survival guide np jena (en)
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All sections of a country form a „National Platform“. That
means that alle German sections form the National
Platform of Germany. At the same time the meetings
where all sections of a country meet are called „National
Plattform“. This long word usually is shortened as NP.
An NP has special rights: only it can elect the National
Board, change the statutes of ESN Germany and make
all important decisions.
The National Board coordinates and leads the sections of
a country. The member of the National Board consists of
volunteers just like you. It is their task to take care of the
sections and ESN in its country.
Important note: should you be relatively new to ESN it
could be useful to take a look at the acronyms used in
ESN. You do not know where to find it? No worries! Only
turn a few pages.
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The National Platform is the most important one of the year. Why? Because HERE all relevant decisions are made.
You can look forward to:
The report of the current board
The report of the working groups
Presentation of statute and standing order changes
Votes on changes
Presentation of the candidates for the new National Board
Election of the National Board
Fruitful discussions
Bad Taste Picture Award by ESN Alumni Deutschland e.V.
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AGM - Annual General Meeting
CEP - Central European Platform: meeting of the sections from
Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia,
Croatia and Lithuania
CND - Council of National Delegates - extended CNR, meeting
of all NRs + 2 delegates from each country
CNR - Council of National Representatives: meeting of all NRs
of the ESN countries, decision and monitoring organ of the IB
inbetween AGMs
ESN - Erasmus Student Network: all of us
IB - International Board: head of ESN International, elected at
the AGM and lives in Brussels for a year
LP - Local Platform: meeting of all German sections in the
region in the North, East, South or West
NB - National Board
NBM - National Board Meeting: meeting of all national boards
from all countries
NEP - Northern European Platform: meeting of the sections
from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, FInland, Denmark, Estonia,
Russia and Latvia
NP - National Platform
NR - National Representative: member of the National Board
and representative of the country towards the network
PALLOMERI - abbreviation for Paneuropean Association
Leading Local Organisation Making Erasmus Richer Inside, as
well as the ESN version of „Hello“
PRIME - abbreviation for Problems of Recognition in Making
Erasmus: survey about recognition of grades initiated by ESN
RP - Regional Platform: meeting of sections from a specific
European region (c.f. WEP, NEP, SWEP, SEEP, CEP)
WEP - Western European Platform: meeting of the sections
from Ireland, UK, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Switzerland and Germany
SEEP - South Eastern European Platform: meeting of the
sections from Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece,
Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Romania
SWEP - South Western European Platform: meeting of the
sections from Portugal, Spain, Malta, France and Italy
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Jena is the second biggest city in Thuringia and was the centre of the optical industry in the 20th century. Carl Zeiss, Schott, Jenoptik—companies that are still determing the townscape.
But obviously Jena has more to offer. 1558 the Friedrich Schiller University was founded and counts nowadays around 21.000 students. Keeping in mind that Jena has a total amount of around 110.000 inhabitants it means that one out of 5 persons is a student. Additionally 5.000 students attend the University of Applied Sciences in Jena.
Historically Jena was a focal point of the German Vormärz as well as of the student liberal and unification movement.
Amongst the most notable persons that lived in Jena are Goethe, Schiller, Abbe, Marx or Hegel.
Today Jena is widely known as a pure student paradise and trust us: Jena is the place to be!
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Should you have a bit of time here are the must-sees of Jena:
7 wonders of Jena
Botanical Garden
Optical museum
Schillers summer house
JenTower
Saale-Horizontale (great hiking routes around Jena)
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In the dining halls / mensas you can have breakfast, lunch, and dinner starting from 1.50 Euro. There always is a vegetarian option and vegeTable at Ernst-Abbe-Platz is fully vegetarian.
Some advice from our side: Try Thüringer Rostbratwurst! It’s the speciality of the region. But be aware: Eating it with ketchup rather than with mustard identifies you as a Non-Thuringian.
Also try fries from Fritz Mitte! Best fries in town and they make their own sauces (also Vegan). And last but not least eat and drink out in Wagnergasse. There are various cafes and bars.
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1996 a small group of motivated students at the
faculty of economics founded the group „Erasmus
Alumni“. With the increasing number of
international students this group wanted to ensure
good offers and support for a better integration in
Jena.
Later on Erasmus Alumni joined the local Erasmus
initiatives of the DAAD (German Academic
Exchange Service) and joined the Erasmus
Student Network in 2000 as the 5th German
section. Since then many things have happened in
Jena and we can look back at various milestones.
