15^th ENGSO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

15^th ENGSO General Assembly was held on May 4 & 5, 2007, in Helsinki (FIN), in presence of delegates from 31 countries, who made the following decisions. 

The General Assembly has recognized as its new member, the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, instead of Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Delegates of the 15^th ENGSO General Assembly have adopted the Strategic Plan and Actions for the period 2007-2011 and welcomed the initiative for new actions to be taken already at that very meeting by convening an Extraordinary General Assembly purposed to adopt modifications of the ENGSO Statutes to adhere and comply with the new Strategic Plan, which were unanimously adopted. 

In reference to the adopted modifications of ENGSO Statutes, General Assembly decided to nominate Mr. Bengt Sevelius, as the Honorary President of ENGSO.

The new Executive Committee of ENGSO, following the elections, has been composed as follows:

      Mrs. Birgitta Kervinen, President (FIN)
      Mr. Toomas Tönise, Vice-President (EST)
      Mr. Predrag Manojlovic, Secretary General (SRB)  
      Mr. Jean-François Angles, Treasurer (FRA)
      Mr. Jan Bohač, Member (CZE)
      Mrs. Romana Caput-Jogunica, Member (CRO)
      Mr. Carlos Cardoso, Member (POR)
      Mr. Louis Kilcoyne, Member (IRL)

In connection to the 15^th General Assembly, ENGSO Youth held a Conference “Future Leaders – Empowering Young Europeans” as well as ENGSO Youth Assembly at which the following members of the ENGSO Youth Committee were elected:


       Mr. Jan HOLZE, Chair (GER)
       Ms. Anna-Mari Hämäläinen, Vice-Chair (FIN)
       Mr. Doitchin Angelov, Member (BUL)
       Ms. Anna Eliasson, Member (SWE)
       Ms. Yvette Heywood, Member (GBR)
       Ms. Natasa Jankovic, Member (SRB)
       Ms. Barbara Lang, Member (AUT)
       Ms. Eszter Rudas, Member (HUN)
       Ms. Karine Teow, Member (FRA)

The next 16^th edition of the ENGSO General Assembly will be held in Istanbul (TUR), May 16-18, 2008.