DOING
THE RIGHTS THING
SINCE 1977

EUROPEAN WRITERS’ COUNCIL (EWC)

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European Writers’ Council (EWC)

Doing the Rights thing since 1977

The European Writers’ Council (EWC) – Fédération des Associations Européennes d’Ecrivains (FAEE) AISBL is the only federation speaking on behalf of the professional interests and needs of European writers in the text and book sector in all genres, and the European knowledge and best practices exchange platform for them to cooperate with each other. Our network is also international, and our members work in partnership with colleagues from different parts of the world, as the need arises.

The EWC – European Writers’ Council ® is a non-profit non-governmental federation constituted by currently
53 national professional writers’ and literary translators’ associations and unions in
34 European countries, from European Union Member States, the EEA countries Iceland and Norway, as well as Belarus, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. EWC members comprise
over 250.000 professional authors in the text and book sector, writing and publishing altogether in
37 languages.

Our mission comprises three main objectives/domains within the European context: Authors’ Rights, including Copyright and related rights, Culture Policy and Cultural Exchange

DOING THE RIGHTS THING implies an ample view of the issues affecting writers and translators:
  • Authors’ Rights, Copyright, and other forms of economic rights and remuneration.
  • Moral rights of authors and the defence of the ethical, political and intellectual identity of these professionals.
  • The broad view of freedom of speech, religion and thought is a sublimation of these general rights for writers when it comes to the rights of citizens and people.

The EWC board is elected every two years and is composed of seven members maximum, within an inclusive diversity of gender, country of origin, etc.

On 25th of May 2025, the General Assembly elected a new Board:

Grażyna Plebanek: President
Maïa Bensimon: 1st Vice President (re-elected, Vice President 2021-2025)
Monika Pfundmeier: 2nd Vice President (Board Member 2023-2025)
Members of Board:
Claus Ankersen
Eystein Hanssen (re-elected, Part of the Board since 2021, 2nd Vice President since 2023-2025),
Conor Kostick
Sebastià Portell
Secretary General: Nicole Pfister Fetz.
Coordinator EWC: Zsuzsánna Dóczy.
Commissioner for Political Affairs: Nina George

 

 


President(s) of Honor:
Nina George (President 2019-2023, 1st official President of Honor)
Miguel Ángel Serrano (President 2023-2025)

EWC – European Writers’ Council ® is a registered European Union Trade Mark, Nr. 018810808