Governance

NEREUS is organised as a Belgian aisbl (association internationale sans but lucratif/international not-for-profit association). It is financially independent and solely financed by the yearly membership fees of its members. The key bodies of the governance structure are:

AISBL structure

General Assembly

The General Assembly represents all NEREUS Full and Associate Members, and is the key decision-making body and supreme power of the organisation. NEREUS being a network of regions, Full Members play an essential part in it and have full voting rights, whilst Associate Members may only express views in a consultative role and participate in the General Assembly in a non-voting capacity.
The General Assembly elects the members of the Management Board, its President, Vice-President and Treasurer; it decides on the admission and exclusion of Full and Associate Members, approves the budget and annual accounts together with the work programme and activity report, etc.. It is convened once a year.

(for more information on the General Assembly please see articles 11-14 of the NEREUS Statutes)

The next NEREUS Annual General Assembly is planned for 30th November 2010 and will take place in Brussels.

Management Board

The Management Board is the steering committee of the network; it decides on strategy and monitors the implementation of the work programme. It is entrusted with the overall responsibility of the association management. It appoints the Secretary General. Only the regions (Full Members) may nominate representatives to the Management Board.
Management board members are elected for a 2-year term of office which may be renewed. The minimum number of Board Members, including the President, Vice President and Treasurer, is 3 and cannot exceed 17. The next elections will take place on the occasion of the next General Assembly at the end of November 2010.
The current Management Board comprises 11 representatives of 11 Member Regions representing 8 Member States:

 

  • President
    Mr Alain Bénéteau

     

    Midi-Pyrenees Region
    France

  • Mr. Orio

    Vice President
    Mr Angelo Michele Iorio

    Molise Region
    Italy

     

  • Treasurer
    Mr Reinhardt Oehler

    Land Brandenburg
    Germany

     

  • Mr. Bruns

    Mr Christian Bruns

    Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
    Germany

     

  • Ms Sonia Nicolau

    Azores Region
    Portugal

  • Mr Carlos Gomez Camacho

    Andalusia Region
    Spain

  • Mr. Izquierdo

    Mr Jorge Izquierdo

    Castilla y Leon Region
    Spain

  • M. Macszewski

    Mr Krzysztof Maczewski

    Mazovia Region
    Poland

  • Mr Carlo Clini

    Veneto Region
    Italy

  • Mr. Georegen

    Mr Pascal Goergen

    Brussels-Capital Region
    Belgium

  • Mr. Wells

    Prof Alan Wells

    East Midlands
    United Kingdom

(for more information on the Management Board please see articles 15-20 of the NEREUS Statutes)

 

Secretariat

The permanent NEREUS Secretariat is responsible for the daily management of the association, the coordination of the network and the political interest representation towards the European institutions.

It is headed by the Secretary General, RA Roya AYAZI (Ms).
For more information please contact us.