Pegah Edalatian-Schahriari BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN, Candidacy for Global Coordination. EGP Council in Tampere, Nov.2019

Dear friends, dear delegates, dear EGP member parties,

I would like to support the EGP with my knowledge and experience in international cooperation. This is why I decided to announce my candidacy as Coordinator for the EGP.

Since 2012, I have been a spokeswoman for the federal working group "Global Development" at "BÜNDNIS 90 /DIE GRÜNEN" (Alliance 90/).

We deal with the issues of global justice and global structural policy. It is important for us to think and discuss the global challenges and the solutions in a European but also in a global way. We want to exchange ideas and cooperate with our partners around the globe. This is significant because we must implement social-ecological transformation on a global scale.

In 2018, I was allowed to participate as a delegate for the Global Greens at the COP24 in Katowice, . In Katowice, we decided to set up a „Global Greens Climate Working Group“ to collaborate on climate protection. Following the UN climate conference, we jointly organized a webinar that gave me the opportunity to share my experiences as a delegate to Greens all over the world. I remember my in- ternational heart beating faster because of joy when more than 50 Greens from all over the world took part.

Before the UN climate summit, which was held in New York in September this year, we launched a Glo- bal Greens campaign for climate protection and Greens from around the globe took part. We wanted to create global Green visibility because in today's globalized world we must succeed in networking and working for climate justice.

If you have any questions concerning my candidacy, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Pegah Edalatian

Pegah Edalatian-Schahriari E-Mail: [email protected]

Profession:

2014 Political Advisor to the Green Parliamentary Group of North Rhine-Westphalia for Children-Youth-Families and International Politics

Educational Background:

2007 Master of Arts (social sciences) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

2004 Bachelor of Arts (social sciences) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Volunteer Work:

2012 Spokeswoman for the Federal Working Group on "Global Development" at BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN

2014 Substitute member of the Children Youth Committee of the City Council of Düsseldorf for BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN

09/2012-01-/042014 Member of the Health and Social Affairs Committee of the City Council of Düsseldorf for BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN

06/2011 -2012 Substitute member of the Environmental Committee of the City Council of Düsseldorf for BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN

Memberships: Member Advisory Board North/South of the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Düsseldorf, 18. Okt. 2019