The Green European Foundation is a
political foundation at European level
A European political foundation, formally a political foundation at European level, informally a Eurofoundation, is a research and advocacy organization close to, but independent from a Europarty. They are funded by the European Parliament. Th ...
funded by the
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adop ...
. It is linked to, but independent of, other European Green actors such as the
European Green Party
The European Green Party (EGP), also referred to as European Greens, is the European political party that represents national parties from across Europe who share Green values. The European Greens works closely with the Greens–European Fre ...
and
Greens–European Free Alliance
The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green and regionalist political parties.
Formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament, th ...
.
Mission
The Green European Foundation (GEF) was founded in 2008. Modelled on many successful national Green political foundations, the mission of GEF is to encourage European citizens to participate in European political discussions and to ultimately forge a stronger, more participative European democracy.
The Green European Foundation organises debates, conducts research and publishes various documents concerning
green politics
Green politics, or ecopolitics, is a political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society often, but not always, rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice and grassroots democracy.#Wal10, Wall 2010. p. 12-13 ...
. Though its main office is based in Brussels, GEF aims to reach out to people across Europe and in 2018 it organised 69 events in 17 different European countries. These events included conferences, seminars, workshops and summer schools that aimed to promote study and debate, and provide opportunities for capacity-building and networking. To this end, GEF also runs training sessions for young people under its annual European Green Activists Training scheme, as well as providing free courses on its online educational platform Green Learning.
The Green European Foundation produces an editorially independent publication, the
Green European Journal. Launched in 2012, the Green European Journal publishes in print and online articles and interviews on current affairs in Europe and general topics of significance to the European green movement.
Structure
Three stakeholders are at the heart of the Green European Foundation:
* national Green political foundations around Europe;
* the
European Green Party
The European Green Party (EGP), also referred to as European Greens, is the European political party that represents national parties from across Europe who share Green values. The European Greens works closely with the Greens–European Fre ...
;
* the
Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament;
These stakeholders are represented in GEF's General Assembly, which meets on a biannual basis and which has the responsibility of electing the foundation's board. As of January 2019, the following national foundations are represented in the General Assembly as full members:
* Alexander Langer Foundation (Italy)
* Bureau de Helling (the Netherlands)
* Cogito (Sweden)
* EcoPolis (Hungary)
* Etopia (Wallonia, Belgium)
* Fondation de l'Ecologie Politique (France)
* Fundacion EQUO (Spain)
* Green Economics Institute (UK)
* Green Foundation Ireland (Ireland)
* Gréng Steftung (Luxembourg)
* Grüne Bildungswerkstatt (Austria)
*
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Heinrich may refer to:
People
* Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...
(Germany)
* Nous Horitzons (Catalonia, Spain)
* , Belgium)
* ViSiLi (Finland)
The following are associate members:
* Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG - Europe-wide)
* Greek Green Institute (Greece)
* Green Thought Association (Turkey)
* Insamlingsstiftelsen Green Forum (Sweden)
*
Institute for Political Ecology (Croatia)
* Fundacja Strefa Zieleni (Poland)
Directors
GEF's current directors (as of October 2019) are:
* Klára Berg
* Teo Comet
* Dirk Holemans (Co-President)
* Vedran Horvat
* Benoit Monange
* Susanne Rieger (Co-President)
* Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart
* Sevil Turan
Notes
External links
*
Green European Journal - Online Journal of the Green European FoundationGEF Learning - Online learning platform of the Green European FoundationCampaign Handbook
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Think tanks established in 2008
Political and economic think tanks based in the European Union
Political and economic research foundations
Green politics
Political foundations at European level