Euro Méditerranée

Presentation of the committee

The committee

Chairman: Rui Lourenço Teixeira
Vice-Chairman: Michael Van Craen
Treasurer: Daniele Beretta
Chaplain: Fr. Claudio Luigi Fasulo
Co-opted member: Orsolya Gresz
Co-opted member: Jacques Ayoub

The European-Mediterranean region

The Euro-Mediterranean region is stretching from Iceland to Iraq and from Portugal to Finland, covering the Christian communities of Europe and the Middle East.
The region has 24 full members and 8 observing members.

Structure

According to the ICCS statutes, the bodies of the EM Region are:

• The Regional Council
• The Regional Committee

The regional council

The regional council consists of:

• Representatives of the member organisations in the EM-region
• Members of the Regional Committee

The regional council has the following tasks:

• determine the programme of activities for the Region.
• elect the members of the Regional Committee.
• approve the report of the Regional Committee
•  approve the Regional accounts and budgets.
• propose motions, resolutions and/or recommendations, submitted by members of the Regional Council.
• vote on motions, resolutions and recommendations presented at Regional Council meetings
• decide to organise a regional seminar / Board meeting.
• set up working groups on subjects of specific interest.
• examine proposals submitted by member associations or other interested bodies.
• draw up the region’s rules of procedure and propose amendments where necessary.
• suggest to the Regional Committee the names of associations that are ready and available to host and organise regional meetings: for example, the annual seminar, the Board meeting and/or committee meetings.