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2025 Call - Join the Ecsite Board

We invite each Full member interested in taking an active part in Ecsite to send its candidature before midnight, CET, 17 March 2025 by email to info@ecsite.eu.

1. What does the Ecsite Board of Trustees decide?

2. What could being a Board Trustee mean for you and your institution?

3. Which positions are open in 2025?

4. How to submit your candidature for the Board of Trustees of Ecsite

5. Composition of the current Ecsite Board 2024-2025

6. Key Dates and Information

1. What do the Ecsite President and Ecsite Board of Trustees decide?

The Ecsite Board is composed of 14 members. The composition of the current Board can be found here.

The Ecsite Board meets virtually or in-person at least 3 times a year. Ecsite's Internal Regulations describe the duties of the Board members and of the President.

The decisions taken by the Ecsite Board define our network's future - they are the driving force behind crucial frameworks that underscore everything Ecsite does, oversee all of Ecsite's activities, financial sustainability and strategic objectives. By extension, the future of European science engagement as a whole is influenced by the decisions reached by our Board.

2. What could being Ecsite President or a Board Trustee mean for you and your institution?

Being Ecsite President or on the Board of Trustees will allow you to gain experience of decision-making at a European level; make valuable professional connections; and ensure your opinions shape Ecsite's activities and positions on the most important contemporary issues.

Representing your institution by being Ecsite President or a Board Trustee also means your institution has a place at the top table of European science engagement - your institution's brand is seen by a wide audience of science engagement professionals from across Europe and beyond, and allows your intitution to gain prestige as an important member of the European science engagement community.

3. Which positions are open in 2025?

The Presidency of Ecsite and eight Board Trustees’ positions are opened this year.

4. How to submit your candidature for the Board of Trustees

Candidatures for the Presidency

The Presidency is open to organisations Full members of Ecsite in 2025 and that have served or are serving on the Ecsite Board. The mandate of the President is of 2 years, renewable once for another 2 years, elected each time by the Full members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The current President, Bruno Maquart representing Universcience, France is not eligible for re-election, having served two mandates.

The candidature should consist of one document in Word or PDF, on the letterhead of the organisation, written in English, less than 1 Megabyte and should include:

  • Name of the organisation, city and country
  • Description of the organisation
  • Name of the designated Ecsite representative, position and short Curriculum vitae
  • Statement expressing the views of the candidate for the Presidency of Ecsite

Candidatures for the Board of Trustees

Candidates for the position of Board Trustee need to represent an organisation that is a Full member of Ecsite in 2025.
The duration of the mandate of a Trustee is of 2 years, renewable twice, for a maximum of 3 terms on the Board (six consecutive years).

The candidature should consist of one document in Word or PDF, on the letterhead of the organisation, written in English, less than 1 Megabyte.
It should include:

  • Name of the organisation, city and country
  • Description of the organisation
  • Name of the designated Ecsite representative, position and short Curriculum vitae
  • Motivation for the organisation and its representative to become an Ecsite Board Trustee

Full details on how to submit can be found here

5. Composition of the current Ecsite Board 2024-2025

In 2025, the Presidency of Ecsite and eight (8) Board Trustees positions are open for election (positions 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14).

Organisation Term Year Elected AGM 2025 online
1

Universcience, France

Represented by Bruno Maquart, Chairman and CEO

Presidency

2nd

2023

End of 2 terms, not eligible for re-election.

Becomes Past President.

2

Universum®, Germany

Represented by Herbert Münder, General Manager

Past Presidency 2023

End of term.

3

Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Represented by Maria João Fonseca, Interim Executive Coordinator, Head of Communication and Director of the Hall of Biodiversity

Vice-President

3rd

2024

Term running until 2026.

4

Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, The Netherlands

Represented by Amito Haarhuis, Director

Treasurer

3rd

2023

End of 3 terms, not eligible for re-election.

5

Cité des Télécoms, France

Represented by Aude Bosquet-Barth, CEO of the Cité des Télécoms, General Secretary of the Foundation Cité des Télécoms

1st 2024

Term running until 2026.

6

Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias, Spain

Represented by Miriam Atienza Fernández, Content Manager

2nd 2024

Term running until 2026.

7

European Southern Observatory (ESO), Germany

Represented by Tania Johnston, Head of ESO Supernova

1st 2023

Term running until 2025.

Eligible for re-election.

8

Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre, Finland

Represented by Mikko Myllykoski, CEO

1st 2024

Term running until 2026.

9

Hidrodoe, Belgium

Represented by Hilde De Laet, Manager

1st 2023

Term running until 2025.

Eligible for re-election.

10

Neanderthal Museum, Germany

Represented by Baerbel Auffermann, Director

3rd 2023

End of 3 terms, not eligible for re-election.

11

Psiquadro scarl, Italy

Represented by Leonardo Alfonsi, Director

3rd 2023

End of 3 terms, not eligible for re-election.

12

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

Represented by Lisa Månsson, Director General

1st 2023

Term running until 2025.

Eligible for re-election.

13

The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

Represented by Alex Burch, Director of Public Programmes

2nd 2023

Term running until 2025.

Eligible for re-election

14

Vitenparken, Norway

Represented by Solveig Arnesen

1st 2023

Term running until 2025.

Eligible for re-election.

6. Key Dates and Information

Deadline to send complete candidature by email to info@ecsite.eu for the attention of the President - Midnight, CET, 17 March 2025

All candidatures will be published and sent to the Ecsite Full members in the AGM booklet as they are received. Ecsite will not edit the candidatures.

All candidates will present their views to the Full members in a 2 minutes presentation during the online Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 14 May 2025, 10:00 – 12:00 CEST.

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