The first informal meeting of young greens from around the world was held in Sydney, Australia prior to the 2001 Global Greens Conference,.[1] Inspired by the Global Young Greens conference of 2001, in 2005 members of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG), Campus Greens USA, and many young Green groups and individuals began discussing via email holding another conference. In 2006 two persons began working out of the FYEG office in Brussels. The official founding congress of Global Young Greens was held from January 16–20, 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was attended by 156 people, with 133 voting participants, all under 35. Despite efforts of the organisers, the gender balance was still 2:1 male to female. The numbers were approximately as follows: Africa: 89 (50 Kenyans), Americas: 5, Asia/Pacific: 31, Europe: 26.[2]
Some of the countries that were represented included New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Canada, France, Spain, Tunisia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Benin, Andorra, Czech Republic, Italy, Cyprus and Kenya.
The congress saw agreement on an organisational structure, a list of principals and also elected an organising committee featuring 16 young people from 4 regions: Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe.
Another informal, two-day GYG meeting was held in São Paulo, Brazil in April 2008, preceding the Global Greens Conference. Around 60 young greens participated.
The Second Congress of the GYG was held August 8–13, 2010 in the German capital Berlin.[3] Over 100 delegates from 48 nations participated in the Congress which lasted for 6 days and included dozens of workshops, several high-level panel debates as well as alternative approaches to exchanging ideas and learning from each other. In Berlin, the structures of the network were revised.[4]
The third and fourth congresses tοοk place alongside that of Global Greens, in Dakar and Liverpool resρectively.
Principles
Membership is open to people 35 and under who identify as Green. Green principles are generally known as “the four principles”:[5]
ecological sustainability
social justice
grassroots democracy
peace
The Global Young Greens also list these as key principles:
Protection and restoration of the environment and respect towards animals
Sustainable, equitable and just development
Social Justice
Grassroots, participatory and global democracy, and in particular empowering young people to participate and build more democratic societies
Peaceful and non-military conflict resolution, arms control, disarmament
Gender justice, empowerment of women
Inter-generational justice, empowerment of youth and children
Freedom from discrimination on any grounds whatsoever, and equality for all
Empowerment of marginalised and disadvantaged people.
Just globalisation and fair trade
Personal freedom on the basis of universal human rights
The right of all people to self-determination particularly indigenous people.
Empower young people within the framework of participatory democracy
Create a space for young people to be active without being dominated by older generations
Address inequalities between organizations and individuals
Forge strong links between sectors and organizations
Further the Green principles on planet Earth
Steering Committee (SC)
At the 2017 Congress in Liverpool, the Steering Committee was reduced in size to eight, with two representatives from each region. New Steering Committee members have been periodically elected since then.
The current members of the Steering Committee are:[7]
Members of the SC elected in Dakar were (until the cοngress in Liverpool): Alex Surace (Australia), Amy Tyler (Australia), Bart Dhondt (Belgium) Bernardo Estacio (Venezuela), Forget Chinomona (Zimbabwe), Jaime Andres Carrero Suarez (Colombia), Kokku oishī (Japan), Julia Duppre (Brasil), Michaela Prassl (Austria), Nassima Guettal (Algeria), Perlo Michel (Senegal), Robyn Lewis (Australia), Rose Wachuka (Kenya), Sarah Benke (Germany), Tanya Gutmanis (Canada), Teo Abaishavili (Georgia), Yangki Imade Suara (Indonesia),
Previous members of the SC elected in Berlin (until the Congress in Dakar) were: Adam Sommerfeld (Canada), Alex Surace (Australia), Ann Bulimu (Kenya), Anna Kavalenka (Belarus), Clarence Chollet (Switzerland), Kokku oishī (Japan), Chung-Ming Wang (Taiwan), Jesùs López (Venezuela), Kalpana Ambepitiya (Sri Lanka), Kelvin Kaunda (Zambia), Lukas Beiglböck (Austria), Mareike Rehl (Germany), Masami Muramatsu (Japan), Roberta Morena Santos (Brazil), Roselin Monogla (Benin), Sandra Guzman (Mexico).
Members of the first SC elected at the founding congress in Nairobi were: Douglas Arege (Kenya), Caroline Ayling (Australia), Andreas Birnstingl (Austria), Kokku oishī (Japan), Marie Madeline Boni (Benin), Raju Pandit Chhetri (Nepal), Eric Dombou (Cameroun), Murtaza Mir Ghulam (Pakistan), Andrea Horan (Canada), Ognyan Kovachev (Bulgaria), Rim Nour (Tunisia), Janna Schönfeld (Germany), Sarah Trichet Allaire (France), Elena Zakirova (Kirgisistan), Juan Manuel Zorraquín (Argentina).
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