Young Pirates of Europe
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| Abbreviation | YPE |
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| Predecessor | none |
| Formation | August 9, 2013 |
| Type | INGO |
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Region served
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Europe |
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Membership
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European pirate youth organisations and other youth organisations that work on digital issues |
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Official language
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English |
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Secretary General
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Henry Winckle |
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President
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Bernhard Hayden |
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Treasurer
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Lukas Martini |
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Main organ
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European Pirates Instituted Council (EPIC) |
| Website | young-pirates |
The Young Pirates of Europe (YPE) are a European federation of European pirate youth organisations and other youth organisations that work on digital issues, for transparency in government, participating democracy and civil rights.
While the federation is a founding member and the youth organization of the European Pirate Party, it is an independent organisation with both Pirate and non-Pirate affiliated member organisations. It was founded in August 2013 and is officially registered in Luxembourg. The association is managed by a board of up to 7 members.
It was founded as a non-profit organization in Sweden, but has changed its registered seat a number of times. On 19 September 2014, the original Swedish organization was disbanded and YPE was founded anew as a Belgian organization. In this process, Mladí Piráti, the Czech pirate youth organization as well as Junge Pirat*innen from Austria both became founding members. Ung Pirat, one of the original founding members, however, left the organization because its delegates were not appointed to found a new organization and vote on behalf of Ung Pirat in their assembly. On 21 August 2015, the organisation was refounded once more as a non-profit organization with seat in Luxembourg with Junge Pirat*innen Österreichs (Austria), Piraattinuoret (Finland), Jeunes Pirates (France), Junge Piraten (Germany), Ungir Píratar (Iceland) and Ung Pirat (Sweden) as founding members. During its EPIC (General Assembly) 2016, Young Pirates of Europe accepted the membership request of Falanster (Belarus) and changed its goals and membership requirements to reflect its changed relationship to the European Pirate Parties. From now on the "main goal of YPE is to bring together European pirate youth organisations and other youth organisations that work on digital issues and for transparency in government, participating democracy and civil rights as well as their members, improving not only the coordination of their political work, but also supporting cultural and personal exchange" and member organizations no longer have to be affiliated with the Pirate Party in their home country as long as they support the policy goals of YPE.
Young Pirates of Europe is divided into two bodies: the Council and the Board.
The Council (European Pirates Instituted Council, EPIC) is the highest body of YPE. It meets annually and elects the Board and up to two auditors. In addition to the approval of the financial statements of the previous year and the budget for the coming year, it may decide on the discharge of the Board and the auditors. The Council also decides on the motions submitted by a member organization or the Board. The voters of the Council consist of up to two delegates from each of the member organizations. An extraordinary meeting (EPIC FAIL) may be requested by the Board or one third of the members.
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