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Fédération
Européenne des Associations de Conseils en Management
European Federation of Management Consultancies Associations |
FEACO |
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Feaco General Assembly
Paris, 24 November 2005 |
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Present:
| Antoine Beuve–Mery |
Belgium |
FEACO Chairman & Board Member ASCOBEL |
| Janko Arah |
Slovenia |
President AMCOS |
| Laura Arsenis |
Greece |
Vice President SESMA |
| Majda Dobravc |
Slovenia |
Secretary General AMCOS |
| Gil Gidron |
Spain |
President AEC |
| György Gonda |
Hungary |
President VTMSZ |
| Else Groen |
FEACO |
Secretary General FEACO |
| Joerg Murmann |
Germany |
Deputy Director BDU |
| Jean Luc Placet |
France |
President SYNTEC |
| Jaroslav Kopta |
Czech Republic |
Chairman the APP supervisory board |
| Péter Wolf |
Hungary |
Secretary General VTMSZ |
Proxies:
Poland > Hungary
Romania > Greece
Cyprus > Greece
Switzerland > Germany
Austria > Germany
Bulgaria > Slovenia
Excused:
Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark,
Finland, Hong Kong, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden,
Switzerland, UK. |
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I. FORMAL MATTERS
1. Welcome
All are welcomed by the Chairman.
The meeting is opened at 14:45 hrs.
The number of votes is established at 14. (Quorum = 12)
2. Agenda
Item 8 ‘Introduction of dormant membership’ is removed from the
agenda, as the proposal was not carried by the ExCo.
Under AOB there will be a discussion on a Public Procurement issue in
Greece, at the request of Laura Arsenis.
3. Minutes
The minutes of the Assembly meeting of 24 June, 2005
are unanimously approved.
4. Financial situation
The end of year expectations for 2005 are presented. (attached)
The overdraft can be attributed to unforeseen expenses such as the
purchase of a new computer, and the provision for the Cubitt issue.
ABM explains the Cubitt issue to the Members: A British PR company,
Cubitt, has invoiced FEACO for services rendered in the course of
2004/2005. All invoices were sent to the address of the UK management
consultancies association, due to the fact that they were misplaced,
they were not dealt with, whereas FEACO is of the opinion that these
invoices were unduly issued. FEACO has hired lawyers to deal with the
issue. A provision has been taken for 2005 for the amount of 1/3 of
the total amount of the invoices (which is about € 45.000).
5. ExCo membership
FEACO is required to register the board (ExCo) membership with the
French registration authorities within 3 months of the assembly’s
approval.
In principle the FEACO board consists of a maximum of 8 association
representatives, and the FEACO secretary general.
The representatives of the 4 largest associations hold a permanent
seat on the ExCo, since they are able to devote time to the
Federation. These are Germany, France, the UK and Italy. As regards
the latter, pending an agreement on Assoconsult membership and fees
the seat will be kept available.
One seat is attributed to a representative of the Nordic countries
(DK, FI, SW and NO); and one seat to a representative of the CEC
countries (POL, CZ, HU, RO, BU, SI, B-H, CR).
The remaining 2 seats are ‘turning seats’, two of which are currently
held by Belgium and Spain.
It is unanimously agreed that the board
will be formed by:
1. Antoine Beuve-Mery, Chairman, for the Belgian association Ascobel,
until 31 June 2007
2. Gil Gidron, Vice Chairman, for the Spanish association, AEC, until
2006
3. Jean Luc Placet, Vice Chairman, for the French association, Syntec
management, until
4. Rémi Redley, Director, for the BDU, who will be replaced in spring
by the President elect of the BDU
5. Janko Arah, Director for the Central and Eastern European countries
who is unanimously reelected until December 2007;
6. A representative for the Nordic associations (to be agreed by the
Nordic associations)
7. & 8. A representative from the Italian and UK association
9. Else Groen, as the Secretary General of FEACO
The ExCo proposes to extend the maximum number of ExCo Directors,
which currently accordingly to the statutes stands at 8, to 10.
This is unanimously agreed. Else Groen will adapt and register the
statutes accordingly.
It is proposed that Laura Arsenis of the Greek association SESMA will
propose her candidature to the SESMA board. It
is agreed by the assembly that, if the SESMA board agrees,
Laura Arsenis will become a new ExCo member. Until approval by the
SESMA board she will be invited to attend the ExCo meetings.
