Photo Gallery & comments ;

Rome 1976
In the middle, Frans Vandershelde, President of the SCECBU from 1981 to 2000, on his right Wolgang Clotten, one of the three Commitee founders. On his left, Belgian delegates.

The SCECBU through the years. One clisk on the photo for a better view

Brussels 1977 Jacqueline André, Emile Hujoul (president of the Belgian trade union delegation), Frans Vanderschelde (Belgium) and Maurice Gousseau (France), one of the founders of the SCECBU. For the first time printing works problems came into discussion.

Brussels 1997 TMF's members

Lisbon 2003 The Hungarian delegates, Szuszanna Horvath, Szuszanna Meszaros and Josef Nagy

Brussels 1977 Second on the right: Peter Blesing (Netherlands), elected as Vice-President at the Congress of Ragny with Frans Vanderschelde as President.

Brussels 1997 The TMF in functions, with Lucien Blyaert, from LCB Trade Union of the Banque Nationale de Belgique, as chairman

Lisbon 2003 The Polish delegation' announcement for the following Executive Commission in Ruciane Nida, Poland ; Anna Poplaska, Ewa Kuriek and Krzysztof Kopycki

Brussels 1977 Closing dinner.

Arras 1996 Chris Harding from GPMU (England) and Bob Spinhoven from VvW (Netherlands)

Lisbon 2003 Esko Sydänmäki and Frans Vanderschelde

Athens 1980 Executive Commission. Short after the great conflict inside the Bank of Greece Printing Works where Maurice Gousseau had an important role as mediator and very short before the entry of Greece in the European Community. By the time, agency closing was feared by the Greek delegates.

Ferreira do Zêzere 1998 Training conference in Portugal. José Maria Jacinto Da Cruz as chairman of the meeting

Lisbon 2003 TMF 2002 members: Jean-Marc Wack, Michel Ruykens and Philippe Roquencourt

Athens 1980 Closing dinner.

Luxemburg 1999 The participants of the Executive Commission in Luxemburg, where the SCECBU finalised the ESCB Social Dialogue agreement

Lisbon 2003 George Syrichas, from ETYK (Central Bank of Cyprus)

Athens 1980 Frans Vanderschelde and Jeanine Dauchot (Belgium), elected few years after as SCECBUs secretary, in replacement of Jacqueline André.

Belgrade 2001 Alain Descamps with Dusan Cakic, President of the Serbian trade union and Vesna Kovacs during the first meeting with Eastern trade unions from National Central Banks

Lisbon 2003 Karl Heinz Schmidt, President of the VdB - Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt 1981 Maurice Gousseau end of mandate statement. Elected as President of honour.

Belgrade 2001 Executive Bureau members' attendance to the meeting

Lisbon 2003 Petr Dolezal, Employees Trade Union's delegate, Central Bank of the Czech Republic

Frankfurt 1981 Maurice Gousseau receives from Emile Hujoel a « Mannenken pis », on behalf of the Belgian.

Protaras 2002 Opening speech by the Minister of Finance of Cyprus. On his left, Lozios Haidjicostis, Alain Descamps and Georges Kaskarelis

Lisbon 2003 Peter Steiert, delegate from VdB - Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt 1981 Frans Vanderschelde first speech as President at the closing dinner.

Protaras 2002 Pre-meeting in the offices of ETYK union between the Minister of Finance, Lozios Haidjicostis, Thierry Desanois, Prodromos Charalambous, Alain Descamps, Georges Kaskarelis and the Governor the Central Bank of Cyprus

Lisbon 2003 Rolf Michelsen, President of the SA-DNB, from Denmark

De Panne 1985 Congress. Inger Jensen (Denmark) was elected as Vice-president, succeeding Jacqueline André.

