Abbreviation GEF Website www.gef.eu | Formation 2008 | |
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Type Political foundation at European level Location Rue d'Arlon 15, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Co-presidents Susanne Rieger and Pierre Jonckheer | ||
The Green European Foundation is a political foundation at European level funded by the European Parliament. It is linked to, but independent of, other European Green actors such as the European Green Party and the Green Group in the European Parliament.
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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. Though its main office is based in Brussels, it aims to reach out to people across Europe and in 2011 organised 41 events in 32 cities in nearly all European countries
Structure
Three stakeholders are at the heart of the Green European Foundation:
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 October 2014, the following national foundations are represented in the General Assembly as full members:
The following are associate members:
Directors
GEF's current directors (as of January 2015) are: