1. Approval of the proceedings minute of the EC from October 15, 2005 in Dakar

The official report is not subject to any remark and is unanimously approved by the members present having taken part in the meeting of Dakar.

The president addresses his congratulations and his thanks to the Secretary-general for the excellent work carried out.

2. General Assembly 2007

With the document issued for this purpose, Spain deposited its candidature for the organization of the General Assembly in 2007, in theory in Barcelona (or Madrid if impossible in Barcelona).

According to the wish of the President of the IFBDO, the meeting place must be very close to the airport so, on the one hand, limiting times of journey between the airport and the hotel where the EC is held, and on the other hand to reduce their costs which, one knows, that they are often bridle the participation of the members. Unanimous agreement, of the present members, for the acceptance of the candidature of Spain.

3. Meeting of the Executive Council of the second half of 2006

The Conference organized within the framework of EURO SAT will take place on October 12 and 13 2006 in Paris (topics: health/transfusion).

As that had already been considered at the time of the EC of Dakar, president MIKKELSEN points out the decision taken at that time to benefit from the displacement of several representatives of the IFBDO on this occasion to arrange a meeting of the Executive Council, on October 14 in Paris, certainly at the head office of the INTS (National Institute of Blood Transfusion).

Unanimous agreement of the members present for the date: October 14 in Paris.

4. The Executive Council of the second half of 2007

A first proposal of organization of this EC was made verbally by Portugal.

In accordance with the statues, only the proposals, written on the documents issued for this purpose are admissible.

The form will have very precisely to mention the prices for the restoration, lodging, the hiring of room and transport, etc...

F. BELOUAFI indicates that he stands as candidate and that he thus will in the next days send a candidates' file to the Secretary-general.

5. New Adhesions to the FIODS

The decision taken by the EC on these requests for admission will have to be confirmed afterwards by the General Assembly to be valid.

The PHILIPPINES: It is a small association that presented a very complete dossier and which does, in the country, an excellent work even if the local conditions are not very easy.

The opinion of the continental delegate is divided insofar as he considers the lack of seniority of this association.

PALESTINE: The transmitted file, and the favourable opinion expressed by the continental delegate, pleads in favour of this admission.

SAO TOME E PRINCIPE: Very active association, which has worked for several years and which gathers very young manpower, very active.

The opinion of the continental delegate is favourable.

These three requests are accepted   by the members of the Executive Council with the quality of national organization, as active members (article IV of the statutes).

VIETNAM: The file deposited is issued from a National Association, part of the International Red Cross.

Created in December 2005, this association deploys many activities for voluntary not remunerated blood giving and for the recruitment of voluntary and not remunerated donors.

The statutes of the IFBDO allowing the admission of entities of the Red Cross, the members of the EC decide favourably for the adhesion of Vietnam, as an observer during the first year, then in membership (article IV, A3 paragraph of the statutes).

The request deposited by an association of CAMEROON, where there is already an adherent association with the IFBDO (JUDVOBES), poses the problem of multiple adhesions, in opposition to the statutory rules of the IFBDO.

A study would be hastened and led by the delegate for Africa to gather information that is necessary to the study of this complex file by the Executive Council.

The same applies to the request deposited by the Republic of Congo which was the subject of a first analysis by Th. Le Compte Seck and which thus must to be followed by a delivery of precise and concrete information by the continental delegate for Africa, duly entitled for this purpose. 

6. Project of creation of a Foundation FIODS

After the reading of the introductory text prepared by Ph. CHIRCOP, president MIKKELSEN proposes that a delegation made up of him, JM DURANT, Ph CHIRCOP and O KJARTANSSON goes to Malta in order to create this foundation physically. Funds must thus be released to make it start, but not on the budget 2006 which is already adopted. Initially, the contacts can and must be taken in writing.

