Meet the Erasmus Ambassadors

The 25th anniversary celebrations of the Erasmus Programme was launched at a press conference by the Commissioner responsible for education, culture, multilingualism and youth, Androulla Vassiliou. She was joined by "Erasmus ambassadors" from the 33 countries participating in the scheme. One student and one staff member had been chosen to represent each country, based on the impact Erasmus has had on their professional and private lives. Read and listen to their stories or follow the conference.

Conference programme "Launch of the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme 2012" (Brussels, 30th to 31st January 2012)

Life web-stream

With the password: Erasmus25

• Launch Conference 30.01.12 (09.30 – 11.15h)
• Press Conference 30.01.12 (12.00 – 12.30h)
• Launch Conference 31.01.12 (09.15 – 11.00)

Publications

• Brochure "Erasmus – changing lives, opening minds for 25 years"
• Poster "Erasmus – changing lives, opening minds for 25 years"

Videos

Testimonials

COUNTRY	STUDENT AMBASSADOR	STAFF AMBASSADOR
Belgium	Mr. Marc GOFFART	Mr. Hugo MARQUANT
Bulgaria	Ms. Boryana KLINKOVA	Ms. Rumyana TODOROVA
Czech Republic	Mr. Tomas VITVAR	Ms. Milada HLAVÁČKOVÁ
Denmark	Ms. Nina SIIG SIMONSEN	Ms. Connie VÆVER
Germany	Ms. Katja KROHN	Ms. Christiane BIEHL
Estonia	Ms. Helen MARGUS	Ms. Sirje VIRKUS
Ireland	Ms. Jessica GOUGH	Ms. Miriam BRODERICK
Greece	Ms. Maria KALIAMBOU	Ms. Katerina GALANAKI-SPILIOTOPOULOS
Spain	Mr. Tomás SÁNCHEZ LÓPEZ	Mr. Fidel CORCUERA MANSO
France	Mr. Julien PEA	Ms. Nathalie BRAHIMI
Italy	Mr. Maurizio OLIVIERO	Ms. Ann Katherine ISAACS
Cyprus	Ms. Stavroulla ANTONIOU	Ms. Maria HADJIMATHEOU
Latvia	Ms. Madara APSALONE	Mr. Aleksejs NAUMOVS
Lithuania	Mr. Tadas ZUKAS	Ms. Vilma LEONAVICIENE
Luxemburg	Mr. Matthieu CISOWSKI	Mr. Lucien KERGER
Hungary	Ms. Piroska BAKOS	Ms. Mária DUDÁS
Malta	Mr. David FRIGGIERI	Mr. John SCHRANZ
Nederland	Ms. Désirée MAJOOR	Mr. Bram PEPER
Austria	Mr. René KREMSER	Ms. Elena LUPTAK
Poland	Ms. Diana DMUCHOWSKA	Mr. Ryszard ZAMORSKI
Portugal	Mr. Filipe ARAÚJO	Mr. José MARAT-MENDES
Romania	Ms. Laura Adelina POPA	Mr. Ion VISA
Slovenia	Mr. Jure KUMLJANC	Ms. Vesna RIJAVEC
Slovakia	Ms. Jana VITVAROVÁ	Mr. Jozef RISTVEJ
Finland	Ms. Elina YLIPELKONEN	Ms. Paula PIETILÄ
Sweden	Mr. Karl-Fredrik AHLMARK	Mr. Hans ÅHL
United Kingdom	Ms. Kate SAMWAYS	Ms. Julia KENNEDY
Croatia	Ms. Jelena SIMIĆ	Ms. Katica ŠIMUNOVIĆ
Turkey	Ms. Begum YURDAKOK	Mr. Mustafa ÇOBAN
Iceland	Ms. Ásgerður KJARTANSDÓTTIR	Mr. Guðmundur HÁLFDANARSON
Liechtenstein	Mr. Gerold BÜCHEL	Mr. Hansjörg HILTI
Norway	Mr. Frederik STRAND SARDINOUX	Mr. Wolfgang LASCHET
Switzerland	Mr. Marco AMHERD	Ms. Antoinette CHARON WAUTERS