Organisation

The EWC is legally represented by the Board:
the president and two vice presidents (constituting the Managing Board) plus four additional members.

These professional writers, all acting in an honorary capacity, have been elected by the delegates of all member organisations.

According to the Statutes, the Congresses discuss and adopt the activity reports and generally outline the EWC's policy.

The duty of running the day to day business has been assigned to the  Secretary-General in close contact with the members of the Board whose members live in seven different countries of Europe. The size and scope of this continuous work in co-operation with a number of Allies & Partners is also depending on the financial resources: These are scarce, as with all independent cultural organisations.

The EWC is funded by the annual membership fees and very few donations; also financial support of different projects has been received via occasional public grants. The EWC's ongoing activities have been subsidised by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) since 1997 under various programmes.

The EWC is grateful for the multi-annual operational core support  provided by the European Commission, Education and Culture DG, Culture Programme, through a framework agreement (2008-2010).

The EWC also thanks the following organisations for providing financial support for its activities:
Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening (NFF) / Norwegian Non-fiction Writers and Translators Association (Norway), The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS, UK), De Stichting Literaire Rechten Auteurs (Stichting LIRA, The Netherlands), VGWort (Germany), and ProLitteris (Switzerland).

 

Further information may be found under FAQ or by contacting the General Secretariat.