ELSA Development Foundation
The ELSA Development Foundation (EDF) is a Foundation financed collectively by ELSA International and ELSA National Groups to help overcome structural weaknesses within the Network.
At the International Council Meeting in Budva, Montenegro in the spring 2009 the Council of ELSA decided to transform the existing fund into a foundation with its own legal body. The Council of ELSA is also the supreme decision-making body of the ELSA Development Foundation.
Purpose
The purpose of the Foundation is to financially support measures and activities within the Association that further the vision, purpose and means of ELSA. It is not one of the Foundation’s objects to engage in business or in transactions for gain.
Means
The Foundation supports the ELSA Network through support in six categories
Project Support
- Financial assistance for events constituting a core activity of ELSA;
- Financial assistance for international and national training events, or events incorporating training sessions, organised to increase the awareness of ELSA, or dealing in specific ELSA areas;
Training Support
- Travel and/or accommodation expenses of ITP trainers for training sessions organised by ELSA International, National Groups or Local Groups;
- Travel and/or accommodation expenses of National Board members for training sessions organised by ELSA International, National Groups or Local Groups;
Network Support
- Financial assistance for establishing cooperation between National Groups within the Network Support System (NSS);
- Travel and/or accommodation expenses of National Board members to Statutory Meetings.
Executive Committee
The Foundation is managed by a board of directors consisting of all the members of the International Board of ELSA.
All applications to the Foundation is to be sent to the Executive Committee. Only ELSA Local Groups and ELSA National Groups are eligible applicants to the ELSA Development Foundation.
Honourable members
The Foundation is established with the support of Emmanuel Charles Reynaerts who is assigned Honourable President of the Foundation.
The Foundation is founded in accordance with Belgian law and has its registered office on Boulevard Général Jacques 239, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium.
