The European Students' Union (ESU) and Education International (EI) are pleased to announce ESU’s 16th European Student Convention and Mobility Campaign Conference from the 5th to the 9th of October 2008.

Held in Lille, France under the label of the French Presidency, the conference will take place in the University of Charles De Gaulle Lille III. At the event, the results of ESU and EI’s mobility campaign will be presented and the recommendations from the conference participants will be transferred to the Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG). The recommendations will also form part of the base for discussing mobility for students and staff as a priority in the Bologna Process after 2010 during the Ministerial meeting in Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve in April 2009.

The conference is aimed at the BFUG, students, staff and other actors working with higher education. Conference participants will discuss themes such as financing mobility, mobility and quality, diversifying mobility, mobility of social security and pensions and trade in education with special attention to mobility aspects of trade. On 8th October, ESU will hold a day of discussions with only students in our normal student convention format.

For more information on the Validation Conference, visit our campaign website page dedicated to the conference here

Practical Information & Registration Details

Location: The event will be held in Lille, France. All accommodation and food will be covered by the organizers.

Participation fees: The conference participation fee is 350 €. ESU is offering subsidies per member organization (full members, associates and candidates):

• 1st Delegate: 350 € subsidy (i.e. no participation fee)
• 2nd Delegate: 175 € subsidy (i.e. participation fee of 175 €)
• 3rd Delegate onwards: no subsidy (i.e. participation fee of 350 €)

Registration Details

Please register online using the form at: http://tinyurl.com/59gz6w or log on to the ESU Board Extranet. (if you do not have a username/password for the service, kindly contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it in the ESU secretariat)

The deadline for registration is 15th September after which a late fee of an additional 75 euros will be charged, for further new registrations. Any registrations which are cancelled on or after 1st October will be liable to pay the full participation fee of 350 euros (this does not apply to changes in name of delegate).

Travel support For full and candidate members:

Travel will be reimbursed for the first delegate, up to a cost of 300 euros. We recommend that you buy your flights using our travel partner www.egencia.be whereby we will prepay your tickets.

For associate members:

We’re unfortunately unable to offer any travel subsidies for associates members.

Visas

The contact person for anyone needing a visa to enter France is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at Education International.
Telephone: +32 222 40 652

Support

The event is supported by the European Community through its Lifelong Learning Programme and by the French EU Presidency