For example numerous members of the National
Board came from the contemplative Jena:
Presidents (e.g. the very first president of ESN
Germany), Project Manager, Fundraiser, PR
responsibles.
But our members also like to get involved in
international projects. So e.g. two members got
involved in „Ride for your rights“, an European wide
bike tour. One former member is still active as
Liaison Officer for ESN International on various
conferences and represents the network towards
institutions and organisations not only from
Germany but all over Europe.
We are further especially proud of former Erasmus
students who founded own ESN sections at their
home universities that are nowadays also well-known (e.g. ESN Timisoara was founded by 2
former Erasmus students of ours and will host an
Eduk8 event soon).
We are happy and excited to host another National
Platform in Jena and look forward to meet you all!
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By plane:
The closest airport is situated in Erfurt, the state capital of
Thuringia, 70 km from Jena. Other close airports are Leipzig-Halle
or Nurembourg. Leipzig/Halle is accessible by train in less than two
hours, Nuremberg in less than tree hours.
Our advice: if there are no flights to either of those take a plane to
Berlin, Dresden or Frankfurt am Main. From there you can take a
bus or train to Jena.
By train:
There are various train stations in Jena but please:
Choose JENA WEST or JENA PARADIES!!!
Our recommendations concerning Deutsche Bahn: If you book in advance you might be able to get a „Europa Spezial“.
Further some special tickets might be interesting: Quer-durchs-Land
Ticket—only valid on one day between Mondays and Fridays but
you can not take fast trains
Schönes-Wochenende Ticket—only valid on Saturdays and
Sundays but you can not take fast trains
Länder-Ticket—valid on every day of the week, if you buy it in
Saxony-Anhalt or Saxony it is also valid in Thuringia but you can not
take fast trains
By bus:
Bus routes with stop in Jena: Berlin Linienbus, Flixbus, Postbus,
Eurolines
By lift:
Check Blablacar for good rideshare opportunities.
By car:
The North-South and East-West thoroughfares of the Autobahn A9
Rostock-Berlin-Munich and the A4 Dresden-Eisenach-Frankfurt/
Main cross near Jena. Jena itself is linked to the A4 via the
junctions Jena-Zentrum and Jena-Göschwitz. There is access to the
A9 Berlin-Nürnberg via the nearby Hermsdorfer Kreuz.
Parking:
Our recommendation: parking at the Neue Mitte (very central, fee)
or at the stadium (no fee, tram 5 direction Ernst-AbbePlatz or 1/4
direction Zwätzen).
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All participants will be staying in the city centre at the
Alpha One Hostel.
We have reserved 60 beds in 3 to 6-bed-rooms.
Bed linen is available.
The hostel is wheelchair accessible and less than 10
minutes away from the location of the plenaries.
Have a look at the hostel here.
And also make sure to save the location to your GPS:
Lassallestraße 8
07743 Jena
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The Friedrich Schiller UniversityJena is the biggest
university and only full university in the free state
Thuringia. It was founded 1558 and belongs to the
universities with the longest tradition in Germany. You
can learn more here.
Rooms:
We have some pretty nice rooms for you: various
seminar rooms at the Ernst-Abbe-Platz as well as lecture
halls and also the legendary „Haus auf der
Mauer“ (House at the wall). All buildings are located
within 5-10 minutes walking distance. The same applies
to the hostel which is also 5-10 minutes walking distance.
Internet:
At university you have connection via Eduroam. Make
sure to install it already at your home university.
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Thursday:
Arrival
Wheelchair basketball with Jena Caputs
Friday:
Agenda „ESNsustain National Platform Jena“
Interregional dinner
Beachparty
Saturday:
Agenda „ESNsustain National Platform Jena“
Party
Sunday:
Agenda „ESNsustain National Platform Jena“
City tour
Departure
Please note:
Breakfast takes place at the Haus auf der Mauer.
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Student ID
ESNcard
Plug distributor
Food and drinks for interregional dinner
Your mascot
Paper and pen
A smile :)
Important contacts
Marco: +49 152 / 21 717 399
Anne: +49 157 / 84 090 674
Johannes: +49 174 / 87 663 97
Taxi: +49 3641 458888 oder +49 3641 5566
Alpha One Hostel: +49 3641 597897
Do not call Frida… She is usually too lazy to let us know
about anything…
You can find all important places here.
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