JEF-Europe is a political youth organization with over 30,000 members across 30 European countries that promotes European federalism. It aims to foster debate around a united, federal Europe based on peace, democracy, and rule of law. The organization operates at regional, national, and European levels and engages in campaigns, seminars, and lobbying efforts to socialize its ideas and goals with both members and wider audiences. It is funded through membership fees, grants, and donations.

1. JEUNES EUROPÉENS FÉDÉRALISTES
JUNGE EUROPÄISCHE FÖDERALISTEN
YOUNG EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS

2. JEF-Europe
JEF-Europe is an independent,
transnational, political youth NGO
with over 30,000 members in 30
European countries

3. leading idea
a united, federal Europe based on
the values of peace, democracy and
the rule of law.

4. objectives
promotion of the idea of a European
federation
raising European awareness
creation of a platform of debate for
young Europeans

5. organization
structures on the regional-local,
national and European level
all members of national sections are
automatically JEF-Europe members

6. structure
federal executive
committee bureau president
vice-presidents
every six months members
elects 4 individual
treasurer
sends national members, the SG
and treasurer secretary-general
representatives
elects individual elects president
members and vice-presidents
regional sections
national sections
local sections
arbitration
board
auditors
european congress
every two years
individual members

7. European Secretariat
Ruben Loodts Lea Sarah Kulick
Secretary-General Project Assistant

8. federal committee
WGs and PCs are made up of individual members
and chaired by FC members. They meet twice a
year but work all year round.
working groups
branding – communications, growth – regional
development, finances
political commissions
democratic deficit,
towards the federal Europe,
global Europe

9. 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

10. activities
Section support - political and organizational
training seminars for members
Wider audience - transnational public
actions and political campaigns
Lobbying - reaching out to other youth
networks and lobby European institutions

11. projects & campaigns
political, promotional and awareness raising
campaigns and projects

12. seminars and training days
two international seminars per year
(Bratislava in April & Malta in November 2010)
many seminars organized
by member sections

13. seminars by member sections
Paris seminar
Berlin seminar
Ventotene seminar

14. lobbying
many former JEFers in European institutions
contact to MEPs and to the federalist
intergroup at the European Parliament
membership in other youth organisations
press work

15. transnational public actions
public actions taking place all over Europe on
the same day
examples...

16. belarus action

17. peace day action

18. vis a free travel

19. europe day

20. I want my flag back

21. thenewfederalist.eu

22. www.jef.eu
Our webzines: www.taurillon.org (FR) or
www.thenewfederalist.eu (EN) or www.eurobul.it (IT)
JEF groups/pages on Facebook
Photos on Flickr
Videos on Youtube
Basic info on Wikipedia