Many days have passed after 24th of September, 2011 then the last section was approved to join the family of ESN in Lithuania. During the time lots of things have happened – we officially became an association, partnership with Education Exchange Support Foundation was renewed as well as many new partnerships established. Growing in quality, but not in quantity. But seems that after the recent NP things are going to change: ESN SMK is the new section candidate. 

Let’s reveal the reasons, prospects and future plans of the section while talking with its president Gintė Skersytė.

Pallomeri, Ginte! How do the first weeks with ESN looks like? Have you already started planning something, do you stay in touch with your buddy section ESN VGTU?

Hello everybody!

I'm really happy that we became a section candidate and I hope that soon we will be not only candidate, but already a member. Now we have a lot to do, to create all contact lists, structure and everything else, so it‘s a busy time right now.

Yes, we keep in touch with our buddy section ESN VGTU. They are really helpful and ready to help us every time and in every situation. It was proved, when we were preparing our mentors‘training, they gave us a lot of useful information.

How did you get to know about ESN at all? 

Personally I found out about ESN during my Erasmus. I spend my Erasmus in Turkey (with two more Lithuanians, who are now our ESN section members too). The university we went to was a member of ESN.

We are close with our International Office, so we talked about it and decided to become a member of ESN.

What experience do you already have with international students? How many foreign students there are in your university?

I like to communicate with foreign people; I was studying abroad, participating in events for Erasmus and exchange students, also working with some international projects. It’s always interesting to get to know various nationalities. This semester we have 19 international students.

What do you expect from the organization?

My biggest wish is that ESN would help our international students; I want to see them happy here in Lithuania. I was in Erasmus, so I know how it is hard in the beginning! We want to introduce them Lithuania, to show the best places and to prove that people in Lithuania are warm and friendly.

What will be the first project or event which is planned to be organized under the name of ESN SMK?

We already had few event organized by ESN SMK section. First one was Erasmus day in SMK and another was our mentors’ training. 

If you have more questions about us, don’t hesitate to contact us – [email protected] ! 

ESN Lithuania thanks president of ESN SMK a lot, wishes them all of the best in coming future and invites to follow them on Facebook page!