Vienna, February 20, 2010

Present: Nicole Aknin (France), Nicole Attali (France), Ileana Botezat-Antonescu (Romania), Markus Faeh (Switzerland), Janos Harmatta (Hungary), Alexander Filts (Ukraine), Barbara Fitzgerald (Ireland), Eugenius Laurinaitis (Lithuania), Tatyana Listopad (Latvia), Ekaterina Makarova (Austria), Vladimir Mamko (Ukraine), Michel Meignant (France), Tatyana Mizinova (Russia), Miran Mozina (Slovenia), Roberto Parrini (Italy), Alfred Pritz (Austria), Ramona Covrig (Romania), Mikhail Reshetnikov (Russia), Adrian Rhodes (UK), Charles Sasse (Belgium), Agnes Szombati (Hungary), Svetlana Uvarova (Ukraine).
Total: 21 persons.

Apologies: Andrew Kulikov (Russia), Katharine Reboly (Austria), Sue Sunkel (UK).


1. Minutes of the meeting in Graz, September 20, 2009
Speaker: Mikhail Reshetnikov
President reminded Board members of decisions of the last Board meeting in Graz which had created the most favorable financial conditions for National Organization (NO) and their activity in their countries. Any NO of ECPP members make the decision about the levels of membership fees themselves and all membership fees are retained by their own countries. The President provided the following membership fee examples:

• NO - ECPP members (for example) with less than 50 members, pay membership fees of €250 per year only. 
• If such an NO is recognized as APTI - it pays €375 per year only.
• If this organization is recognized as ECPP National Branch - it pays €500 per year only.
• If this organization is recognized as APTI and National Branch - it pays €375 plus €500 per year. 
• The certification fee for individuals (practitioners, training analysts and supervisors) is €100 and reduced to €50 for the ECP-holders - (holder of the Certificate issued by the EAP) and is paid directly to the ECPP Bank Account.

He also informed the meeting that there were now two NB and two APTI - in France and Russia.

2. Voting: some changes in APTI Code and in the Code of Internal Policies
Speaker: Charles Sasse
Vice-president and Chair of the Certification & Accreditation Committee explained that there was a need to make some changes in the Code of Internal policies (p. 1.5.2 etc.) and APTI Code to co-ordinate these official documents with our last decisions on categories of organizational memberships and membership's fees. He took responsibility to undertake this work and make the modified documents available on the website.

3. EWAO re-application
Speaker: Barbara Fitzgerald
The ECPP President asked that it be noted that he had taken part in yesterday's EWAO-meeting (European Wide Accrediting Organization) at which there had been an excellent presentation of our organization to EWAO. He wished to express the Board's most sincere gratitude to Barbara for her good work in this regard (and excellent presentation of our organization to EWAO). Then Vice-president Barbara Fitzgerald informed Board members that ECPP has renewed its EWAO-accreditation. The questions of the EWAO Commission included the membership figures: How many members (near 360); The number of countries in our organization (12 - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, Russia, Slovenia, Ireland, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine); The question of equivalence: are your standards equivalent to EAP standard (yes); The number of NB and APTI you have (two - France and Russia); The modalities recognized (Freudian, Jungian, Adlerian, Lacanian, Klienian).

4. ECPP-Congress in Kiev (September 24-25, 2010).
Speaker: Svetlana Uvarova
The Ukrainian National Representative informed the Board that the next ECPP Congress will be in the central hotel of the capital - "Ukraine" in the centre of Kiev. This hotel has 500 apartments with different prices and has a modern conference-hall for plenary and section sessions. Special hotel-prospectus with pictures and prices were given to all Board members. There will be the official congress languages: English and Russian with simultaneous translation. The main theme is: "Psychoanalysis in different countries and its future".
Ms Uvarova went on to outline the structure of the conference which will include plenary sessions, section sessions, workshops, round table discussions, evening lectures, master-classes and a press conference. Board members will be invited to submit proposals for individual and/or group supervision. Participants who wish to receive a 30 minute supervision will be required to send a CV and a case description (maximum 3 pages) prior to the Congress. Supervision during the conference will have a very reasonable price (individual 30 min: 20 Euros; group-supervision 10 Euros per person). The Organizing Committee are awaiting abstracts of conference papers which should be in English (1/3 page). It should be noted that EU citizens do not need a visa for the Ukraine.

The ECPP President made an additional proposal for the presentation by each member country of customized papers to include details such as when psychoanalysis was established in the country (psychoanalysis in your country); who the first psychoanalysts (persons) were ; details of the first psychoanalytical association; information on the modern psychoanalytic association and its modalities; the legal framework; state regulation; private regulation; standards of training in association; forms of membership in association; psychoanalytical education (state and private); positions of clinical psychologists and medical doctors in state and private psychotherapy; what are the rules of "play" and who is the main player in the psychoanalytic field; average amount of patients per day, per month, per year; how many psychotherapists in the country; psychoanalytical centers and clinics; main personal problems and form of pathology; child and adult patients; average age of psychotherapists for 10 000 population; average payment for the session etc.

Approved


5. Information on cooperation with C.G. Jung Complex-Psychoanalytic Association (Budapest, Hungary)
Speaker: Charles Sasse
C.G. Jung Complex-Psychoanalytic Association has about 100 members. President of the JCPA Dr. Agnes Szombati presented at the Board meeting and confirmed that the Association is interested in cooperation with ECPP and in ECPP-certification. The JCPA members are going to participate at the conference in Kiev.

