The IHBC’s Council – its Board – has agreed to hold the Institute’s 2020 AGM on 3 December as an online, ‘virtual’ event, with voting planned on the new Corporate Plan (‘CP25’) and on modernising governance though the proposed new ‘Articles’, all with more details to come, including arrangements for the postponed Council+ programme.
helping people, helping conservation, and helping conservation specialists…
The IHBC writes in ‘CP25’:
… CP25 continues CP20’s focus on the three primary activities that both frame our membership support and deliver on our charitable objects: helping people, helping conservation, and helping conservation specialists…
Our vision recognises that the future of historic fabric and places is best served by recognised and skilled conservation specialists, the conservation professional[s]… achieve their best outcomes when supported by an informed, independent and ethical professional body dedicated to supporting and advocating skills and careers as well as their practice principles, standards and objectives…
The IHBC recognises the urgent global and local threats of climate change, and the need to respond in a timely fashion. Consequently the institute promotes the care of the built and historic environment as an inherently sustainable strategy, including for carbon management. The recent IHBC ‘Position Statement’ on ‘Sustainability and Conservation of the Historic Built Environment’ makes that position explicit….
… Further data to help inform the understanding and delivery of CP25 will be posted in the IHBC’s NewsBlogs as it becomes available including:
- Following the adoption of CP25 by the IHBC’s membership, a delivery plan will align Board, National Office, Committee, Branch and voluntary operations against its objects and actions. Again this follows practice already successfully tested in CP20 while building further on our ‘IHBC+’ programme…
…conservation professional[s]… achieve their best outcomes when supported by an informed, independent and ethical professional body…
… Responses to the plan and queries may be emailed direct to the dedicated consultation email address at ihbccp25@ihbc.org.uk and copied, as suits, to Lydia Porter at admin@ihbc.org.uk.
… For informal discussions contact your Branch Representative on the Board or equivalent – see details – or contact in the first instance IHBC Director Sea?n O’Reilly at director@ihbc.org.uk.
See CP25 in full
See more background on our corporate planning on our Corporate Papers web pages, and the ‘Business Papers’ tab there
See more background to CP25 on the NewsBlogs
See more background and links to 2020 AGM planning
