Dear EPA National Society/Association Members,
The next EPA Ordinary General Assembly will be organised on 2 March 2014 from 18:45 to 21:45, during the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany. All EPA National Society/Association Members that are fully paid-up (fee 2013) will have voting right at the General Assembly.
During this General Assembly, EPA Board elections will be organised. On this occasion, 8 seats will be opened for election or re-election, for a term of mandate of 4 years (from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2018).
All EPA Individual Members and Fellows whose membership dues are fully paid up (fee 2014), as well as all Honorary members are eligible to stand for election to the Board.
According to the EPA Statutes (article 13.1.vii), there shall be no more than two members of the Board from any one country. Please note that consequently candidates from certain countries may not be eligible to stand for election. Please find enclosed the list of current EPA Board members.
Candidates for the available positions have to submit their applications to the EPA Secretary General via the EPA Extranet (http://extranet.europsy.net). The deadline for application is 1 February 2014. No application received after the official deadline and/or via other means than EPA Extranet will be considered. If you need any assistance with the EPA Extranet, please contact the EPA Administrative Office (at epa.membership@europsy.net) before 23 January 2014.
The application file must contain an application letter including:
• a statement that they are willing to devote no less than two weeks per year to work related to the EPA (such as participation in the activities of at least one Section, recruitment of new members for the Association and of participants for its Congress, contacts with national psychiatric societies in their area, and contributions to the journal of the Association)
• a note concerning their intentions in relation to their membership at the Board
• a statement concerning possible conflicts of interests
If the candidate has received support from a National Society/Association Member, this may be stated in the application letter.
Candidates will have to attach the following documents to the application letter:
• a one-page curriculum vitae, including information on academic degrees, current position and main professional achievements (in teaching, research, clinical practice and organization of scientific events), as well as on their previous work in the EPA or in other international associations
• a list of papers and books published in the last five years
• In case any support is stated in the application letter, an official support letter from the National Society/Association Member must be attached. Any candidate may provide the support letter from one National Society/Association Member only.
After the deadline, all applications will be available on the EPA Extranet for consultation to the EPA Members only.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any doubt or query.
We look forward to meeting you in Munich!
With warmest regards,
Julian Beezhold
EPA Secretary General
European Psychiatric Association
15, Avenue de la Liberté
67000 Strasbourg - France
Phone : + 33 3 8823 9930
Fax : + 33 3 8835 2973
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