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UIB Meeting in Budapest, Hungary,
September 3, 2007

The UIB met on invitation of the Hungarian baker association from September 2 to 4 in Budapest. In his inaugural address UIB president Bert Kolkman thanked pres­iI­dent Boldizsár Ilonka for the excellent preparation, the friendly welcome and the wonderful fringe events. Budapest

22 countries participated in the board meeting; in the run-up the meeting of the UIB presidium and the general assembly of the CEBP took place.

Besides the usual items, as financial situation, subscriptions, current works, information, organization, economy and social policy, more attention was paid to the following sectors:

  • findings out of the World Bread Forum in spring in Moscow. Yuri Katsnelson was satisfied of the internal success of this event in his country. The interesting talks will be made available to the UIB members next weeks.
  • The board unanimously decided a closer cooperation with the fedima.
  • Patronage of the UIB about competitions. The secretariat-general will prepare reg­ulations.
  • Organization, adjustment of the activities, election of a new secretary-general from October 2008, due to the resignation of secretary-general Renaldo Nanzer, adjustment and modification of the by-laws on January 1, 2009

The alarming situation on the world grain market gave cause to intensive discussions: crop failures, drought, storm damages, misuse of grain to heat, etc. will raise the prices of grain and flour on a massive scale. The result of a spontaneous survey about changes or rise in raw material and production costs respectively was made avail­able to all members. The doubling of the flour prices and enormous cost increases for energy and dairy products are noticeable in some countries. The bread prices will be adjusted by 5 to 10 %.

The board confirmed the suggestion of the presidium to analyze in specific com­mit­tees the development of the grain market, availability and quality of raw materials and the prices. Bread and health in connection with bread additives, salt content, fol acid etc. will be dealt in a separate sector. It is about to get information about the recipes from the subcontractors to supply the customer a clear declaration. The anal­ysis of the bread consumption and the tendency complete the work.

Due to the leaving of Carla Zwierstra the Dutch association would like to delegate the responsibility for the exchange program to the secretariat-general. The commission Formation will concentrate his work to spread the International Professional Cer­tificate, UIB's very interesting creation.

The commission Marketing and Publicity presented especially its preparations for the World Bread Day of October 16. President Kaspar Sutter called on all countries to participate and to give the bread special emphasis this day.

Christian Vabret, president of the commission Economy and Social Policy, pre­sented its draft for an extensive survey. It should be finished by the end of the year and presented on the board meeting in spring 2008 in Paris.

The short talk of secretary-general Renaldo Nanzer about the GEO problem met with great interest. It is available on www.bakeruib.org .

The board took with pleasure note of the nomination of its treasurer Henri Wagener, Luxembourg, as CEBP president, congratulated him and thanked his predecessor Jacques van de Vall for his work.

President Antonio Arias Ordóñez, Mexico, informed about the interest of other South American countries (Guatemala, Puerto Rico, etc.) in becoming UIB mem­bers.

  • The next meetings are defined as follows:
  • spring 2008, Paris, France, during the Europain
  • fall 2008, congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • spring 2009, Switzerland
  • fall 2009, Düsseldorf, Germany, during the iba
  • spring 2010, provisional reservation for Austria

Boldizsár Ilonka, Bert Kolkman, Henri Wagener, Eberhard Groebel und Renaldo Nanzer were pleased about the official reception in the government palace by the pres­ident of parliament Katalin Szili.

The minister for agriculture gave a talk about the food industry in Hungary.

President Bert Kolkman closed the board meeting in Budapest satisfied having done a good job and thanked all participants of the Hungarian association.

Renaldo Nanzer, secretary-general