FIDE Congress 2024

FIDE is publishing 2023 FIDE Online General Assembly Agenda.

FIDE General Assembly

17 December 2023

14:00 CET 

 

AGENDA

 

1. FIDE President’s address

2. Obituaries

3. Rollcall 

 Section 1- Report of FIDE President

 

 Section 2 – Financial matters

 

2.1 Report of the FIDE Treasurer Annex 2.1

2.2 Verification Commission’s report Annex 2.2

2.3 Discharge of the Treasurer.

The General Assembly is requested to discharge the Treasurer from the responsibilities for the financial year 2022.

2.4 Budget 2024.

Presentation of the Budgetary framework for 2024-2025

The GA is invited to approve the FIDE budget for the year 2024 and provisional FIDE budget for the year 2025. Annex 2.4

2.5 Reappointment of External Auditor for annual audit of FIDE accounts for 2023

2.6 Update of the Financial Rules regarding the tournaments fees Annex 2.6

 

Section 3- Federation and Membership issues

3.1 Admission of new member federations of FIDE

3.1.1 The Tonga Chess Federation applied to become a member federation of FIDE Annex 3.1.1

3.1.2 The Vanuatu Chess Federation applied to become a member federation of FIDE Annex 3.1.2

3.1.3 Bulgarian Chess Federation Annex 3.1.3

3.1.3.1 The expulsion of the current member federation and admission of a new member federation.

3.1.3.1.1 The Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation applied to become a member federation of FIDE Annex 3.1.3.1.1

3.2 Admission of a new Affiliated Organization of FIDE

3.2.1 The New Caledonia Chess Federation applied to become an Affiliated Organisation of Annex 3.2.1

3.2.2 The ISCU applied to become an Affiliated Organisation of Annex 3.2.2

3.3 Federations issues

3.3.1 South African Chess Federation Annex 3.3.1 Annex 3.3.1a

3.4 Other matters

 

Section 4- Administrative matters

4.1 Constitutional Commission’s report Annex 4.1

4.2. The Federations’ proposals regarding Article 18.12 of the FIDE Charter. Annex 4.2

4.3 The Lesotho Chess Federation’s proposal regarding Article 17.6 of the FIDE Charter Annex 4.3

4.4 The FIDE Council’s proposal regarding Article 13.7 of the FIDE Charter. Annex 4.4

 

Section 5- FIDE Calendar

5.1 FIDE Chess Olympiad 2028

Following the bidding procedure which ended on November 7th   2023, the following valid bids have been received:

Abu Dhabi, UAE Annex 5.1.1

Genoa, Italy Annex 5.1.2 Annex 5.1.2.1

Bid Inspection Visits – reports Annex 5.1.3a  Annex 5.1.3b

5.2 FIDE Calendar 2023-2025

 

Section 6- Continental Associations

6.1 Report of Continental Association for Europe.

6.2 Report of Continental Association for Americas Annex 6.2

6.3 Report of Continental Association for Asia.

6.4 Report of Continental Association for Africa  Annex 6.4

 

Section 7- Miscellaneous

7.1 The Norway Chess Federation’s proposal Annex 7.1

7.2 FIDE 100 Years Anniversary

7.3 FIDE Awards Annex 7.3

7.4 FIDE Congress 2024

7.5 Other matters

  

Closure

2023 GA: List of Delegates having right to vote

FIDE is publishing a list of Delegates having right to vote at the 2023 FIDE Online General Assembly.

FIDE ZONAL COUNCIL MEETING

Online, December 16, 2023

2 pm CET – 6 pm CET

AGENDA

Introduction and welcomeArkady Dvorkovich, FIDE President5 min
Planning and Development

Zonal Activities 2023. Review.

Laurent Freyd, PDC Chair & Kermen Goryaeva, PDC Secretary

20 min

Way forward. Zone as an actor for chess development

Laurent Freyd, PDC Chair & Susan Namangale, PDC Councillor, Zonal President

20 min

Workshop: FIDE Development Levels

Carolina Munoz Solis, PDC Councillor

30 min

FIDE Social initiatives 2023 and onwards. Thinking out of the box at zonal level.

