(Annual) General Meeting: AGM or GM
The AGM is the sovereign policy and decision-making body of ECBE. It is composed of all active Members of ECBE.
Read more about the main responsibilities of the AGM
- Elect and dismiss the members of the Board of Directors;
- Elect and dismiss 2 members of the Committee of Appeal;
- Approve ECBE’s annual budget;
- Approve ECBE’s annual financial statements;
- Give discharge to the members of the Board of Directors;
- Receive, consider and approve the annual reports of Directors on the activities of ECBE, of the Committee of Appeal, the Director of Accreditation and the Chairperson of ECBE - President of ECBE;
- Take note of the annual report of the Chairman of the Pool of Reviewers and the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners;
- Following a decision of the Board of Directors, ratify the exclusion of Members by the Board of Directors;
- Approve the dissolution of ECBE;
- Take any decisions or make any recommendations to the Board of Directors that are necessary for the satisfactory functioning of ECBE;
- Amend Statutes of ECBE.
ECBE has the following types of General meetings:
According to the traditions of ECBE, the Annual General Meeting is convoked every year in May. Having such a meeting once a year is mandatory. In most cases, we combine the AGM with ECBE's Annual Conference: the total event takes 3 days. More information about the next AGM can be found here.
An Additional General Meeting can be organized whenever needed.
Until today, this was done twice:
- On January 14th, 2019, in Brussels, such a meeting approved the new Statutes of the Agency;
- On April 8th, 2021, in Brussels such meeting approved the updated Statutes of the Agency.
- Planned meeting: 2023, in Brussels.
An Extraordinary General Meeting is an additional one, in the presence of a notary. Such a meeting is necessary whenever Statutes are amended.
Until today, this was done 3 times:
- On May 26th, 2012, in Barcelona, ECBE ivzw was constituted;
- On January 14th, 2019, in Brussels the Statutes were updated (following the Additional General Meeting of January 14th, 2019);
- On April 15th, 2021, in Brussels the Statutes were updated (following the Additional General Meeting of April 8th, 2021).
- Planned meeting: 2023, in Brussels.
You can download the current Statutes here.
Reports
Members can download the reports of the General Meetings in the Member Download Area.
