Alzheimer Europe Board meets in Brussels

Monday 21 June 2010

The current Alzheimer Europe Board held its penultimate meeting before the Annual General Meeting elects the new Board in September. Meeting in Brussels on 21 June the Board:

• Adopted the 2009 financial accounts and 2009 Annual Report unanimously.
• Discussed the 2010 financial forecasts,
• Examined the progress of the preparations for the 2010 Alzheimer Europe conference and took the decision to prepare publicity materials also in German and French (in addition to English),
• Received an update on Alzheimer Europe’s current projects (including the Dementia Ethics Network) and publications (including the forthcoming issue 6 of the Dementia in Europe magazine and 2010 Dementia in Europe Yearbook)
• Discussed the development of a new 5-year strategic plan and the need of obtaining feedback on the role of Alzheimer Europe from the membership by means of a survey
• Proposed the agenda for the AGM, which this year will include the elections for a new Board.

The next Board meeting will be held in Luxembourg on 28 September 2010.