EUASA’s founding

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.

CONSTITUTIVE ASSEMBLY

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 state that they duly represent their home Association and are 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 above identified, stated their will to create the European Association of Study Abroad (“EUASA”). They are to be considered as founding as well as active members:

  • 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.