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JEUNES EUROPÉENS FÉDÉRALISTESJUNGE EUROPÄISCHE FÖDERALISTENYOUNG 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 congressevery two years
arbitrationboard
auditors
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regio
nal se
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nati
onal se
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sends nationalrepresentatives
elects individualmembers
federalcommitteeevery six months
executivebureau president
vice-presidentsmemberstreasurersecretary-general
elects presidentand vice-presidents
elects 4 individualmembers, the SGand treasurer
Executive Bureau [2011-
13]
Pauline GessantPresident
Emilia MachucaVice-president
Martin FischerVice-president
Jakob PedersenTreasurer
Sarantis MichalopoulosEB-member
Andrea TittelovaEB-member
Carlo Maria PalermoEB-member
Radoslava SerakovaEB-member
European Secretariat
Federico GuerrieriSecretary General
Zita GácsérIntern
Federal Committee
Federal CommitteeWGs 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
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
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...
Belarus action
JEF for a Visa free Europe
Europe without borders
Europe day
upcoming events in 20138-10 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
thenewfederalist.eu
www.jef.eu
JEF groups/pages on FacebookJEF account Twitter: JefeuropeJEF-INFO bi-weekly newsletterPhotos on FlickrVideos on YoutubeBasic info on Wikipedia
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