The General Assembly of the International Network Urgenci will be held on Feb. 22nd, from 9 am to 8.30 pm, in Gakuen University in Kobe.
The main language is English. Interpretation facilities are offered. Please mention the language you wish to use upon registration.

9.00 Participants are welcomed to the General Assembly venue

9.20 Presentation of the day by the facilitator/ speaker of the GA.

9.30 Opening of the General Assembly
by the President of the International Committee, Katsushige Murayama

9.35 Approvals (Presentation by General Secretary Jocelyn Parot)
Examination and approval of the treasury 2008 and 2009
Examination and approval of the Report of Activities 2008 and 2009
Examination and approval of the Working Program 2010 and 2011
Examination and approval of the budget for 2010 and 2011
Examination and approval of the Inner Regulation

10.45 Vote of the general orientations of the network, based on the Kobe Declaration

11.00 Coffee break

11.20 Presentation of the main purpose of the GA
"Concretizing and Uptaking the Challenges of the General Orientations"

11.30 Parallel workshops. 1st Part (2nd part after Lunch)
Workshop 1: Actions
Chairman: Benjamin Shute/ Report: Andre Leu (Urgenci-IFOAM)
Workshop 2: Governance
Chairman: Katsushige Murayama/ Report: Kirsten Glendinning (Soil Association)
Workshop 3: Resources
Chairman: Daniel Vuillon/ Report: Andrea Calori
Workshop 4: Partners
Chairman: Oumar Diabaté/ Report: Samuel Thirion

12.30 Lunch break

13.45 Parallel Workshops Resume. 2nd part

14.45 Presentation of Some New Members of the Network
• The new members of Urgenci who have been reached through the Dissemination Project to the Eastern European countries.
• Presentation of smaller actions, directly connecting local networks in order to exchange experiences but also to start direct economic activities and exchanges between Italian GAS groups and AMAP groups.

15.45 Presentation of the Reports of the Workshops
15.50 Workshop 1: Actions (Report by Andre Leu)
16.00 Workshop 2: Governance (Report by Kirsten Glenndining)
16.10 Workshop 3: Resources (Report by Andrea Calori)
16.20 Workshop 4: Partners (Report by Samuel Thirion)

16.30 Coffee break

17.00 Synthesis of the workshops
By President Katsushige Murayama

17.20 Announcement by the President of the Venue of the Vth International Symposium

18.00 Renewal of the International Committee and composition of the Office
See International Committee Election Process Regulation/ Download a Proxy Form

19.00 Coffee break/ Some animation while the ballot is being counted by the electoral commission (non-candidates, staff)

19.30 Announcement of the results, presentation of the newly elected Committee
Public signature of the “Engagement for the Network”

19.45 Co-option Process to Fulfill the 3 remaining seats in the International Committee

20.15 Closing of the General Assembly
Closing Speech by the President of the Hosting Steering Committee, Shinji Hashimoto

21.00 First meeting dinner of the newly elected International Committee