The Annual General Assembly (AGA)
The European Public Health Alliance is an international not-for-profit association registered in Belgium (identification number: 5567/94, Annex to Moniteur Belge). According to the statutes, the Annual General Assembly convenes the membership once a year to discuss the broad policy of the organisation.
The AGA elects an Executive Committee to oversee the work of the organisation. Consultation meetings and seminars are also organised with member organisations during the year as appropriate.
The Executive Committee
Members of the Executive Committee are elected for a 2 year mandate. The role of the Executive Committee is to:
supervise the EPHA Secretariat
set out the annual work programme of the organisation
set priorities and targets
review EPHA financial management and scrutiny of annual accounts
appoint the appropriate staff.
Executive Committee members also provide expert public health, policy and management advice to the secretariat on an ongoing basis.
The members of the Executive Committee for the period 2007-2009 are:
EPHA President
Joanne Vincenten, European Consumer Safety Association, The Netherlands
EPHA Executive Board Members
Florence Berteletti Kemp, European Respiratory Society, Belgium Vice-President
Pim de Graaf, The Netherlands Institute for Long Term Care - Vilans, The Netherlands Treasurer
Dearbhal Murphy, European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA), Belgium (until 10 March 2008)
Ivana Silva, The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union, Belgium
Radu Silveanu, Romtens Foundation, Romania
Anders Ulstein, ACTIS, Norway
You will find below a document containing a short biography of Executive Committee members.
The EPHA Secretariat
The role of the Secretariat is to ensure that the full work programme of the organisation is carried out efficiently and effectively and to actively contribute to the development of good organisational practice.
The EPHA Secretariat is located in Brussels near the European Parliament and other EU institutions.
