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58^th ENGSO Executive Committee Meeting

was held in Malta, Malta, 04th - 05th May 2006.

SUMMARY REPORT

ENGSO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 58th SESSION

St. Paul’s Bay (Malta), May 4, 2006

ENGSO Executive Committee held its 58^th Session in St. Paul’s Bay, Malta, on May 4, 2006.

The host of the 58^th ENGSO ExCom was the Malta Olympic Committee, hosts of the Extraordinary and 14^th General Assembly 2006.

ExCom expressed great pleasure for being again in Malta, and thanked the hosts for an outstanding preparation of all ENGSO events, the ENGSO ExCom meeting, the ENGSO EU Pre-Seminar, and Extraordinary and 14^th General Assembly 2006. The Malta Olympic Committee provided outstanding working conditions for the meetings in view of all important topics that were discussed.

Members of the ExCom approved the following:

AGENDA

1.                   Opening – Welcome – Programme

2.                   Approval of the last minutes of ExCom in Paris

3.                   Adoption of the draft agenda

4.                   Work-out of the items on the Draft Agenda of the Extraordinary and Ordinary ENGSO General Assembly 2006, Malta, May 5-7, 2006 (in Annotated Agenda):

                                                - Proposals to GA, decisions and distribution of responsibilities

                                                - New papers for GA

5.         Miscellaneous (forthcoming Meetings, GA and Fora – dates and venues)

6.         Closing

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DECISIONS AND PROPOSALS

Ø        ENGSO ExCom members approved the agenda and the program of the ExCOm, and agreed that the key matter of the ExCom meeting in Malta would be preparation of the Extraordinary and 14^th General Assembly in Malta, and crucial issues that it was to address. They also confirmed the program and plan of all events to be held in Malta, May 5-7, thanking the hosts for excellent preparations of all facilities necessary for the meetings.

Ø        Members reiterated their gratitude to ExCom member Jean-François Angles, President Serrandour, and the CNOSF, for arranging all necessary for registration of ENGSO in the House of Sports in Paris, France, within CNOSF.

Ø        Discussing about the EU Pre-Seminar that was to be held on the next day, it was observed that the EU Office was unable to attend it. Tasks were distributed among ExCom members regarding the following Agenda to be discussed:

·          ENGSO Expectations on EU

·          ENGSO future co-operation with EU

·          Excom proposal: ENGSO action plan in EU-matters 2006-07

·          Current EU-Issues

·          Country reports

·          ENGSO-Members actions in relation to EU

·          Any other business – Coming meetings

·          Conclusion

Ø        Having adopted the ExCom Programme and the Agenda, the members undertook the item related to preparing for the ENGSO Extraordinary and Ordinary GA Program and Draft Agenda.

o           It was decided that after the Opening of General Assembly, the Extraordinary shall take place, with emphasis on the importance of registering ENGSO within CNOSF in Paris. It was important that the Extraordinary Assembly was to adopt the modifications in the Statutes that would enable ENGSO to be registered in the House of Sports, while all other proposals and possible amendments and modifications were to be discussed through the EDG and prepared for the General Assembly in Helsinki 2007.

o           Following the decision of the ExCom in Paris, the material prepared for the ENGSO GA was sent out to ENGSO members, partners and invited parties and posted on the website.

o           All reports and papers prepared by ExCom members were discussed as well as the tasks that each would take on board related to the items on the Agenda.

o           It was agreed that the EDG present their report and provoke discussions in the afternoon hours on May 6, giving enough time for the process to unfold.

Ø        Following the proposals and decision of the last ExCom, it was decided that the next ENGSO General Assembly 2007 be held in Helsinki, May 2-6, the GA 2008 in Istanbul, and the one in 2009 in Paris. Also it was proposed that the next Forum be held in Faeroe Islands (the date of which will be decided later).

Ø         The following ENGSO ExCom meetings are to be held on Faeroe Islands, August 31-September 3, 2006, and before the Forum in Budapest, in mid October.

Ø        ExCom members expressed their gratitude to the NOC Malta and the hosting “Grand Hotel Mercure San Antonio” for their hospitality and admirably well organized programme, emphasizing again the importance of this Extraordinary General Assembly when major issue of ENGSO registration is to take place. They thanked the hosts for the excellent conditions provided to all ENGSO GA participants.