Local Party Twinning
Welcome to the Local Party Twinning programme
What is Twinning?
Twinning is when a Green parties at a local level (municipality, town or district) link with a Green party of an equivalent level in another country for the purposes of friendship, learning and support.
Why
Whenever and wherever in the world one joins a Green Party, one becomes part of a global network of fellow green members & supporters – and twinning is one way to reflect this in our local party activities and promotions.
Twinning enables the local level of Green parties to have a direct experience of the global dimension of Green politics. We do this through friendships and direct mutual support.
How
The decision to twin with another local Green party is entirely up to the parties themselves. The Global Greens organisation faciiltates the process.
Next Steps:
1
Look at the information about other parties currently present and pick out one that you’d like to Twin with.
2
Submit information about your local party in the form below.
3
The Global Greens secretariat will assist in setting up the twinning relationship between the parties
Recommendations:
- Each party has its own Twinning Co-ordinator(s) to develop the twinning locally.
- Organise several meet-ups per year, these can be online or in-person interactions determined by the twinning partners.
- Local parties can twin with as many different local parties as they wish.
- The Twinning Co-ordinators will be welcome to join a dedicated Facebook group to encourage feedback and sharing about the twinning programme.
Apply for a Twin
The application process is designed to make it easy and support local parties apply for a twinning partner. It isn’t an assessment on whether or not you will be accepted – every local party is welcome to become a twin.
Start the application below.
Current Twinning Partnerships include
- Pinellas County Green Party (Florida, USA) with North Devon Green Party (England)
- Baltimore City Green Party (Maryland, USA) with Manchester Green Party (England)
Questions?
Contact the Global Greens Secretariat at secrétaire@globalgreens.org
Former Global Greens coordination representatives
See below a list of all GGC Representatives.
Federación de Partidos Verdes de las Americas (FPVA)
- Bahram Zandi (Green Party US) – Nov 2017 – Sept 2020
- Alejandro San Martin (Chile) – Nov 2017 – Nov 2019
- Carlos Ramón González (Partido Alianza Verde de Colombia, Colombia) – Nov 2015 – Nov 2017
- Leonardo Alvarez-Romo (Green Party of United Mexican States, México) – Nov 2015 – Nov 2017
- Matilde Baján (Guatemala) – Nov 2015 – Nov 2017
- Manuel Manotas (Partido Alianza Verde de Colombia, Colombia) – Nov 2015 – February 2017
- Antolin Polanco (Partido Verde Dominicana, Dominican Republic) Feb 2014-Nov 2015
- Manuel Diaz Capdevilla (Movimiento Ecologico de Venezuela) December 2011 – December 2013
- Margot Soria (Partido Verde de Bolivia) December 2011 – December 2013
- Manuel Baquedano (Partido Ecologista, Chile) October 2009-December 2011
- Marco Antonio Mroz (Partido Verde do Brasil) October 2005-December 2011
- Flor de Maria Hurtado (Partido Ecologista Alternativa Verde de Perú) October 2009- December 2011
- Claudia Moy Peña (Partido Initiative Verde, Argentina) Alternate October 2009-December 2011
- Silvaine Zimmermann (Green Party of Canada) Alternate October 2009-March 2010
- Jorge Gonzalez Torres (Partido Verde Ecologista de México) April 2001-October 2009
- Julia Willebrand (Green Party of the United States) September 2004-October 2009
- Jorge Melo Viana (Partido Verde do Brasil) April 2001-October 2005
- Annie Goeke (Green Party of the United States, April 2001-September 2004
President of Honor
- Ingrid Betancourt (Partido Verde Oxígeno, Colombia) 2008
Global Greens Secretariat
- Keli Yen (Brussels, Belgium & Gävle, Sweden) November 2015-January 2019
- Verónica Juzgado (Brussels, Belgium) April 2014-Oct 2015
- Alice Rosmi (Brussels, Belgium) March 2013-July 2014
- James Tonson (Melbourne, Australia) May 2010-March 2013
Advisors
- Papa Meissa Dieng – Political Advisor, (Dakar, Senegal) November 2012 – November 2018