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April 19, 2023 | Brussels
JEF Europe
About JEF
• IntroductionJEF Europe
JEF-Europe is an independent, transnational, political youth NGO with thousands of members in more than 35 European countries.
Our leading idea is a united, federal Europe based on the values of peace, democracy and the rule of law
• Promotion of the idea of a European federation
• Raising European awareness
• Creation of a platform of debate for young Europeans
Objectives
JEF sections
• SectionsJEF Europe
JEF currently has 31 full member sections and 6 candidate sections.
In addition JEF has contact to further interest groups across Europe.
JEF Sections
• SectionsJEF Europe
• Albania• Austria• Belgium• Bulgaria• Croatia• Czech Republic• Denmark• Finland• France• Germany
• Greece• Hungary• Italy• Kosovo• Latvia• Lithuania• Macedonia• Malta• Moldova• Norway
• Portugal• Romania• Serbia• Slovakia• Spain• Sweden• Switzerland• United Kingdom• Armenia• The Netherlands• Turkey
Candidate sections
• Azerbaijan • Belarus• Iceland• Montenegro• Ireland• Poland
Structure
• StructureJEF Europe
• Structures on local, regional, national and European level
• All members of national sections are automatically JEF-Europe members
Statutory Bodies
• Statutory BodiesJEF Europe
• The European Congress representation of all JEFers
• The Federal Committee JEF's political brain
• The Executive Board day-to-day leadership
• The European Secretariat organizational backbone XXII European Congress | Paris | 2013
Organization
• OrganizationJEF Europe
Individual JEF members
Loca
l sectio
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Reg
ional
sectio
ns
Natio
nal
sectio
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European Congress
every 2 years
Federal Committ
ee
2x/year
Executive
BoardPresident,
Vice-presidents, Treasurer,
SG, 4 members
National delegates1-25/section
National delegates1/section
Elects 16 FC members
Elects• President• 2 Vice-presidents•Treasurer• 4 EB members
elects
elects
Arbitration Board
Auditors
Ratifies election of Secretary General
Executive Board 2013-2015
• Executive BoardJEF Europe
Pauline GESSANTPresident
Peter OOMSELSVice-President
Christopher GlückVice-President
Henrik MANNERTreasurer
Federico GUERRIERISecretary General
Espen BERG-LARSENEB Member
Ivana JORDANOVSKAEB Member
Claire DARMEEB Member
Federico BUTTIEB Member
Federal Committee 2013-2015
• Federal CommitteeJEF Europe
Vaida CENULEVICIUTEFC Presidium
Elisa SELINUMMI FC Presidium
Sven BISANGFC Presidium
Finances
• FinancesJEF Europe
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
• ActivitiesJEF Europe
• Pan European campaigns
• International seminars and trainings in- and outside EU
• Street actions raising awareness among the general public
• A multilingual, interactive webzine ‘The New Federalist’
• Advocacy via press releases, consultations and networking
Trainings & Seminars
• Trainings & SeminarsJEF Europe
• 7-12 April 2014| Skopje Tolerant Europe – Defining Obstacles
• 19-23 March 2014 | Rome Speak-up Europe, how to convey the message
• 26 Oct – 1 Nov 2013 | ParisCulture and Democratic Citizenship
• 30 Sept – 7 Oct 2013 | StockholmEuropean Citizenship in United Europe
• 16 – 23 Sept 2013 | SkopjeTraining for political youth work
Pan-European Street Actions
• Pan-European ActionsJEF Europe
• all over Europe • on the same day• on a common topic
Visa Free Europe!
Democracy under Pressure / Free Belarus • http://
belarusaction.wordpress.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/FreeBelarusJEF
• #UnderPressure #UnitedEurope
• @DemocracyJEF
Campaigns
• CampaignsJEF Europe
MovEurope Forward! JEF Europe campaign on EP elections 2014
Aims• inform and raise awareness: give (young) citizens input for making
an informed decision• bring together citizens, candidates and other European decision
makers to exchange on selected topics• involve citizens in formulating policy proposals
• CampaignsJEF Europe
Tools• Local Public Consultations with young people (migration, climate justice,
media freedom, rise of populism & extremism, youth unemployment, social rights, education, civil rights, economic crisis)
• MovEurope bus tour (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Italy, Spain, France)
• www.moveurope.eu Infos, Updates, Gallery, Online Consultation…
• Facebook /moveuropeforward; Twitter #MovEurope #MovEU2014
Towards Federal Europe?
• CampaignsJEF Europe
European Elections as a momentum to promote Federal and United Europe.
Actions in cooperation with Union of European Federalists
• Pan-European street actions 1/month
• JEF-UEF pledge• www.towardsfederaleurope.eu • #toFedEU
Communication
• CommunicationJEF Europe
www.jef.eu
facebook.com/JEFEurope
@JEF_Europe
flickr.com/photos/jefeurope
youtube.com/user/JEFEurope
[email protected] | JEF-Info Newsletter
• Questions?JEF Europe
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