5 September 2015 | Brussels JEF Europe. About JEF Introduction JEF Europe JEF-Europe is an independent, transnational, political youth NGO with thousands.

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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

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European Congress

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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

info@jef.eu | JEF-Info Newsletter

• Questions?JEF Europe

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