Call for presidency - General assembly 2025

Written By Office Staff

Deadline for application: March 19th, 2025 at 23:59 CET

The presidency is a body that presides over the General Assembly. Its members are responsible for managing the programme, conducting the voting and ensuring smooth running of the General Assembly, all in line with FYEG’s Internal Rules of Procedure (IRPs). It is a crucial body for the General Assembly and therefore we are looking for experienced activists who are motivated to commit substantial amounts of time during the General Assembly.

The Presidency:

  • Is responsible for reading the Meeting Rules (see Annex 1 in the IRPs) and have a good understanding of the statutory processes of FYEG

  • Chairs the Compromise Amendment Sessions (CAS) and plenary sessions of the General Assembly. They also chair the two online Compromise Amendment Sessions that will take place online ahead of the General Assembly and after the deadline of submission of amendments.

  • Receives and coordinates and tracks the compromises through e-mails

  • Manages the Amendment Tool

  • Moderates the discussions, decides who speaks, who takes part in discussion and who can also be suspended from discussions. 

  • Prepares the voting procedures for the General Assembly, with the support of the FYEG office.

  • Is responsible for the election process and counting of votes

  • Counts the votes, tracking the quorum and absences.

  • Takes the minutes of the General Assembly, and finalising them after the General Assembly

  • Finalises the adopted versions of the resolutions, in line with the outcome of the amendments, compromises and votes

  • Coordinates and closely works with the Secretary-General and the Executive Committee for the smooth running of the General Assembly

More specifics:

  • Consists of four to six people who must not be candidates to any positions at the General Assembly.

  • Is selected by the Executive Committee and confirmed by the General Assembly at the beginning of its proceedings.

  • The membership of the presidency is based on a geographical and gender balance as well as of people with solid experience in political processes, chairing meetings and taking minutes.

  • Presidency can be suspended and simultaneously replaced with an absolute two-third majority by the assembly. Such a vote of no-confidence can be demanded by at least 5% of the delegates, who must present people for the new presidency. 

REQUIREMENTS

Candidates must have:

  • solid experience in political processes, chairing meetings and taking minutes

  • experience with FYEG and/or one of its member organisations

  • no intention to run to any position that is open during the General Assembly

  • enough time to dedicate to the General Assembly. 

    • As a member of the presidency you will need to attend at least 3-4 online meetings before the General Assembly in order to divide the tasks and start working on them.

    • One month before the GA, the work should be getting intense and Presidency members can expect to spend 2 hours a week.

    • Presidency members should be able to allocate at least 5 hours a week during the two weeks of May, specifically starting from the 10th of May until the start of the General Assembly. 

    • Presidency members should be ready to allocate at least 5 hours/week after the two weeks of the General Assembly to finalise the minutes.


The 2025 General Assembly is planned to take place in Paris, France. Members of the Presidency are expected to arrive one day before the General Assembly. Members of the Presidency don’t pay participation fees and their travel costs, including visa expenses in case they need one to travel to France, are covered up to the limit stated in the general financial conditions.

Any question about the role can be sent to klavs.veseluns@fyeg.org and serdar.sengezer@fyeg.org 

APPLICATIONS

To apply, please send a short description of your experience and motivation to both klavs.veseluns@fyeg.org  and serdar.sengezer@fyeg.org. The deadline to apply is 19 March 2025, 23:59 CET.

FYEG implements the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The data you will provide will be accessible only by the Executive Committee and Office members. For more information about FYEG’s privacy policy, please visit https://fyeg.org/privacy-policy 

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