One more place remains for a representative of another member
association. Interested members are invited to present their
candidature.
6. Transfer of FEACO social seat
The assembly agrees unanimously to the
transfer of the social seat of FEACO from France to Belgium.
7. Membership Croatia
The Croatian association has fulfilled the membership requirements.
The assembly unanimously agrees to give the Croatian association
UPS-MCA the status f associate member.
8. Introduction of dormant membership
Withdrawn
II. FEACO FUTURE PROGRAMME
9. The Programme
Antoine Beuve-Mery presents the programme for 2006-2008 (attached).
In line with the members’ demand it is proposed to concentrate on a
limited number of issues for 2006: (actions for after 2006 are
indicated in red)
1. Strengthen the network
2. Promote MC and FEACO name branding > publication of a prospectus
3. Central / Eastern Europe policy
4. Boost impact of conferences
5. Market development & lobbying > large companies group (MNG)
6. Networking > organisation of networking forum
7. Market information > new methodology for questionnaire
8. Internal organisation
The programme will require active involvement of the member
associations.
10a. Conferences
The French association, Syntec will be responsible for the survey and
for the organisation of the conference in Budapest and the
international conference.
Else Groen will see whether any of the feedback of the previous
evening discussion on the organisation of conferences can be fed into
future conferences, for instance the idea of organizing something in
conjunction with a client sector federation, to see whether 2 hours of
their events can be dedicated to MC.
Another suggestion is to invite buyers of MC services –purchasing
depts.- to discuss how they look at the process of acquiring
consultancy into their own organisation.
The organisation of an award event will be the responsibility of both,
Jean Luc Placet and Else Groen.
10b. Budapest conference
The conference will take place on 9&10 November.
Mr. György Gonda, President of the Hungarian association VTMSZ
presents a first outline of a programme.
It is propose to organize a networking event on the Wednesday
afternoon before the conference.
11. International networking forum
The German association, BDU will be responsible for the networking
forum and future development of the website. The first networking
activity will be organized in the spring of 2006, the second event
will be linked to the Budapest Conference. The associations will be
gauged about the interest in international networking by means of a
questionnaire.
12. MNG
The Spanish association is responsible for the MNG which currently
counts 4 company members. The details of its action programme are
currently being agreed with a consultancy company. It is repeated that
there is a preference for a consultant to be based in the FEACO
offices. To start the programme off a Brussels based Public Affairs
Consultancy will be used.
13. Survey
The French association has taken over the responsibility for the
annual survey from the German association. The methodology for the
survey has been reviewed with the assistance of the national
associations.
14. Prospectus
The Slovenian association will be responsible for the publication of
the prospectus, which will be a loose- leafed folder, which will
permit for easy updating and adding of documents.
The programme and the proposal for the
conference are approved
15. Budget 2006 (attached)
The budget for 2006 remains rather tight. It is expected that some
extra income can be obtained from administrative assistance to the MNG
group.
The budget foresees for an extra expenditure for the prospectus.
The budget requires no reduction from the reserves for regular
operations, only for the possibility that Cubitt will pursue payment.
The budget for 2006 is agreed.
Since the FEACO contributions for the large majority of members have
not been increased for at least 8 years, the Federation’s purchasing
power has decreased substantially over the years as a result of
inflation and the operational budget has become rather tight and an
increase of budget has become necessary for FEACO to remain its
purchasing power.
The members of the assembly agree that it is in principle reasonable
to stay at least in line with indexation.
It is therefore proposed to put on the agenda of the next assembly the
proposals to:
- Increase the contributions for 2007 so as to adjust to indexation of
previous years.
- Thereafter increase the contributions on an annual basis with the
average EU indexation.
III AOB
Laura Arsenis asked the other associations present whether they had
ever requested that their members boycott a public tender that had a
very low budget i.e. very low fees for consultants. From the
discussion that ensued it became clear that other associations had no
experience with such actions and were concerned that a non compliance
with such a boycott would force SESMA to apply sanctions on the
members that did not adhere to the call to not participate in the
tender. The EXCO members expressed the opinion that SESMA or other
associations should stay away from such actions that are potentially
so divisive
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http://www.feaco.org/
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