This page is dedicated to those who dedicated their time and efforts to make JEF "A Generation Ahead" in the past. If yourself were one of the many volunteers, we would be more than glad to put together the puzzle of JEF's history, so contact the European Secretariat please!

And if you want to get in touch with JEF members from the old times, do contact and join the Alumi organisation Friends of JEF!

Executive Bureau and Federal Committees

Period 2009-2011

Philippe Adriaenssens, President
Pauline Gessant, Vice-President
Ingvil Louise Nürnberg, Vice-President
Julia Mikic, EB member
Daniela Vidaicu, EB member
Michel Gelly, EB member
Martin Fischer, EB member
Till Burckhardt, Treasurer
Allan Siao Ming Witherick
Marta Semplici
Eike Schneider
Luca Lionello
Sarantis Michalopoulos
Matteo Manfredini
Alexia Ruvoletto
Hans Merket
Damien V. Routisseau-Magrou
Karim-Pierre Maalej
Julia Brink
Bård Skaar Viken
Annabelle Dullin
Julie Langevin
Joonas Turunen
Jacopo Barbati
Thomas Spragg
Vaida Cesnuleviciute
Kathrin Lichtenberg

Period 2007-2009

The Executive Bureau and Federal Committee of JEF during this period held the following members:

Samuele Pii - President
Jessica Chamba - Vice-President
Toni Giugliano - Vice-President
Vaida Cesnuleviciute - EB Member
Sofia Tyligada - EB Member
Florent Banfi - EB Member
Marta Semplici - EB Member
Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad
Jari-Pekka Kaleva
Lars Raaum
Mette Mørk Andersen
Samuel Müller
Chiara Stella Cipolletta
Pauline Gessant
Philippe Adriaenssens
Borut Cink
Frederikke Rosendal
Stefanie Scharrenbach
Tim Nilsson
Vasilis Labropoulos

Period 2005-2007

The JEF Executive Bureau and Federal Committee 2005-2007 were elected at the Congress in Strasbourg in October 2005. They were in charge of the activities of the organization until October 2007, when JEF elected a new team in Copenhagen. Apart from the directly elected members listed below, the Federal Committee of JEF-Europe was composed by one representative for each national section of JEF:

Marko Bucik
Giovanni Biava
Frode Fjeldavli
Nina Busemann
Borut Cink
Tina Fistravec
Ernesto Gallo
Daniela Grech
Ǻsa Gunvén - Vice President
Siri Holland - Vice President (2005-2006)
Georgios Kipouros
Elina Kiiski
Johannes Langer
Kate Matcov
Peter Matjašič - EB member/Vice President (2006-2007)
Samuel Müller - EB Member
Piia Pappinen - EB member
Jessica Pennet
Sarah Scholberg
Jan Seifert - President
Viktorija Spurina - EB member
Julia Starnbacher
Florian Ziegenbalg

Period 2003-2005

The JEF Executive Bureau and Federal Committee 2003-2005 were elected at the Congress in Stockholm in November 2005. They were in charge of the activities of the organization until October 2005, when JEF elected a new team in Strasbourg. Apart from the directly elected members listed below, the Federal Committee of JEF-Europe was composed by one representative for each national section of JEF:

The JEF Executive Bureau 2003-2005 was elected at the European Congress held in Stockholm in November 2003. It was in charge until October 2005, when the new JEF team was elected.

Astrid Arnslett
Steven Attard
Peter Bancroft
Giovanni Biava
Marko Bucik - EB Member
Virginie Delaury
Daniel Gerer
Asa Gunven
Jessika Hazrat - EB Member
Philip Hessel
Siri Holland
Silke Kaul - Vice-President
Elina Kiiski - EB Member
Jan Kreutz
Nikos Lampropoulos - Vice-President
Georgi Markov
Jana Novotna
Dominik Ostyn
Florian Rodeit
Arielle Rouby - EB Member
Peter Strempel
Ingvild Stub
Imre Teder
Alison Weston
Jon Worth - President
 

Secretariat

Secretariat 2010-2012 

Javier originally comes from Spain, but he is studying his Master program European Studies in Lund University (Sweden). Javier joined the Secretariat in June 2011, and he stayed with us until mid of December. With his international experience studying and living in different countries of Europe, he contributed to the work of JEF secretariat in terms of communication and administration management. Javier is getting ready to write his master thesis the next 2012 spring, and JEF can provide good ideas and environment where to start the research.

