The document summarizes ISGF events that took place in Europe between 2015-2017, including regional gatherings in Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Poland, UK, and Greece. It also discusses the 9th and 10th Europe Region Conferences held in France and Germany, as well as a workshop in Slovakia on attracting new members through new media. Membership numbers for each European sub-region are provided at the end.

1. Europe region 2015-2017

2. Nordic Baltic Gathering 2015
at Bygholm, Horsens, Denmark
IFOFSAG now ISGF had been founded
24–25.10.1953 in Genève, this venue was
used by the first General assembly in 1955.

3. Central Europe Gathering 2015 in Lübeck

4. Europe region Sub-regional events 2018
• Nordic-Baltic Sub-Region
Gathering in Gothenburg, Sweden, 24-28 August
• Central Europe Sub-Region
Conference in Poznan, Poland, 5-9 September.
• Western-Europe Sub-Region
Gathering in Eastbourne UK, 8-12 October
• Southern Europe Sub-Region/MED
Gathering in Athens, Greece 19-27 October
You are welcome!

5. 9th Europe Region Conference France
Tours,, 12-14th September 2016

6. 9th Europe Region Conference – has started
with 21 countries present
10th Europe Region conference will be in 2018 in Germany,
Bremen – planning has started

7. 7th European Workshop
in Slovakia, Smolenice 3-8 March 2017

8. The theme was „ROUTE 2020“- STEP
BY STEP TO THE FUTURE
32 people from 13 countries
The use of New Media to attract new
members.
The workshop had a lot of group
workshops and presentations, where
topics such as how to advertise ISGF,
how to communicate and how to
improve / keep Membership in ISGF.

9. Europe committee normally meets by skype,
but In June we had a longer meeting in, Belgium.
We planned the future and worked hard, but had also time to meet
Belgian Fellowship members

10. The next Newsletter will be issued after the World Conference
Newsletter | Issue 5 / May 2017
News from Europe Ana Rodrigues

11. Membership in the Europe region page 1
Central Europe
• Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland
11 countries 10,827 members
Nordic Baltic
• Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden
6 countries 6,846 members

12. Membership in the Europe region page 2
Southern Europe
• Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain,
Switzerland South, (Turkey) 10 countries 11,586 members
Western Europe
• Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom
5 countries 5,982 members
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Total 35 423 members