EFR= Economic Faculty Association Rotterdam, a Dutch student organization;
The Economic Faculty Association Rotterdam (EFR) has more than 3000 members
and is one of the most active faculty associations in the Netherlands.
The EFR sets objectives for the students by filling the gap between theory and
practical. They do this by organising a large number of activities. One of the
most popular activities is EFR-Business Week, the largest student congress in
the Netherlands.
Together with the econometric dispute, the marketing association, the financial
study association, office of placement and the factorial association of business
administration, EFR organises the largest company day in Rotterdam. In 2003
there were 1200 participants.
One of the international activities of EFR includes the Euro tour, an
international exchange project with foreign students where students visits each
other's university site and takes part in company visits.
EFR has its own publication called Eclaire through which it communicates to its
members. This magazine is published six times a year and almost 6000 issues are
distributed among students and business associates. Moreover the EFR organises a
scale to readings, forums, lectures, workshops and trainings.
History
The EFR was established on 14 March 1925, when the association for student
interests was founded to represent the students of the Dutch trade high school.
In the forty years that followed, the VVS has served up trade high school and,
from September 1939, the Dutch College for economics in human activities. On 11
November 1964 the members of the general member meeting decided to rename the
association as the "economic factorial association Rotterdam".
As from 1969, a new phenomenon was introduced called the Dispute. The
onderverenigingen had been intended especially for the progressed students who
kept themselves busy with their main subjects. In the academic year 1977/1978,
EFR-Bulletin was published for the first time; a communication booklet was
distributed after the lectures. In the following year EFR-Courant was
introduced. Later the booklet took the form of the magazine Eclaire.
In the governing board of the academic year 1980/1981, an event took place under
the subject of "America", which became as the paradepaardje of the EFR. Later on
the board of 1984/1985 named the same event the "Business Week".
