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Important changes for EU Athletes following the 2017 General Assembly

Oct 3, 2017 | General Assembly

The General Assembly of EU Athletes has taken place last week in Barcelona. It was an opportunity to give an activity and financial update to the members, discuss latest development, projects and campaigns as well as the future priorities and actions.

Nearly 30 player association have been present during the GA. EU Athletes supports the foundation and development of player unions and has expanded its membership with new organizations recently: AJUB (Spanish Female Basketball Players Association), AMBM (Spanish Women Handball Players Association), Malta Youth Athletes Network, WGPA (Women’s Gaelic Players Association).

During the meeting, 4 Directors have been elected to the Executive Board of EU Athletes: Simon Taylor (PPF) and Omar Hassanein (IRPA) has been reelected for 3 years term; Camille Delzant (UNFP) has been elected for 3 years and Carmen Ayela (AMBM) for a 1-year term.

Following the organizations efforts in gender equality and the implementation of the Erasmus+ SWAFE project, it is worth underlining that EU Athletes’ 8-members Board currently include 3 women and that 3 new female player unions has joined the organization.

Important events has marked the Assembly as Yves Kummer, who has been EU Athletes’ President since its foundation in 2010, has decided to step down. Aditionally, Jean-François Reymond, the General Secretary for the last 5 years has announced that he will be leaving his position at the end of the year, following his transfer from SNB to PROVALE, where he will become the Chief Executive of the organization. The delegates have expressed their gratitude and recognition of great work that has been done by the two organization’s leaders. The decisions regarding the future President and General Secretary of EU Athletes will be taken by the Executive Board during its next meeting at the end of October.