Candidate for the Standing Committee Name Gabriela FREY Countries Germany, France Contact [email protected] Mobile 0033 609 77 29 85 Age born in 1962 Languages German, French, English, (Tibetan) • 2008 - Introducing the participatory status for the EBU and attending the Council sessions as official representative since then. of Europe • Contributing 4 years in the Human Rights Committee and the report on Human Rights & Religion. Conference • Participating regularly in the CM-Exchanges on the religious dimension of of INGOs intercultural dialogue until 2017. • Joining the GPPP working group (Gender Perspectives in Political Processes). • Co-Organising a side Event in the CoE: are Religions a place for emancipation for women? Progress and setbacks (2016) • Participating in the WG democratic decision making processes, concerning the school project “Religious education for all” in Hamburg • Since 2019 coordinator of the WG Intercultural Cities (Education Committee), aimed to research & report on "Reducing anxiety and exclusion through developing emotional balance and communication skills". • From 1988 until 2017 assistant to several German MEPs (i.a. in the areas European of transport, tourism, regional affairs, development, budget, foreign affairs) Parliament • Head of the Strasbourg office, organising, managing & supervising official visitor groups, delegation trips, industry panels, journalist campaigns, etc. • 16 years Secretary of the E.P.’s Tibet Intergroup (TIG), coordination monthly meetings and activities with relevant NGOs and specialists, organising exhibitions & charity sales. Coordinating visits of the Dalai Lama to Strasbourg and Brussels. Organising 4 delegations journeys of the TIG to Dharamsala (India) for exchanges with the Tibetan government in exile. • 2019 First guest speaker on Buddhism in Europe in the Interreligious Dialogue Unit of the EPP Group. • Sales and marketing manager at the Château de Pourtalès in Strasbourg Profession www.destination-pourtalès.fr • Project manager, creating programs and organising seminars, conferences, product presentations, events, incentives, study travels and tailor-made group tours in the Alsace Region etc. (over 30 years of experience) • EBU-Coordinator for the relations to the European Institutions, introducing European the participatory statues to the CoE, http://europeanbuddhism.org/ Buddhist Official EBU-Representative to the CoE and the Conference of INGOs Union • 2011 – 2020 member of the EBU-Council • EBU • Coordinator of the National Buddhist Unions and Networks of the EBU • Delegate of Sakyadhita France to the EBU, Initiator of the Network of Buddhist women in Europe: www.buddhistwomen.eu • Coordinator for European Affairs in the German Buddhist Union (DBU), https://buddhismus-deutschland.de/ag-europa/ • Invited by the German foreign affairs office to Religion & Media workshops: https://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/training/s-12125 • Founding president of Sakyadhita France, French branch of the Sakyadhita international association of Buddhist women France http://www.buddhistwomen.eu/FR/index.php/Sakyadhita/SakyadhitaFrance Several years of travelling to India to provide humanitarian aid to Tibetan • refugees and to support the setting up of a nunnery near Dehradun. • Delegate and member of Sakyadhita France to the EBU and the French Buddhist Union (UBF) • Founding Chair and Treasurer, Brambosch-Schaelen Foundation for Buddhist nuns, www.brambosch-schaelen-stiftung.de .