Organization and Finance

This was adopted by the Assembly of Representatives

On November 30, 2024, an ordinary meeting of the BCC Federation's Board of Representatives was held. Here you get an overview of the decisions.

4. December, 2024
By: Anne Lea K. Nielsen / Photo: Kristijan Sokac

Facts

  • Location: Oslofjord Convention Center
  • Chair of the meeting: Berit Hustad Nilsen
  • Referent: Anne Lea Krarup Nielsen
  • Number of representatives in the meeting: 149
  • Number of observers: 150
  • All matters presented were adopted by majority vote

The BCC Federation

The 2025 budget and business plan

Overall for the BCC Federation (central organization) and joint initiatives:

Total funds procured for the objectives are NOK 637 237 000

This year’s activity surplus is NOK 69 552 000

Organizational changes

An overall coordination of event management is established. This means that there are common individuals on the boards of BCC Event, BCC Media and BCC Music, as well as overlap in board composition with BCC Connect. These are organizations that plan, produce and distribute content for conferences and camps.

Another organizational change that was implemented is a change in the secretariat, which is also the BCC Federation’s (central association’s) board. Trond Eivind Johnsen from Norway stepped down and Thijs Flietstra from the Netherlands stepped in.

Admission of churches in the BCC Federation

The following churches were granted permanent membership in the BCC Federation:

BCC Valdres, BCC Østfold, BCC Hønefoss, BCC Horten, BCC Harstad, BCC Tønsberg, BCC Stord, BCC Stavanger, BCC Sandefjord, BCC Oslo and Follo, BCC Måløy, BCC Molde, BCC Hamar, BCC Hallingdal, BCC Drammen Sande, BCC Grenland, BCC Eiker, BCC Nederland, BCC Twente, BCC Groningen, BCC Gelderland, BCC West-Nederland.

It is expected that more churches will apply for permanent membership of the BCC Federation during 2025.

Additional grants for joint initiatives in 2024

Due to unforeseen costs and some changes in the operations of the joint initiatives, the Assembly of Representatives allocated extra grants to three of the joint initiatives: NOK 1 million to BCC Music, NOK 0.9 million to BCC Media and NOK 11 million to strengthen the equity in BCC Facilities.

Evaluation reports from the committees

Four of the committees submitted evaluation reports on how the BCC Federation’s work currently functions within the area that the relevant committees are tasked with working on. The reports were submitted by the Children’s Committee, the Youth Committee, the 60+ Committee and the IT Committee, and were presented to the Assembly of Representatives for information.

Kåre J. Smith gave a greeting at the start of the meeting. Photo: BCC
There are 90 representatives from Norway and 93 from other countries. Photo: BCC
Leaders of each joint initiative presented their business plan and budget for 2025. Photo: BCC
There are 58 women and 125 men on the Assembly of Representatives. Photo: BCC
Business plans and budget for 2025 were presented to the Assembly of Representatives. Photo: BCC
Representatives vote digitally. Photo: BCC

The BCC Federation’s joint initiatives may:

All the joint initiatives presented their business plans and budgets to the Assembly of Representatives. The plans are adopted by their own boards. There was a representative meeting for these organizations:

  • BCC A-team
  • BCC Connect
  • BCC Fund
  • BCC Facilities
  • BCC Event
  • BCC Media
  • BCC Music
  • BMS International

Election to boards and committees

The nomination committee has worked to find candidates for boards and committees. Board elections were held in seven joint initiatives, based on recommendations from the nomination committee.

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