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Anna Widegren

Secretary General

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François Balate

Executive Advisor

• Good Governance
• Legitimacy and representativeness
• Ownership

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Ivana Davidovska

Membership and Capacity Building Officer

• Good Governance
• Legitimacy and representativeness
• Ownership
• Strive for inclusive, non-discriminatory and gender-equal practices within youth organisations
• Empower Member Organisations to be diverse and inclusive of all young people
• Build capacity of Member Organisations, based on their needs

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Nanna Moe

Director of Communications and Events

• Effective and transparent communication

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Hannah Grieve

Communications Officer

• Effective and transparent communication

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Ines Abbas

Communications Officer

• Effective and transparent communication

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David Garrahy

Head of Policy and Advocacy

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Alfonso Aliberti

Policy and Advocacy Team Leader

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Stephanie Beecroft

Policy and Advocacy Team Leader

• Advocate for comprehensive implementation and effective review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• Engage in monitoring and review of the 2030 Agenda
• Build capacity of the European Youth Forum and of its Member Organisations
• Empower members to raise awareness on climate change
• Strengthen the European Youth Forum’s cooperation with regional youth platforms and networks
• Develop expertise, share knowledge and best practice on how to increase participation in policy-making

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John Lisney

Policy and Advocacy Coordinator

• Advocate for participation of all young people and youth organisations in all democratic processes
• Develop expertise, share knowledge and best practice on how to increase participation in policy-making
• Provide support to and coordinate member organisations during elections-focused campaigns

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Flavia colonnese

Policy Officer

• Advocate for quality transition from education to work

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George-Konstantinos Charonis

Policy Officer

• Recognition, fulfilment, advancement of an access to youth rights
• Build on advocacy for access to youth rights
• Support the development of systems for specific evaluation of youth policies and access to rights
• Speak up against all forms of discrimination that young people face

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Jan Mayrhofer

Policy Officer

• Advocate for comprehensive implementation and effective review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• Engage in monitoring and review of the 2030 Agenda
• Build capacity of the European Youth Forum and of its Member Organisations
• Empower members to raise awareness on climate change

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Jo Deman

Policy Officer

• Advocate for the recognition of the role of youth organisations and youth work
• Advocate for an enabling legal and political environment for the development and functioning of youth organisations
• Advocate for the recognition of Non-Formal Education and competencies gained in youth organisations
• Strengthen the European Youth Forum’s cooperation with regional youth platforms and networks

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Manuel Gonçalves Gil

Policy Officer

• Advocate for accessible funding programmes for the sustainability of the diverserve range of youth organisations
• Advocate for a stronger EU Youth Programme
• Cooperate with relevant stakeholders to provide collaborative spaces
• Advocate for the recognition of Non-Formal Education and competencies gained in youth organisations
• Advocate for the recognition of the value of volunteering and the development of better conditions for volunteers
• Advocate for quality and inclusive education

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Rita Jonusaite

Policy Officer

• Advocate for quality transition from education to work
• Advocate for quality and inclusive education
• Advocate for quality citizenship education and critical thinking in youth organisations and formal education
• Support and develop political participation through the development of the European Youth Capital

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Una Clarke

Policy Officer

• Young people are a cross-cutting priority
• Support the development of systems for specific evaluation of youth policies and access to rights
• Advocate for participation of all young people and youth organisations in all democratic processes
• Advocate for quality citizenship education and critical thinking in youth organisations and formal education
• Develop expertise, share knowledge and best practice on how to increase participation in policy-making

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Līva Vikmane

Policy Officer

• Advocate for quality citizenship education and critical thinking in youth organisations and formal education
• Develop expertise, share knowledge and best practice on how to increase participation in policy-making

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Sandra Moreau

Administrative and Financial Director

• Independence

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Marie-Aimée Musanase

Human Resources Coordinator

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Anne Debrabandere

Translator/assistant

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Estefania Asorey

IT Coordinator

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Laila Baraz

Accountant

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Sarah Jane Schlögel

Accountant Assistant