ERA elections

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Following the ERA Constitution, articles 10 (point 5) and 11, as well as Bylaw 4 Rules for Candidacy and Election for ERA Bodies, the ERA Board announces elections for vacant positions in the ERA Board.

According to the previous procedure (implemented from 15th January to 15th April 2025), there were no objections to the treasurer continuing his work for a second term. This fulfils the condition for the ERA Board to nominate Steen Kobberø-Hansen for the position of treasurer. However, this does not prevent our members from proposing an alternative candidate if they believe there is a more suitable person for the role.

In the meantime, the actual 3rd vice-president Angelo Michele Latorre has expressed his desire to leave his position before the end of his four-year term. The ERA Board is therefore announcing a call for applications for this position.

The application period:

28th April to 1st August 2025

Vacant positions:

  • President                    for 4 years
  • 2nd Vice-President      for 4 years
  • 3rd Vice-president      for 2 years
  • Treasurer                    for 4 years
  • 1st Assessor                for 4 years

Conditions for candidacy:

1. Conditions for the ERA President

The President’s roles and responsibilities can be categorized into these key areas:

  1. Provide leadership
  2. Ensure the ERA Board functions well
  3. Ensure ERA is effectively managed
  4. Represent ERA effectively
  5. Ensure the ERA office functions well and keep a close cooperation to staff
  6. Provide support and supervision to working groups

Essential Criteria

The ideal candidate for the ERA President position will possess the following qualifications and characteristics:

  • Experience in hiking development.
  • Commitment to ERA mission.
  • Visionary and strategic leadership.
  • Excellent public speaking communication skills in at least one of the languages – English, German and/or French.
  • Dynamic leadership and engagement.
  • Network building at national level and/or the EU and pan-European level.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Effective time management.
  • Motivation and encouragement skills.

2. ERA Board members:

Essential Criteria

To be valuable as ERA Board members:

  • Be committed volunteers and be willing to invest time and energy into the development and management of ERA.
  • Be willing and able to lead working groups on key topics and/or the ERA projects.
  • Be a passionate and committed advocate for hiking.
  • Be a productive team member.
  • Be efficient in communications.
  • Have a strong sense of ethics and empathy, and committed to high standards.
  • Be committed to European values including among others sustainability, integrity, inclusion and equality.
  • Be able to attend 3 physical Board meetings and the General Assembly throughout the year. In some cases, virtual extraordinary meetings could be organised.
  • Have a good working knowledge of English, German or French. which are the official languages for ERA. (For organisational and logistical reasons, the Board prefers English to be the main language used at meetings and for internal Board communication.)

Elections:

The 4 October 2025, ERA General Meeting in Macon, France

Conditions for the applications:

The candidacy can be submitted by the full and associated ERA members on their official letterhead, including the candidate’s biography, signed by the candidate.

Please send the candidacies before the 1st August 2025 to the ERA office:
secretariat@era-ewv-ferp.com.