European Beekeeping Association
Head office: Brdo pri Lukovici 8, 1225 Lukovica, Slovenia
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Report of the first meeting of the EBA Executive Board held in written form on April 25, 2024.

Members of the EBA Executive Board: Mr. Boštjan Noč, Mr. Jorge Spiteri, Mr. Stefan Spiegl, Mrs. Tetyana Vasylkivska, Mr. Rodoljub Živadinović.
The Executive Board of the EBA appointed Dr. Urška Ratajc as head of the scientific committee of the EBA.
EBA will act on the principles of professionalism. Therefore, at the written session of the Executive Board of the EBA, dr. Urška Ratajc, who is employed at the ČZS (Beekeeping Association of Slovenia), has been appointed head of the EBA scientific committees.
Since the EBA’s first task is to take care of the quality and safety of bee products, the EBA will immediately establish a Scientific Committee for this area. The EBA Scientific Committee will include experts from different professional areas and from different areas of Europe (EBA members will be asked to propose experts from their country).
The EBA Scientific Committee will prepare professional content for publication, reports, materials for various meetings, etc. at the initiative of the assembly or the executive committee. It will also be an important advisory body for professional questions.
Dr. Ratajc Urška will be in charge of coordinating these contents, communication between the board of directors and the scientific committee, the final preparation of documents and the representation of harmonized opinions at meetings with other organizations. They will monitor all professional content and, if necessary, supplement it in cooperation with the scientific committee.