Our Functioning
European Civic Forum member organisations compose the general assembly, which gathers once a year to make constitutional decisions and to elect the Board of directors. It is also a place for exchanges and proposals for action about current European matters. The ECF Board of directors decides upon new memberships which submit their applications and then relays it to the general assembly. Currently, the Board is composed of 27 organisations’ representatives, stemming from 17 countries. Its missions are to implement the decisions made by the general assembly, to define network’s strategic directions and the actions or campaigns to be settled. The Steering Committee is elected by the Board of directors and is in charge of applying the Board’s decisions.
104
member organisations from 28 countries
27
board member organisations from 19 countries
The Steering Committee
Jean-Marc ROIRANT
President
Oonagh AITKEN
Treasurer
Jan Robert SUESSER
Vice-President
Raffaella BOLINI
Vice-President
Filip PAZDERSKI
Vice-President
Karolina DRESZER-SMALEC
Vice-President
Roger CASALE
Vice-President
The Secretariat
Alexandrina NAJMOWICZ
Director
Alexandrina’s principal missions are to ensure the coordination of statutory activities and to implement the work plan adopted by the Board of directors and approved by the general assembly. She is also in charge of the network’s communication and the follow-up of institutional relations.
Vladimir SESTOVIC
Network and Membership Officer
After obtaining a Master degree in European Affairs at Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, Vladimir joined the ECF staff in November 2012 as a volunteer and then took part in the permanent staff team. His main role within the ECF is to contribute to the network’s development, by identifying potential new organisations and ensuring the communication among the network.
Giada NEGRI
Campaign and advocacy officer
Giada holds a bachelor in International Studies from the University of Trento and a Master degree in Eurasian Political Economy and energy from King’s College London. She joined the European Civic Forum in December 2017. She is in charge of setting up and managing editorial content for Civic Space Watch, an online tool for monitoring civic space in Europe.
Alice Hubbard
Communications and Community-Building officer
Alice Hubbard holds a BA in International Studies from Leiden University and is a former Policy Leader Fellow of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute. At ECF, she is responsible for external communication and outreach-related tasks.
Partnerships
In order to achieve its goals the European Civic Forum regularly involves different partners (European civil society networks and platforms, European institutions). The European Civic Forum receives an annual operating grant from the European Commission, in the frame of the Europe for Citizens program. Besides this institutional support, the ECF also tries to include different partners on various activities organised throughout the year.