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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

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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

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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