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Green Art Lab Alliance Support (galas) is the legal entity behind gala. We are a non-profit organization that supports the Alliance’s operation from financial, legal and strategic perspective. This includes fundraising and making connections with other disciplines. Join forces with us by making a financial donation or contribute with knowledge and skills in your field.
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The Green Art Lab Alliance (gala) is an informal knowledge alliance of art organizations seeking to connect with each other over issues of climate justice and environmental sustainability through their creative practice. It started as an EU-funded project in 2012 and today networks institutions in Europe, Asia and Latin-America.
gala has not been formalized in order to retain flexibility in our ways of working and approach in our collaborations. Yet there was a need for a supportive legal entity. And so we decided to establish Green Art Lab Alliance Support (galas) in 2021. Our policy plan can be downloaded here.

galas functions as the legal entity that supports the Alliance’s operation from financial, legal and strategic perspective. It is a foundation (formally a ‘Stichting’) registered in the Netherlands, under KvK number 81248520. Our RSIN number is: 862015923. We have an account with the Triodos Bank number: NL48TRIO0320336921. With its legal status, it can help gala to fundraise and manage the fund and offer strategic advices to its activities and economy. You can contact galas by sending an email to its formal director Yasmine Ostendorf, on yasmine@greenartlaballiance.com. Our postal address is: Barcelonaplein 7, 1019 LX Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We have a registered ANBI status with the Dutch tax office, which means all donations are tax deductible.

The types of projects galas engages with are those in partnership with art organizations, science institutions, educational initiatives, activist movements, communities and other socially and environmentally engaged groups, movements and institutions and that are in pursuit of social and environmental justice. They include research, presentations, mappings, lectures, publications, workshops, seminars and exhibitions, residencies and staff-exchanges – amongst others.
The Foundation does not aim to make a profit and aims at the public interest. Therefore there is no financial renumeration for the Board nor the Director for the running of galas. This work is all done on a voluntary base.

galas consists of three board members and a director, following the required legal structure for a ‘Stichting’ in the Netherlands. They collectively and collaboratively decide on how and which projects to support or initiate and work closely and in agreement with the partners in the Green Art Lab Alliance.
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She researches the political dimensions of money creation in light of the climate crisis. What policy instruments are available to accomplish the Paris Agreement if the sustainable finance literature goes beyond banking and starts to include money creation itself? In addition to her PhD, Anne works on the link between money creation and the climate crisis in her project Unmuting Money. This platform aims to raise public awareness of how money
creation works and its effects on the climate crisis. Since 2019, Anne has been taking action on the climate crisis through civil disobedience with XR. Besides participating in actions, she
has been arrested for civil disobedience countless times, Anne is amongst others active as
spokesperson and organiser. Before her PhD, she worked at Triodos Bank’s head office as
project officer. Anne completed studies in sustainability, economics, ethics and cultural analysis. She is also on the advising committee of Kapitaloceen. Anne is the treasurer of the Foundation.



Yasmine is the director of the galas Foundation.
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Over the last 20 years, she has been working with the greatests brazilian arts and culture festivals, such as Multiplicidade, Panorama or Atos de Fala.