[Council] Fwd: Fwd: Urgent concerns about Erasmus-funded event connected to GEN-Europe

[Manja Vrenko]

Yes, they are paying member and full member. They are part of Launch and 
Thrive project and they  have a mulltiplier event in the frame of this 
project.

La Smala is now called APTES, and they have been GEN EU members for 
several years.

I hope this answers your question.

Manja

On 26. 09. 2023 11:30, Stefanie Raysz wrote:
>
> Dear Council, Manja and Carolin,
>
> this has just arrived, do you know anything about this "movements" (La 
> Smala) in our network?
> comment of Brigitta: "Erasmus-funded events to take place at La Smala 
> under the name of GEN-Europe" - is there anything against it?
>
> I haven't spoken nor heard of them, is this a question for GEN Suisse 
> od GEN Europe? Do we have (discussed) a leadership on "the French GEN 
> Suisse" in GEN Europe, is this community still a (paying) member?
>
> Curious about answers
>
> All the best
> Stefanie
>
>
>
> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Betreff: 	Fwd: Urgent concerns about Erasmus-funded event connected to 
> GEN-Europe
> Datum: 	Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:04:04 +0200
> Von: 	Brigitta Spälti <brigitta.spaelti at ecovillage.org>
> An: 	Stefanie Raysz <stefanie.raysz at schloss-tempelhof.de>
>
>
>
>
> Liebe Stefanie
>
> Könntest Du bitte die unten stehende E-Mail an den gesamten GEN-Europe 
> council senden?
>
> Ich hatte nicht die richtigen Mailadressen von den anderen.
>
> Vielen Dank und liebe Grüsse
>
> Brigitta
>
> *Global Ecovillage Network*
>
> Brigitta Spälti
> /Representative to the United Nations/
>
> /Ambassador of GEN/
> /Ambassador of REDES/
>
> brigitta.spaelti at ecovillage.org
> www.ecovillage.org <http://www.ecovillage.org>
> www.redes-ecovillages.org <http://www.redes-ecovillages.org>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Urgent concerns about an Erasmus-funded event connected to GEN-Europe*
>
>     Dear council members of GEN-Europe
>
>     We have heard that La Smala, is known to GEN Europe as the leader
>     of the French-speaking GEN-Network of Switzerland.
>
>
>     First of all, this suprises us, because there has never been any 
> agreement
>     from GEN-Suisse with La Smala to take this responsability and target.
>
>     Various adverse information have come towards GEN-Suisse
>     concerning La Smala. And GEN-Suisse at its own has had various
>     negative experiences with La Smala aswell.
>
>     It is also the case that La Smala left the GEN-Suisse network
>     about 5 years ago. The fact that it presents itself as
>     "Ecovillages Romandie" /(French part of Switzerland)/ is not done
>     in agreement with GEN-Suisse.
>
>     We visited la Smala a year ago and explained what steps it would
>     need to take to become part of GEN-Suisse. Since then we have not
>     heard back from them. During the visit at their place, we got
>     doubts whether they meet the democratic requirements of an
>     ecovillage, for example in decision-making.
>
>     Former members of La Smala reported authoritarian and manipulative
>     behaviour on the part of the management, and some have not fully
>     recovered the money invested /(despite prior agreement)./
>
>     For all these reasons, we feel it is worrying for Erasmus-funded
>     events to take place at La Smala under the name of GEN-Europe.
>
>
>     As GEN-Suisse, the official Swiss network of ecovillages and eco-
>     communities in Switzerland since 2011, we do not accept La Smala 
> as leader
>     of the French-speaking ecovillages of Switzerland, due to above 
> mentionned
>     issues.
>
>
>     If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to
>     contact us:
>
>     Brigitta (International Circle of GEN Suisse):
>     brigitta.spaelti at ecovillage.org or
>     Christophe (Regio Latina, Romandie & Ticino):
>     christophe.kaufmann at hin.ch
>
>     Kind regards and greetings
>
>
>
> *Global Ecovillage Network*
>
> Brigitta Spälti
>
> /Coordination-Circle of GEN-Suisse/
> /Circle International of GEN-Suisse/
> /Representative to the United Nations/
>
> /Ambassador of GEN/
> /Ambassador of REDES/
>
> brigitta.spaelti at ecovillage.org
> _www.gen-suisse.ch <http://www.gen-suisse.ch>_
> www.ecovillage.org <http://www.ecovillage.org>
> www.redes-ecovillages.org <http://www.redes-ecovillages.org>

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