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JEUNES EUROPÉENS FÉDÉRALISTES JUNGE EUROPÄISCHE FÖDERALISTEN YOUNG EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS. JEF-Europe. JEF-Europe is an independent , transnational, political youth NGO with over 30,000 members in 30 European countries. leading idea.
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JEUNES EUROPÉENS FÉDÉRALISTES JUNGE EUROPÄISCHE FÖDERALISTEN YOUNG EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS
JEF-Europe JEF-Europe is an independent, transnational, political youth NGO with over 30,000 members in 30 European countries
leading idea a united, federal Europe based on the values of peace, democracy and the rule of law
objectives promotion of the idea of a European federation raising European awareness creation of a platform of debate for young Europeans
organization structures on local, regional, national and European level all members of national sections are automatically JEF-Europe members
structure executivebureau federalcommittee every six months presidentvice-presidentsmemberstreasurersecretary-general elects 4 individual members, the SG and treasurer sends national representatives elects presidentand vice-presidents elects individualmembers local sections regional sections national sections arbitrationboard auditors european congress every two years individual members
Executive Bureau [2011-13] Martin Fischer Vice-president Emilia Machuca Vice-president Jakob Pedersen Treasurer Pauline Gessant President Andrea Tittelova EB-member Carlo Maria Palermo EB-member Radoslava Serakova EB-member Sarantis Michalopoulos EB-member
European Secretariat Federico Guerrieri Secretary General Zita Gácsér Intern
Federal Committee WGs and PCs are made up of individual members and chaired by FC members. They meet twice a year but work all year round. Working GroupsVisibility – Growth – Activism – Finances+ Task Forces (e.g. ECI, Free Belarus, Visual Identity, ...) Political Commissions1. Institutions and Governance2. Internal European Policy3. External Affairs and Global Governance
finances JEF-Europe is financed through membership fees of sections, administrative grants from the European Commission and the Council of Europe, project grants and donations
activities Lobby campaigns for a specific federalist cause Internationalseminarsandtrainingsin- and outside EU Street actions raising awareness among the general public A multilingual, interactive webzine‘The New Federalist’ Funding-specificprojectswith a specific goal Advocacy via press releases, consultations and networking
campaigns political, promotional and awareness raising campaigns European Citizens’ Initiative Campaign www.citizensinitiative.eu EU-wide constituency
seminars and training days Next international seminar: 14-19 April 2013 Athens, Greece → Applications open in January 2013!
seminars by member sections Nordic Summer Camp / United - August Balkan Training Days - September Ventotene seminar – September Cross-border seminars (B-NL-L-FR-D) (D-CH-F-A) Paris seminar - April Berlin seminar - May … and many local, regional and national events!
transnational street actions actions public actions • all over Europe • on the same day • on a common topic examples...
upcoming events in 2013 8-10 March: WG Growth & Activism Training Days in Dworp, Belgium 18 March: Free Belarus Action – all over Europe 14-19 April: seminar in Athens, Greece 20-21 April: FC meeting in Athens, Greece 9 May: Europe Day – all over Europe 1-3 November: Congress in Paris, France
www.jef.eu JEF groups/pages on Facebook JEF account Twitter: Jefeurope JEF-INFO bi-weekly newsletter Photos on Flickr Videos on Youtube Basic info on Wikipedia