On April 24th, the 2024 General Meeting of the Portuguese Diaspora Council was held in the Sala do Futuro of the Cascais Town Hall.

The General Meeting, led by the Chairman of the General Meeting, José Manuel Durão Barroso, began its work with the presentation by the President of the Board, António Calçada de Sá, of the balance of the Portuguese Diaspora Council’s activities in 2023. With the assent of the Sole Auditor  and the support of the World Portuguese Network, in person and remotely, the 2023 accounts report, the activities plan and the budget for 2024 were unanimously approved, as well as the addition of a new paragraph 3 of Article 6 of the Statutes and the amendment of the wording of a new paragraph 4 of the same Article 6 of the Statutes. In addition, a new form of membership fee was approved for the first year of membership of the Portuguese Diaspora Council and the definition of a symbolic fee for Young Councillors.

The meeting was marked by the re-election, for a new three-year term, of the Chairman of the General Meeting, José Manuel Durão Barroso, the Vice-Chairman of the General Meeting, Joana Rocha Scaff, and the Sole Auditor, Ana Pinheiro. With the support of the Chairman of the General Meeting, and of His Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic and Honorary President of the Diaspora Council, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, António Calçada de Sá was also re-elected as President of the Board, who appointed the members for this new term.

The meeting was followed by a cocktail in the Salão Nobre of the Cascais Town Hall, which was attended by the Mayor of Cascais, Carlos Carreiras, and representatives of the Portuguese Diaspora Council’s most recent sponsor, the Lakhani Foundation.

See the full gallery of the 2024 General Assembly here.