The Federal Council - FICE International
The Roles and Functions of the Federal Council
The Federal Council serves as the Board of Directors for FICE International and is the main forum for governance, planning and policy.
Statutes and Rules of Procedure
The Federal Council works in accordance with FICE's Statutes and Rules of Procedure, which can be found in a separate section of the website.
Executive Committee
- President
- Mr. Dashenka Kraleva, Bulgaria
- Vice President
- Dr. Emmanuel Grupper, Israel
- Treasurer
- Mr. Rolf Widmer, Switzerland
- General Secretariat
- Mrs. Bettina Terp, Austria
Administration
The Federal Council is serviced by staff from the President's agency.
Honorary Presidents
- Prof. Heinrich Tuggener, Switzerland
- Dr. Steen Mogens Lasson, Denmark
- Robert Soisson, Luxembourg
- Theo Binnendijk, The Netherlands
- Monika Niederle
- David Lane, United Kingdom
Honorary Members
- Anton Tobé
- Daniel Vidaud
- Dr. Franz Züsli-Zacher
- Gerhard Haag
- Louis François Joubert
- Martii Kemppainen
- Thoma Mächler
FICE Translators
- Christine Karner (d/f), Austria
- Helga Stefanov (d/e), Austria
Members of the Federal Council
Each Full National Member may send two delegates to each Federal Council meeting. Obviously representatives change but some members have attended consistently over many years. Typically, meetings are attended by about forty or fifty delegates from about thirty countries.
Each of the members are listed below.
[ P=President; S= secretary; V-P=vice president; G=office; P=private ]
- Australia (Associated member)
- RMIT University
- Jennifer Booker
- Austria (Full member)
- FICE Austria
- Hermann Radler
- Belgium (Individual member)
- Zoran Kacarevic
- Bosnia & Herzegovina (Full member)
- Nedzad Hadzicc
- Adela Hadziomerovic
- Dom "Rada Vranjesevic"
- Brazil (Full member)
- Associação dos Pesquisadores de Núcleos de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Criança e o Adolescente – Neca
- Isa Guará
- Bulgaria (Full member)
- Association for pedagogical and social assistance for children FICE-Bulgaria
- Daschenka Kraleva (P)
- Ivailo Tepavicharov (member of the board)
- Zvezdiza Kovacheva (project manager)
- Canada (Individual members)
- James P. Anglin (e)
School of Child & Youth Care; University of Victoria - Thom Garfat, PhD
TransformAction International - Czech Republic (Full member)
- FDD ČR – FICE
Jana Koubova - Denmark (Full member)
- Karen Scott (P)
- England (Individual members)
- Vic Citarella
- David Lane (e)
- Estonia (Full member)
- Estonian Union for Child Welfare
- Loone Ots (P)
- Martin Medar – Director
- Estonian Children's Fund
- Sirje Grossmann-Loot (e) (P)
- Ethiopa (Associated member)
- FICE Ethiopia
- ADA Association
- Muhammed Said
- Finland (Full member)
- Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland
- Pentti Arajärvi (e) (P)
- Martti Kemppainen (e) (S)
- Susanna Hoikkala (e) (S)
- Germany (Full member)
- Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Peters (Board FICE Germany)
- Internationale Gesellfschaft für erzieherische Hilfen (IGfH)
- Josef Koch
- Diana Düring (scientific Co-worker IGfH)
- Hans Ullrich Krause (1. Vorsitzender IGfH)
- Hong Kong SAR (Associated member)
- NG Wing-yan, Winnie
Therapeutic Communities Hong Kong Limited - Hungary (Full member)
- FICE-Hungary / Nevelootthonok Nemzetközi Szövetsége Magyarországi Egyesülete
- Agnes Hamori (P)
- Rita Doka (S)
- Andrea Rácz
- India (Full member)
- Malay Dewanji (e) (S)
Liberal Association For Movement of People LAMP - Jambu Kumar Jain
Convener, Rural Development & Youth Training Institute - Gauri Pradhan
Child Workers in Nepal – CWIN - Israel (Full member)
- IRECA (Israeli Residential Education & Care Association)
- Dr. Emmanuel Grupper (P)
- Yoav Appelbaum (V-P)
- David Elbaum (T)
- Pini Cohen (S)
- Lia Meron
- Kenya (Full member)
- FICE KENYA
- Simon Peter Otieno (P)
MAKE ME SMILE KENYA-Director/Manager - Dorine Oluoch (V-P)
- Beth Odingo (T)
- Eunice Owino (GS)
- Irene Ogonda (AS)
- Luxembourg (Full member)
- ANCES – Association Nationale des Communautés Éducatives et Sociales
- Charel Schmit (P)
- Danielle Lellinger (GS)
- Guy Aeckerlé (T)
- Macedonia (Associated member)
- Galaba Zlatkova Gareska
- Montenegro (Associated member)
- Gojko Popovic
- Milorad Šćekić (P)
- Netherlands (Full member)
- Gitta Griffioen (P)
- René van Zundert
- Romania (Full member)
- Toma Mares (f) (P)
- Alexeanu Buttu Marinela (f) (S)
- Ionel Marineci (f) (V-P)
- Simona Farcas
- Russia (Full member)
- Russian Children's Fund
- Albert Likhanov (e) (P)
- Galina Kosareva (e) (V-P)
- Scotland (Individual members)
- Ian Miligan
- Jennifer Davidson
- Serbia (Full member)
- Zeljka Burgund
- South Africa (Full member)
- Francisco Cornelius
- Ons Kinderhuis
- Merle Allsopp (S)
- NACCW (Office No. 9)
- Spain (Full member)
- FICE Spain
- Ricard Calvo
- Sweden (Individual member)
- Nils Karlström
Senior Program Officer at Adoptionscentrum, Stockholm, Sweden - Switzerland (Full member)
- Roland Stübi (d)
- Anna Katharina Schmid (d)
- Rolf Widmer (T)
- Ukraine (Associated member)
- Nataliia Iarosh (P)
- All Ukrainian Public Organization "Association – My Family"
- Lyudmyla Semkiv – contact person
- United States (Full member)
- Dr. Carol S. Kelly (e) (s)
Child Development - Dennis W. Felty (e)
Keystone Human Services
FICE Europa
- Charel Schmit (P)