{"id":1326,"date":"2017-12-05T14:54:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroalter.local\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2020-02-25T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:19:04","slug":"meet-the-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/it\/meet-the-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the candidates for the election of two EA board members"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Alternatives presents the 5 candidates who have applied to join the transnational board. On October 29th, the\u00a0current board members<\/a>\u00a0Catherine Fieschi, Srecko Horvat and Tony Venables have stood down from the board after a two-year term.<\/p>\n

The transnational board is composed of a maximum of 8 members, with 4 elected by members of European Alternatives, and up to 4 co-opted by the board itself to build relationships with member organisations or to bring additional capacities to the organisation.\u00a0New elections \u200bare called every year to renew 2 board positions, for a 2-year term.<\/p>\n

Members of European Alternatives will vote\u00a0from Friday December 8th, from 10am to Sunday, December 17th, midnight\u00a0to elect the two new board members. The voting will be online, password protected and anonymous.\u00a0You can ask any questions directly to the candidates this week before and during the voting on\u00a0our Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0or by sending an e-mail to Martin,\u00a0m.pairet@euroalter.com<\/a>, who will forward them.<\/p>\n

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CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD<\/h2>\n
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\"\"<\/a>SUZANA CARP<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Suzana lives in Brussels where she leads on the EU engagement work of a London based climate policy think tank\u00a0Sandbag<\/a>. She holds an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford, awarded with Distinctions, a second Masters degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Warsaw. She completed her University degree in the United States, where she specialised in political science and international affairs.<\/p>\n

She worked on a number of migration related projects, including working on a project investigating migration in the media across different countries, completing a comprehensive study of refugee support across the EU, etc. Her interests cover also democratic theory, having founded the project\u00a0Act 4 Democracy<\/a>, which strives to offer education for democracy through theatre to youth from underprivileged backgrounds and remote areas.<\/p>\n