Friends of Europe

Friends of Europe is a Brussels-based, not-for-profit think-tank for European Union policy analysis and debate. The organisation, established in 1999, has no political or national allegiance and is independent of the EU institutions. Its declared goal is to foster open discussion and to stimulate new thinking on the issues facing Europe and its citizens.[2] It is located in the Treesquare building in De Meeûssquare.

Friends of Europe
AbbreviationFoE
Formation1999 (1999)
TypeThink tank
HeadquartersBrussels
Founder
Giles Merritt[1]
Websitewww.friendsofeurope.org

Areas of expertise

The organisation's activities focus in particular on seven thematic areas:[2]

Board of trustees

Friends of Europe's board of trustees is composed of people who hold, or have held, positions of responsibility in European affairs. The full list of Trustees is published on the Friends of Europe website.[3]

Friends of Europe's former chairman is Giles Merritt, a former Brussels correspondent of the Financial Times.[4]

EU Interest Representative Register

Friends of Europe is registered in the European Commission’s Transparency Register. Friends of Europe’s identification number in the register is: 99436366768-45.

Friends of Europe also makes available information about its sources of funding and ways of working on its website.[5]

European Young Leaders (EYL40)

Every year, Friends of Europe publishes a list of individuals under 40 who it has selected as its new class of European Young Leaders (EYL40).[6] Started in 2012, the programme seeks out individuals across Europe who have shown themselves to be leaders in their given field, ranging from artists, activists, entrepreneurs, politicians, sports personalities, actors, and models. A full list of EYLs can be accessed on the Friends of Europe website.[7]

In 2022, the European Young Leaders programme marked its tenth anniversary by conducting interviews with ten EYLs from each year's class. This campaign included Valentina Diouf, volleyball player; Rokhaya Diallo, a journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist; Christel Heydemann, the CEO of Orange; Eneko Atxa, renowned chef; Ivan Stefunko, serial entrepreneur; Viktoria Modesta, bionic pop artist and futurist; Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia; Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke, CEO and Founder of Women’s WorldWide Web (W4); Bastian Obermayer, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist; and Qëndron Kastrati, former mayor of Kamenica, Kosovo.

References
  1. "Mission, Vision, Values", Friends of Europe, 7 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  2. "Friends of Europe website – "About us"". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  3. EPIC. "Our Team & Governance". Friends of Europe. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. "Friends of Europe website – "Team"". Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  5. EPIC. "Our Team & Governance". Friends of Europe. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. EPIC. "European Young Leaders (#EYL40)". Friends of Europe. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. EPIC. "European Young Leaders (#EYL40)". Friends of Europe. Retrieved 7 February 2023.


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