ASSOCIATION FOR EUROPEAN LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITIES

relating to the circular bioeconomy, the sustainable use of natural resources, the protection of the environment and rural development.

We aim to enhance our members' success in education, research and innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy and society, by engaging with European and global institutions and networks, to share experience, cooperate in new ventures, and benefit from the resulting synergy.

ICA General Assembly 2016

ICA General Assembly 2016 was held on Tuesday 25 October 2016 at 17.00 at the Het Pand, Ghent University Onderbergen 1, Gent, Belgium, on the occasion of 6th ICA Rectors and Deans Forum 2016 - The Life Science University in the 21stC Global World.

The following reports were presented:

Report of the President on behalf of the ICA Board - Guido Van Huylenbroeck

Report of the ICA Network for Innovation in Higher Education in the Life Sciences (ICA-Edu) – Barbara Hinterstoisser

Report of GCHERA – Didier Pillot, ICA's Alternate Representative on the GCHERA General Assembly

ICA Standing Committee AGRIMBA – Report by Peter Bielik

ICA Standing Committee AGRINATURA – Report by Didier Pillot

ICA Standing Committee CASEE – Report by Martin Gerzabek

ICA Standing Committee IROICA - Report by Ivana Prosinecki

International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) - Report from Ruth Vandeputte and Anastasia Bondarenko