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18-410: Green Youth may refer to one of the following youth wings of Green political parties: Green Youth (Germany) Young Greens of Sweden See also [ edit ] Young Greens (disambiguation) Category:Youth wings of green parties Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

36-483: A frog as its logo. In the same spring the Grün-Alternative Jugend Baden-Württemberg was founded. Parallel to these state-based organisations was the federal Bundesjugendkontaktstelle (Abbreviated: BUJUKS), a loose network of young members and sympathisers of Die Grünen. After several years of debate, a federal green youth organisation was founded, in which the state-based organisations and

54-608: A different country. It is during the General Assembly that members of the different structures are elected. The executive committee is the second highest decision-making body in FYEG. It handles the management of the federation on a day-to-day basis. The EC is composed of 8 members. Within the EC, there are two co-spokespersons and a treasurer. The EC members are elected for one year and can renew their mandates three times. The FCC's tasks include

72-627: A yearly meeting, dedicated to checking FYEG's finances. A written report of this meeting must be submitted to the EC, thereby providing an internal audit and the presentation of this yearly report to the delegates at the GA. Members of the FCC are elected for two years by the GA. The advisory Committee follows the functioning of the EC and personnel and they assist in conflict resolution between EC members and/or personnel. These are usually former EC members or people who were involved in FYEG. The Advisory Committee ensures

90-698: Is a closer partner of the Green European Foundation , the European Green Party , and the Green Academy . It also holds a full membership to the European Youth Forum (EYF) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union youth engagement frameworks and works closely with both these bodies. The Federation of Young European Greens was created in 1988. Gerard Onesta was one of

108-561: Is an umbrella organisation that gathers young green movements and organisations across Europe with 40,000 members. FYEG's aim is to defend climate and social justice on the European level. Since 2007, FYEG is the European Green Party 's youth wing. FYEG has 32 member organisations, 2 candidates and 2 associate members, along with two partner organisations - the Global Young Greens and Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe. It

126-458: Is in favour of legalisation of all drugs and the use of free software . Green Youth is a Basisgruppe within Alliance 90/The Greens . It has about 15,000 members. Some of these are members of state-based organisations, while others are direct members of the federal organisation. Membership of the youth organisation currently represents about 15% of the membership of the main party. Membership of

144-690: The European Green Party (EGP) and European Youth Fourm (EYF). In 2007, it became EGP's official youth wing and gained voting rights in EGP's organs. In 2009, FYEG launched its first internal European campaign in order to promote young candidates at the European elections. Three MEPs, who were among the youngest ever, were elected to the European Parliament : Ska Keller , Jan Philipp Albrecht and Karima Delli . Similar programmes in subsequent elections have had equal success, with notable successes with Terry Reintke , Linnéa Engström , and Ernest Urtasun At

162-844: The 2018 General Assembly, FYEG celebrated its 30th anniversary, and for the first time elected two female co-spokespeople: Zuzana Pavelková from Mladí zelení and Katri Ylinen, from ViNO . During the 2024 European Parliament election , Benedetta Scuderi was elected as a member of the European Parliament while serving as Co-Spokesperson of FYEG. Like many other European Party-Political Youth Organisations, FYEG's main activities consist of lobbying its mother party within internal and external channels, engaging in broader European political discourse on topics relevant to it and its member organisations - notably migration and LGBTQ rights - and organising international youth exchanges with EU and Council of Europe funding. These have included Study Sessions at

180-633: The BUJUKS all merged. In 2001, Green Youth became an integral part of the Die Grünen and lost its independent status. In 2024 the spokespeople and the entire federal board of ten people stepped down and resigned their Alliance 90/The Greens memberships, citing a plan to create a new left-wing youth organization, citing a rightward shift of the party on foreign, economic and enviornmental policy as their reason. Although it has similar positions to its mother party, there are some differences. Green Youth for instance

198-515: The Council of Europe Youth Centres in Strasbourg and Budapest, and summer camps and training sessions in various locations around Europe. The General Assembly (GA) is the highest decision-making body of FYEG. All full member organisations have two votes in the GA, candidate member organisations have one vote and observer (partner) organisations can send observers. The General Assembly is held yearly in

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216-445: The approval of the EC. Each working group consist of at least 5 people from 5 different MOs. The office staff has at least one Secretary General (SecGen) and a Project Assistant. The SecGen is elected for three years by the General Assembly. They are responsible for the daily management of FYEG regarding finances, coordination of the office, fundraising, representation, reporting, networking and legal representation. The Project Assistant

234-715: The founding members. The idea of a European federation was brought up in Strasbourg in 1988 by French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and German young members from Green parties. In 2002, during a FYEG General Assembly in Belgrade, the Cooperation and Development network (CDN) was founded, with the aim of better supporting green youth organisations in Eastern and South Eastern Europe, which were often smaller and organisationally less developed than their Western European counterparts. From then on, FYEG became more political and strengthened its links with

252-622: The mother party. This is to ensure equal treatment. In the months that the federal congress does not meet a federal council, consisting out of two members per state-based organisations, meets. There are also several thematic fora, which work on specific themes (e.g. Europe, Democracy, Drugs, Equal treatment). Green Youth is a member of the Federation of Young European Greens and Global Young Greens . Federation of Young European Greens The Federation of Young European Greens , often referred to as FYEG ( / ˈ f iː ɛ ɡ / FEE -egg ),

270-443: The organisation ends in the year one becomes 28-years-old. The highest organ of the party is the federal congress, in which all members can participate and vote. It elects the board with two speakers, the editors of the party-magazine, SPUNK and the board of arbitration. There is a strict rule that the board, the two speakers and all other elected groups at any level must consist of at least 50% women, inter or trans persons, same as in

288-473: The title Green Youth . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green_Youth&oldid=987854612 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Green Youth (Germany) Green Youth

306-468: The transfer of knowledge within FYEG and acts as a conflict resolution body. It is elected for two years at the GA and is composed of 5 members. Action by the AC is taken only upon request by EC members of other bodies of FYEG. The Working groups are a place for FYEG activists to meet, debate topics, develop campaigns and ideas. They are in charge of building and communicating positions internally and externally with

324-525: Was founded on 16 January 1994, as an independent association with the name Grün-Alternatives Jugendbündnis (abbreviated: GAJB ). Before 1994 there were, after the first attempts in Niedersachsen like Grüne Jugend Braunschweig , founded in the spring of 1981, several state-based associations, such as the Grüne Jugend Hessen , which had been founded in the spring of 1991. It used and still uses

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