History of the ENGS
7.12.2005 Founded in the EU-Parliament in Brussels with representatives of 8 parties from 7 countries.
They endorsed the “Declaration of Brussels”.
26.6.2006 2nd General Meeting in the Landtag (NRW Parliament),
Dusseldorf with representatives of 9 parties from 8 countries.
13/14.10.2006 ENGS was represented at the EGP-Congress in Geneva,
Switzerland with an own stand in front of the meeting auditorium.
28.-30.12.2006 Executive Committee meets in Vienna as guests of the IGS
(Iniative Grüne SeniorInnen) and of the DGS (Die Grüne
SeniorInnen) to organize the next general meeting.
18/19.5.2007 Executive Committee meets in Brussels with representatives from
9 parties. First reading and discussion on the ENGS-Manifesto.
12.-14.10.2007 3rd General Meeting in Vienna, combined with a fringe meeting
at the EGP Council meeting and a climate change demonstration in the Vienna shopping area, attended for the first time by representatives from Malta, Romania, the Czech Republic
and Ireland.
19.-21.12.2007 Executive Committee meets in Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany) as guests of the Grüne Alten. The ENGS-Manifesto is finalized and the action points for 2008 are defined.
11-13.04.2008 During the EGP Council in Ljubljana-Slovenia, ENGS became the official status of “EGP-Observer”
26-27.09.2008 4th General Meeting in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Statutes were approved for ENGS to become a INPO- International Non Profit Organisation.
25-26.03.2009 5th General Meeting in the European Parliament in Brussels
Fringe meeting “ Against increasing liberalisation of social services in Europe” . ENGS elected his new “ Board” for the next 3 years.
10.08.2009 Recognition ENGS as International Non Profit Organisation – INPO , under the Belgian register number 0818.851.234
15-18.10.2009 6th General Meeting in Malmö Sweden – ENGS sends a delegate to the European Working Group on “ the Future of the EGP” – Fringe meeting on “Senior Citizens Rights” – start European Workgroup with a White Book on “ Another Ageing is Possible”
18.-19.03.2010 Board Meeing at the 12th EGP-Council Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Participation with a fringe meeting under the title: “Happiness as an Aspect of a new Ageing – Another Ageing is Possible”
3.-4.03.2010 Board Meeting in Antwerpen, Meeting with GEF (Green European Foundation) – Support of White Paper
1. – 4.07. 2010 Participation of three delegates at ESF (European SocialForum) in Istanbul – Presentation of the White Paper in a Workshop, distribution of questionnaires with questions from the White Paper
10.-13.08.2010 Participation at 2nd Global Young Greens Congress in Berlin, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Schumanstr. 8, presentation of the White Paper, distibution of questionnaiers
29. 07.- 01.08.2010 Participation of ENGS in Beire-Pamplona-Spain at the occasion
of the “ Universidad de Verano de Los Verdes – Navarra 2010” ,
lecture and discussion about “ENGS-Green Seniors