Item 1. Adoption of the Agenda

Item 1. Adoption of the Agenda

The Agenda was adopted without changes (Appendix 1). The Chair reminded all this was the 100th Executive Committee meeting, since the very first one in 1954. All the reports have been scanned and saved in the archive (https://www.fao.org/eufmd/resources/reports/executivecommittee/en/). As most of the Executive members were new, there was a tour de table of introductions. It was reminded that as a hybrid meeting, a special effort was to be made to include those online in the discussions.

The chair took the opportunity to update on the procedure for the selection of the Executive Secretary. He reminded that the vacancy had been issued in 2022, candidates were shortlisted and panel composition agreed. The process is ongoing and managed by FAO who should inform the Executive committee chair on the date for proceeding with the interviews.

The chair also reminded that at the next General Session in 2023 there will be two main items related to the Election of the Executive Committee and the adoption of the next strategy which would require some preparation during the next months.

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