The relationship between Charter, Municipality and "Friends of Europe" organisations

The role of "Friends of Europe" is to support the local council to fulfil the decided activities or the local council can delegate tasks concerning the Charter to the "Friends of Europe" organisations. For example the "Friends of Europe" can:

*    Play a public role so that citizens know about the Charter.

*    Communicate knowledge to citizens, sports clubs and other organisations       about activities offered by the Charter.

*    Support the local council in finding host families when that is needed for         activities.

*    Develop activities in cooperation with the local council or under the supervision of the local council.

*    Helping other Charter members to create a "Friends of Europe" organisation and make a guide for that.

(Decided at a Presidium Meeting on the 13th of November 2008)

Please find here the guideline on how to establish a Friends of Europe organisation.

Activities of Local Friends of Europe:

  Friends from Belgium visited Desborough (Great Britain) in May 2009. Read all about the visit here.

  Friends of Europe in Naestved-Holmegaard has recently participated in an education fair in Naestved with a good result. We got a lot of new contacts and our Charter is now better known among many citizens in Naestved.
Click here for the full story.

  Friends of Europe in Esch presented themselves during the Beerpump Festival in Esch.
Click here for the full story.

Existing "Friends of Europe" organisations:

	Bienvenida	Read here the story of the Spanish Friends of Europe organization
	Esch	www.friendsofeurope.nl
	Naestved	www.friends-of-europe.eu
	Hepstedt	www.friends-of-europe-hepstedt.eu
	Bièvre	www.bievre-europe.eu
	Bucine
	Samuel
	Cissé
	Desborough	www.desboroughtown.co.uk/twinning

Link to an example of Object and Aims for a "Friend of Europe" organisation