SRG structural reform adopted
On Friday, the SRG SSR idée suisse Delegates’ Assembly approved the amendment to the SRG’s bylaws. As a result, starting in 2010, the SRG will be under the unified strategic leadership of the SRG Board of Directors and under the consistent operational leadership of the Director General.
The SRG SSR idée suisse Assembly of Delegates approved the revision of SRG's statutes on Friday. The new statutes were approved by 33 votes to 6, well over the required two-thirds majority, according to a statement from the SRG media office. The revision will enter into force on January 1, 2010. This means that from 2010 SRG will be under the unified strategic management of the SRG Board of Directors and the continuous operational management of the Director General.
Director General Armin Walpen will be responsible for the management of the entire company in future. The radio and television directors of the four regional companies will report solely to him and the Director General himself will no longer be a member of the existing regional boards of directors. According to the communiqué, these regional boards of directors will in future be called regional boards and will function like a board committee with participation rights in programming-related business. Their chairmen will continue to be members of the SRG Board of Directors.
On November 26, 2008, the Assembly of Delegates had already approved the Board of Directors' report on the structural reform by 35 votes to 6, thus paving the way for the revision of the Articles of Association.
The guiding principles of the new structure are www.srg.ch viewable.
Director General Armin Walpen will be responsible for the management of the entire company in future. The radio and television directors of the four regional companies will report solely to him and the Director General himself will no longer be a member of the existing regional boards of directors. According to the communiqué, these regional boards of directors will in future be called regional boards and will function like a board committee with participation rights in programming-related business. Their chairmen will continue to be members of the SRG Board of Directors.
On November 26, 2008, the Assembly of Delegates had already approved the Board of Directors' report on the structural reform by 35 votes to 6, thus paving the way for the revision of the Articles of Association.
The guiding principles of the new structure are www.srg.ch viewable.
