IFISO - Informal Forum for International Students' Organisations
IFISO is an informal forum for international officers of pluralistic, "non-political" and not-for-profit international (worldwide, European, etc.) student-run organizations. Currently the IFISO network consists of a multi-disciplinary mix of 28 such NGOs, covering more than 2 million students all together. These organizations are, as of 31 August 2005: AEGEE, AIESEC, BEST, EDSA, EESTEC, EFPSA, ELASA, EMSA, EPSA, ESN, ESSA, ESTIEM, EUROAVIA, FISEC, IAAS, IADS, IAPS, IAPSS, IEEE, IFMSA, IFSA, IPSF, IPSO, ISHA, IVSA, JADE, PRIME and WISE. While not being a formal entity (no by-laws, no obligations, no fees, no website, no official spokespersons or officers, etc.), IFISO as an informal forum is still quite influential because it creates the necessary environment for international student organizations to collaborate on all possible levels in order to strengthen their capacities through knowledge sharing and identification of synergies.
IFSA is also proud to be a member of IFISO network. The IFSA President and the IFISO LO are the ones responsibles to deal with the IFISO affair and also have to attend IFISO meetings.
Homepage : http://eestec.net/students/partner-organizations
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IFISO Main Activities and projects
IFISO Forums are traditional events organised twice a year (Autumn and Spring) and gather IFISO member organisations to exchange best practices on the management of a YNGO. It is the first place of collaboration between the associations and where every new project starts.
Leadership Summer School (LSS) is a project started in 2008 by 17 of the IFISO member organisations (among them IFSA) which aims to:
- To train prominent members of each participating organisation, as to improve their leadership capabilities.
- To allow for the organisation’s members to get to know each other better, as to uncover possible new or better ways of cooperation.
- To enrich the skills of the trainers, by designing and delivering materials together with trainers from different organisations.
Train New Trainers (TNT) is a project initiated after the first LSS where participants raised their interests in created their own training structure in their association. The first TNT is going to take place in 2009. It aims:
- To help organisations without training structure to draw a general scheme of work to build one.
- To train people in order to ensure a good working of the training structure.
Reports of IFISO Events
As IFISO member, IFSA has the chance to participate to forums and common projects between several students' associations. You can fin below reports of these events.
IFISO winter meeting reportItaly - December 2009
Author(s): Olga Basova (AEGEE-Europe) and Louise Winnecke Jensen (EPSA)
2009 IFISO winter meeting took place in december in Lamezia terme in the South of Italy. It was a great opportunity for all participants to learn from from each other and to share and have fun. The report of the IFISO winter leeting 2009 can give you a little more insigth on the issues that IFISO deals with year after year.
Report of the Leadership Summer School (LSS) 2008
Turkey - July 2008
Author(s): S. Dupire
The Leadership Summer School (LSS) is a joined project initiated by 17 IFISO member organisations in 2008. It served 3 main aims:
- To train prominent members of each participating organisation, as to improve their leadership capabilities.
- To allow for the organisation’s members to get to know each other better, as to uncover possible new or better ways of cooperation.
- To enrich the skills of the trainers, by designing and delivering materials together with trainers from different organisations.
This report gives first a brief overview on the event himself and then it gives some ideas of cooperation with some others students organisations present there.
