What are we doing in 2018?
Carina
Board
Carina Autengruber
Vice-President
- Good Governance
- Effective and transparent communication
- Independence
- Legitimacy and representativeness
- Ownership
- Young people are a cross-cutting priority
- Advocate for a rights-based approach to migration, focusing on the specific situation of young refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
- 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
Dejan
Board
Dejan Bojanic
Vice-President
- Good Governance
- Effective and transparent communication
- Independence
- Legitimacy and representativeness
- Ownership
- Recognition, fulfilment, advancement of an access to youth rights
- Build on advocacy for access to youth rights
- 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 Member Organisations to be diverse and inclusive of all young people
- Strengthen the European Youth Forum’s cooperation with regional youth platforms and networks
Andrea
Board
Andrea Casamenti
Board Member
- Ownership
- 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
- Build capacity of Member Organisations, based on their needs
- 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
Kristen
Board
Kristen Aigro
Board Member
- Effective and transparent communication
- Cooperate with relevant stakeholders to provide collaborative spaces
- Advocate for quality and inclusive education
- 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
- Support and develop political participation through the development of the European Youth Capital
- Provide support to and coordinate member organisations during elections-focused campaigns
Mari
Board
Mari Strømsvåg
Board Member
- Good Governance
- Advocate for the recognition of the role of youth organisations and youth work
- Build capacity of the European Youth Forum and of its Member Organisations
- Cooperate with relevant stakeholders to provide collaborative spaces
- 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
Nafsika
Board
Nafsika Vrettaki
Board Member
- Effective and transparent communication
- Advocate for investment into quality job creation for young people, paying particular attention to the changing nature of work
- Advocate for quality transition from education to work
- Promote an environment that enables young people to become entrepreneurs
- Advocate for sustainable welfare systems adapted to support young people, free of any kind of discrimination
Sebastiaan
Board
Sebastiaan Rood
Board Member
Tina
Board
Tina Hočevar
Board Member
- Recognition, fulfilment, advancement of an access to youth rights
- Advocate for an enabling legal and political environment for the development and functioning of youth organisations
- Cooperate with relevant stakeholders to provide collaborative spaces
- 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
Ville
Board
Ville Majamaa
Board Member
- Independence
- Recognition, fulfilment, advancement of an access to youth rights
- Build on advocacy for access to youth rights
- Young people are a cross-cutting priority
- Support the development of systems for specific evaluation of youth policies and access to rights
- Advocate for accessible funding programmes for the sustainability of the diverserve range of youth organisations
- Advocate for a stronger EU Youth Programme
- Empower Member Organisations to be diverse and inclusive of all young people
- Advocate for the recognition of the value of volunteering and the development of better conditions for volunteers
- Develop expertise, share knowledge and best practice on how to increase participation in policy-making
Zuzana
Board
Zuzana Vaneckova
Board Member
- Advocate for the recognition of Non-Formal Education and competencies gained in youth organisations
- Advocate for investment into quality job creation for young people, paying particular attention to the changing nature of work
- Advocate for quality transition from education to work
- Advocate for quality and inclusive education
- Advocate for sustainable welfare systems adapted to support young people, free of any kind of discrimination
Anna
Secretariat
Anna Widegren
Secretary General
Ana
Secretariat
Ana Ollo
Secretary General's Assistant
Ivana
Secretariat
Ivana Davidovska
Membership and Capacity Building Officer
Nanna
Josh
Secretariat
Josh Cope
Yo!Fest Team Leader
Hannah
Inès
Anne
Secretariat
Anne Debrabandere
Translator/assistant
François
Secretariat
François Balate
Director Policy & Advocacy
Alfonso
Secretariat
Alfonso Aliberti
Policy and Advocacy Team Leader
- 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 accessible funding programmes for the sustainability of the diverserve range of youth organisations
- Advocate for a stronger EU Youth Programme
- Strengthen the European Youth Forum’s cooperation with regional youth platforms and networks
- Support and develop political participation through the development of the European Youth Capital
Stephanie
Secretariat
Stephanie Beecroft
Policy and Advocacy Team Leader
John
Secretariat
John Lisney
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator
- 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
- Support and develop political participation through the development of the European Youth Capital
- Provide support to and coordinate member organisations during elections-focused campaigns
Assia
Secretariat
Assia Oulkadi
Policy Officer | Regional & Global Cooperation
Flavia
Secretariat
Flavia colonnese
Policy Officer
- Advocate for investment into quality job creation for young people, paying particular attention to the changing nature of work
- Advocate for quality transition from education to work
- Advocate for quality and inclusive education
- Advocate for sustainable welfare systems adapted to support young people, free of any kind of discrimination
George-Konstantinos
Secretariat
George-Konstantinos Charonis
Policy Officer
- Recognition, fulfilment, advancement of an access to youth rights
- Build on advocacy for access to youth rights
- Speak up against all forms of discrimination that young people face
- Advocate for a rights-based approach to migration, focusing on the specific situation of young refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Jan
Secretariat
Jan Mayrhofer
Policy Officer
Nikita
Eszter
Secretariat
Eszter Somogyi
UNHCR Project Manager
Manuel
Secretariat
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
Rita
Una
Secretariat
Una Clarke
Policy Officer
Līva
Secretariat
Līva Vikmane
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 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
- 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
Sandra
Marie-Aimée
Secretariat
Marie-Aimée Musanase
Human Resources Coordinator
Estefania
Secretariat
Estefania Asorey
IT Coordinator
Laila
Secretariat
Laila Baraz
Accountant
Sarah Jane
Secretariat
Sarah Jane Schlögel
Accountant Assistant
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