************ REGISTER FOR RESERVATION OF SLEEPING PLACES NOW! *************


Dear friends and supporters,

the countdown has started and here is the latest information about the EEF:

Plenaries

On Thursday, September 18th a panel discussion entitled 'The Bologna Process - criticism and alternatives' starts at 7:30pm. Lea Brunner (VSS/UNES, The Union of Students in Switzerland), Alan Clarke (NUS UK, National Union of Students of the UK), Heiner Fechner (fzs, National Union of Students Germany) and a representative of SUD Étudiant (French Students' Union) discuss about the huge project of the creation of a European Higher Education Area (HEA). Marzia Foroni (udu, Italian Students' Union) does the moderation of the discussion. At the end questions coming from the auditorium will be answered.

On Friday, September 19th Nico Hirtt informs about 'GATS and Education'. He is founder member of the Belgian movement "Appel pour une école démocratique" (Aped) and published papers and books on themes as 'School systems under market rules' and 'Marketizing Higher Education: Neoliberal Strategies and Counter-Strategies'. Afterwards the microphone is open for discussion to the members of the auditorium.

Workshops

55 workshops have been registered until now, which exceeds our expectations. Information about all workshops provided by their organizers is available on our website www.eef2003.org.

Demonstration

The final demonstration begins on Saturday, September 20th at 12:30pm at the main building of the Humboldt University, address 'Unter den Linden 7'. We will express our solidarity with the Trade Unions' youth organisations and the parents fighting against massive increase in price of day-care centres, who both agitate for a better education system. Day-Care centres and apprenticeship are important components of the education system which must be improved drastically .

Register for sleeping places!

We can only guarantee sleeping places to those, who register for reservation of sleeping places until Friday, September 12th, 10am at a fee of 3 Euro per night. We need to have that deadline because we have to book the gyms on Friday. Please use our online form for registration. The direct link is:  http://www.asta-zeitung.de/eef2003/php/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=65 . If you cannot reach our website simply send a mail to  beds@eef2003.org .

Registration of information stands

If your group or organisation wants to install a stand during the forum, you have to register for it until Sunday, September 14th. We cannot guarantee the provision of a good place after this date. We take a fee of 10 Euro for each stand at which material is sold.

Call for translators

We need translators for workshops during the EEF. If you attend the forum and are able to do a translation of one workshop, please write a short mail to  translation@eef2003.org .

Travelling to Berlin

Please use buses and trains for your journey or practise car sharing. Buses to the EEF can be announced on our website.

Donations for the EEF

We still need donations for organising the EEF. We therefore call upon all, who support us or attend the forum, to give a small contribution, if they can afford.

If you want to transfer money from outside Germany to the EEF account, please use the following information for addressing the money transfer:

Account holder: AStA der FHD LAT EEF
Bank: Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
IBAN: DE 23 300 501 1000 390 513 21
IC: DUSSDEDD

For donations from Germany:
Kontoinhaber: AStA der FHD LAT EEF
Kontonummer: 39051321
Bankleitzahl: 300 501 10
Institut: Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf



In solidarity,

Bastian Gronloh
for the EEF preparation team




*** Another education is possible!
*** European Education Forum: 18-20.09.03 in Berlin
***  http://www.eef2003.org