The Local BEST Group of Bucharest in its core focuses on people understanding and respecting different cultures and societies. The environment of empowered diversity supports people in applying their full potential and acting responsibly.

BEST helps students to achieve an international mindset, to reach a better understanding of cultures and societies and to develop the capacity to work in culturally diverse environments. BEST creates opportunities for personal development of students and supports them in reaching their full potential.

BEST Bucharest counts over 60 volunteers, engaged in key-activities of the organization. Due to their contribution, we can ensure our visibility and involvement in 15 engineering faculties, over 26,000 UPB students, out of which 13,000 dwelling in the Regie and Leu campuses, but also over 5,000 new students annually.

BEST Bucharest quite recently, from 9th to 13th of May, organized the regional tier of the engineering competition EBEC Romania & Republic of Moldova, a time-honored and specific BEST event. The 8th edition of the competition, took place in Bucharest and gathered the winners of the local EBEC rounds held in Brașov, Bucharest, Iași, Cluj-Napoca and Chișinău.

As LSS 2019 Organizing Committee, BEST Bucharest, will act as a logistical team for all components to host LSS participants as smoothly as possible.

The LSS 2019 Supervisory Board is composed by:

Lyda Michopoulou, Herve Tunga, Karen Caramelo Alves, Marina Ioana Marcu, Milda Latakaite and Kristina Mozūraitytė coming from Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, Spain.

We are former and current members of the following NGOs: AEGEE, EFPSA, BEST, ZeroGeneration, EGEA.

We, the LSS 2019 Supervisory Board members, are responsible for the Coordination of LSS, Communication towards Participants, Trainers, Externals, the PR strategy of LSS and organization of LSS2019 in Bucharest, Romania.

Do you want to inspire people?
Do you have plans to lead a project in your NGO?
Do you think that the word “leader” describes you?
Interested? 

Why does LSS exist?

Many international organisations, representing various backgrounds and disciplines, often share similar goals to improve the skills of their members, knowledge transfer, continuity and internal communication.

The Leadership Summer School project was born to fulfil perceived needs related to development and/or improvement of their training culture, leaders readiness to manage their organisation and networking with diverse youth associations. This interdisciplinary event became a training platform for active youth volunteers.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for 60 highly motivated and active, students and young professionals who want to participate in a challenging learning event.

When and Where?

LSS will take place in Pitesti, Romania from 16th to 25th of July 2016.

What about the fee?

The fee will be 250 EUR for students and 350 EUR for young working professionals which includes:
— accommodation in the centre of the city;
— food (3 meals per day + coffee breaks);
— transport for LSS activities;
— and some social activities.

If selected to participate in the event, you will be requested to deposit 50% of the participation fee (125 EUR for students and 175 EUR for young professionals) as a confirmation. This deposit is non-refundable. The pending amount can be paid before or at the event. Further details will be communicated after selection is over.

We are not able to provide scholarship or any form of discount.

How to apply?

1) Fill out the LSS 2016 Application form
2) Send your CV in Europass format to contact@leadershipsummerschool.org
Mail subject format:  “[CV] [YOUR FULL NAME] [ORGANISATION]”
Deadline to apply: Sunday, 24th April 2016 23:59 CEST

And now

We are looking forward to reading your applications and if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us:
by e-mail: contact@leadershipsummerschool.org
on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipsummerschool
via Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/LSS_online

The LSS 2016 Supervisory Board is composed by people coming from Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, Germany, Romania.

Lyda Michopoulou, member of Zero Generation and AEGEE, Alumna of IAAS – LSS Coordinator:
This means:
– responsible of the communication towards CP, IFISO and the general coordination of LSS.
– coordinating the promotion, selection, confirmation and announcement of trainers
– coordinating the selection process of LSS trainers and participants
– supporting all SB members having to deal with partnership (OC, Trainers,…)

Milda Latakaite, member of Zero Generation and Alumna of EGEA – Responsible of the Communication towards Trainers, Participants, Externals:
This means:
– interacting with people asking questions through e-mail.
– engaging the world about Leadership Summer School through our communication means together with PR
– coordinating the promotion, selection, confirmation and announcement of participants
– answering questions about application, selection and announcement of future participants

Claudia Rock, PR Responsible, Alumna of EGEA:
This means:
– engaging the world about Leadership Summer School through all online communication channels
– ensuring that communications stay up to date via facebook, website etc.

Armina Sîrbu co-founder of Școala de Valori and Alumna of AIESEC, Main organiser on behalf of Școala de Valori
This means:

– developing partnership strategy with companies and institutions
– coordinating the FR effort for LSS
– organising the logistic for LSS to happen as smoothly as possible
– ensuring that communication stays smooth with OC members
– ensuring that every logistic challenge finds a solution
– facilitating communication between OC and SB

Herve Tunga – LSS Adviser, Zero Generation founder and Alumnus of BEST

In January 2016 – Herve and Lyda from Zero Generation, the founder organisation of Leadership Summer School, were guest trainers in the Train the Trainers conference for the Grow project developed by Scoala de Valori – implemented together with AIESEC Romania. Grow is the biggest international non-formal education project for teenagers in Romania. It was a mind-blowing opportunity to work together on the TTT and level up both as trainers and participants. This was the first time we got together after LSS 2015, in Slovenia, and while training the Winter Grow trainers we also started planning LSS 2016.

In the picture besides (from right to left) Herve, Lyda and Armina, there is also Adina, alumna of BEST, who met Herve back in 2011 when LSS was organised for the first time in Romania, in Cluj-Napoca. This year we will get together again, joined by more trainers, in Leadership Summer School 2016, in Pitesti, Romania. Be ready to level up!

LSS 2015 theme was: Leader with a cause – and Milda L. created an expressive graphic board of the whole adventure:

Matic Ačko filmed us during the 10 day Leadership Summer School  2015, the 8th edition, hosted by BISTRI UM in Maribor, Slovenia. Here is the video he put together and sent as a Christmas present to the participants: