28 June 2010

La Chambre des recours des écoles européennes a débattu le 17 juin en formation plénière le recours de l'association Interparents pour l'annulation de la décision de réduire de 2 à 1 les voix des représentants des parents dans les conseils d'administration des écoles.

10 June 2010

Public Hearing before the Complaints Board of the European Schools - 9am on Thursday 17 June 2010 - on INTERPARENTS appeal regarding loss of voting rights of the Parents’ Associations in the Administrative Boards of the European schools.

INTERPARENTS contend that stated aim of a more efficient decision-making process in the Administrative Boards of the European Schools does not require nor justifiy that parents (and teachers) votes are reduced to just one. In fact, Article 19 of the Convention, which is the fundamental law of the European Schools, allocates to them two seats out of eight in each Administrative Board, and INTERPARENTS assumes that each member should have the right to vote.

In the context of the Reform, the new Rules of Procedure for the Administrative Boards of the European Schools have been adopted despite protest by INTERPARENTS. The new Rules effectively means a serious loss of PA voting rights at their Administrative Boards at the very time the Administrative Boards have been given more power due to autonomy i.e. decision making at the appropriate level. That is to say, if there is agreement in the Administrative Board, decisions do not have to go before the Board of Governors or one of their sub-committees.

3 May 2010

INTERPARENTS met at the Munich European School on Tuesday 13 April 2010. Nine of the thirteen member Parents Associations were represented (apologies by Brussels I, III, IV and Mol). Chair: Ana Gorey, President of Interparents.

12 April 2010

Members of Interparents are a valuable source of information and this information should not be lost when their children leave the school. Hoping to be able to count on this information and keeping in touch with our former members has driven us to the need to create a website: http://interparentsformermembers.blogspot.com/

Carine and Marie-Claude: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

2 March 2010

INTERPARENTS held its Annual General meeting at the Brussels II school, Woluwe on Wednesday 3 and at the Brussels III school, Ixelles on Thursday 4 February 2010. All of the thirteen member Parents Associations were represented. Chair: Carine Lingier, President of Interparents.

2 March 2010

Following the written procedure regarding the reduction of the voting rights of the parents’ associations in the Administrative Boards of the schools (25-28 January 2010), all associations have agreed that Interparents lodges a contentious appeal with the Complaints Board against the decision of the Board of Governors.

8 December 2009

INTERPARENTS met at the Brussels II European School (Woluwe) on 1 December. Twelve of the thirteen member Parents Associations were represented (apologies from Brussels 3). Chair: Carine Lingier, President of Interparents.

5 December 2009

Letter and a legal advice regarding the INTERPARENTS voting rights in the Administration Board to the Secretary General and the President of the Board of Governors with copy to all members of the Board of Governors.