Originally coming from France where he is an active JEFer, Quentin is now doing a master in European Studies in Brussels. He joined the Secretariat until the end of January 2012 and help it in its various tasks. Being already a member of the editorial team of the Taurillon and having a particular interst in journalism he also tried to develop further the TNF by creating partnerships and involving more closely the various JEF sections.

Živa is from Slovenia and implemented her Leonardo da Vinci placement at JEF Secretariat. She finished master studies in Russian, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian languages and literature at University of Ljubljana. She joined JEF Secretariat team at from December 2011 until April 2012. She became interested in European issues after volunteering experiences abroad. Živa is especially interested in cooperation of Western Balkans countries and its integration into European Union. During her stay at JEF Secretariat she assisted in organization of the annual Belarus action as well as participate in other JEF activities.

Lea (24) is originally from Germany and finished her Master's Program European Studies at Maastricht University (Netherlands). From September 2010 on, she stayed for three months as project assistant at the JEF-Europe Secretariat in the exciting city of Brussels. The project she was mainly working on was the international seminar and conference on Malta in October 2010 about the topic of immigration. Additionally, she dedicated herself to the bi-monthly JEF-INFO newsletter and other various JEF campaigns.

Lia (21), is originally from Germany and studies European Studies in Bremen. She already did a European voluntary service in Belgium before joining the European secretariat and assisting with all occurring tasks. Her main motivation is to actively help in improving European understanding among citizens. Lia dedicated her time to the bi-weekly JEF-INFO newsletter, the preparation and follow-up of the international seminar in Budapest and all the other JEF projects.

Josephine (24) joined the JEF-Europe secretariat in February and will assist the secretariat team until the end of June. Originally, Josephine comes from Germany (Berlin) and studies International Communication in the Netherlands. Besides daily administrative tasks, she will, in particular, contribute to communication related tasks. Having already collected a wider range of international experience in working and living together with people of different cultural background, she is looking forward to use her intercultural communication skills to contribute to a successful dialogue between the JEF-Europe and the national sections.

Evangelia comes from Greece and studied law in Athens. This year she started her Master studies in human rights in Grenoble, France. The promotion of democracy and human rights as universal and European values is a crucial issue for her. She just joined the JEF-EU Secreteriat this week and will assist in the communication and administration management, while also having organisational responsibilities. Having previous experience in non-profit organisations Evangelia is interested in strengthening the role of civil society by participating in the European reality.

Secretariat 2008-2010

Though originally from Slovenia, Peter Matjasic considers himself a true European, having lived and travelled in various parts of Europe (e.g. Barcelona, Berlin). Peter started working in the European Secretariat in Brussels as SG in September 2008.

Johannes Kunath is from Germany and is contributing to the work of JEF-Europe from March to August 2010. He is the Editor for the bi-monthly JEF-INFO newsletter, which is providing JEFers with the latest information about seminars, events and announcements concerning the Young European Federalists. Furthermore, he takes care about the representation of JEF-Europe in online social media and helps to maintain the webzine thenewfederalist.eu.

Francesco Santini is originally from Italy and is currently doing a double diploma Master between the Universities of Twente (the Netherlands) and Münster (Germany). He is working as an intern with JEF-Europe for the next couple of months. Practically he is translating articles for the thenewfederalist.eu and Eurobull, assisting in JEF campaigns, promoting JEF through different channels and helping to keep contacts with the Italian section.

Sarah Todd (22) from France, is studying European Studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris. After visiting and living in different countries, she is staying in Brussels for two months for an internship at the JEF-Europe Secretariat. She will contribute to the JEF-Europe homepage and help to maintain the online magazine thenewfederalist.eu. She will furthermore contribute as a translator and assist in various other tasks at the office.

Iohanna GONZALEZ is half French-half German. She has worked as a Project Manager for the European project "Europe@mydesk". She has a Master in Political Science and another one in International Relations from the Institute of Political Science in Strasbourg. She moves every year to a new city, participated in Erasmus exchange programme in Stockholm, interned at the French Embassy in Berlin, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and worked for the Remscheid Academy for Cultural Youth Education near Cologne.

