Editing GroenLinks (section)

===Organisational structure===
The highest organ of GroenLinks is the [[party congress]], which is open to all members. The congress elects the party-board, it decides on the order of the candidates for national and European elections and it has a final say over the party platform. The congress convenes at least once every year in spring or when needed.

The party board consists of fifteen members who are elected for a two-year term. The [[Party chair|chairperson]] of this board is the only paid position on the board, the others are unpaid. The chairperson together with four other board members (the vice-chair, the treasurer, the secretary, the European secretary and the international secretary) handles the daily affairs and meet every two weeks while the other ten board members meet only once a month.<ref name="statuten">{{citation
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For the months that the congress does not convene, a party council takes over its role. It consists out of 80 representatives of all the 250 municipal branches. The party board and the nationally elected representatives of the party are responsible to the party council. It has the right to fill vacancies in the board, make changes to the party constitution and takes care of the party's finances.<ref name="statuten"/> Politicians are required to donate 10% of their gross income to the party, making GroenLinks one of the top recipients of donations among Dutch political parties.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.ad.nl/politiek/giften-politieke-partijen-sp-en-groenlinks-harkten-meeste-geld-binnen~a86d746d/ |date = 9 January 2025 |last1 = Verweij |first1 = Elodie |last2 = Keultjes |first2 = Hanneke |access-date = 9 January 2025 |language = nl |website = [[Algemeen Dagblad]] |title = Giften politieke partijen: SP en GroenLinks harkten meeste geld binnen |trans-title = Donations to political parties: SP and GroenLinks received most money }}</ref>

There are several independent organisations which are linked to GroenLinks:
* [[DWARS]], the independent youth organisation of GroenLinks
* De Linker Wang ("The Left Cheek"), platform for Religion and Politics, which is a [[Christian left|progressive Christian]] platform, which was formed by former members of the [[Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands)|Evangelical People's Party]].<ref name="DNPP1991">Lucardie, P., I Noomen en G. Voerman, (1992) "Kroniek 2001. Overzicht van de partijpolitieke gebeurtenissen van het jaar 1991" in ''Jaarboek 1991'' Groningen: Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen</ref>
* Scientific Bureau GroenLinks, the independent political [[think tank]] which publishes "De Helling"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dehelling.net/|title=Dehelling|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=5 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105040804/http://www.dehelling.net/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Dutch for "the Slope").<ref>For a complete overview of the DNPP see {{citation|title=GroenLinks - nevenorganisaties|url=http://www.rug.nl/dnpp/politiekepartijen/groenlinks/nevenorganisaties/index|access-date=2008-04-28}}</ref>
* [[PinkLeft]], an [[LGBT]] organisation for GroenLinks members.<ref>[http://rozelinks.groenlinks.nl/ PinkLeft ("RozeLinks") site] (in Dutch)</ref>

GroenLinks is also active on the European and the global stage. It is a founding member of the [[European Green Party]] and the [[Global Greens]]. Its MEPs sit in [[The Greens–European Free Alliance]] group. GroenLinks cooperates with seven other Dutch parties in the [[Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy]], an institute which supports democratic development in developing countries.<ref>{{citation|title=About NIMD |url=http://www.nimd.org/default.aspx?menuid=1&type=content&contentid=1&special= |access-date=2008-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222043844/http://www.nimd.org/default.aspx?menuid=1&type=content&contentid=1&special= |archive-date=2007-12-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>