Welcome to the website of the 11th European Students Convention!

ESIB - the National Unions of Students in Europe and ÖH – the National Students Union of Austria organise the 11th European Student Convention under the Austrian EU- presidency. It will take place in Vienna from 10th – 14th of march in the “University of Vienna”.

Students’ active participation in the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy

At the European Council (ie the heads of state and government of the member states) in Lisbon in March 2000, the heads of state and government of the member states decided the following overall goal for the European Union:

“to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.”

Six years, this overall goal is still the drive of every European Union initiative. Even though far from being achieved, the European Union believes that EU members should put an even stronger focus in their education policy on increasing the attractivess and competitiveness of the European education system.

More than 100 student representatives from all over Europe will participate and discuss the effects of the Lisbon Strategy for higher education from their perspective. Thus the Student Convention shall help ESIB redefine ESIB’s position on the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, how national student unions should deal with the process and what role should the student play within it.

ESIB will also be launching its Lisbon statement which will then be presented to the Summit of EU Ministers of Education.