Andre Voegtlin, SOC Chair

15 min

Organizational/Regulatory Proposals

Awarding direct titles to zonal events

Susan Namangale, Zonal President Zone 4.5

5 min

Establishment of Zonal Executive Committees

Susan Namangale, Zonal President Zone 4.5

10 min

Miscellaneous

FIDE 100 Anniversary: events/activities for zones to join

Dana Reizniece-Ozola, FIDE Deputy Chair of  Management Board

15 min

Any other business

-

15 min

BREAK & opening zoom for federations10 min
Federation Capacity Building WorkshopOPEN TO ZONES AND FEDERATIONS

Introduction and welcome

Dana Reizniece-Ozola, FIDE Deputy Chair of Management Board, Laurent Freyd, PDC Chair

5 min

Project Planning & QA

Majlinda Pilinci, PDC Councillor, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, ECU General Secretary (TBC)

45 min

Project Budgeting & QA

Majlinda Pilinci, PDC Councillor, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, ECU General Secretary (TBC)

45 min

2023 FIDE CONGRESS: LIST OF MEMBER FEDERATIONS HAVING RIGHT TO VOTE

FIDE is publishing a list of Member Federations having right to vote at the 2023 FIDE Online General Assembly.

ABR.FEDERATION
1AFGAfghanistan
2ALBAlbania
3ALGAlgeria
4ANDAndorra
5ANGAngola
6ANTAntigua and Barbuda
7ARGArgentina
8ARMArmenia
9ARUAruba
10AUSAustralia
11AUTAustria
12AZEAzerbaijan
13BAHBahamas
14BRNBahrain
15BANBangladesh
16BARBarbados
17BLRBelarus
18BELBelgium
19BIZBelize
20BERBermuda
21BHUBhutan
22BOLBolivia
23BIHBosnia & Herzegovina
24BOTBotswana
25BRABrazil
26IVBBritish Virgin Islands
27BRUBrunei Darussalam
28BULBulgaria *
29BURBurkina Faso
30BDIBurundi
31CAMCambodia
32CMRCameroon
33CANCanada
34CPVCape Verde
35CAYCayman Islands
36CAFCentral African Republic
37CHAChad
38CHIChile
39CHNChina
40TPEChinese Taipei
41COLColombia
42COMComoros Islands
43CRCCosta Rica
44CIVCote d’Ivoire
45CROCroatia
46CUBCuba
47CYPCyprus
48CZECzech Republic
49CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo
50DENDenmark
51DJIDjibouti
52DMADominica
53DOMDominican Republic
54ECUEcuador
55EGYEgypt
56ESAEl Salvador
57ENGEngland
58GEQEquatorial Guinea
59ERIEritrea
60ESTEstonia
61SWZEswatini
62ETHEthiopia
63FAIFaroe Islands
64FIJFiji
65FINFinland
66FRAFrance
67GABGabon
68GAMGambia
69GEOGeorgia
70GERGermany
71GHAGhana
72GREGreece
73GRNGrenada
74GUMGuam
75GUAGuatemala
76GCIGuernsey
77GUYGuyana
78HAIHaiti
79HONHonduras
80HKGHong Kong, China
81HUNHungary
82ISLIceland
83INDIndia
84INAIndonesia
85IRIIran
86IRQIraq
87IRLIreland
88ISRIsrael
89ITAItaly
90JAMJamaica
91JPNJapan
92JCIJersey
93JORJordan
94KAZKazakhstan
95KENKenya
96KOSKosovo **
97KUWKuwait
98KGZKyrgyzstan
99LAOLaos
100LATLatvia
101LBNLebanon
102LESLesotho
103LBRLiberia
104LBALibya
105LIELiechtenstein
106LTULithuania
107LUXLuxembourg
108MACMacau
109MADMadagascar
110MAWMalawi
111MASMalaysia
112MDVMaldives
113MLIMali
114MLTMalta
115MTNMauritania
116MRIMauritius
117MEXMexico
118MDAMoldova
119MNCMonaco
120MGLMongolia
121MNEMontenegro
122MARMorocco ***
123MOZMozambique
124MYAMyanmar
125NAMNamibia
126NRUNauru
127NEPNepal
128NEDNetherlands
129AHONetherlands Antilles
130NZLNew Zealand
131NCANicaragua
132NIGNiger
133NGRNigeria
134MKDNorth Macedonia
135NORNorway
136OMAOman
137PAKPakistan
138PLWPalau
139PLEPalestine
140PANPanama
141PNGPapua New Guinea
142PARParaguay
143PERPeru
144PHIPhilippines
145POLPoland
146PORPortugal
147PURPuerto Rico
148QATQatar
149ROURomania
150RUSRussia
151RWARwanda
152SKNSaint Kitts and Nevis
153LCASaint Lucia
154VINSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
155SMRSan Marino
156STPSao Tome and Principe
157KSASaudi Arabia
158SCOScotland
159SENSenegal
160SRBSerbia
161SEYSeychelles
162SLESierra Leone
163SGPSingapore
164SVKSlovakia
165SLOSlovenia
166SOLSolomon Islands
167SOMSomalia
168RSASouth Africa ****
169KORSouth Korea
170SSDSouth Sudan
171ESPSpain
172SRISri Lanka
173SUDSudan
174SURSuriname
175SWESweden
176SUISwitzerland
177SYRSyria
178TJKTajikistan
179TANTanzania
180THAThailand
181TLSTimor-Leste
182TOGTogo
183TTOTrinidad & Tobago
184TUNTunisia
185TURTurkiye
186TKMTurkmenistan
187UGAUganda
188UKRUkraine
189UAEUnited Arab Emirates
190USAUnited States of America
191URUUruguay
192ISVUS Virgin Islands
193UZBUzbekistan
194VENVenezuela
195VIEVietnam
196WLSWales
197YEMYemen
198ZAMZambia
199ZIMZambia

* There are no recognised management who has the right to represent the federation

** “All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo”

*** A special envoy has been appointed by FIDE

**** Reverse delegate is appointed by the FIDE Council decision, there is no person who may vote on behalf of federation

2023 FIDE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TIMELINE

Date    
September 17, 2023 Deadline for sending Invitations for the General Assembly to the participants.    

October 17,
2023

Deadline for the Member Federations and Affiliated Organisations  for sending the proposals to the FIDE Office about items to be included in the agenda of the General Assembly.  
November 17, 2023 Deadline for sending the complete agenda and the relevant documents to the General Assembly participants.    
December 2, 2023 Publishing a list of Member Federations having right to vote and a separate list of suspended Member Federations, if any, on the FIDE website.  
December 7, 2023

Deadline for any complaint regarding the right to vote and its exercise.

*At the opening of the General Assembly, the Chairman of the Constitutional Commission reports on the complete list of those entitled to vote and answers any questions and comments.

 
December 10, 2023 Deadline for communication about replacement the FIDE Delegate of a Member Federation by the President of that Federation, or the President by the FIDE Delegate.    
December 12, 2023 Deadline for publication of the final list of those who are entitled to vote on the FIDE website, following the verification by the Constitutional Commission, by 6.00 PM CET.    
December 17, 2023 GENERAL ASSEMBLY  
December 31, 2023 Deadline for the publication of the General Assembly decisions on the FIDE website.    

February 11,
2024

Deadline for the publication of the General Assembly minutes on the FIDE website.    
     

INVITATION: FIDE CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2023

Dear Member Federations, FIDE officials and Members of FIDE Commissions,

Please find below the official invitation to the annual Congress and General Assembly 2023 from FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich.

The events will take place online during the period from 11 to 17 December, 2023. 

Schedule of the event:

  • FIDE Commissions meetings: December 11-13, 2023
  • FIDE Council meeting: December 14, 2023 
  • FIDE Zonal Council meeting: December 16, 2023 
  • FIDE General Assembly: December 17, 2023

The exact time of the meetings, agenda, hosting platform, and invitation link will be provided in future communication. 

If a National Federation or an Affiliated Organization would like to propose an item to be included in the online General Assembly agenda, it shall provide the FIDE Office with all the necessary documents, using the email office@fide.com. According to the FIDE Charter, these proposals should reach the FIDE offices at least two months before the opening date of the General Assembly, by October 17, 2023.

INVITATION FIDE CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2023 (PDF)