national federation. The local branches, or districts, are responsible for local politics, recruiting new members and arranging informative and social gatherings. The national federation is responsible for communications and national politics. On both levels, the members gather once a year for a local or national convention in order to discharge the old board, elect a new one and debate the challenges of the coming year. The National Board consists of the chairperson and two deputies. Additionally, an indeterminate number of ordinary board members are also elected every year. The same goes for the Local Board, which is usually smaller than the National counterpart. Relations to the SSW Legally, the Youth in the SSW is a working group within the mother party, which means it is not an independent organization. Nevertheless, it chooses its own course, without further interference from the SSW. Furthermore, all members of the SSW under the age of 26 are members of the Youth Wing and vice versa. It sees itself as the political voice of the youth in the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, and as responsible for making the ideas and political beliefs of that demographic clearly visible in the actions of the political representation of the minority. Therefore, it primarily functions within the larger framework of the SSW. Some elected officials of the youth wing are ex officio members of the organs of the mother party, whereas other members of the Youth in the SSW get elected to these organs in their own right. For example, the members of the youth wing elect three delegates to the National Convention of the SSW, but nothing prohibits SSW members under the age of 26 from being elected delegates by their local party branches. Financially, the bonds are tight. Eighty percent of the youth wing's budget comes from the main party, which is expected to decrease as government institutions on different administrative levels increase their shares. List of Chairpersons Manuel J. Thomsen (2009–2010) Lukas A. Lausen (2010–2011) Jonas R. T. Knickmeier (2011) Claas-Frederik Johannsen (2011-2013) Max Kahrmann (2013-2014) Riike Johannsen (2014-2015) Christopher Andresen (2015-2020) Maylis Roßberg (2020-) See also South Schleswig Voter Federation Southern Schleswig Youth wing Schleswig-Holstein National minority Duborg-Skolen Flensburg References External links Official Website (Danish and German) Official Newsletter as an e-pub (Danish) Official Facebook page (Danish) Official Website of the South Schleswig Voter Federation (German) Blog of EFAy News about the Youth in