Mr. Paulo Machado Chief Communications Officer

WFO Executive Board Members

17th Constitutional Mandate 2010-2013

Staff

Mr. Paulo Machado – Chief Communications Officer

Ms. Márcia Formiga – Accountant

Dr. Juliana Procópio – Legal Affairs

Mrs. Andrea Ramos – International Relations

CONTENTS

MESSAGE OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

DECISIONS OF THE 23rd QUADRENNIAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION 2009

DECISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD SESSIONS 2010

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIES OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2010-2013

WORLD FAMILY SUMMIT

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

WORLD FAMILY AWARDS

Message of the Executive Board

17th Constitutional Mandate 2010-2013

Dear Members,

We, Members of the Executive Board of the 17th Constitutional Mandate 2010-2013, have the honor to present to you the first Annual Report of our mandate.

The work in this year of 2010 was extremely productive and one of the main characteristic was the huge integration among the elected Members, the harmony achieved in developing our work strategies, the deepness of our discussions and reflections and the maturity of our decisions.

The contents of our Strategic Framework 2010-2013 have been carefully and collectively studied and definitive ways of approaching towards the implementation of each one of its strategy have been adopted.

During the year, we participate in full Members Sessions and also each Vice-President held innumerous meetings with their respective advisors to mature our discussions and decisions as well as an innovative approach of an Electronic Session of the Executive Board was successfully developed.

Administratively speaking, four areas have been delimitated to deal with our specific needs.

1. Administrative Area - where the President together with the Vice-President for Legal and Administrative Affairs and the Vice-President for Financial Affairs discussed and deliberated all Administrative and Financial Issues in order to accomplish the Strategy V – Implementation of Cross-Organizational Management.
   
2. Substantive Area – where the President together with the Vice-President for Family Policy Coordination and the Vice-President for Technical Activities discussed and deliberated about WFO’s Family Policies, Programs and Projects in order to accomplish the Strategy IV – Implementation of Programs to respond to Members’ needs.
   
3. Communications Area – where the President together with the Vice-President for Communications and Public Relations Affairs discussed and deliberated about the best way to successfully accomplish the Strategy I - Strengthening Family Perspectives on the International, Regional, National and Local Agendas by establishing new partnerships, alliances and networks and consolidating the existing ones and together with the Chief Communications Officer the establishment of WFO’s Office for Communications and Marketing in order to accomplish the Strategy VI - Communicating WFO Message.
   
4. Organizational Capabilities Area – where the President and the Vice-President for Legal and Administrative Affairs discussed and deliberated about the reorganization of WFO’s Organizational Structures and the Capacity Building of the decision-making level in order to exercise its duty based in mutual understanding and partnership according to the Strategy II - Strengthening the Institutional Capability of the Governing Bodies and III -Implementation of the Regional and National Structures to develop their duties at the Regional and National levels.

The result of our work is reflected in this Report. We wish to all WFO Members a good reading, analyzing and your constructive comments in order to refine our work to respond your expectations.

The Executive Board

Decisions of the 23rd Quadrennial General Assembly Session

Decisions of the Executive Board Sessions 2010

181st Session of the Executive Board

Paris, France | 25-27 March 2010

• Rule 4 – instead of “7 days before” became “15 days before”.
• Rule 13 – the last item “The Vice-President for Legal and Administrative Affairs shall replace the President in its impediment” should become Rule 14.
• Rule 25 (previous 24) – add “decisions numbered” at the end.
• Rule 51 (previous 50) – on the title “Equally divided votes”, add “in the Secret Ballot”

• Exclusion of the word “Secretariat” on the title.
• Rule 2 – instead of “place” became “city” (twice).
• Rule 5 – add the word “economic” in “the most direct economic route”
• In the title II “Office Expenses”, add “…of the Vice-Presidents”
• Rule 17 – add to the end of the phrase: “… and any other legitimate expenses”.
• Rule 22 – add to the end of the phrase: “… as provided at the Rule 56 of the Executive Board Rules of Procedures”

• Members present and voting: 13
• Members present and voting for the exclusion of UNAF as WFO Member: 11
• Members present and voting against the exclusion of UNAF as WFO Member: 2

• Members present and voting: 12
• Members present and voting to take legal steps as it deems to be appropriate: 12
• Members present and voting not to take legal steps as it deems to be appropriate: 0

• Members present and voting: 13
• Members present and voting for the exclusion of CNAFC as WFO Member: 11
• Members present and voting against the exclusion of CNAFC as WFO Member: 2

• Members present and voting: 12
• Members present and voting to take legal steps as it deems to be appropriate: 12
• Members present and voting not to take legal steps as it deems to be appropriate: 0

1. FONGAF - General Forum of Arab African NGOs - Libya
2. FOE - Fondation Ostad Elahi - France
3. Associação Portuguesa de Saúde,Higiene e Segurança no Trabalho para o Desenvolvimento e Cooperação Internacional - Portugal
4. Turkish Religious Foundation - Turkey
5. Family Are Nations (F.A.N) - Zambia
6. Coordination Européenne pour le Droit des Etrangers à vivre en Famille - Belgium
7. CERCICA - Cooperativa Educação Reabilitação Cidadãos Inadaptados Cascais – Portugal
8. Coração Delta, Associação de Solidariedade Social - Portugal
9. Dr Mohammed Yeasin Khan - Family of the World - Bangladesh
10. APMIF Leópolis - Brazil
11. APMIF Cianorte - Brazil
12. Pari e Dispari SRL – Italy

182nd Session of the Executive Board

New York, USA| 30th June 2010

1. Approve the Report presented by the Vice-President for Financial Affairs for the 2nd Trimester of 2010.
2. Mr. Eric De Wasch will talk to Mr. Edouard Desmed about the pendency in the accountability of Mr. Marcel Van Breen.
3. Mr. Eric De Wasch will talk to Mr. Edouard Desmed about the situation of the Vice-President for Communications and Public Relations Affairs and report back his position and also ask him for a written statement on the situation.

1. National Inf. Resource Centre of Kazakhstan NGOs – NGO - KAZAKHSTAN
2. Benin Rural Assistance: B.R.A. – NGO – BENIN
3. Graphimedia SRL – BUSINESS COMMUNITY – ITALY
4. CRIANÇAS DA VILA – ASSOC. DE PROTECÇÃO DOS MENORES E DA FAMÍLIA – NGO – PORTUGAL
5. APLD – ASSOCIAÇÃO PARA UM PORTUGAL LIVRE DE DROGAS – NGO – PORTUGAL
6. FUNDAÇÃO “O SÉCULO” – NGO – PORTUGAL
7. TOM DA TERRA – ECO – ESCOLA – NGO - PORTUGAL

183rd Electronic Session of the Executive Board