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2023 Elections - Ecsite Presidency and Board of Trustees

The Presidency of Ecsite and 8 Board Trustees' positions are open for election or re-election in 2023. Find out how to submit your candidature to influence the future of our network here.

We invite each Full member interested in taking an active part in Ecsite to send its candidature before 15 March 2023 by email to info@ecsite.eu for the attention of the President.

1. What do the Ecsite President and Ecsite Board of Trustees decide?

2. What could being Ecsite President or a Board Trustee mean for you and your institution?

3. Which positions are open in 2023?

4. How to submit your candidature for the Presidency of Ecsite

5. How to submit your candidature for the Board of Trustees of Ecsite

6. Composition of the current Ecsite Board 2022-2023

7. Key Dates and Information

1. What do the Ecsite President and Ecsite Board of Trustees decide?

The Ecsite Board is composed of 14 members. The composition of the current Board can be found here.

The Ecsite Board meets virtually or in-person at least 3 times a year. Ecsite's Internal Regulations describe the duties of the Board members and of the President.

The decisions taken by the Ecsite Board define our network's future - they are the driving force behind crucial frameworks that underscore everything Ecsite does, oversee all of Ecsite's activities, financial sustainability and strategic objectives. By extension, the future of European science engagement as a whole is influenced by the decisions reached by our Board.

2. What could being Ecsite President or a Board Trustee mean for you and your institution?

Being Ecsite President or on the Board of Trustees will allow you to gain experience of decision-making at a European level; make valuable professional connections; and ensure your opinions shape Ecsite's activities and positions on the most important contemporary issues.

Representing your institution by being Ecsite President or a Board Trustee also means your institution has a place at the top table of European science engagement - your institution's brand is seen by a wide audience of science engagement professionals from across Europe and beyond, and allows your intitution to gain prestige as an important member of the European science engagement community.

3. Which positions are open in 2023?

The Presidency of Ecsite and eight Board Trustees’ positions are open this year. Should a current Board member be elected for the Presidency position, this Trustee seat would also become open. Candidates can apply for both the Presidency and for a Board Trustee position. Candidates applying for both positions need to send two separate candidatures in two separate documents.

4. How to submit your candidature for the Presidency of Ecsite

The Presidency is open to organisations that are Full members of Ecsite in 2023 who have served or are serving on the Ecsite Board. The mandate of the President is of 2 years, renewable once for another 2 years, elected each time by the Full members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The current President, Bruno Maquart (representing Universcience, France) is eligible for re-election and has expressed his wish to run for the Presidency for a second time.

The candidature should consist of one document in Word or PDF, on the letterhead of the organisation, written in English, less than 1 Megabyte, sent to info@ecsite.eu for the attention of the President. It must include:

  • Name of the organisation, city and country
  • Description of the organisation
  • Name of the candidate, position and a short curriculum vitae
  • Statement expressing the views of the candidate for the Presidency of Ecsite

5. How to submit your candidature for the Board of Trustees

Candidates for the position of Board Trustee need to represent an organisation that is a Full member of Ecsite in 2023.

The duration of the mandate of a Trustee is 2 years, renewable twice, for a maximum of 3 terms (six consecutive years).

The candidature should consist of one document of maximum 5 pages, in Word or PDF, on the letterhead of the organisation, written in English, less than 1 Megabyte and sent to info@ecsite.eu for the attention of the President.

It must include:

  • Name of the organisation, city and country
  • Description of the organisation
  • Name of the candidate, position and short Curriculum vitae
  • Motivation for the organisation and its representative to become an Ecsite Board Trustee

6. Composition of the current Ecsite Board 2022-2023

In 2023, the Presidency of Ecsite and Eight Board Trustees positions are open (positions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).

Organisation Term Year Elected AGM 2023, Valletta, Malta
1

Universcience, France

Represented by Bruno Maquart, Chairman and CEO

Presidency

First Term

2021

Eligible for second mandate

If not re-elected, becomes Past-President.

2

Universum®, Germany

Represented by Herbert Münder, General Manager

Past Presidency 2021

Remains Past-President if current President is elected.

3

focusTerra, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Represented by Ulrike Kastrup, Museum Director

Vice-President

3rd Term

2021

End of 3 terms, not eligible for re-election

4

Experimentarium, Denmark

Represented by Kim Gladstone Herlev, CEO

Treasurer

3rd Term

2021

End of 3 terms, not eligible for re-election

5

Copernicus Science Centre, Poland

Represented by Robert Firmhofer, CEO

3rd 2021

End of 3 terms, not eligible for re-election

6

Psiquadro scarl, Italy

Represented by Leonardo Alfonsi, Director

2nd 2021

Term running until 2023

Eligible for re-election

7

Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, The Netherlands

Represented by Amito Haarhuis, Director

2nd 2021

Term running until 2023

Eligible for re-election

8

Stiftung Neanderthal Museum, Germany

Represented by Baerbel Auffermann, Director

2nd 2021

Term running until 2023

Eligible for re-election

9

Technopolis, the Flemish Science Centre, Belgium

Represented by Stephane Berghmans, CEO

3rd 2021 End of 3 terms, not eligible for re-election
10

The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

Represented by Alex Burch, Director of Public Programmes

1st 2021

Term running until 2023

Eligible for re-election

11

Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias, Spain

Represented by Miriam Atienza Fernández, Content Manager

1st 2022

Term running until 2024

12

Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Represented by Maria João Fonseca, Interim Executive Coordinator, Head of Communication and Director of the Hall of Biodiversity

2nd 2022

Term running until 2024

13

Natural History Museum of Toulouse, France

Represented by Francis Duranthon, Museum Director

2nd 2022

Term running until 2024

14

NOESIS, Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum, Greece

Represented by Thanassis Kontonikolaou, General Manager

3rd 2022

Term running until 2024

7. Key Dates and Information

Deadline to send complete candidature by email to info@ecsite.eu for the attention of the President - Midnight, CET, 15 March 2023

All candidatures will be published and sent to the Ecsite Full members in the AGM booklet as they are received. Ecsite will not edit the candidatures.

All candidates to the Presidency and to the Board will present their views to the Full members in a 2 minute presentation during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday 16 June 2023, 15:30 – 17:15 CEST, in Valletta, Malta.

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