During the 15-29 January, 2018 Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) conducted online Regional Meetings of it’s members to elect new Steering Committee representatives in the Baltic States, Belarus-Ukraine-Moldova, Central Asia, Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe regions. Quorum for the Regional meeting to elect new member needed no less than a half of the members from region and the new Steering Committee member became the person, who got the majority of the votes from voted members. So, how it was:
- Central Asia. In total the region has 42 official EHRA members, who were eligible to vote. From those 42 members – 31 participated in the meeting and cast the vote for their candidate, which means, that quorum was met, because 73,81% of members from the region participated in the elections of the SC member. In total 42 people participated in the meeting, but 11 votes were counted as not valid, because these persons were not eligible to vote (not official individual or organizational member of EHRA; don’t have an authorization from the leader of the organization). The results of voting:
– Oxana Ibragimova – 23 votes (74,20% of all valid votes)
– Sagyngali Yelkeyev – 4 votes (12,90% of all valid votes)
– Indira Kazieva – 4 votes (12,90% of all valid votes)
Oxana Ibragimova is elected for 3 years term as EHRA Steering Committee member representing the Central Asia region.
- Ukraine-Moldova-Belarus. In total the region has 60 official EHRA members, who were eligible to vote. From those 60 members – 33 participated in the meeting and cast the vote for their candidate, which means, that quorum was met, because 55,00% of members from the region participated in the elections of the SC member. In total 33 people participated in the meeting, 0 votes were counted as not valid. The results of voting:
– Vitalii Lavryk – 16 votes (48,49 % of all valid votes)
– Ala Iatco – 7 votes (21,21% of all valid votes)
– Liudmila Trukhan – 10 votes (30,30 % of all valid votes)
Vitalii Lavryk is elected for 3 years term as EHRA Steering Committee member representing the region of UKkraine-Moldova-Belarus.
- Baltics region. In total the region has 19 official EHRA members, who were eligible to vote. From those 19 members – 12 participated in the meeting and cast the vote for their candidate, which means, that quorum was met, because 63,16 % of members from the region participated in the elections of the SC member. In total 12 people participated in the meeting, 0 votes were counted as not valid. The results of voting:
– Jurgita Poškevičiūtė – 8 votes (66,67% of all valid votes)
– Elena Antonova – 4 votes (33,33% of all valid votes)
Jurgita Poškevičiūtė is elected for 3 years term as EHRA Steering Committee member representing Baltic countries region.
- South-Eastern Europe. In total the region has 21 official EHRA members, who were eligible to vote. From those 21 members – 15 participated in the meeting and cast the vote for their candidate, which means, that quorum was met, because 71,43 % of members from the region participated in the elections of the SC member. In total 26 people participated in the meeting, 11 votes were counted as not valid (not official individual or organizational member of EHRA; don’t have an authorization from the leader of the organization). The results of voting:
– Denis Dedajic – 4 votes (26,67% of all valid votes)
– Samir Ibisevic – 3 votes (20,00% of all valid votes)
– Eroll Shporta – 2 votes (13,33% of all valid votes)
– Yuliya Georgieva – 6 votes (40% of all valid votes)
Yuliya Georgieva is elected for 3 years term as EHRA Steering Committee member representing the South-Eastern Europe region.
- Central Europe. In total the region has 11 official EHRA members, who were eligible to vote. From those 11 members – 8 participated in the meeting and cast the vote for their candidate, which means, that quorum was met, because 72,73 % of members from the region participated in the elections of the SC member. In total 9 people participated in the meeting, 1 vote was counted as not valid (not official individual or organizational member of EHRA; don’t have an authorization from the leader of the organization). The results of voting:
– Janko Belin – 1 vote (12,5% of all valid votes)
– David Pešek – 7 votes (87,5% of all valid votes)
David Pešek is elected for 3 years term as EHRA Steering Committee member representing the South-Eastern Europe region.
Congratulations to the new elected Steering Committee members!