EBLIDA Elections: Candidates for the position of EBLIDA President and Executive Committee: 2024-2027

EBLIDA Secretariat has invited members of the Association to nominate their representatives for election of a new President and the EBLIDA Executive Committee. Nominations are now closed.

By close of business on Monday 22nd January 2024, the EBLIDA Secretariat had received 2 nominations for EBLIDA President and 11 nominations for the 10 available seats on the EBLIDA Executive Committee.

Voting will take place to elect a President and to elect 10 Executive Committee members from the pool of 11 nominated candidates online between 12 February - 11 March.

The results of the elections will be announced during the Council Meeting on 8 April.

Online voting opens on 12 February and will close on 11 March 2024. The URL for the voting platform will be sent to all EBLIDA members.

According to the EBLIDA Constitution (Chapter VIII, Article 29), the members of the Executive Committee shall be elected by the Council for a period of three years, serving a maximum of two terms. As cited in Article 31 of the Constitution, the members of the Executive Committee, with the exception of its Chairperson, are representatives from Full Members of the Association.

Nomination for the position of EBLIDA President 2023-2027

Each Full member of EBLIDA is entitled to nominate one representative for President. The candidate does not need to belong to an EBLIDA Member organisation, but the nomination must be supported by at least 3 EBLIDA members. The Vice President and Treasurer will be appointed by the new Executive Committee during their meeting on 8th April in Lisbon.

Candidates in alphabetical order:

Spaska Tarandova Bulgaria [1st Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement

Nominated by:

1. Romanian Library Association (ANBPR), Romania
2. Bulgarian Library and Information Association, Bulgaria
3. Luxembourgish Librarians’, Archivists’ and Documentalists’ Association (ALBAD), Luxembourg
4. Croatian Library Association, Croatia
5. Library of the University of Macedonia, Greece
6. Cyprus Association of Librarians – Information Scientists (CALIS)

Erna Winters Netherlands [1st Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement (text) Candidate's Motivational Statement Video:

Nominated by:

1. The Netherlands Library Association (VOB), Netherlands
2. Cologne Public Library, Germany
3. Bibliotheek Mar en Fean, Netherlands
4. The Hague Public Library, Netherlands
5. Aarhus Citizens Services and Libraries, Denmark

Nominations for the position of Executive Committee Member 2024-2027

Each Full Member association is entitled to nominate one representative to the Executive Committee, which consists of up to a maximum of 10 members each from different full member organisations. Candidates must belong to a full member association and their nomination does not need to be seconded. Individuals can serve a maximum of two terms on the Executive Committee. According to the EBLIDA Constitution, the Executive Committee should reflect a geographic and professional balance.

Candidates in alphabetical order:

1.		Jacqueline Breidlid Germany BID - Bibliothek & Information Deutschland (Federal Union of German Library and Information Associations) [1st Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement Video:
2.		Andrew Cranfield Denmark Danmarks Biblioteksforening (Danish Library Association) [2nd Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement
3.		Guillaume Gast France ABF, Association des Bibliothécaires Français (French Association of Librarians) [1st Term] Candidate’s Motivational Statement (text) Candidate's Motivational Statement Video:
4.		Jessica Jacobs Belgium Vlaamse Vereniging voor Bibliotheek-, Archief- en Documentatiewezen (VVBAD) (Flemish Association for Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres) [1st Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement
5.		Katrīna Kukaine Latvia Latvijas Bibliotekaru Biedriba (LBB) (Library Association of Latvia) [2nd Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement
6.		Rauha Maarno Finland Suomen Kirjastoseura (Finnish Library Association) [2nd Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement
7.		Antonios Mourikis Greece ΕΕΒΕΠ - Ένωση Ελλήνων Βιβλιοθηκονόμων και Επιστημόνων Πληροφόρησης Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists (AGLIS) [1st Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement
8.		Liu Palmieri Italy Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB) (Italian Library Association) [1st Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement
9.		Zélia Parreira Portugal Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas, Profissionais da Informação e Documentação (Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists, Information and Documentation Professionals, BAD) [2nd Term] Candidate’s Motivational Statement
10.		Alicia Sellés Carot Spain Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Museística/ (FESABID - Spanish Federation of Archives, Libraries, Documentation and Museum Associations) [2nd Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement
11.		Helene Heger Voldner Norway Norsk Bibliotekforening (Norwegian Library Association) [1st Term] Candidate's Motivational Statement