Candidates for the position of EBLIDA President and Executive Committee: 2021-2024

By close of business on Friday 7th May 2021, the EBLIDA Secretariat had received 11 nominations for EBLIDA President and 11 nominations for the 10 available seats on the EBLIDA Executive Board.

Therefore, voting will take place to elect 10  Executive Board members from the 11 nominated candidates.

Because of the ongoing Covid pandemic, voting will take place fully online for the first time. Therefore, the format for voting will be changed and will take place before the Council meeting. The results of the elections will be announced during the online Council Meeting on 11 June 2021 as planned.

Online voting will close on 28 May:

According to the EBLIDA Constitution (Chapter VIII, Article 29), the members of the Executive Committee shall be elected by the Council for a period of three years, serving a maximum of two terms.

EBLIDA Secretariat has invited members of the Association to nominate their representatives for election of a new President and the EBLIDA Executive Committee. Nominations are now closed.

As cited in Article 31 of the Constitution, the members of the Executive Committee, with the exception of its Chairperson, are Full Members of the Association.

Nomination for the position of EBLIDA President
2021-2024

Each Full Member association is entitled to nominate one representative for President. The candidate does not need to belong to an EBLIDA member association, but the nomination must be supported by at least three EBLIDA full members. The Vice-President will be elected by the new Executive Committee during their first meeting after the elections.

Candidate:

Ton van Vlimmeren Netherlands [2nd Term] Read more >>>

Nominated by:

1. Bulgaria - Bulgarian Library and Information Association (BLIA)
2. Denmark - Danish Library Association
3. France - ABF - French Association of Librarians
4. Germany - Bibliothek & Information Deutschland (BID)
5. Germany - Bremen Public Library
6. Greece - Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists (AGLIS)
7. Italy, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB)
8. Luxembourg – ALBAD
9. Netherlands - FOBID Netherlands Library Forum
10. Netherlands - VOB, Vereniging van Openbare Bibliotheken
11. Spain - Spanish Federation of Archives, Libraries, Documentation and Museum Associations (FESABID)

Nominations for the position of Executive Committee Member
2021-2024

Each Full Member association is entitled to nominate one representative to the Executive Committee, which consists of up to a maximum of 10 members each from different full member organisations. Candidates must belong to a full member association and their nomination does not need to be seconded. Individuals can serve a maximum of two terms on the Executive Committee.

According to the EBLIDA Constitution, the Executive Committee should reflect a geographic and professional balance.

Candidates in alphabetical order:

1.		Valentina Bondesan Italy Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB) (Italian Library Association)  [1st Term] Read more >>>
2.		Julie Calmus France ABF, Association des Bibliothécaires Français (French Association of Librarians) [2nd Term] Read more >>>
3.		Andrew Cranfield Denmark Danmarks Biblioteksforening (Danish Library Association) [1st Term] Read more >>>
4.		Marina Encheva Bulgaria Българска библиотечно-информационна асоциация (Bulgarian Library and Information Association - BLIA) [2ndTerm] Read more >>>
5.		Hella Klauser Germany BID - Bibliothek & Information Deutschland (Federal Union of German Library and Information Associations) [2nd Term] Read more >>>
6.		Katrīna Kukaine Latvia Latvijas Nacionālā Bibliotēka (National Library of Latvia) [1st Term] Read more >>>
7.		Rauha Maarno Finland Suomen Kirjastoseura (Finnish Library Association) [1st Term] Read more >>>
8.		Antonios Mourikis Greece Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists (AGLIS) [1st Term] Read more >>>
9.		Mairead Owens Ireland City Library of Dublin [1st Term] Read more >>>
10.		Elena Sánchez Nogales Spain Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Museística/ FESABID - Spanish Federation of Archives, Libraries, Documentation and Museum Associations [1st Term] Read more >>>
11.		Zélia Parreira Portugal Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists, Information and Documentation Professionals (BAD) [1st Term] Read more >>>