ECM Brussels - 6th and 7th of December 2014
Present: Júlia, Marie, Miléna, Krassina, Micha, Joan
Apologies: Josef, Gio, Shenna
Saturday
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Personal update
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FYEG GA Applications
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Georgians are OK with considering Ukrainian application
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applications are uploaded here.
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Discussion on important criteria here.
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Conclusions: Difficult decision but people inclined towards Georgian application at this point. Proposal to encourage cooperation between Ukranian and Georgian YGs on specific sessions and bring extra delegates from Ukraine.
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>> All: Confirm decision on EC list.
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MOs
Concerns about DOM (mother party) (see comments here) These include:
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Being part of a conservative and totalitarian government coalition. Coalitions seem to have been made with the conservative party before the election (not just when being in Parliament)
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Vote in favour of creating free economic zones within the country
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Supported the definition of marriage as “between one man and one woman”
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Not voting against a restrictive abortion law
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Support of a media law inspired on the Hungarian one
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Support of Project Skopje 2014
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>> Gio - consult with CDN to understand previous experiences with DOM/MODOM.
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>> Prepare email to MODOM explaining formal steps to follow, but also current concerns with DOM, and the fact that we see difficulty in how this can fit in the green family.
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Evaluation of activities :
See discussion here.
1 Climate campaign
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Next steps
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Ensure google drive structure is all linked together
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Campaign plan
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>> EC to give input together (this weekend)
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>> Consultation with MOs
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Include selection of prepteam for COP21 (must be done before May)
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Look at EGP campaign plan.
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Visual identity - do we want our own?
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EC to provide overall guidance, input and support to campaign team
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15 December - 70% finished document to go out to MOs, feedback by 15 Jan
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Final decision is from EC
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>> Co-opt Jeune Écolo into campaign team
2 TTIP
3 Counter the Far-Right/Inclusion activities (Micha, Josef)
4 Politicizing Personal - Skip
5 Capacity Building
6 Twinning Cities
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TCs meeting
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Organisations to also work on fundraising
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“kick-off” or big event
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>> Miléna to incorporate stuff into calendar
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Online platform >> Miléna to work with Gio
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Infographic - (? - bring up in Office section)
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Can we get some funding from Europe for Citizens program through green councillors? >> Krassina + Miléna
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Tinder branding?
7 Olive Tree branch
------ >> Brainstorm tomorrow of initial direction for EC to provide to steering team, otherwise retreat.
-- Include German seminar - respond with our interest to take part
8 Ecosprinter GEF training
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Positive answer - going forward.
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3rd partner: think-thank - Bright Green and Green House
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>> decide as soon as possible when it would be convenient to have this.
9 Alter G20 Istanbul
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late August - Turkish Young Greens are really involved → MADA and FYEG should be involved
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We like the idea - Reclaim alter-globalization “speech”
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Summit Strategy on the Retreat → Young Radicalism!!
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International Campaign #Action2015 → International NGOs and other organizations become a global movement related on all the Summits that will take place during 2015.
Calendar to next GA:
→ Activities (Seminars, WG activities)
→ EC meetings
Micha+Krassi to work on ECm (working days 9, 10, 11)
→ EC/EGP/GEF/PartnerMeetings
>> Office- look up deadlines for GA based on the IRPs
Retreat
→ We need to have discussions during Retreat on:
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3 year strategy plan:
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Eastern Europe Strategy;
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Activities next year;
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New EC;
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Office - EC workflows;
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Fundraising Strategy;
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MO-Relations
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2015 is “summit year”
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G7 German, G20 in Turkey, COP, Post Millenium Development Goals...
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How should FYEG participate?
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Also “I am 15”
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SecGen election process
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Prepteam culture, how do we facilitate prepteams and their work; evaluation of COP and TCs events
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Discuss Budget for next year.>> Prepare budgetary overview by then.
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Finances + Office
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Current state
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>> Miléna + Shenna to ensure full Maggie handover
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GEF participation fees for seminar (Terry+Krassi)
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Operating grant - DL 17 Dec
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Shenna already made draft.
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10,000EUR less than last year.
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>>Do not include financial assistant, but include EC meetings
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GEF call for proposals
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Accounting
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>> Miléna to produce updated budget report
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Office assistant
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It was in the 3-year strategy plan
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>> In Feb or March, evaluate state of finances and feedback from applications
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Would need tweaking budget at GA.
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EGP funding strategy
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How can we help EGP get more income?
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Survey to MOs to understand what trends are in terms of party contributions to youth
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>> Miléna and Micha to work on first draft.
Other financial actions
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>> Micha asks office what to do re GEF Tbilisi project
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>> Report for 2014 Erasmus + operation grant
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>> Report for EGP by end of the year
>> Miléna to follow up battal case
Sunday
1. Evaluation of EC work so far:
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Round of self-evaluations: what were our expectations, what have we achieved, what we would like to have achieved. What are the challenges, and how can we overcome them.
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What has been started - what do we have the capacities to complete
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How the EC is working, what can be improved
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Political work
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Press releases
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More visibility of FYEG activities and work of EC members
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Ask Edu if he´d be interested in keeping overview of what EC is up to, asking them for articles to share
Update of task responsibility
Approval + buy-in from EC needed
- Objective is to free up time from spokes so they can do more outreach work
- Remember to CC the people involved in the relevant topic.
Priorities are in orange.
EDU >> Joan to tell him
-Conference - movements against right wing populism all over Europe - invite movements Antifa from all over Europe
- Springcamp on Inclusion (check the application if we can include one day discussing about youth: unemployment, formation, education, housing, internships…)
Communication actions
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>>Júlia to coordinate PR on YFJ successes and aspirations, what we achieved
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>>Miléna to write article on TCs event - what happened, what the next steps are (coordinate with Edu)
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Newsletter >> Marie and Edu to coordinate
Green Group
Other actions
In addition, it would be really good, if people could be there fore the whole time, not arrive late or go early. It is anyway very dense to discuss everything on 1,5 days. Normally we have 2.5 days. I am not sure, if I am the only one, and maybe it is because im german, but as an EC member you should be there the whole time of the EC Meeting. (Krassina and I struggle, with the questions who goes to the EGP Committee meeting, bc we need to be at EC Meeting. I will talk to people and ask them to be present for the whole agenda) It would like to know if you also share this thought?
regards,
M