The (Annual) General Meeting (GM or AGM)

The AGM is the sovereign policy and decision-making body of ECBE. It is composed of all active Members of ECBE. The main responsibilities of the AGM, inter alia, are to:

• 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. 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 only once: on January 14th, 2019, such a meeting approved the new Statutes of the Agency.
• 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 only once: on January 14th 2019. 

Reports

Members can download the reports of the General Meetings in the Member Area.