EESTEC
Electrical Engineering STudents’ European assoCiation
Electrical Engineering STudents’ European assoCiation is an apolitical, non-governmental and non-profit organization for EECS students at universities, institutes and schools of technology.
EESTEC aims to develop international contacts and to encourage the exchange of ideas among EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) students through professional workshops, cultural student exchanges and publications. With various activities that EESTEC provides, it creates opportunities for students to develop in their academic, professional and social lives.
The Association was founded in The Netherlands, in 1986. Nowadays, EESTEC is present in 24 countries and 46 universities across Europe with over 5000 members. Indirectly, EESTEC influences the students at all the faculties where it is present.
source: eestec.net
History of LC Thessaloniki
It all started from Konstantinos our former chairman, when he brought the idea of EESTEC to Thessaloniki in September 2015. A year fast forward and Konstantinos alongside Mariana, Athina and Giannis are our first ever board ready to lift our then observer of the ground. The first thing to help us achieve that was our first ever International workshop “App Wars – The JAVA Awakens” which took place in 02-09 of April in 2017 with 12 EESTECers and 12 local participants. App Wars was soon followed by an amazing Motivational Day, a successful recruitment and our first ever SSA in November with trainings focused on self- development and leadership. After all these when the Autumn Congress arrived in Zagreb we couldn’t contain our happiness nor our eagerness to become an LC.
There we all felt as a small but equally important part of an amazing family and got our hopes high for the future. From that point and on we had our new board elections, handover sessions and an amazing Motivational Day where new and older members bonded together even more. Finally, jumping to today we can’t not mention the effort and hard work almost everyone in our committee has put in the organization of our second ever event “PrinterStellar”, that took place in 06-13 May 2018. Meantime, we are happy to announce our four Annual Teams; Design Team, IT Team, Human Resources Team and Fundraising Team.
This alongside the fact that our committee either through members, annual teams or local events keeps growing and getting every day stronger than the day before makes us hopeful and eager to see what we can achieve. We might have a long way to go but we are ready for this challenge!
Annual teams:
Since 2018, we decide to organize our Local Committee in order for our members to gain as much knowledge as they can. This is why we created four Annual Teams to cover the taste of every member. Design Team, IT Team, HR Team and FR Team. The coordinators are members of our LC that wants to take a leadership position and are qualified with specific knowledge for each position. Every December, the Coordinator mandate ends and the members can select an other, or the same Team for the following year.
Academics
Academics Team is the newest member of EESTEC LC Thessaloniki core. Its aim is to contribute to the academic development of EESTEC members by organizing webinars and workshops in the EECS field, and giving students the opportunity to get in depth in a field that intrigues them the most by having to create their own sessions on this field for the rest of the LC’s student body.
Design
Design Team is responsible for our logo, posters and anything has to do with design for every local and international event we will plan through one year. The members of this team are learning how to use Photoshop and how to be creative!
Fund Raising
FR Annual Team is responsible for contacting with Sponsor’s, in order to bece Annual Sponsor’s. To make this happen, it is responsible of important paperwork that has to be done. Members of this team are learning how to use communication skills to be diplomatic, but also how being in charge of important bureaucracy.
Human Resources
One of our main goals is to keep our members bonded. HR Team is in charge of this important cause, with amazing results! It is responsible of organizing Μotivational Days και Weekends, Parties and Team Bonding Activities.
IT
IT Team is responsible for the creation and servicing of our WebSite, of our LC’s application and oversee our MailingList, if needed. The members of this team are increasing their knowledge in WebDevelopment and programming.