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 individual members european congress every two years arbitration board auditors local sections regional sections national sections sends national representatives elects individual members federal committee every six months executive bureau president vice-presidents members treasurer secretary-general elects president and vice-presidents elects 4 individual members, the SG and treasurer
Executive Bureau [ ] Pauline Gessant President Emilia Machuca Vice-president Martin Fischer Vice-president Jakob Pedersen Treasurer Sarantis Michalopoulos EB-member Andrea Tittelova EB-member Carlo Maria Palermo EB-member Radoslava Serakova 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 Groups Visibility – Growth – Activism – Finances + Task Forces (e.g. ECI, Free Belarus, Visual Identity,...) Political Commissions 1. Institutions and Governance 2. Internal European Policy 3. 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 International seminars and trainings in- and outside EU Street actions raising awareness among the general public A multilingual, interactive webzine ‘The New Federalist’ Funding-specific projects with a specific goal Advocacy via press releases, consultations and networking
campaigns political, promotional and awareness raising campaigns European Citizens’ Initiative Campaign EU-wide constituency
seminars and training days Next international seminar: 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...
Belarus action
JEF for a Visa free Europe
Europe without borders
Europe day
upcoming events in March: WG Growth & Activism Training Days in Dworp, Belgium 18 March: Free Belarus Action – all over Europe April: seminar in Athens, Greece April: FC meeting in Athens, Greece 9 May: Europe Day – all over Europe 1-3 November: Congress in Paris, France
thenewfederalist.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