SIETAR Europa Executive Committee Elections 2025

Call for Nominations

Step Forward:
Shape the Future of SIETAR Europa

In times of rapid change and growing uncertainty, leadership matters more than ever.

Like many volunteer-led organisations, SIETAR is navigating deep and complex challenges. These didn’t arrive overnight. They’ve grown over time—accelerated by global shifts such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of artificial intelligence, and an increasingly polarized political climate. In our own field of intercultural communication and management, the ground beneath our feet is shifting fast.

The models that once worked—the events that energized us, the methods that connected us—no longer resonate in the same way. Across the globe, SIETAR is searching for its place in this new world. And here in Europe, we’ve felt the impact directly, with the loss of several national SIETAR organisations (SIETAR Austria, SIETAR Italia and SIETAR Espana) and others struggling to survive.

But within every challenge lies a powerful opportunity. This is a turning point. And we are calling on you—the professionals, the thinkers, the doers, the bridge-builders—to be part of it.

Following the resignation of three members of the Executive Team, SIETAR Europa is now looking for candidates to join our Executive Board in place of the current interim members. We need people who bring not only experience and knowledge, but also courage, clarity, and vision. People who believe in the enduring importance of intercultural understanding, and who are ready to lead with both heart and strategy.

Leading a volunteer-run organisation like SIETAR Europa can be difficult at times, it always has been, and it most probably always will be. Volunteer organisations need to be led with lots of conversations, compromises, tolerance of ambiguity, and excellent communication skills – core intercultural competences. But in SIETAR, that’s the name of the game.

We need to try and move from a VUCA world defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity… to one where we champion vision, understanding, clarity and agility. Your leadership can help guide that transition.

Serving on the Executive Board is a unique opportunity to help redefine SIETAR’s place in Europe and beyond. To co-create innovative pathways forward. To ensure this organisation not only survives, but thrives—remaining a vibrant, vital force in the intercultural space for decades to come.

If you’ve ever thought about giving back to the field, if you’ve ever wanted to help shape the future of intercultural practice—now is the time.

Take a look at the open positions on this page. Reflect on what you can bring. And most importantly—step forward.

We need your leadership. SIETAR needs your voice. The future is waiting.

Executive Team Election Guidelines

Nomination Process

All members of SIETAR Europa shall be able to nominate candidates for the open positions (Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer). Nominations are open now and until May 2nd 18h00 CET.

Any person nominated needs to fulfil the following criteria:

• Be a current member of a national SIETAR that is a member of SIETAR-Europa or be a direct member of SIETAR Europa.
• Hold that membership for longer than 12 months before the election and be in good standing within their organisation of membership.

The nominations shall be collected via this online form.

• Individuals shall be able to nominate themselves.
• A person can nominate more than one candidate.
• A person who has received more than two nominations is considered to be nominated.

The list of nominations will not be published publicly until the nominated persons have been contacted, their eligibility has been assured, and they have agreed to be announced as a candidate.

Candidates’ Promotion

Once the candidates are confirmed, there will be a campaign period from May 12th until June 14th that will allow all SEU members to learn about the candidates, sharing their experience, knowledge, future plans, and motivation in SIETAR Europa channels. The guidelines for promotion are the following:

• Each candidate shall have the same exposure to any SIETAR Europa channel used.
• Advertising from official channels will be fair and will not benefit any person over the rest of candidates.
• No party will promote negative aspects of any candidate for the benefit of a different candidate.
• No monetary benefit or discount should be offered for voting for a specific candidate.

Voting & Binding Nomination

After the campaigning period is closed, the voting period of 7 days shall start on June 15th with online elections ending on June 22nd, and it shall conclude at the General Assembly which will be held in the week of June 23rd.

During the General Assembly, the last votes will be gathered. The SIETAR-Europa IT Team runs and maintains the GDPR conform election platform.

The election vote shall close during the GA, where the final votes can be cast. At the GA, the persons with the most votes for each position shall be announced.

The GA shall then officially vote to make a “Binding Nomination” and task the Board of Directors with appointing the Executive Committee.

The SIETAR Europa Board of Directors shall appoint the elected candidates to their Executive Team positions under the supervision of the Election Commission.

The terms of office for all Executive Team positions are beginning with the appointment of the Board of Directors and end once the following Executive Team has been appointed. The term lasts therefore, approximately, two years.

For any questions, please contact us via elections@sietareu.org.