Press release - FCI Extraordinary General Assembly in Brussels - 14-15 August, 2018

  Press release August 15th, 2018 During the FCI Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting held in Brussels on 14-15 August, 2018, FCI full members approved the revised FCI Statutes and Standing orders. The amendments to the FCI Statutes and Standing Orders focused on four main orientations: Dog Welfare : including a reflection about the object, the aim and the activities of the FCI. Structural change : including, for instance, the reshuffling of the FCI sections, as well as the creation of a disciplinary and arbitration commission, and a financial commission. Modernisation : especially the current meeting rules of the General Committee and Executive Committee in order to implement new communication technologies. Enhanced Transparency : by revisiting the membership and partnership criteria, as well as their respective rights and duties. The repartition of powers between the General Assembly and the General Committee was also clarified, and a dispute resolution procedure was created. The FCI General Committee is very enthusiastic about these decisions and hope that the new FCI Statutes and Standing orders will allow our Federation to face the upcoming challenges of the canine scene with renewed confidence and a strong cohesion. We would like to thank all FCI members and the GA delegates for these two days of fruitful discussions and for their team spirit.   On behalf of the FCI General Committee, Rafael de Santiago President of the FCI

FCI launches new format for its newsletter

Dear readers, In 2011, on the year if its centenary, the FCI decided to launch its newsletter, dogdotcom . We have published 6 of them per year for 7 years. The audience has been increasing since the very first edition: the last one (December 2017) was sent to 45,000 subscribers. Today, we are celebrating the brand new format of dogdotcom . We hope you will appreciate our evolution towards a more interactive environment, better connected to hot topics and to other FCI media: the Facebook page and the FCI official website . Dear friends, dogdotcom is about our federation about the member-national canine organisations for you for the global community of dog lovers for the large FCI family and followers our communication platform, the reflexion of everything that we do with and for our beloved dogs! Welcome to the new dogdotcom ! I wish the new format of the FCI newsletter a successful journey!   Rafael de Santiago FCI President

FCI: We belong!

What does it mean to be part of the FCI community? I am part of a dog-loving fellowship counting 94 national canine organisations I can take part, yearly, in more than 1,200 international dog shows I can take part, yearly, in more than 2,000 sporting events (working trials, sighthounds races, Obedience and Agility competitions, field trials, dog dancing contest and many more) I can access FCI information resources about dog-related issues of interest to me, such as health, breeding, breed standards, genealogies,… I have my own and unique kennel name registered with an international organisation I have my dog’s pedigree recognised in 94 countries My dogs have a chance to be judged by one of the 9,278 judges listed by FCI members Have a look at the following amazing FCI facts and figures*: 2,057,228 puppies registered with the studbook and appendix 1,667,336 individual members 11,104 members clubs 1,024 CACIB shows *Based on 2017 figures   For further information, call the FCI member in your country of legal residence http://www.fci.be/en/members/ and Join us!