The Tenth Session of the newly appointed IITE Governing Board was held at the premises of IITE in Moscow from 3 to 5 of December 2009. Prof. Bernard Cornu (France) was elected as a Chairperson of the Governing Board and Ms Fatma Abdullazade (Azerbaijan) along with Mr Evgeniy Butko (Russian Federation) were elected as the Vice-Chairpersons. Mr Alexander Yakovenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, attended the opening of the Governing Board meeting. He delivered a speech on the vision of the Russian Federation concerning the future activities of the Institute. Mr Qian Tang, Acting Assistant Director-General, attended the meeting and made a statement on behalf of the Director-General. Members of the Governing Board have discussed Medium-Term Strategy of the Institute, the Budget and the Workplan for the next biennium and extra-budgetary fund mobilization. On the last day of the Session, the Board Members have presented their Recommendations, approved the budget and set out the date for the next meeting.
The Tenth Session of the IITE Governing Board
