IIW History 1990-2015

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. 21 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. 22 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’. 23 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 Ulrich 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. 24 Earlier,

Pavel Stular

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