Tomas SPRAGG has been working for the JEF-Europe secretariat from February to April 2010. He was the mastermind behind the immensly successful Belarus Action 2010 and has also been involved with thenewfederalist.eu and a number of other JEF initiatives.

Pia MENNING from Germany was working it the secretariat from April 2009 to April 2010. She studied European and Comparative Law in Bremen, Groningen and Ghent and gained practical experiences during internships in Berlin and Brussels. She is passionate about European politics and traveling around the world. During her EVS she was mainly engaged in communication issues.

Matej ČRNJAVIČ joined the JEF Europe Secretariat as an European Volunteer in April 2009 and worked until Spring 2010. Matej has been an active member of JEF Slovenia since 2005, where he organised and participated in different seminars and other national and international events. He studied International Relations at the University of Ljubljana and has gained practical experience in European affairs and international politics through work for the Ministry of Economy during Slovenia's EU Presidency and for the British Embassy in Slovenia.

Julia BRINK from Germany was doing her EVS in the JEF secretariat from February to July 2009. She graduated in European Studies in Passau and Prague and gained pactical experience in international politics and communication thanks to internships throughout Europe.

 ALESSIO PISANO' from Italy, was an intern in the Secretariat between November 2008 and January 2009. His duties were communication and administrative organization. He is a young journalist who trusts European Union and its values.

Secretariat 2006-2008

Secretary General: Vassilis Stamogiannis [Greece]
Project Manager: Georgios Kipouros [Greece] (Speak Up Europe, European Vibes, Local Europe)
Stagiaires: Charlotta Asplund [Sweden]; Vincent van der Heijden [Belgium]; Silvia Di Gaetano [Italy]
European Volunteers: Ania Pokorska [Poland]; Margarita Lazarova [Bulgaria].

Secretariat 2004-2006

Secretary General: Joan Marc Simon [Catalonia, Spain]
Project Managers: Anne-Christine Roisin [Belgium] (Galaxy Europe); Saray Espejo [Catalunya, Spain] (Give Europe a Face, My Europe@Home)
Stagiaires: Benedicte Roer [Norway]; Julije Pajcic [Croatia]; Ecaterina Matcov [Moldova]
European Volunteer: Daniela Grech [Malta]

Secretariat 2002-2004

Secretary General: Marianne Bonnard [France] Stagiaires: Ana Porumbrica  [Moldova]; Marianna Koutandou [Greece]; Svetla Vasileva [Bulgaria]; Anna Barcikowska [Poland]; Julia Wadoux [France] European Volunteers: Isa Katharina von Kalben [Germany]; Inga Karelkova [Latvia]; Marjana Todorova [FYR Macedonia] (Balkan Youth Project)

JEF People from the past, who have been working for the future!

Please find here a complete list of all past JEF-Europe top mandate holders starting with the last 20 years ...

Presidents of JEF-Europe:

2007-2009: Samuele Pii
2005-2007: Jan Seifert                                          
2003-2005: Jon Worth
2001-2003: Alison Weston
1999-2001: Paolo Vacca
1997-1999: Philip Savelkoul
1995-1997: Ugo Ferruta
1993-1995: Tor Eigil Hodne
1991-1993: Stephen Woodard
1989-1991: Giannis Papageorgiou

and also: David Grace, Lars Erik Nordgaard ('87-'89), Manfred Auster, Richard Corbett ('79-'81), Julian Priestley ('74-'76), ...

Secretary Generals of JEF-Europe:

2008-2010: Peter Matjasic
2006-2008: Vassilis Stamogiannis
2004-2006: Joan Marc Simon
2002-2004: Marianne Bonnard
2000-2002: Niki Klesl
1998-2000: Laura Davis
1996-1998: Tobias Flessenkemper
1994-1996: Ingo Linsemann
1992-1994: Bernd Huetteman
1992: Soraya Usmani Martinez
1989-1991: Irmeli Karhio
1987-1989: Monica Frassoni
1985-1987 Giannis Papageorgiou
1984-1985 Susana Roson

and also: David Grace, Gerda de Munck, Tore Nedrebo, Eva Finzi,...

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