2023 Bratislava
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2023 FAWCO Biennial Conference
March 24-26, 2023 — Bratislava
The 2023 FAWCO Biennial Conference took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 24-26, 2023. Hosted by the AWA Vienna with the generous assistance of the IWC Bratislava, 140 Participants, 30 guests and 24 conference volunteers enjoyed a long weekend of business and fun, combining our AGM with fascinating speakers and panelists and informative reports and workshops. Below you will find links to remind yourselves of the event or catch up on what you might have missed.
2022 FAWCO Annual Report
Agenda & Directory
Login RequiredApproved Items
- Amended Bylaws, Article V, Section 2 and Article XIII, Section 2, approved March 23, 2023
- Resolutions & Recommendations 2023-2025 approved March 25, 2023. Presentation or PDF.
Awards
Liz MacNiven (AIWC Cologne) and Suzanne Wheeler (AAWE Paris/FAUSA) were awarded the Caroline Curtis Brown Spirit Award in recognition of service exemplifying the spirit, inspiration and dedication of FAWCO's Founder. Rep Appreciation Awards were given to Mary Adams (AWC The Hague), Bev Bachmayer (AWA Vienna), Anitra Kitts (Munich IWC), and Belen Monasterio (AWC Madrid) in recognition of their outstanding work promoting FAWCO.
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Minutes
- Saturday, May 21, 2022 (Final AGM Session 3, 2022 Interim Meeting — Luxembourg)
- Thursday, March 23, 2023, approved March 24, 2023
- Friday, March 24, 2023, approved March 25, 2023
- Saturday, March 25, 2023, approved March 26, 2023
Speaker — Alison Smale
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Keynote Speaker Alison Smale is a veteran British journalist with some 40 years’ experience, half of that with The New York Times. She lives in Vienna, where she was also based between 1987 and 1998 as the AP’s (Associated Press) Bureau Chief covering the anticommunist revolutions and the war in former Yugoslavia. After a 20-year career at the New York Times, she did a two-year stint as United Nations Undersecretary General for global communications. She was Chief of Bureau at The New York Times in Berlin from 2013 to 2017, and before that Executive Editor of the International Herald Tribune (IHT) Paris. She is the first and only woman to have held that post. Alison currently is part of Europe’s Futures Program at the IWM (Institute for Human Sciences) in Vienna and is a freelance contributor to The Times. |
Sponsors
- Gold Sponsor Janet Darrow Real Estate
- Bronze Sponsor MyExpatTaxes.com
- Target Program Sponsor Launch
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Spotlight on Luxembourg
- Spotlight on Bratislava #1, Agenda & Voting, December 21
- Spotlight on Bratislava #2, January 21
- Spotlight on Bratislava #3, March 2
- Spotlight on Bratislava #4, Pre-conference Reminders March 22
- Spotlight on Bratislava #5, Minutes from Day 1, March 24
- Spotlight on Bratislava #6, Minutes from Day 2, March 25
- Spotlight on Bratislava #7, Minutes from Day 3, March 26
- Spotlight on Bratislava #8, Post Conference Survey and Notes, March 30
2023-2025 FAWCO's Fifth Target Project Announced — Awesome Blossoms
Awesome Blossoms is the latest evolution of a community-based organization, Safe Spaces, created by Mrs. Peninah Nthenya Musyimi. This project features organic, water-efficient urban farms with 500 gardens in each farm to support girls’ education and empowerment programs and with 75 women in partnership with three primary schools located in the Mathare slum area of Nairobi. Read more about the project on the Target Environment Blog. The FAWCO Foundation announced that even before the project had been selected, FAWCO members had already donated over $26,000. We are also pleased to announce that the Clydette de Groot Foundation has offered a $10,000 matching grant.
FAWCO Has Joined the State Department Federal Credit Union!
FAWCO has gone through the strict approval process to qualify as a member of the State Department Federal Credit Union. This means that US members and green card holders and their children are now eligible to open US dollar accounts without a US address or mobile phone number. Please see our website or download our information sheet to share with your club members!
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