Organs
The Assembly of Delegates (large legislative body) of the VSS is the highest body of the association. The Assembly of Delegates sets the guidelines for the Association’s policy. It decides on the admission and exclusion of members, approves the annual reports of the Executive Board, the commissions and the representatives, deals with the finances, approves the budget and the annual accounts of the Association.
The Assembly of Delegates usually takes place twice a year. The number of persons entitled to vote depends on the size of the member section. Associate members (student associations) have the right to propose motions but not to vote.
The Section Council (small legislative body) works in accordance with the resolutions of the Assembly of Delegates. It can adopt important statements and resolutions within the framework of the association policy defined by the Assembly of Delegates. It also sets up working groups – always within the framework of the association policy defined by the Assembly of Delegates – and elects committee members and representatives as deputies of the Assembly of Delegates, as well as committee heads and board members in exceptional cases. It can also grant supplementary loans within the framework of the regulations and deal with proposals from the Executive Board and the committees. A core task of the Section Council is to support and review the ongoing work of the Executive Board.
The board is responsible for the strategic management of the Association in accordance with the decisions of the Assembly of Delegates and the Section Council. It is made up of the Co-Presidium and five ordinary members of the Executive Board.
Read moreThe thematic commissions (CodEg, SOLIC, HopoKo and SoKo) support the whole board. For example, they draw up political statements on topics that affect students and universities in accordance with the mandate of the Assembly of Delegates, the Section Council or the whole board.
Read moreWorking groups can be convened for specific topics or concrete tasks. They always work according to a defined set of specifications.
The independent contact office against sexual harassment offers support to all employees, members, sections, and people involved in the association who have experienced sexual harassment or violence or have witnessed it.
You can reach the contact office by phone at 076 273 68 74 or using the contact form below. Your request will be treated confidentially.
Tenders
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Ausschreibung Co-Präsidium der Kommission fürInternationales und Solidarität (SOLIC) des VSS
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Ausschreibung Co-Präsidium der Sozialkommission (SoKo) desVSS
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Ausschreibung Sektionsrat Co-Präsidium
Further opportunities for participation
Writing a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis is a great challenge. We offer you the opportunity to write a thesis in an exciting, practical field!
Are you looking for an exciting topic for your Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis? Combine your Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis with working on your professional future. We at the Association of Swiss Student Bodies (VSS) will be happy to support you. Because our field of activity covers a wide range of topics. This means that we can find interesting topics and issues for students from a wide range of degree courses.
Here are some suggestions and ideas (list is not exhaustive)
- Motivational psychology in volunteering
- Management of a non-profit association
- Personnel management of persons employed on a voluntary basis
- Historical review of student organizations in Switzerland
- Mental health of students
- Historical review of the scholarship system in Switzerland
- Erasmus, the European mobility program and Switzerland
- Students and their opportunities for participation at universities
- Internal and external communication options for various target groups
in the Swiss higher education landscape - Sustainable communication
- Structure and financing of national student organizations in Europe
- Legal structure of an NGO
- Fundraising methods and challenges for an association
If you would like to work on an issue in a practical/practice-oriented way, if you are interested in the structure and everyday life of a national association as well as the university and student level, then get in touch with us! Simply send an e-mail to info@vss-unes.ch.
We know from our own experience that writing a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis is a major challenge. We are happy to support you in choosing a topic and possible question(s) to enable you to write a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis in an exciting field of practice. In this way, you, but also the VSS and the students of today and tomorrow, can benefit from each other.
Were you previously part of the Executive Board? Have you been involved in the Section Council or a commission, or as a delegate at the annual conference or delegates’ meeting, have you helped to influence and support the goals of the association? Would you like to stay up to date with what is happening in the VSS? Then sign up for the VSS newsletter!
To the networkThe VSS is mainly financed by student membership fees. We are happy to receive donations large and small:
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Association of Swiss Student Bodies (VSS), Berne
