On 19 October 2024, the FEPEDA General Assembly (GA), European Federation of Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children, was held in Madrid, Spain. It was preceded by a first Management Committee (MC) meeting on 18 October to prepare the GA and followed by a second MC meeting on 18 October to elect the Bureau.
The meetings were attended by 18 participants from 15 European countries. FEPEDA members met FIAPAS members (Spanish organisation). The Spanish association provided an excellent welcome to the participants and the two days meeting were very well organised.
In addition to the usual items to be dealt with at a GA meeting, such as finances, the budget, the annual report and the action plan, discussions took place on various subjects presented by the country representatives:
• Exchanges in multidisciplinary approach experience in care, on the basis of early detection of postnatal hearing loss presented by Spain.
• Communication strategies and publishing by Czech Republic
Moreover:
• Presentation of Strategy Workshop results were presented to MC members and were accepted by them
• Action Plan, now based on Strategy Workshop results, was commented during GA meeting and approved with the changes
The members representing the following countries were elected or re-elected : Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, -Germany, Spain and Switzerland.
At Bureau level, the current President was elected for one year more, the three Vice-Presidents and the treasurer were elected or re-elected for 3 years. The Swedish representative entered in the Bureau and was elected as the fourth Vice-President. The General Secretary, elected in GA 2023 for 3 years, kept this position