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  • Governance
    • Master Plan
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    • International Secretariat
    • Safeguarding
    • Intranet
  • Actions
  • Impact
  • DBYN 20
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statutory bodies

General Executive Body

The General Executive Body is the governing body of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw. It consists of our member organisations and the president. Twice a year (usually in March and October) the General Executive Body meets to make decision about the progress of the network. Each member organisation is represented by 1 person. As a matter of principle we ask from our member organisations that this is a young person (18-30). Each country has 1 vote. This means that if we have more than 1 member organisation in 1 country, they will share the vote. We believe this is important in order to safeguard the cultural diversity in our decision-making process.

Next to the members we invited observers as well. These are our youth partners and representatives of the international Don Bosco Movement which share an interest in the development of our network, and regularly take part in our activities. They can attend the meetings of the General Executive Body, but have no right to vote.
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Meeting of the General Executive Body, October 2015

Administrative Body

The Administrative Body of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw takes care of the daily functioning of the network. It consists of 4 full member organisations and a president. They are elected by the General Executive Body for a term of 3 years. The meet 4-5 times every year. 


Currently our Administrative Body consists of following members: 
  • Fonny Grootjans (President)
  • Salesians of Don Bosco (UK)
  • Salesian Pastoral Youth Service (Malta)
  • Salesians of Don Bosco (Austria)
  • Aktionszentrum Benediktbeuern (Germany)
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The Administrative Body 2017 - 2019

President

The president is chairperson of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw, and is elected by the General Executive Body for a period of 3 years. The mandate runs in parallel to the Master plan.

​Once elected, the president can only represent the network as a whole; the president cannot represent the member organisation he or she is attached to. The president chairs the meetings of the General Executive Body and the Administrative Body, follows-up on the day-to-day management of the international secretariat, and mandates the work of the statutory working groups.

Fonny Grootjans is the current president of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw. His mandate started in 2017 and will end in 2019. Fonny started his engagement in DBYN in 2010. He is member of DBYN's Pool of Trainers. He is currently staff member international projects for our Belgian member organisation 'Jeugddienst Don Bosco'.
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Handover after elections 2017 - from left to right: 
Fonny Grootjans (2017 - 2019), Francesco Bagiolini (2015 - 2017). 

Disclaimer

 
​The international secretariat of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw is financially supported by the European Union, through its ‘Erasmus+ Youth in Action’-programme, and by the Council of Europe, through its 'European Youth Foundation'.
 
This website reflects the views only of the author, and the European Commission nor the Council of Europe cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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