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2016 Annual and Extraordinary General Assemblies
Preliminary Agendas, Proposed amendments to the Statutes &
Proposed new Rules of Procedure for General Assemblies
The ICOMOS Annual and Extraordinary General Assemblies will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, on the morning of 19 October 2016, on the same occasion as the Advisory Committee meetings taking place that week. For technical reasons, the Extraordinary General Assembly will open on the morning of 18 October 2016, to ascertain the quorum, and reconvene the next morning. All members shall have the right to attend both General Assemblies and may be designated to be a voting member within the conditions set out in Articles 9-a and 13-d-4 of the ICOMOS Statutes.
Through this e-News, the preliminary agendas, as well as documents relating to the proposed amendments to the Statutes and proposed new Rules of Procedure for the General Assemblies, are sent to the ICOMOS membership 4 months prior to the meetings as stipulated by the ICOMOS Statutes. Further working documents will be circulated 3 weeks before the meetings.
Preliminary Agendas
The agenda of the Annual General Assembly will focus on receiving the reports of the ICOMOS President and Treasurer on the management by the Board and the health and financial situation of the association; approving the annual report and accounts and discharging the Board, as well as voting on next year’s budget. In addition it will adopt new Rules of Procedure for ICOMOS General Assemblies. The agenda of the Extraordinary General Assembly will focus on the adoption of some amendments to the ICOMOS Statutes (ref. ICOMOS e-News n°123 of 5 April 2016).
Download the Preliminary Agenda for the:
• Annual General Assembly EN – FR
• Extraordinary General Assembly EN – FR
Download the draft minutes of the 2015 Annual General Assembly, Fukuoka, Japan EN - FR
Proposed amendments to the ICOMOS Statutes
A major revision to the ICOMOS Statutes was adopted by the General Assembly in 2014. A number of concerns have been raised about the provisions of these new Statutes, especially where they differ from longstanding ICOMOS practice. While some of the operational provisions may need a trial period before an informed decision about them can be made by members, a few have already created significant difficulties, and others are foreshadowed to do so. The Board therefore decided to hold an Extraordinary General Assembly in association with the 2016 Annual General Assembly, with a view to amending certain aspects of the Statutes.
Download the proposed resolution to amend the Statutes EN - FR
Proposed new Rules of Procedure
The revised Statutes adopted in 2014 made the then current Rules of Procedure obsolete in many respects. Taking into account the resolution by the 2014 General Assembly, the Board is seeking to have an initial group of amended Rules of Procedure approved at the Annual General Assembly in Istanbul in October 2016, so that they can be in force for the next Triennial General Assembly in 2017. This first group includes the Rules of Procedure relating to General Assemblies, and those for bidding to host a General Assembly and for assessing the bids.
The Rules of Procedure now being proposed for adoption do not reflect the above mentioned amendments to the Statutes. The full set of Rules, which will be presented to the General Assembly for adoption in 2017, will need to reflect these amendments to the Statutes if they are adopted by the Extraordinary General Assembly in 2016.
Download the proposed resolution to adopt new Rules of Procedure for the General Assemblies (including the text for the Proposed Rules of Procedure relating to General Assemblies and the General Assembly bid process and the table of contents of both the proposed new Rules of Procedure and the revised Members Handbook, essentially distributing the contents of the existing Handbook between the two and adding some new items, shown in red.) EN - FR
Official website
To attend the meetings you must register. Please consult the site http://www.icomosadcom2016.com/ for all practical information – registration, hotels etc. Registration opens on 17 June – early bird registration closes on 15 July. Before registering, please consult in particular the page "Information for Delegates" and, after registering, please carefully read the information provided by the Conference Organiser and keep an eye on the updates on the website.
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