AG 2023 – Documents

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Please find below all the 2023 Emmaus Europe General Assembly preparatory documents.

Programme

The programme contains information about all the assembly sessions and their times. The list of workshops available each day, and plenary sessions during which voting will take place, are also included. Finally, the last two pages contain practical information to help you plan your travel arrangements to the hotel and your stay in Iaşi. The last page contains the contact details for the EE Secretariat. The team are available before and during the assembly if you should have any questions. A print version of the programme will be handed out to all participants upon their arrival in Iaşi.

Statutes and internal regulations

An Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) will take place on Tuesday 24 October to debate the amendments to the Emmaus Europe statutes and internal regulations.

The presentation of the amendments details all the proposed changes, article by article (for the statutes), and rule by rule (for the internal regulations), and explains the grounds for these proposed changes.

The statutes and internal regulations in force were approved in a vote in 2019 and remain valid until they are replaced.

CURRENT STATUTES CURRENT INTERNAL REGULATIONS

These statutes and internal regulations include all the amendments detailed in the presentation document. These new versions will be submitted for a vote at the EGA and will come into force at the end of the assembly if approved.

STATUTES SUBMITTED TO A VOTE INTERNAL REGULATIONS SUBMITTED TO A VOTE

Candidacies

The general assembly is the opportunity to elect new Emmaus Europe and Emmaus International representatives. To this end, a president (one candidate standing for election) and 12 CEIs (from 14 candidates standing for election) will be elected. Voting is by secret ballot, and you will be able to cast your vote until 14:30 on Wednesday 25 October. In the event of a tie, a second round will take place on Thursday 26 October. Each candidate’s background and reasons for standing for election are presented in the candidacies pack.

Each candidate must be supported by their home group, and it is also advisable to obtain the support of their national organisation (where applicable), in order to be eligible. All the candidates have received the support needed for their candidacies, and these letters of support are available in the languages in which they were written.

2019-2022 reports

Emmaus Europe’s activity and financial reports are approved every year by the Regional Council of Emmaus Europe (RCEE). The reports presented for a vote on Wednesday 25 October will be an oral summary of the organisation’s work from 2019-2022. The annual reports covering the period can be obtained from the members’ area on the Emmaus Europe website.

ACTIVITY REPORTS ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Strategic plan

Discussions on Thursday 26 October will focus on Emmaus Europe’s future and specifically the vote on its 2024-2026 strategic plan. The first version of this text was put together by the Emmaus Europe Regional Executive and Regional Council. This draft version was circulated to all the groups. They then had the opportunity to suggest amendments to the text. The only amendment received is included at the end of the text: it suggests a change to the second part of the strategic plan and will be submitted to the vote.