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THE ART OF GOVERNANCE
of reference for IIW’s TMB, Board of Directors and IAB as well as separate proposals
for a licence agreement between IIW and EWF. Inevitably progress was slow due to the
detail of this work and the exacting requirements in the revision of IIW’s Constitution. This
was progressed after some delay through a workshop in 2013 with the assistance of two
French consultants from ABAQ Consulting who provided a high level of expertise in the
preparation of a constitutional model to meet the requirements of the French authorities.
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The workshop was attended by members of the Board of Directors and the Chair of TG-
GOV and covered a number of issues such as insurance, legal liability, taxation, vocabulary,
bye-laws, risk management, roles of officers, responsibilities and limitations of the CEO.
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This workshop, as intended, was to have a galvanising effect with respect to the on-going
work of TG-GOV and a new version of the Constitution and Bye-Laws was approved by
the Board of Directors at its meeting in Essen, Germany on the 11 September 2013 after
amendments from the Governance Workshop had been made.
In 2008 Dilthey succeeded Smallbone as IIW
President. Consistent with German tradition he was
well versed in the operations of IIW and, having a
strong ceremonial bearing, he was typically measured
in the way he went about conducting the business of
the Institute after the great leap forward in the years
2005-2008. In discussing the way ahead he said
in his opening address as President, ‘It is my
sincere belief that the upcoming years should be
dedicated to consolidation of all that has been
achieved so far’.
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Much was achieved during
Dilthey’s term of office due to the outstanding
achievements of many within IIW, including substantial
improvements to the interactive website and the complete
integration and harmonisation of the IIW qualification and
certification scheme, which provided Member Societies
with a profitable business platform to work from.
As part of IIW’s attendance recognition system, Dilthey
became the first recipient of an award for attending 40 years
of Annual Assemblies on his retirement from the position
of President of IIW. Prof. Pavel Stular (Slovenia) did in fact
achieve this milestone earlier and had attended a total of 49
Annual Assemblies but, unfortunately, passed away suddenly
in 2007 before the award could be presented to him.
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Earlier,
Ulrich Dilthey
Pavel Stular