The
Executive's report to the General Assembly
on the work of EFTRE 2001-2004
Chairman’s Introduction
Jeremy
Taylor welcomed delegates and observers to the General assembly of
EFTRE. A special welcome was given to those attending the meeting
for the first time. He introduced the structure of EFTRE and the mandate
of the General Assembly. The procedure of the meeting was agreed.
The
Assembly agreed that Jeremy Taylor should take the chair and Marit
Hallset Svare take the minutes.
Approval
of the minutes of the 2001 Edinburgh Assembly
Under
item 7 CoGREE Report, a correction was made European Association (not
Alliance) for World Religions in Education. Otherwise the minutes
were approved.
Executive
Committee’s Report 2001-2004
Jeremy
Taylor presented a written report on behalf of the Executive Committee,
see copy attached. He highlighted the following issues:
- EFTRE’s
legal status
- The
importance the co-operation in CoGREE has
-
Thanking the Finnish organisations for funding and staff
The
report was approved.
Treasurer’s
Report 2001-2004
Hans
Fijn van Draat presented a written report on the EFTRE accounts in
the Netherlands. Of the member bodies only 30-40% are able to pay,
and do pay. The surplus from the Edinburgh conference is reserved
for paying Marianna Szabó’s expenses. The report was
approved and thanks to Hans Fijn van Draat for keeping the accounts
for a number of years.
Finances:
to set the membership fee for 2004 – 2007
The
Executive Committee proposes to keep the fee at €100 for the
next period.
The General Assembly agreed to this.
Confirmation
of the Board members for 2004-2007
A
list of the nominated board members was presented. The list was approved.
Project
Reports
Website:
Paul Hopkins informed the meeting of the current status of
the website. Nobody had contributed to the Classroom or the Discussion
Forum. National reports are requested, if possible in two languages,
and put on the site as Paul Hopkins receives them. He will also look
into the possibilities of getting a page with Cyrillic fonts.
CoGREE: Peter Schreiner gave an introduction to what
CoGREE is, the Klingenthal consultation in October 2004, together
with the plans for further co-operation in Berlin October 2005 where
some 100 politicians and members of CoGREE will discuss the value
of RE.
Teacher Exchange: Martin Rogers and the FREE organisation
offers stays of 1 month for teachers from the Eastern and Central
Europe to go to Western Europe. There are difficulties in getting
enough applicants. A new initiative has started ESSSAT, where 15 RE
teachers are supported to attend conferences.
Developing
EFTRE work in Eastern and Central Europe.
Marianna
Szabó reported on her efforts to get in touch with Eastern
and Central European RE teachers. The brochure has been of great help.
RE-teachers from these parts of Europe are dependent on financial
support to attend our conferences. Alasdair Morton , Cath Sinclair,
Carin Laudrup together with Marianna Szabó will continue the
work done before the Edinburgh conference to raise funding for our
Eastern and Central European colleagues to join our conferences.
Arrangements for the next conference
In
light of item 8, we will try to organise the conference in 2007 in
Budapest.
Any
other business
Please
send Paul Hopkins the national reports as soon as possible.
On
behalf of the EFTRE Executive,
Jeremy
Taylor (Chairman EFTRE)
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