PArtner Meetings
1st Fundraising European School T
he 1st Fundraising European School took place during the third week of September in Zaragoza, Spain, hosted by AEGEE-Zaragoza. The Board of European Students of Technology (BEST) and AEGEE trainers for the event coordinated together to put on the event. Lyda, the IAAS President, was the only IAAS participant selected to partake in the full week of trainings about fundraising. The first day began with an overview on what fundraising is. Then we went into why it is important to fundraise for your organization you are proud of. The rest of the trainings touched on topics related to persuasion, negotiation, calling sponsors and meeting them, making booklets, making a budget, writing sponsorship offers and writing grant applications. At the end there was a case study in which we had to “fundraise” for an event. The goal of the study was to contact as many companies as possible, write grant applications and of course have fun, which we did!
Autumn ifiso meeting D
uring the last week of October, Lyda, the IAAS President, had the pleasure to host the IFISO meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece. What is IFISO? IFISO is the Informal Forum of International Student Organizations and it aims to bring different student non governmental organizations (NGOs) together. IFISO is an informal platform where we get the chance to meet other student organizations, exchange knowledge, collaborate on all possible levels and built synergies in an agreeable environment. Thirteen NGOs were represented – AEGEE, 46
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IAAS ANNUAL REVIEW
BEST, ESTIEM, ESN, EMSA, IEEE, EUROAVIA, ISHA, IFMSA, IFSA, EESTEC, EGEA and IAAS!!! IAAS and ESN Thessaloniki members cooperated and organized the whole event. They were immersed in Greek culture and nightlife apart from the sessions and enjoyed their stay. The days were filled with facilitated workshops where we gathered knowledge of all associations and discussed matters like the aim of IFISO, the IFISO website, external relations and recognition of NGOs projects. We had time to brainstorm and think about joint projects for the future during our breaks and