History

The European Association for Study Abroad (EUASA) was established on May 6th, 2016, in Vienna, after preliminary meetings in Berlin in Nov 2015 and in Geneva in May 2015.

At the various meetings in Vienna, Berlin and Geneva, all together, nine of the ten major Associations of American University Programs (AAECG, AACUPI, AASAPeV, APUAF, ASAPI, AUCS, AAUP/CZ, AAEC, APUNE) attended and significantly contributed to the foundation of the Pan-European Association.

Governance

The organs of the Association are composed by:

• the General Assembly (all active members)
• the Chair
• the Deputy Chair
• the Secretary-Treasurer
• the Board (minimum two members)

Board Members 2016-17

• Pia K. Schneider of AACUPI (Chair)
• Stephen Robinson of ASAPI (Deputy Chair)
• Kurt Gamerschlag of AASAPeV (Secretary-Treasurer)
• Alexis Phylactopoulos of AAECG (Board member)
• Loren Ringer of APUAF (Board member)
• Robert Spencer of AUCS (Comptroller)
• Wedigo de Vivanco of AASAPeV (Comptroller)

Constitutive Assembly – Minutes May 6, 2016

On May 6, 2016, in Vienna, at Museumplatz 1, at 10:00am, the following Associations met:

• Association of American College and University Programs in Italy (AACUPI), represented by Pia Schneider;
• Austrian American Educational Commission (AAEC), still to be formally established, represented by Lonnie Johnson;
• Association of American Colleges in Greece (AAECG), represented by Gian Franco Borio;
• Association of American Study Abroad Programs in Germany, e. V. (AASAPeV), represented by Kurt Gamerschlag;
• Association of American University Programs in the Czech Republic (AAUP Czech Republic), represented by Jana Cemusova;
• Association of American University Programs in France (APUAF), represented by Laurent Ringer;
• Association of American Study Abroad Programs in Ireland (ASAPI), represented by Stephen Robinson;
• Association of American College and University Programs in Switzerland (AUCS), represented by Robert Spencer.

All above representatives stated that they duly represented their home Association and were duly empowered to take decisions on behalf of their home Association, under the relevant regulations of each home Association.

The following Associations, through their respective representative as identified above, stated their will to create the European Association of Study Abroad (“EUASA”), so that they would be Founding as well as Active Members of it:

• Association of American College and University Programs in Italy (AACUPI), represented by Pia Schneider;
• Association of American Colleges in Greece (AAECG), represented by Gian Franco Borio;
• Association of American Study Abroad Programs in Germany, e. V. (AASAPeV), represented by Kurt Gamerschlag;
• Association of American University Programs in France (APUAF), represented by Laurent Ringer;
• Association of American Study Abroad Programs in Ireland (ASAPI), represented by Stephen Robinson;
• Association of American College and University Programs in Switzerland (AUCS), represented by Robert Spencer.

All above for a total of six (6) Founding and Active Members of EUASA.

The other Associations that had not stated such intention or that were not formally ready to resolve on this were allowed to attend this Constitutive Assembly.

The Founding and Active Members of EUASA then read, considered and discussed in detail the draft of the Association Bylaws. After due consideration, the Bylaws of EUASA were approved and consequently adopted by unanimous vote of the Founding and Active Members of EUASA, as per the text attached to the minutes, signed by all representatives of the Founding and Active Members.

Then the Founding and Active Members proceeded to the elections of the Organs of EUASA; upon unanimous vote, the following persons were elected, for a mandate of two years (with possible re-election for one further year):

• Chair of the Association: Pia Schneider
• Deputy Chair of the Association: Stephen Robinson
• Secretary-Treasurer of the Association: Kurt Gamerschlag
• Member of the Board: Alexis Phylactopoulos
• Member of the Board: Laurent Ringer
• Comptroller: Robert Spencer
• Comptroller: Wedigo de Vivanco

The above elected persons constituted the Board of Association. All appointed persons thanked the Assembly and accepted their appointment.

The Assembly then considered the matter of annual membership dues and, after detailed discussion, resolved to determine them, delegating the Board to implement the decision in due course.