Annex 3: About ESN Italy

d) Don't know

5.7. Gender Fluid

a) Yes, definitely b) I think so c) Not at all d) Don't know

5.8. Diffrence between sex and gender

a) Yes, definitely b) I think so c) Not at all d) Don't know

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Erasmus Student Network Italia – ESN Italia Sede Operativa: Via Giuseppe Rondini, 9 - 00169 Roma Sede Legale: Via Anastasio II, 80 - 00165 Roma Codice Fiscale 92105850348 - Partita IVA 02507830343

Erasmus Student Network Italy is the Italian level of the Erasmus Student Network AISBL (ESN), one of the biggest European student organizations whose main aim is to promote and support international mobility amongst students. ESN Italy is a non-profit organization that works as the administrative and coordinating body of the 54 ESN sections on Italian territory. It was officially founded in 1994 by the members of the 7 oldest Italian ESN sections, to give a stronger continuity and coordination to their regular activities.

With about 2000 volunteers, the aims of ESN Italy are: ● To welcome foreign students who come to Italy for a study visit in one of the Italian universities, supporting them in finding accommodation, mentoring, and organizing events to promote their integration in the hosting country; ● To inform the local students about the European programmes’ opportunities, with a specific focus on exchanges between universities; ● To implement projects in line with the main objectives of the Erasmus+ Programme.

Mostly, ESN volunteers are students who went abroad for a mobility experience and who want to dedicate their knowledge and time to those who come to Italy for their study experience in an Italian university.

In 2019, Secretary of ESN Italy was founded as an external support structure for the association. Secretariat consists of professionals who provide administrative support to the association and whose main goal is to develop and implement different projects in line with the causes of ESN. The Causes of ESN Italy, which represents the areas in which the association develops its activities. are: Culture, Education and Youth, Environmental Sustainability, Health and Well-being, Skills and Employability and Social Inclusion.

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Erasmus Student Network Italia – ESN Italia Sede Operativa: Via Giuseppe Rondinini, 9 - 00169 Roma Sede Legale: Via Anastasio II, 80 - 00165 Roma Codice Fiscale 92105850348 - Partita IVA 02507830343