Federal Committee
Body
The Federal Committee (FC) meets twice a year and is responsible for formulating resolutions and activities for JEF: JEF Policies. It is the main decision-making body between the European Congresses. The Federal Committee is mainly composed of one representative of each national section of JEF plus 20 members directly elected by the Congress. This allows JEF to combine national representatives with directly elected European representatives united in one assembly (instead of 2 different chambers) - federalism in practice! All FC members together are interacting with the Executive Bureau (EB) like a parliament interacts with a government and holds it accountable. Each of the 20 directly elected members of the FC is also responsible for one area of political or organisational activity being the (co-)chair of one of the Political Commissions or Working Groups respectively.
The current FC has been elected by the XXI. European Congress in Helsinki in October 2011.
Mandate holders
Presidium
The Presidium is the 'boss' of the FC and is actively overseeing and coordinating the activities in this body. The Presidium members are responsible for chairing the physical FC meetings and also coordinating and steering the work and activities of the PCs and WGs in-between the FC meetings by providing input and distributing the tasks.
Vaida Cenuleviciute, Presidium
Sven Bisang, Presidium
Karim-Pierre Maalej, Presidium
National delegates
The national delegates are the representatives from the sections and they are responsible for bridging the European level with the national, regional and local levels by: transmitting information from JEF Europe to the sections & encouraging their own members to participate in the debates of the PCs and WGs and any other activities of JEF Europe. These representatives are also following up on the ongoing work in the FC and EB and are contributing with ideas and resolutions wherever they can.
Members directly elected from the Congress or co-opted
These members are independent from sections and are responsible for making substantial contributions to the elaboration of political messages or to the organisational development of the association by submitting draft resolutions to the FC (external or internal JEF Policies) or by providing orientation and support for the Executive Bureau in-between the FC meetings. The Chairs and Co-Chairs of the Political Commissions (PCs) and Working Groups (WGs) should guarantee the greatest possible transparency and participation in their proceedings. They use google groups and wiki platforms to include in their work any local JEFers who are interested to contribute! The 20 FC members who are directly elected by the Congress hold a voting right while the co-opted members don't.
Executive Bureau members
EB members are also part of the FC since they are holding voting rights, except for the Treasurer and the Secretary-General.
Observers
According to the official Rules of Procedure, Observers are JEF members who are present at statutory meetings but not in the capacity of delegates and thus without a voting right. They consist of, among others, representatives from candidate sections. Observers with important organisational duties can ask the Presidium to be incorporated in the Google Group of the FC email list.
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