Candidates EAEPE Council:
1. Jean Christophe Graz (Switzerland)
2. John Groenewegen (the Netherlands)
3. Hardy Hanappi (Austria)
5. Oliver Kessler (Germany)
6. Klaus Kubeczko (Austria)
7. Maria Lissowska (Poland)
8. Thomas Marmefelt (Sweden)
9. Francesco Quatraro (Italy)
10. Paolo Ramazzotti (Italy)
11. Jorma Sappinen (Finland)
12. Pasquale Tridico (Italy)
More information on EAEPE Elections
The elections for the EAEPE council take place every two years. In 2009 a new council will be elected. EAEPE is a democratic organisation and one of the means of the membership to participate actively is to take part in this two-year general election by being a candidate and/or to vote.
At the moment council members deal with the research areas, the selection of the Kapp, Myrdal and Herbert Simon Prizes, chairing the program committee, organising summer schools, organising the website, and the like. Every council member has ample opportunity to develop his or her own ideas; these ideas are discussed twice a year in the council and decided upon by the membership.
The council meets twice a year: in April during a weekend mostly organised in the city where the annual conference will be held and in November at the EAEPE annual conference.
The past 20 years the council has been a stimulating force inside EAEPE, many initiatives were taken and the contacts with the membership have been open and stimulating.
The formal rules of the election are laid down in article 10 of the constitution: ‘’Every two year the EAEPE membership elects the new council. According to the EAEPE constitution the secretariat announces the due date for nominations, a circulation date by which the ballot shall be circulated, a ballot closure time and date by which ballots are to be returned and finally an inauguration date of the new council members’’.
- The council consists of the secretariat (the President, general secretary, treasurer and newsletter editor), and 10 ordinary council members.
- A candidate may be nominated for more than one position, but may be elected to no more than one.
- According to the EAEPE Constitution, the main place of residence of all members of the Council and of all members of the Secretariat shall be not be more than 3100 kilometres from Brussels nor on the African Continent.
- In the case of a contested general election for Ordinary Council Membership, each member of the Association shall be asked to vote for up to 10 candidates by placing a single cross by the name of each selected.