Apimondia

President of the Commission Misael Edmundo Cuevas Bravo Pedro Gómez de las Montañas 124 Villa San Pedro Comuna San Pedro de la Paz VIII región Chile Tel.: + 56 41 252 16 63 Mob.: +56 9 82815290 E-mail:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The new statutes - voted during our General Assembly in Buenos-Aires (Argentina), September 2011 represent an important reform with the set-up of five new "Regional Commissions" beside the seven existing "Scientific Commissions". The goals are to obtain a more efficient and balanced Executive Council and an effective tool to help beekeepers and their bees worldwide. Each president of these new Commissions will have precise duties:

• providing support to national beekeeping associations with their governments and/or regional entities,

• assuring a better co-operation with regional beekeeping associations,

• offering help to local organisations and promoting Apimondia congresses and symposia as well as other regional events,

• co-chairing  the round tables during the Apimondia Congresses,

• co-ordinating the activities of the existing Working Groups with the Scientific Commissions and submit new Working Groups on crucial problems,

• establishing and maintaining databases (institutes, journals, suppliers, etc.) for the Apimondia website,

• promoting beekeeping amongst the general public,

• being the key representative for journalists, TV programmes, questions arriving from the General Secretariat, etc.,

• encouraging the creation of national beekeeping associations in the developing countries,

• analysing the needs of the local beekeeping communities and co-ordinating the relief actions in case of natural or human disasters,

• attracting new members,

• raising funds for the Federation.

More info (team + workplan) soon...