Approved

6. Information on negotiations with Polish Association for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Krakow, Poland)
Speaker: Mikhail Reshetnikov
The President informed the Board that the previous day he had a long meeting with President of PAPP Dr. Zofia Milska-Wrzosinska (she left Vienna today in the morning and could not participate at the Board meeting). She confirmed that PAPP is interested in cooperation with ECPP and in ECPP-certification. The JCPA members are going to participate at the conference in Kiev too.

Approved

7. Information on cooperation with psychotherapists from Luxemburg
Speaker: Charles Sasse
Vice-president presented Dr. Nikolay Lucien who is Adlerian psychotherapist in Luxemburg. His organization has indicated an interest in becoming an APTI.

Approved

8. Information on cooperation with Estonian colleagues - Tallinn Children Hospital and Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
Speaker: Tatyana Listopad
Tatyana Listopad presented the current status of psychotherapy in Estonia. While there were very few psychotherapists there were 52 psychotherapeutic associations; one session costs 10 - 30 Euros. There were no national requirements for training and certification; Insurance companies pay only 1 hour and for systemic family therapy only. The most popular modalities are psychoanalysis and behavior therapy. She expressed her hope of becoming a National representative of ECPP in Estonia.
Vice-president Charles Sasse supported this proposal.
Tatyana Listopad was approved as ECPP National representative.

9. Creation of the ECPP Membership Committee (and election ECPP-MC)
Speaker: Charles Sasse
Vice President Sasse stated that as the organization becomes bigger there was a need to have a special Membership Committee. Previously this role was carried out by C&A Committee, but it is much greater volume of work now. The application process must be separated from the certification process. Charles Sasse stressed the responsibility of the National Branches in both cases. He explained too that if some practitioner (person) wished to apply for an individual ECPP membership this could be considered at a Board meeting. There were proposed Co-chairs of the MC: Nicole Aknin and Nicole Attali. The Treasurer was also proposed to join this Committee. Any application form will be accepted but decision on membership can be approved after membership fee only. Therefore good cooperation was necessary between MC, C&A and our Treasurer. Guidelines for the application process will be drafted by Charles Sasse.
The Board meeting elected Nicole Aknin and Nicole Attali as Co-chair of the ECPP-MC, and Tatyana Mizinova - as ECPP-MC member.

Approved

10. Financial report (to January 2010)
Speaker: Tatyana Mizinova
The Membership fee can be paid in cash or through bank transfer. When the membership fee is transferred to the Bank account the individual must notify the Treasurer. The ECPP Finance Report will be put on the homepage. The annual expenditure to January 1, 2010 is €2,600.

Approved

11. Payment for Secretary and Site-Administrator 
Speaker: Tatyana Mizinova
The Treasurer presented the report on finance and her proposal for secretarial and site administrator fees. After short discussion Board meeting accepted decision: Secretary will receive ˆ200 per month; Administrator of the Web-site - €150 per month.

Approved

12. New certified members 
Speaker: Charles Sasse
Charles presented two new certified members (Mrs. A. Szombati from Hungary and Mr. L. Nicolay from Luxemburg) and gave some information on the process of their certification.

13. Presentation of ECPP-Certificates
Speaker: Mikhail Reshetnikov and Markus Faeh
ECPP President informed that due to the illness of Mrs. Kathy Reboly certificates will be forwarded some time later.

14. Other issues:

13.1. Next Congress
Roberto Parrini put forward a proposal to hold the next ECPP-congress (2012) in Rome.
This proposal was approved.
Responsible: President ECPP, Board members and - Roberto Parrini as the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee.

Approved

13.2. Vote: new Secretary.
Ekaterina Makarova will be adopted as the new Secretary.

13.3. Formation of a Section of ECPP
Ekaterina Makarova will present at the next Board meeting the statistics and the research on the therapeutic work of young psychotherapists.

13.4. Web-site
The Board made an offer for Ekaterina Makarova to translate ECPP Web-site into German. ECPP President asked Nicole Aknin and Nicole Attali to prepare French version of Web-site too.

13.5. Scientific Committee
Alexander Filts proposed the creation of a Scientific Committee and the organization of a theoretical discussion between different directions in modern psychoanalysis. The ECPP President supported first part of this proposal (Scientific Committee) but he stressed that we have only one common language of psychoanalysis and this language is practice. Theoretical discussion - it is the shortest way to split. When we created our organization we stated: "All psychoanalytic psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic organizations based on the concepts of transference and resistance are our colleagues". We need to protect this principal.

Approved

13.6. Following topics were proposed for the next meeting:

1. Which modalities will be accepted by the ECPP?
2. Are the students allowed to become ECPP-members?
3. Formation of a Scientific Committee.
4. Formation of a Young section of ECPP.

15. Elections

ECPP President added that it was necessary to also include in the program of our next Conference a lot of organizational work.

Please, read attentively our Statutes (pp. 7.2):
7.2. The Bi-annual General Meeting
7.2.1. The ordinary General Meeting shall take place once every two years and shall usually be held within 4 month following the end of the financial year. At least 30 days notice in writing prior to the day of the session of the General meeting shall be given mentioning the subject(s) to be discussed.
7.2.2. The statutory subjects of discussion shall be: a) Adoption of the Minutes of the previous General Meeting. b) Approval of the Bi-annual Report(s) c) Report of the Treasurer and approval of the Bi-annual Accounts d) Passing and adopting the budget. e) Election of the President, Vice- presidents, the other members of the Board and the Auditors. f) Alterations of the Articles of ECPP. g) Motions put before the meeting by the Board or the Members.
So, we'll begin our conference September 24, 2010 at 10.00 as General Meeting (reports and elections). I would like to propose that we have Board Meeting the day before - September 23, 2010 at 8 p.m.