European Liberal Forum - European Liberal Forum

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The European Liberal Forum in a nutshell

What is the European Liberal Forum?

Founded in the fall of 2007, the European Liberal Forum, asbl (ELF) is the non-profit European political foundation of the liberal family. ELF brings together liberal think thanks, political foundations and institutes from around Europe to observe, analyse and contribute to the debate on European public policy issues and the process of European integration, through education, training, research and the promotion of active citizenship within the EU.

The role of the European Liberal Forum is to:

Serve as a framework for think tanks, national political foundations, institutes, academics and leading liberal personalities to work together at European level.
Develop close working relationships with and among its member organisations, the national parliamentary groups, the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR Party) in the European Parliament, Liberal International (LI), the world federation of liberal political parties, and the European liberal youth (LYMEC), the youth organisation of the ELDR Party.
Observe, analyse and contribute to the debate on European public policy issues and the process of European integration, through education, training, research and the promotion of active citizenship within the European Union, particularly with regard to young Europeans.
Host European conferences, seminars, and workshops, issue publications and conduct studies on policy issues of liberal interest.
Inform and involve the public in the construction of a united European democracy.

How does the European Liberal Forum work?

The ELF General Assembly is the supreme decision-making body. It elects the members of the Board and approves the common annual activity programme, upon proposal by the Board of Directors. It also approves the annual accounts, the annual report, the budget and any other form of financing.

The ELF Board of Directors provides the foundation with day-to-day guidance. Currently, the Board is composed of: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP, President, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP, Vice-President, Thierry Coosemans, Treasurer, Felicita Medved, Board member and Eugenijus Gentvilas, Board member.

The secretariat is run by Susanne Hartig, ELF Executive Director.

How to become an ELF member organisation?

Membership of the foundation is open to those think thanks, national political foundations, institutes and leading liberal personalities that promote liberal, democratic ideals and values.

Applications for membership shall be sent to the Board of Directors.