| The Formation
Workshop is EUROAVIA’s internal training event. The main goal of
the Formation Workshop is to increase the quality of EUROAVIAn operations.
Whether in organising international events, maintaining a local board,
or even motivating members to be more active. The Formation Workshop is
the proof that EUROAVIA is a solid association with a tradition since
1959 but determined not to fall asleep on this. EUROAVIA wants to become
a reference as a European students association, with the same purpose
as always since its foundation.
EUROAVIA has been pursuing its goals since 1959. Knowledge has been passed
on from generation to generation of board members. Somehow, the prestige
and organisational know-how of being a EUROAVIAn is present in each member.
Nevertheless, EUROAVIA suffers from the same problems as any students
association. The high rotation of the board members is one of the most
critical.
EUROAVIAns are technical students, running an association doesn’t
usually come up as one of the subjects in an Aerospace engineering degree.
From the moment a member becomes more and more active, he/she starts becoming
aware of particularities that only experience can give him/her. Indeed,
some knowledge can only come from experience. This is the unteachable
part of running an association.
However, there are many small and relevant aspects of running an association
that can be taught. By inserting these concepts in an early member’s
life stage, who will eventually be a part of a local board, a working
group or the International Board, their performance will, no doubt, increase
extremely.
At the Formation Workshop, the concepts transmitted are essentially procedures.
Most of them come from experience, like organising International events,
the dangers and traps that usually come up. Others are actually standard
procedures like making a balance or the necessary documentation of a local
board.
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Find out more about the most recent Formation Workshop in Leuven.
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