EABA Constitution

European Association for Behaviour Analysis (EABA)

Company Limited by Guarantee (Dublin, Ireland)
Company number 784605
Incorporation date 25/03/2025

Objectives

1. To provide an international forum within Europe for the study and discussion of matters relevant to behaviour analysis.
2. To encourage high quality education and professional certification throughout Europe.
3. To organize congresses/conferences in experimental and applied behaviour analysis.
4. To establish and maintain relations between behaviour analysis organizations inside and outside Europe.
5. To disseminate the European Journal of Behaviour Analysis.
6. Maintain web pages/bulletin boards to facilitate communication.

Membership

EABA membership is open to anyone who is committed to the goals of the Association.

Membership types include:

1. Full member
2. Affiliate member
3. Student member
4. Service user member

Chapter members:

1. National member organization
2. Affiliated Chapters Membership / full
3. Affiliated Chapters Membership / student

EABA Committee

The Board of Directors ('the Board'') is the governing body of EABA. The Board is comprised of a President, Treasurer, Secretary, Basic Science representative, Applied Science representative, Student representative, and Service User representative.

Board voting Rights and Advisory Functions

The President, Treasurer, Secretary, Basic Science representative, and Applied Science representative have voting rights. The service user and student representatives have an important advisory function and are non-voting.

Responsibilities of the EABA Committee

• The President arranges and chairs meetings of the Board, and Annual General Meetings of EABA. He/she has overall responsibility to ensure that the Association meets its stated objectives.
• The Secretary is responsible for the administration of the Association and for ensuring that the minutes of all meetings are collected and distributed to the Board for sign-off and shared with the members. Reserved minutes, e.g., regarding election, disciplinary proceedings etc. are only shared with the Board.
• The Treasurer is responsible for the financial accounts of the Association, including annual budget reports. He/she is responsible for paying bills agreed with the Board, such as conference costs, awards etc. He/She liaises with the company accountant to ensure annual reports are compiled accurately and submitted in good time.
• The Basic Science representative is responsible for ensuring that the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour is represented fully by the Association, e.g., in webinars, in conferences.
• The Applied Science representative is responsible for ensuring that Applied Behaviour Analysis is represented by the Association, e.g., in webinars, in conferences, support letters. He/She co-ordinates continued education units.
• The service user representative is responsible for ensuring that service user perspectives are included in discussions and decisions of the Association.
• The student representative is responsible for ensuring that student perspectives are included in discussions and decisions of the Association. He/She will play a key part representing the Association to students, e.g., via social media.

Annual General Meetings

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held at least once every year at a time and place determined by the Board, e.g., in person during the conference and online in the intervening year. All members are invited to attend.

Voting

All full members of EABA have voting rights, e.g., for Board Members, changes in the constitution. Voting is organised by the Secretary (or a delegated member of the Board) and is conducted either by show of hands (in person) or electronically.

Finances

Each member (or member association) pays an annual fee determined by the Board. The treasurer reports the budget to the AGM.

If you want to learn more about the regulation of EABA you can view the by-laws on line here > by-laws or alternatively download the by-laws below:

BACB Provider of CEU

The EABA is an approved continuing education (ACE) provider for the BACB.