The National and Regional Groups are invited by the Bureau of AIPPI to present nominations for candidates for the Bureau and the Statutory Committees. The invitation has been sent to the Presidents and Secretaries of your National and Regional Groups on 12 March 2025.

The Nominating Committee wishes to inform all AIPPI members about the elections 2025 for the Bureau and for our Statutory Committees.

There will be an election for the following positions in the Bureau:

• Secretary General
• First Deputy Secretary General
• Second Deputy Secretary General

In the Statutory Committees, the following positions are to be voted or will become vacant this year:

• Programme Committee: two new members
• Finance Committee: no new members
• Membership Committee: six new members
• Venue Selections Committee: one new member
• Communications Committee: three new members
• Nominating Committee: two new members

If you are interested in taking part in the work of one of these Statutory Committees, and your National/Regional Group does not already have a member in this Committee, please submit promptly to your National or Regional Group your application as a candidate for a specific position, together with a brief CV explaining your qualification for the proposed position. The final deadline for your National or Regional Group to submit a proposal for the nomination of candidates, as set forth in the invitation to the Presidents and Secretaries of the National and Regional Groups, is 17 April 2025.

Please make sure that your National or Regional Group receives your application well before this date.

In case your National or Regional Group supports your application, it will then be sent to the General Secretariat and the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee will select a number of suitable candidates according to the Regulations of AIPPI. Depending on the specific Committee, the selection will be based on a number of different criteria, such as for example professional, geographic, gender and age diversity, as well as aptitude for financial matters, knowledge of AIPPI members, good knowledge of AIPPI as an institution, experience with international IP meetings and, especially regarding candidates for the Nominating Committee, experience in participating in AIPPI Committees.

Candidates may also be proposed jointly by at least 50 members of the Association. In such a case, the application together with the CV as well as a list of the members of the Association supporting the application should be sent directly to the Bureau.

AIPPI General Secretariat