Protaras 2002 Opening session of the Executive Commission. At first plan, we can see Nikola Mardjonovic, from the Trade Union of the Central Bank of Montenegro, Tomas Sisón, from SAT, Banco de España and Massimiliano Bolis, from FALBI, Banca d'Italia

Lisbon 2003 Heinz Kucera and Robert Kocmich from GPA-Autria, Hans Hoek from FNV -Netherlands and Petr Dolezal from employees trade union- the Cezch Republic

De Panne 1985 From left to right: Jeanine Dauchot (Elected Secretary), Frans Vanderschelde, René Janssens (President-general of Belgian trade union delegation), Jaqueline André, at the end of her mandate as Vice-President, Sergio Luciano (Italy- vice-president).

Frankfurt 2001 Demonstration for the defence of the principle of subsidiarity in national central bank activities. More than 300 participants from all over European Central Banks

Lisbon 2003 The chair table: from left side, Esko Sydänmäki, John Pyne, Alain Descamps, Philippe Roquencourt, Michel Ruykens and Jean-Marc Wack

De Panne 1985 Frans Vanderschelde

Frankfurt 2001: Action day

Lisbon 2003 Closing dinner : Marc Van de Velde from the ECB's Staff Committee and Miling Chin Wu from BBTK/SETCa -Belgium

De Panne 1985 Maurice Gousseau waiting for the bus to Brugges.

Frankfurt 2001: Action day

Ruciane Nida 2004 Gerald Grisse, ECB's DG promoting the Common Corporate Culture within the NCBs during the Executive Commission in Poland

Paris 1990 Congress of Marne la Vallée. Closing dinner on a rhine barge: Maurice Gousseau and Lucien Blyaert, Elected Secretary (Belgium)

Frankfurt 2001: Action day

Ruciane Nida 2004 The Executive Commission's participants

Paris 1990 Closing dinner on a rhine barge: Jacqueline André, Peter Blessing (Vice President) Between them, Bob Spinhoven, Vice-President (Netherlands)

Frankfurt 2001: Action day

Ruciane Nida 2004 Arrival of the Governor Balzerovic, from the National Bank of Poland, the last day of the Executive Commission, for his closing speech

Paris 1990 Closing dinner on a rhine barge: Jacqueline André

Frankfurt 2001: Action day

Ruciane Nida 2004 Thierry Desanois' presentation of the activity report of SCECBU

Paris 1990 Closing dinner on a rhine barge: speech at Governor's presence (Jacques de La Rosière).

Lisbon 2003 Banco de Portugal's meeting room of the Executive Commission

Protaras 2006 End of the first day of the Executive Commission: Jean-Marc Wack (TMF wg), Thierry Desanois (Secretary to the SCECBU) and Jean-Louis Corvaisier (CGT-Banque de France)

Arras 1996 Jean-Michel Flock l'Hay and Maurice Gousseau

Lisbon 2003 Maria Gabriela de Maria, from CIDA, trade union of Banca d'Italia

Protaras 2006 Jean-Marc Wack, Michel Ruykens and Karina Callens (BBTK/SETCa), Thierry Desanois and Jean-Louis Corvaisier

Arras 1996 Executive Commission in France : Alfons Verplast, Governor of the Banque Nationale de Belgique, Jean-Claude Trichet, Governor of the Banque de France, with Frans Vanderschelde and Georges Kaskarellis for the closing speeches of the meeting.

Lisbon 2003 The CNE trade union (Belgium) delegates : Philippe Wery, Sabrina Cornet and Alain Jacques

Protaras 2006 Alfred Cipera (Elected Member of SCECBU), Thierry Desanois (Secretary to the SCECBU), Lozios Haidjicostis (President of ETYK), Massimiliano Bolis (Vice-President of SCECBU), Kirsti Tanila (Vice-President of SCECBU) and Prodromos Charalambous (Vice-President of ETYK and Elected Member o

Arras 1996 Alain Beele, the Secretary of SCECBU, with the FALBI delegation, Antonella Orlando and Sergio Marzinotto

Lisbon 2003 The French delegation in Portugal ; Jean-Philippe Valentin, Brigitte André, Denis Blondé, François Derancourt and Jean-Louis Barrier

Protaras 2006 Welcome speech by the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus

Brussels 1997 Guy Quaden, before he was nominated Governor of the Central Bank of Belgium, in his welcome speech to the Technical and Manual Functions working group (TMF) of SCECBU.