The Advisory Board comprises personalities from different fields in society such as business, civil society, culture and politics. The Board has a counselling function for the initiative. Its members see themselves as partners and supporters of the process and meet twice a year in Brussels. The members of the Advisory Board take the results back to their committees and constituencies. Together with the Parliamentarian Working Group, the Advisory Board is the instrument with whose help the Strategy Group of "A Soul for Europe" gains access to politics. It thereby serves as a bridge between civil society and political decision-makers.

Chairman:

Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament

Members:

Dieter Berg, Chairman of the Robert Bosch Foundation's Board of Management

Elmar Brok, Member of the European Parliament

Erhard Busek, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe

Sandra Kalniete, Member of the European Parliament

Doris Pack, Member of the European Parliament, Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education

Hans-Gert Pöttering, Member of the European Parliament, former EP President, Deputy Chairman of the Board

Hannes Swoboda, Member of the European Parliament

Helga Trüpel, Member of the European Parliament

Emilio Rui Vilar, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation