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IT’S A TEAM EFFORT

MADRID / 02.10.2020
Meetings like this happen often, and sometimes several times a day. They provide a great opportunity to get updates on the various activities of the Organisation and staff.

Madrid – Covid-19 has nothing on the staff of the Executive Secretariat of the International Olive Council.Here’s a screenshot of a recent videoconference organised by Executive Director Abdellatif Ghedira and the two Deputy Executive Directors, Jaime Lillo and Mustafa Sepetçi. Together, we welcomed new arrivals to the team and said farewell to retiring colleagues, thanking them for their years of service. We were also thrilled to congratulate one colleague on her recent wedding, which she was thankfully able to celebrate with close family and friends.

Meetings like this happen often, and sometimes several times a day. They provide a great opportunity to get updates on the various activities of the Organisation and staff. ‘They’re just so useful,’ said Mr Ghedira, and not only for work purposes, but also for boosting morale and motivating each other at a time when Spain continues to live in uncertainty, so we don’t lose hope for a better tomorrow, without the pandemic.

And this takes place just weeks before the 112th session of the Council of Members. This session will also be held by videoconference, given the success of the 111th session, which was praised by the heads of our member state’s delegations.

‘Unlike in June, all operational units and departments will be able to present their reports at the next session,’ said Mr Ghedira. The Council of Members will be called upon to discuss the important issues facing the olive sector today and make key decisions for the intergovernmental body. We hope, both for ourselves and for all other institutions, to be able to return to headquarters soon. Full speed ahead, then. The team that wins does not change!

Meetings like this happen often, and sometimes several times a day. They provide a great opportunity to get updates on the various activities of the Organisation and staff.

 

Un excellent travail d’équipe

Madrid – Le Covid-19 n’aura pas réussi à miner le moral des fonctionnaires du Secrétariat exécutif du Conseil oléicole international, comme le montre cette photo d’une récente rencontre organisée en vidéoconférence par le Directeur exécutif Abdellatif Ghedira et les deux Directeurs exécutifs adjoints, Jaime Lillo et Mustafa Sepetçi, pour souhaiter la bienvenue aux nouveaux fonctionnaires et tous leurs vœux de bonheur à ceux qui sont partis à la retraite cette année, mais également pour féliciter une fonctionnaire qui, malgré tous les obstacles de l’état d’urgence, a réussi à se marier pendant cette période.

Les réunions de ce type sont très fréquentes. Certains fonctionnaires se retrouvent même plus d’une fois par jour sur les écrans. Ces réunions de travail servent à faire le point sur la situation de nombreuses activités opérationnelles, mais pas uniquement : « elles sont aussi très utiles – selon le Directeur exécutif – pour soutenir le moral des uns et des autres et motiver l’attachement au travail des fonctionnaires dans un pays qui continue à vivre en état d’urgence, sans perdre l’espoir d’un avenir meilleur ».

Cette dernière rencontre a eu lieu quelques semaines avant la tenue de la prochaine session du Conseil des Membres qui se déroulera également en visioconférence, après le succès de la 111e session dont l’excellente organisation a fait l’objet des félicitations de tous les chefs de délégation des États membres.

« Lors de la prochaine session, contrairement à celle de juin – a indiqué le Directeur exécutif – les rapports annuels des Unités et Départements opérationnels seront présentés et discutés. Le Conseil des Membres sera appelé à donner son avis sur des sujets importants et à prendre des décisions très utiles pour la vie de cet important organisme intergouvernemental que tous espèrent retrouver bientôt dans son siège institutionnel traditionnel ». Bonne rentrée à tous ! On ne change pas une équipe qui gagne !

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