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European Council of Young Farmers

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change Education Food Social Development Water Youth Social Development: Employment Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate change Demographics Education Energy Forests Rural Development
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Slovenia Belgium Malta United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Denmark Austria Italy Sweden Cyprus Czechia Hungary Greece Portugal Germany Slovakia Croatia Finland Luxembourg Poland France Ireland Spain
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	CEJA - the European Council of Young Farmers - is the voice of Europe’s next generation of farmers to the European institutions. CEJA’s main objective is to promote a younger and innovative agricultural sector across the EU 27 and to create good working and living conditions for young people setting up in farming and those who are already “Young Farmers”. CEJA achieves this by acting as a forum for communication and dialogue between young farmers and European decision makers. CEJA does not represent and does not depend on any political ideology and represents all categories of young farmers and young people interested in a future in farming and rural areas. There is an ageing tendency in the European agricultural sector stronger then in other economic sectors. With 52% of EU heads of farms being over 55 years of age and less than 7% being under 35 years old there is clearly a lack of opportunity for young people to set up in European agriculture. CEJA believes in a future for European agriculture and calls for the creation of a European policy in favour of young farmers, which should serve to give a clear signal that Europe wants to maintain its agricultural sector. It should be an overall package of measures to be implemented at European level and not limited to a simple financial support. The package should be targeted at facilitating access to land and production rights, linking early retirement schemes to installation aid, strengthening education and training facilities for young people in rural areas; providing information as well as technical support, creating a transfer agency to encourage young people without an agricultural background to choose a future in farming and guidance for young farmers in the process of setting up. CEJA stays in regular contact with young farmers’ organisations and agricultural institutions and associations throughout Europe and worldwide. CEJA also has strong links with different international youth organisations. At Brussels level, our partners include COPA-COGECA and we maintain good contacts with all relevant stakeholders from the agricultural, environmental, animal welfare and biodiversity sectors. At the international level, the organisatation will work closely with the new World Farmers Organisation, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization and Rural Youth Europe. CEJA also has a partnership office called CERYC, the Central European Rural Youth Centre.
Year established:	1958
Year of registration:	1958
Organizational structure:	CEJA is a democratic international organisation governed by a General Assembly, a Presidium (CEJA’s main decision making bodies), and a Presidency (which is made up of one President and four Vice-Presidents, elected for a two year term). The office is based in Brussels and is composed of several staff members.
Number and type of members:	InIn 2012, CEJA represents 29 member organisations and 1 associate member from across EU Member States. In total, CEJA represents around one million young farmers in Europe and actively cooperates with other young farmers’ organisations in the European Union.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Rural Youth Europe, European Youth Forum and observer in the World Farming Organisation
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Foreign and international grants

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