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General Assembly Limassol the 29th April 2006 Venue: Hotel Miramare Limassol, At 11h00
The President A.Krohn welcomed the participants, representing the different association members of CEDIA to the G.A.
2-Approval of the minutes of the GA of the 28th of May 2005 of the GA of the 3d of December 2005 and of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the 3d of December 2005, All The General Assembly approved unanimously the minutes of the General Assemblies of the 28th of May 2005 and of the 3d of December 2005 and also the minutes of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the 3rd of December 2005. The General Assembly approved unanimously proposals tabled by Clem Verheyden concerning the registration of new statutes for CEDIA:
The President A.Krohn presented the past year’s activities of CEDIA to the representatives of the Associations members: Dear Members As normal, a number of scheduled activities were carried out during the year: Internal activities General Assemblies
Those Assemblies, which took place in Brussels in December, were necessary in order to adopt a number of changes to the statutes of the organisation imposed by changes in Belgian Law; under which CEDIA was created. The opportunity was also taken to make some other improved amendments, of which all representatives present were in favour. Board Meetings
An abstract of all the minutes of the GA’s and/or the BM’s are published in the website. Job Service Meeting This meeting, which was held in Zurich on September 29th, was very fruitful, but unfortunately, as far as is know, none of the decisions agreed have yet been carried out by the persons who volunteered to do so. External activities Meetings with other organisations 1) FAO – during the General Assembly of May 28th; 2) IAAS – during the Board Meeting of Sep 10th; 3) Belgian REPER – during the same BM; 4) CLAIU – during the Board Meeting of Dec 3rd; 5) Portuguese REPER – during the same BM.
1) A visit to the FAO headquarters in Rome was organised by Paul Deram. M. Henri Carsalade of the FAO received board members. During this visit the organisation and its recruiting process were presented and discussed. 2) A first contact meeting was had with the former and the present Chairmen of IAAS. Representing CEDIA were the Treasurer, the General Secretary and the President. 3) The same delegation had a fact finding visit to the Belgian Permanent Representation (REPER) to the EU Commission were job possibilities abroad for agronomists were discussed as well as commission contracts and programmes in this respect. 4) In December, the same CEDIA representatives were invited to meet the CLAIU President at a CLAIU Conference held at the Fortis Bank. Future cooperation between the associations was discussed. (The minutes of all these meetings have been reported within the minutes of the meetings of the Board or General Assembly, or as an attachment) Newsletter Two issues were published in 2005. Other activities On the day following the Board Meeting held in Paris, a visit to the Annual Agricultural Fair of Paris, which was organised by Paul Deram, for members present, proved to be most interesting and informative.
During the year 2005, CEDIA continued in its efforts to accomplish the goals of its members, and especially those of the president and past president Paul Deram in relation to the Job Services network. As the former President stated in the last General Assembly, and I quote: “The activity of the CEDIA is extremely limited, partly because the Administrators have only a limited amount of time to devote to CEDIA but also because the members don’t see clearly what benefit they expect from it. This perception is partly due to the limited activity itself: a vicious circle.” “This is still the case today, we must change our attitude, if we don’t want to close down this organisation, we must dedicate a little time to it.” Basically most of the work is done by the General Secretary, with something’s being done by the Treasurer and the President. To make something, like the Job Service network, for instance, successful, more cooperation is required. As was stated in the General Assembly in Rome, CEDIA must do something of interest for all its Association Members; otherwise the role of CEDIA has to be questioned. It was stated, that it was very disappointing not to have answers to several email messages - an occurrence, which happens quite often. It was recommended that If the Member of the board was not an expert on a particular subject, then someone else in the National Association should take care of that matter. Otherwise it would be very difficult, if not to say impossible to make progress. The organisation of meetings held outside of Brussels was regarded as very efficient and very good, examples being the Board Meeting and the General Assembly held in Rome and the Job Services meeting held in Zurich. Thanks were expressed to colleagues and friends in Italy and Switzerland. Contacts continued with other organisations. This it was stated was on a low level however it was still taking place. The accession of other countries, it was expressed as being a good goal for Cedia. It was also mention that on February 23rd the General Secretary and President went to Ireland to participate in seminar organised by both the ASA and the Northern Ireland Association (NIIAS) to represent CEDIA. The president gave a presentation on CEDIA and on its members. This conference was held in Armagh in N.Ireland, near the North / South Boarder. Informal contacts with the new president of the Spanish Association took place earlier in the year, and a meeting will take place between the President of CEDIA and the the President of the Spanish Association later on in the year. The Danish board Member Kargo Morten Sorensen also had an informal meeting in Vienna with the head of ICA Prof. März. CEDIA were invited as visitors to their September Conference in Prague to include their General Assembly.
4 – Approval of the accounts of 2005 C.Verheyden The former treasurer C.Verheyden submitted the accounts of the CEDIA. They are attached to these minutes. The accounts for 2005 were approved unanimously with the following comments: “The expenses shall be presented in detail by the future treasurer at the next Board Meeting”. The report of the auditor is attached to the minutes. The treasurer was given discharge of the accounts unanimously. The present General Secretary, L.Tirelli was nominated by the General Assembly to act at least temporarily as Treasurer and ensure the transfer and the management of the accounts pending further decisions. The new treasurer shall also discuss with Clem Werheyden such matters as the legal address of the CEDIA and the location of the archives
5 - Program of activities of the CEDIA for 2006-2007 A.Krohn The President A.Krohn proposed the followed program of activities to the representatives of associations, members of CEDIA Continuation of contacts and meetings held or made during 2005, we think that the following is possible for this year: Enlargement of CEDIA The accession of Spain to CEDIA is expected in the next year, firstly a visit as an observer will take place, and afterwards as member which will be approved at the 2007 GA. Job Service AT the Board Meeting in Sept/Oct 2006 the President will propose to the Board detail plans for the future of the Job Service network CPD (Continuing Professional Development) (life long learning) A Group (Task Force) of Associations to include The Irish Association, Danish Association, French Association (UNIAGRO), and the Presidency was proposed to develop this imitative Newsletter It is planned to publish 2 or 3 issues in 2006 although none have been published so far. Website Switzerland is understood to take care of the website The Board have to provide the Swiss Organisation with the necessary information. “Conference” Study visit to EU Commission (Leuven) and Parliament. Other issues Conference in
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