1. Programme 2008-2010 Paolo Pomati Elected President Italy, Università del Piemonte Orientale

2. Three actions CARE SHARE DARE

3. CARE … facts The Constitution Chart was written without care of Common / Comparative Law Spontaneous / Informal / Friendly Rules unclear / No legal personality “Add value for the Euprio members” (NITF 2008)

4. … care … action  Acquire legal personality Choose a permanent place of business (Brussels) Write a new Charter and notarize it Write Regulations for governance / decision making / budget / elections…

5. … care … action  Website New structure New contents On line procedures Web staff and Web editor Conferences New scenarios Shared protocols & rules (decision making, responsibilities, budget…)

6. … share … facts “Seasonal feeling” of Euprio Steering Committes, Conferences No ordinary care / no eveyday sharing Presidency alone Euprio is a house where we are not guests. We are landlords.

7. … share … action More responsibilities Every country represented in the SC should take responsibility over 1 issue / activity at least and manage it up to its fulfilment. Task forces  Workgroups “ad hoc” involving ordinary members who are not in the Steering Committee Scheduled programmes WHO DOES WHAT, WHEN & WHERE

8. … share … activities 1.Keep under observation countries whose memberships are low or unsteady 2.Provide for new entries Each SC country should stand godfather to a perspective country step by step

9. … share … activities 3.Encourage / enhance exchange / sharing of expertise Constantly updated membership directory Practical workshops Target segmentation / networking 4.Involvement of National Organisations One Fall Workshop dedicated to National Associations to share ideas / opinions / best practices Support of National organisations to the President of their own country

10. … dare … policy Keep constantly updated Think. Be creative. Think in grand style Hoist the sails and go where the sea is the bluest Non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus, difficilia sunt. [ It’s not because things are difficult that we do not dare. It’s because we do not dare that they are difficult ] — Seneca, Epistuale Morales, 104. 26

11. … dare … action  Be acknowledged by European Institutions Building up relationships with EU and relevant EU institutions for collective communication projects and to support policies over EHE/R Test whether there are grounds to participate to European Framework Programmes

12. … dare … action  Enlarge our horizons. Compare European experiences on a world scale Europe calls America Europe calls New Worlds: Middle East, India, Far East

13. … dare … action  More investments More tangibles: events (meetings, seminars, training events), non-events (e- newsletter, paper competition)

14. TOO MUCH ?

15. … TOO MUCH ? At this point we have 2 chances: (boastful) put in the bucket as much as we can  (realistic) at least something will be done; (wisely retiring) put in the bucket as little as possible  (realistic) nothing will be done…

16. In better words… Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt

17. THANK YOU!