XIX UEF Congress in Mainz Germany: a new Presidency

Tuesday, October 03 , 2017 9893

UEF had its XIXth Congress in Mainz, Germany, from 27 September to 1st October
The German UEF member, BDF, organized a new nice and fruitful Congress in Germany, after Freising in 2005.

A new Presidency was elected for the next 4 years:
President: Michael Diemer (Germany)
Vice Presidents: Hervé Némoz-Rajot (France), Ilpo Puputti (Finland) and Tomasz Markiewicz (Poland)
Secretary: Thomas Baschny (Austria)
Assistant Secretary: Mårten Gustafsson (Sweden)
Treasurer: Anna Petrakieva (Bulgaria).

Christodoulos Christodoulou (Cyprus) and Henrik Steffensen Bach (Denmark) were elected as auditors.

Beate Hasspacher (Switzerlad) and Mattia Busti (Italia) were choosed as deputy auditors.

Bjorn Karlsson and Piotr Grygier, former treasurer and vice President, were warmly thanked for their activities for UEF since years and years.

 

Photos are availiable on our "meetings" section  (or using this direct link: http://european-foresters.eu/meetings/congresses/63,7).

 

You can download all the official presentations made during the Congress using this direct link: http://european-foresters.eu/meetings/congresses/63,6

 

The next Presidency meeting in 2018 will be in Calabria, Italy and the next one in 2019 in Switzerland.

More details about this next Governing Council Meeting in Italy on our homepage soon.

 

The UEF Presidency

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