F. DRAGO, stating his experiences with the creation of foundations, thinks it is necessary to consider the IFBDO-Foundation within a general framework, then to prepare its structure well, by including there, with the IFBDO, national associations, which could be the base of the IFBDO-Foundation, since they are obviously part of a great family. He specifies that AVIS can support the IFBDO Foundation financially.

Ph. CHIRCOP recalls that in his text-project are included, in addition to the founding members, the participating institutions which automatically have the role of a potential member.

President MIKKELSEN suggests deferring this subject waiting for the production of specific and more precise documents both technical and administrative, translated into several languages, in order to facilitate the legibility of all the participants and to thus limit incomprehension which one perceives today.

Ph. CHIRCOP does not share this point of view because this mission had been given to him at the EC of Dakar and to differ it another six months is not at all reasonable. He asks for the authorization to continue the mission which was entrusted to him.

With the question of F. DRAGO relating to the project of establishment of a Medical Committee with the IFBDO president MIKKELSEN asks him to continue the investigations undertaken.

7. Estimated budget 2006

President MIKKELSEN points out that during the last years and until 2005, the Treasurer General could not work out an estimated budget - this being the direct consequence of the absence of payments of the contributions of certain members. This situation is very prejudicial for the correct operation of our movement and thus must not exist any more.

With the sums of money coming from the search for sponsors, the new Treasurer General could build an estimated budget for 2006 which will be submitted to the vote of the General Assembly.

In this budget one will notice a redistribution of the funds coming from the givers to the continental delegations and the Committee of the young people in the form of subsidies. Taking as a starting point the experiment carried out by DENMARK and the effects of which are an important lesson, this form of redistribution will allow the IFBDO to be able to justify use of the sums of money brought by the givers and, de facto, to incite them to continue in this type of sponsoring.

The subsidies thus placed at the disposal of the continental delegations and the International Youth Committee must in priority be invested in campaigns of formation and information.

The deliberated choice to direct and privilege the continental meetings will make it possible to reduce to the minimum the expenses but also to avoid demands for visas which we all know how difficult they are to concretise and pose problems when they do not succeed.

O. KJARTANSSON judges this to be a beneficent and adapted way to encourage member associations to pay their contributions in giving them the possibility of being able to lay out, with the budget, of subsidies that they will be able to use then.

The use of the payment by credit card is pointed out but still too little getting used, in particular by associations which put forward the expenses of money orders to regulate their contributions.

F. DRAGO thinks that we should examine the financial problems as if the IFBDO was a structure of the United Nations and thus to modify the system of collection of funds but also to hold account of two criteria which are the GDP of the country and the number of members in the Association.

O. KJARTANSSON agrees with this opinion but only with the condition of modifying the system of it by adopting a mode of distribution between rich countries and poor countries.

President MIKKELSEN thinks that one of the solutions would be that the countries in the process of development build projects which could enable them to find, then, the funds necessary to their realization.

After these comments and all the provided explanations, the members of the EC unanimously adopt the proposed budget for 2006.

8. Draft IYC Rules of Procedure

As a starting point, president MIKKELSEN reads out the paragraph of the official report of the meeting of the EC at Dakar, treating of the subject of Rules of Procedure of the Committee of the young people.

He recalls that only the point concerning the use of only one language was the subject of remarks, all the other articles of these rules of procedure having been approved.

Consequently, the General Assembly will have to come to a conclusion about the use of one or several languages (three stipulated in the statutes).

N. MIKKELSEN points out that the draft Rules of Procedures nevertheless were addressed in the three official languages of the IFBDO to our members: this should allow and facilitate the debate during the General meeting.

With the remark of G. VANHOVE on some detailed points, which still remain in articles of the Rules of Procedure, president MIKKELSEN remarks to him the possibility of proceeding to revisions of this document after it is adopted by the General Assembly.

The agenda being exhausted, the meeting ends at 10 a.m. 10.

                                                                                                   Jean-Marie DURANT

                                                                                                   General Secretary