5 September 2015 | Brussels JEF Europe

About JEF Introduction JEF 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 Sections JEF 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 Sections JEF 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 JEF Europe Structures on local, regional, national and European level All members of national sections are automatically JEF-Europe members JEF Europe National Sections Regional sections (i.e. JEF Cataluña, JEF NRW…) Local sections (i.e. JEF Brussels, JEF Sciences Po…)

Statutory Bodies JEF 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 JEF Europe Individual JEF members Local sections Regional sections National sections European Congress every 2 years Federal Committee 2x/year Executive Board President, Vice- presidents, Treasurer, SG, 4 members National delegates 1-25/section National delegates 1/section Elects 16 FC members Elects President 2 Vice-presidents Treasurer 4 EB members elects Arbitration Board Auditors Ratifies election of Secretary General

Executive Board Executive Board JEF Europe Pauline GESSANT President Peter OOMSELS Vice-President Christopher Glück Vice-President Henrik MANNER Treasurer Federico GUERRIERI Secretary General Espen BERG-LARSEN EB Member Ivana JORDANOVSKA EB Member Claire DARME EB Member Federico BUTTI EB Member

Federal Committee Federal CommitteeJEF Europe Vaida CENULEVICIUTE FC Presidium Elisa SELINUMMI FC Presidium Sven BISANG FC Presidium

Finances JEF 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 JEF 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 JEF Europe 7-12 April 2014| Skopje Tolerant Europe – Defining Obstacles March 2014 | Rome Speak-up Europe, how to convey the message 26 Oct – 1 Nov 2013 | Paris Culture and Democratic Citizenship 30 Sept – 7 Oct 2013 | Stockholm European Citizenship in United Europe 16 – 23 Sept 2013 | Skopje Training for political youth work

Pan-European Street Actions Pan-European Actions JEF Europe all over Europe on the same day on a common topic Visa Free Europe! Democracy under Pressure / Free Belarus om/ BelarusJEF #UnderPressure

Campaigns JEF 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

Campaigns JEF 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)  Infos, Updates, Gallery, Online Consultation… Facebook /moveuropeforward; Twitter #MovEurope #MovEU2014

Towards Federal Europe? Campaigns JEF 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 #toFedEU

Communication JEF Europe flickr.com/photos/jefeurope youtube.com/user/JEFEurope | JEF-Info Newsletter

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