Jahresbericht ELSA-Deutschland e.V. 2007/2008 - ELSA Germany

Study Visit in Thessaloniki: a Seminar about IT Law
A Greek adventure named study visit
March 13 th to 19 th 2008 — Have you ever wondered how does the perspective of a week spent in Greece sound to the ears
of German students? Well, the participants from ELSA Marburg who in mid- March traveled all the way to Thessaloniki
in order to take part in the first Study Visit to be ever organized by our local group definetely have the answer!
Zena
Promoudou
ELSA Greece
The preparations, that had already started
months prior to the event, included
meetings of the Organizing Committee
in coffeehouses all over the city ; endless
hours spent on the phone and thousands
of emails and text messages being sent
in the meanwhile- and yet, all was worth it, after all! During
the seminar, members from both local groups not only had
the opportunity to participate in a seminar running under the
challenging thematic Law and New Techonologies but also the
chance to exercise institutional visits to the European Center for
the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and to
the Thessaloniki Stability Pact Branch Office. And quite often
the academic part would give its place to the cultural and social
one, that included sightseeing over the old town, visits to the
Thessaloniki’s Byzantine and Roman monuments and a good
grasp of the greek food, entertainement, night life and hospitality,
of course! All in all, it would not be an exaguration to say
that the days and nights of the Study Visit had gone by without
realizing it.
Quite often the academic part would give its place to the
cultural and social one
Yet, the Organizing Committee felt that it would be a pity for
our German colleagues to come to Greece and not get to see the
Parthenon! Therefore, once the academic and cultural part in
Thessaloniki was over, ELSA Marburg continued its greek adventure
to our capital. At this point ELSA Thessaloniki deeply
thanks ELSA Athens for all its help in realizing that part of the
event. Today, months after the Study Visit all of us feel we have
gained on a multilevel basis. As students, we have gained solid
academic knowledge on a cutting edge topic; as people, we have
gained a series of new friends and finally, as a local group we
have gained the uncomparable experience of organizing an international
event for the first time. As the new academic year
draws close, ELSA Thessaloniki can not see the time to meet
again with its Marburger friends and why not. Get involved in a
brand new international adventure. How does the perspective of
a week spent in Greece sound to your ears, then?
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