Leadership Summer School

Welcome to the homepage of the Leadership Summer School!

The Leadership Summer School (LSS) is a one week high quality training event organised as a joint project of international youth organisations. The LSS aims to gather about 80 motivated youth participants from different kinds of student associations, youth workers and from all over Europe. The objective of the training week is the exchange of knowledge and best practices between participants and the organisations involved. Furthermore, after completing the Leadership Summer School, participants will have attained and practised various leadership skills.

 

 


 

 
News

2012-01-16  Call for LSS 2012 Organisation Committee

Dear friends, colleagues & students everywhere! 

Would you like to take part in a widely respected and ever-growing Leadership training event?
Are you keen to develop your personal & professional skills whilst building the capacity of student leaders from over 20 European and international organisations?

Are you enthusiastic, flexible, friendly and a good motivator? Then Leadership Summer School (LSS) is the event for you!
 
For the past 4 years LSS had led the way in multi-disciplinary student leadership events!


In July each year, we gather 50-100 students and around 10-20 trainers from all walks of life, from all over the globe, in one venue, with one aim... to develop and inspire the leaders of tomorrow, today!
 
LSS is made possible by the collaboration of around 20 different student organisations, with central coordination and support from Zero Generation Training.  Every year we look for ways to improve and expand this exciting event and this year should prove to be our greatest year yet! 

You can find more information and a photo gallery on the LSS webpage: www.leadershipsummerschool.org.

Previous LSS events have taken place in Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia and Romania!  This year we are looking for another exciting cultural venue - could it be your home country?


For the fifth edition, we are looking for a motivated and proficient Organising Committee in an exciting country, that will be able to make this event as successful as the previous ones.
 
Interested? Apply to host LSS 2012... and don't just keep it for yourself! Partner up with other NGOs! Collaboration is one of the core elements of LSS, we are looking for different NGOs cooperating to make LSS2012 happens on a local level.

Here's what we are expecting from you, the Organising Committee, to be able to provide:
•        food and accommodation for about 100 people (70 participants / 15 trainers / organisers) for minimum 8 nights (+ 4 extra nights for trainers)
•        all the necessary training materials (post-its, markers, flipcharts,...)
•        4 training rooms, 1 working room and event logistics
•        creative social/evening program
•        Period 1-25 July 2012 (Preferably the first 2 weeks)
•        support in raising funds while developing local cooperation with companies
•        open-minded and a sense for adventure

Please check the link and download a copy of the “Organising Committee 2012 application form”; document including important information about the application form to fill in and send it back to us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and OC selection criteria.
 
Deadline to apply is 29th January 2012 23h CET!

For ANY questions you would have about this great event, just write an E-Mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  
We are looking forward to hear from you!


Will you be our next host and dancing partner?
 
Best Regards,

-- 
Leadership Summer School 2012
Supervisory Board

 

2012-01-09  LSS 2012 Supervisory Board

 A new team has been gathered to coordinate the next Leadership Summer School event. Your future contacts are:

 

Sofia Ribeiro
Nicoleta Straton
Nick Mamo
Igor Celikovic
Herve Tunga 

 

 

2011-07-13  Just 3 Days left to LSS 2011!!!

 

 

Just three more days till youth leaders from all over the world will gather in Cluj-Napoca for the most intensive leadership training of this summer: The Leadership Summer School 2011!

Today, the trainers have already arrived and will be spending the next days on the final preparations. Get the most up-to-date news, right from the sight at http://twitter.com/lss_online.

  

 

2011-04-20  LSS 2011 goes Transylvania!!!

Facing difficulties to organize the Leadership Summer School in the Netherlands, as initially planned, we decided to change the venue of the event (Note: all stakeholders have been informed). We therefore happily announce...

The new OC of the LSS 2011 is an alliance of several Student NGOs from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Full LSS spirit!!! On the team, we have:

  • AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca
  • AIESEC LC Cluj-Napoca
  • ASPR (member of EFPSA)
  • BEST LBG Cluj-Napoca
  • OSM – Medicine Student Organization (member of  IFMSA)
  • OSUBB (Babes-Bolyai University Student Organization, Cluj-Napoca)

We congratulate our new OC for their successful application and look forward to a great cooperation and a great LSS 2011!

  

2011-04-20  LSS 2011 participants selected

Last weekend, we finally managed to get through the huge load of really great applications and finalize the participants selection. Focusing on the central selection criteria contribution to the event, motivation, and especially value for their organisations (e.g. by applying or disseminating the lessons learned), we hope to have made the best selection possible. Thanks a lot to all applicants for their interest and great applications, and congratulations to all selected participants.

We also want to thank our trainers and ZG advisors for their support with the selection, and the IFISO contact persons for their valuable input on the applications from their organizations, which was an important factor in the selection.

All applicants have been contacted and informed about our decision. And the list of participants is planned to be provided in the LSS 2011 section soon.

 

2011-04-20  LSS 2011 homepage renovation (Update)

It has become April and we are still working on the homepage. But we are proceeding and getting closer to our final goal: more relevant information, clearly presented and easy to find and access. Thanks a lot for your patience.


2011-03-04  LSS 2011 homepage renovation

Throughout march we will be working on the LSS homepage and would therefore like to apologize in advance for any inconvenience. The structure will be changing bit by bit and availability or display problems might occur, but we hope to provide you with a better service after: more relevant information, clearly presented and easy to find and access. Thanks a lot for your understanding.