ICAR BOARD HANDBOOK (UPDATED ON AUGUST 2024)

INTRODUCTION

The powers and duties of the Board members (the Board) of the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) are set out in the Statutes, internal regulations and policies and are in accordance with the current EU legislation for non-profit associations.

This Handbook has been prepared to help the Board Members to carry out their duties and responsibilities also with respect to their legal obligations and fiduciary duties.

The Handbook is intended to be reviewed annually or as required.

The Handbook is composed of documents publicly available on the ICAR web site, and documents available on the restricted site for the ICAR Board
 

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1. Statutes

2. Board

   1. Board chart

   2. Governance

   3. Board selection procedure (to be reviewed by Governance Committee)

   4. Call for Board selection

   5. Conflict of Interest – list of documents signed by Board members and Inspectors (D)

      1. Daniel Lefebvre
      2. Joao Dürr
      3. Enrico Santus
      4. Jason Archer
      5. Antonio Martins
      6. Nora Hammer
      7. Tone Roalkvam
      8. Laurent Griffon
      9. Sean Coughlan
      10. Jas Stanislav
      11. Ida Storm
      12. Hans Janssen
      13. Cyril Cabrol

3. Terms of Reference of Governance Committee

4. Terms of Reference of Finance Committee

5. Protection of personal data and commitment to privacy

6. Use of ICAR logo

7. Investment Policy (in preparation)

8. Reserve Policy (in preparation)

9. Powers of the Chief Executive (to be updated by Governance Committee’)

10. ICAR Secretariat organization chart

11. List of agreements

    1. SLU – Dairy genetic evaluation at Interbull Centre (Dec. 2020)

    2. ISO – Registration Authority for RFID devices (March 2024)

    3. Interbull Center – Beef genetic evaluation (Dec. 2020)

    4. International Dairy Federation (IDF) (October 2023)

    5. National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) – AI stud codes (to be updated)

    6. AgGateway

    7. Regional representative agreement

    8. Umbrella contract with all the Manufacturers

    9. Umbrella contract with the laboratories
       - Actalia (France)
       - CRV (Netherland)
       - DLG e.V. (Germany)
       - ETIM (France)
       - IMA-Wageningen (Netherlands)
       - Institut de l’Elevage (France)
       - Lactanet (Canada)
       - Melk-Fee (Germany)
       - RYK (Denmark)
       - Wageningen UR Livestock Research (Netherlands)