Welcome to the information service of the ELSN, the network of Europe's liberal students inside LYMEC. Our goal is to create a voice able to express liberal positions on higher education policy. These positions should be jointly established by all liberal student organizations and a result of an encompassing process of open and frank discussions among all member organization. We feel that higher education is become more and more of a topic on the European level. The Bologna process is a glaring example of reform attempt that has to be followed on an European level as well as on the national ones.

ELSN represents an opportunity for the liberal student organisations to share experiences, work on common policies and strategies, organise European-wide campaigns and organise seminars. ELSN aims at promoting liberal values among students in all European countries that have liberal student organisations and at strengthening these organisations as well as giving support to new similar organisations in countries in Europe, and including them in LYMEC and ELSN.

Kseniya Shvedova

I am Kseniya and I am 23 years old. I am studying International Relations at the Belarusian State University and I am writing my thesis on the activity of international European youth organizations at the beginning of the 21st century. I have always been interested in politics and in particular in election observation. I worked for the OSCE EOM in Belarus in 2008 and later was a short-term observer to the presidential elections in Lithuania and parliamentary elections in Norway. But only a year ago I had a chance to join Civil Forum, Belarusian Liberal Youth Organization. Still, during that short period of time being the CF International Officer I have been active at LYMEC and during numerous events had a chance to meet many nice and interesting people and got keen on the ELSN activity. Also, I had an opportunity to get on an internship at the ALDE Group of the European Parliament, which is ahead this autumn.

Patrick Krassén

I am Patrick, vice chairman of Liberal Students (LS) and active in Liberal youth (LUF) of Sweden. I study Law and Political Science at Stockholm University and have also studied in Vienna, Austria. The recent two years I have worked as op-ed writer for a Swedish daily newspaper and political advisor to the minister for higher education in Sweden.

Aylin Mehmed
(Projects Officer)

My name is Aylin Mehmed. I'm from Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria. I'm 23 years old and active in students politics since 2008. I'm studying law at the university of Veliko Turnovo "St. Cyril and Metodius". This is my fourth year in university. I'm a Vice Chairman in the Academic Society of Youth Movement for Rights and Freedom (AS of YMRF). At the same time I'm a technical assistant in the office of the district governor of MRF in Veliko Turnovo area.

Daniel George
(International Officer)

My name is Daniel George. I'am  working on my Ph.D. in Political Science. I have been active in student politics for more than eight years and was the chairman of the Federal Association of Liberal Student Groups (LHG) in Germany for two years. Now I am serving my second term as the organisations International Officer. I was also one of the "founding-members" of ELSN beeing active in LYMEC since the Winthertur Congress in 2006.

Valentin Olariu
...more information to be posted soon.