Brikena Xhomaqi, Director of Lifelong Learning Platform; Joachim Wyssling, Senior Programme Manager at European University Foundation; Monika Skadborg, Board Member of the European Youth Forum and Josipa Friščić, Communication Officer at Inclusion Europe.

 

CULTURE AWARD
The most impactful activity/event/initiative/programme/project fostering intercultural competence and intercultural understanding

  1. Present Your Country: Home Edition, ESN Timișoara

  2. Gastronomix, ESN Toulouse

  3. World Conversations, ESN Évora

Honourable mentions: 

  • Home (Not) Alone, ESN UJ Cracow

  • Cultural Cafe, ESN Fribourg

 

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AWARD
The most impactful sports or well-being activity/event/initiative/programme/project that fosters a healthy lifestyle of the local and international youth

  1. Erasmus National Games, ESN Portugal

  2. Team Helpy, ESN Strasbourg

  3. Quarantine Sports Challenge, ESN Buddynetwork TU Wien

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
The most impactful activity/event/initiative/programme/project contributing to environmental sustainability

  1. Green Month 2.0 - Clean Up Venice, ESN Venezia

  2. ESN for Sustainability, ESN Italy

  3. Sustainable Development Goals, ESN Hacettepe and ESN Dokuz Eylul University

Honourable mentions:

  • Nature Walk, ESN Pisa

  • Green Writing Contest, ESN Roma LUISS

  • ESN Beach Clean-Up, ESN Malta

 

VISIBILITY AWARD
The most impactful or innovative campaign that fosters a positive impact of international exchange and contributes to ESN as a globally recognised brand

  1. You can go on Erasmus!, ESN Spain

  2. #ESNinRadio, ESN Foggia

  3. Operation Santa, ISN Amsterdam

Honourable mentions:

  • Causes of ESN Promotion by CZinchilla, ESN Czech Republic

 

SOCIAL INCLUSION AWARD
The most impactful social inclusion activity/event/initiative/programme/project

  1. Hidden Cities, ESN Greece

  2. Speak Coimbra, ESN Coimbra

  3. Linguistic Immersion Project With Children at Risk of Social Exclusion, ESN Málaga

 

MOBILITY AWARD
The most impactful mobility-promotion activity/event/initiative/programme/project

  1. “Studenckie wyjazdy z Erasmus+” (‘Students’ experiences within Erasmus+’), ESN Poland

  2. Podcast Destino Erasmus, ESN Santiago de Compostela

  3. Blog Erasmus, ESN UEK Cracow

Honourable mentions:

  • Erasmus Monitor, ESN Italy

  • Survival Guide Outgoing, ESN Portugal

 

EDUCATION AWARD
The most impactful activity/event/initiative/programme/project that has a strategic and long term approach to education-related topics

  1. Online Dutch Language Course, ESN Utrecht

  2. Proposals for the Strategy of Internationalisation of the Spanish Universities, ESN Spain

  3. Education Action Plan, ESN Portugal

Honourable mentions:

  • MEIS, ESN UCM Madrid

  • ll Salone dello Studente (The Student's Hall), ESN Italy

  • Erasmus in School Guide Hungarian Edition, ESN Hungary

  • Eis VET - MEDAC Highschool, ESN Sevilla

 

EMPLOYABILITY AWARD
The most impactful activity/event/initiative/programme/project contributing to the competence development and employability of the local and international youth

  1. Next Step, ESN CAG

  2. The First Step in Career Planning, ESN Iasi

  3. Cooperation with Talent Portugal, ESN Portugal

Honourable mentions: 

  • RI-Partire in Europa (Re-start in Europe): Suggerimenti ed opportunità per tirocini, lavoro ed autoimprenditorialità, ESN Teramo

 

COOPERATION AWARD
The best cooperation between sections and/or national organisations in the Network

  1. French-German Cooperation Committee (FGCoopCom), ESN France, ESN Germany

  2. ESN ASE Bucharest from Bucharest, Romania; ESN Chieti Pescara from Pescara, Italy and ESN Málaga, from Málaga, Spain

  3. North German Sections, ESN Sections from Braunschweig, Göttingen, Hamburg, Hildesheim, Kiel and Rostock, ESN Germany

 

TRAINING AWARD
The best national/regional/local training event or programme

  1. PATHWAY TO A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – ESN ROMANIA’S TRAINING PROGRAM, ESN Romania

  2. Coordinators Integration and Training Camp, ESN UEK Cracow

  3. Level up! ESN Bulgaria’s spring training event, ESN Bulgaria

Honourable Mentions:

  • Intercultural Dialogue Online Training, ESN Debrecen

 

IT AWARD
The best IT-related practices, projects or initiatives

  1. Erasmus-sggw.pl, ESN SGGW

  2. ESN Germany / Freiburg Website, IT Team ESN Germany (Viki ESN Freiburg)

  3. PandaBot, ESN VUT Brno

 

FUNDRAISING AWARD
The most impactful activity or initiative collecting resources for a common cause

  1. Housing Strategy, ESN Porto

  2. Charity Jam Session, ESN Szeged

  3. Christmas Charity Run, ESN Bonn e.V.

 

HR AWARD
The best HR practices, projects or initiatives focusing on volunteer management and appreciation

  1. ESN Greece Competence Assessment Form, ESN Greece

  2. Expansion Strategy 2020-2023, ESN Portugal

  3. Empower Newbies, ESN CAG

NETWORK AWARD

  1. ESN Solidarity Mechanism, ESN Spain

Read about the awarded programmes, projects, initiatives, events, campaigns and activities on awards.esn.org, and you can access the recording on ESN’s YouTube channel.