The European Forum Alpbach promotes intergenerational dialogue beyond boarders not only during its annual event but on a long-term basis. For many years, our network of former participants and contributors has connected people around the globe all with one goal: To generate new ideas, to spark action and to shape the future of Europe.
The time spent together at the EFA connects former scholarship holders over the course of many years and across national borders: There are more than 30 alumni organisations in 21 different countries! They organise successful scholarship programmes and various events throughout the year. In addition, there are more than 20 FAN-Ambassadors who provide information about the EFA Scholarship Programme and the Forum in their countries.
The Clubs elect a Board (FANB) which coordinates common activities, sets up priorities for the network and represents FAN within the Forum’s bodies and the broader public. We also nominate young experts who bring in their expertise in the work of Advisory Committees.
The FAN Committee (FANC) is the Forum Alpbach Network’s main organising body during the European Forum Alpbach. Each year, a new team of FAN representatives is elected. They work the whole year to coordinate the social activities during the EFA main event.
Security: Jan Farfal, Club Alpbach Poland: committee.representative.security@alpbach.network
Democracy and the Rule of Law: Mariella Rieder, Club Alpbach Tyrol: committee.representative.democracy@alpbach.network
Climate: Felix Ambros, Club Alpbach Lower Austria: committee.representative.climate@alpbach.network
Finance and Economy: Prosper Mageza, Club Alpbach Salzburg: committee.representative.finance@alpbach.network
Arts and Culture: Eva-Maria Schitter, Club Alpbach Salzburg: committee.representative.arts@alpbach.network
Seminars: Dorotea Neuberg (FAN Board): dorotea@alpbach.network
Founded in 2015, the FAN Ambassador Programme was created with the aim of encouraging people from all over the world to join the FAN and to spread the spirit of Alpbach globally. FAN Ambassadors work in their regions of residence to inform people about the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to the European Forum Alpbach.
Currently the FAN Ambassador Programme is pausing.
In November 2022 the Africa Alpbach Network, and representatives from the European Forum Alpbach (EFA) and the Forum Alpbach Network (FAN) met in Accra, Ghana. Our current FANVoice features a report on the meeting by Anna Suberu and Ifeanyi Omah from the AAN.
Four members of the Forum Alpbach Network (FAN) who joined the COP27 write about their impressions of a "very peculiar climate conference".
The Forum Alpbach Network (FAN) consists of over 30 clubs and initiative groups founded by former EFA scholarship holders around the globe. "FANVoices" provides comments and articles from the network about current topics.
The Forum Alpbach Network (FAN) was established many years ago out of a deep passion for Alpbach. In today's FANVoice, the newly elected FAN board members introduce themselves and tell about the FAN's past, present and future.
FAN-member Olena Drost who, together with more than 50 people from Ukraine, joined the EFA22 writes about her personal experiences in Alpbach and the programme her team organised at this year's event.