Strategic Plan 2006-2009
At the General Assembly on 30 September 2005, a new President (Dr. Willi Fuchs) and several new Board Members were elected. On 11/12 November 2005, this new Board held a Strategic Workshop, moderated by a professional facilitator, Mr. De Faria (www.the-qac.com), to agree on visions, missions, strategies, and activities for the period 2006-2009, building upon the activities and achievements in the framework of the previous Strategic Plan 2003-2006.
For that purpose, the main achievements and on-going activities were first reviewed by the Secretary General Mr. Wauters. The new Board was then asked to state what was “the best of FEANI” in 2003-2005.
VISION and STRATEGIC GOALS FOR 2006 - 2009
The Board Members first reviewed the existing FEANI Vision and Strategic Goals in view of making them more relevant and precise with respect to the new Strategic Plan period 2006-2009.
The result was a re-formulation of the 3 Strategic Goals into 4 Strategic Goals to support the FEANI vision statement: “FEANI is seen as the leading European voice for engineering organisations”.
Strategic Goal 1: “FEANI is seen as the link between NMs and European organisations (notably the EU); this link includes the provision of services.
Strategic Goal 2: “FEANI represents the views of the European engineering profession world-wide”.
Strategic Goal 3: “FEANI is recognized as the key provider of information about engineers and supports the creation and maintenance of a world class engineering profession to the society.”
SETTING PRIORITY AREAS & RESPONSIBILITIES
The following priority areas were then defined, and Board Members’ responsibilities for these areas were agreed upon (in addition to possible co-optations of National Members):
Ø EUR-ACE project on ‘accreditation’ (Mr. Müller, + EMC Chairman Mr. Duarte Silva, + Secretary General Mr. Wauters)
Ø International and Worldwide role of FEANI (Messrs. Fuchs, Birch, Sinanis)
Ø Professional Card for Engineers (Messrs. Molina Francés, Wawrzyniak, + EMC Chairman Mr. Durte Silva + Secretary General Mr. Wauters)
Ø Position Papers (Messrs. Bytoft Olsen, Birch, + Secretary General Mr. Wauters)
Ø FEANI Committees: Mr. Duarte Silva for EMC, Mr. Jagodič for CPDC
Ø Ongoing Activities: Finances: Treasurer Mr. Müller; EU Relations: Secretary General Mr. Wauters; Communications: Secretary General Mr. Wauters
AGREEING ON STRATEGIC ACTIONS
The Board identified a certain number of Strategic Actions in order to support the above priority areas.
THE ROLE OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD UNTIL 2009
Given all of the above, the members agreed upon one statement defining the role and mission of the Board during the 2006 – 2009 period, which was cemented by belief assessments:
“The role of the Executive Board is to lead FEANI under the guidance of the General Assembly to fulfil its Vision and Strategic Goals in 2009 with respect for the “spirit” of FEANI and within (the agreed) time and budget”.
CORE VALUES
Finally, the Board members listed the core values that will drive their work during 2006-2009 towards the achievement of the strategic goals and vision: