2002 Annual Report - EVCA

Action Plan
Action Plan June 2003 – June 2004
The Committees will pursue the actions that are specified below, showing a detailed and ambitious work
agenda for the coming working year.
As usual, some of these actions are medium-term exercises and may continue even after the end of this
working year.
Through the pursuit and achievement of targeted objectives and actions, EVCA will add the highest
possible value to its Members' activities and to the growth and profitability of the European private equity
and venture capital sector.
For the 2003-2004 working year the Executive Committee will focus on a number of additional activities
such as EVCA’s public affairs and marketing and communications activities.
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Investor Relations Committee
1. Organise with the Conferences & Training Committee the 6th International Investors Conference in
Geneva in March 2004.
2. Organise the 4th itinerant Investor Workshop and the Investor Workshop preceding the 2004 International
Investors Conference.
3. Continue the development of the Investors Campaign targeting top investors outside Europe.
4. Finalise the research paper on the economics and performance analysis of the private equity asset class.
5. Guide the work of the Statistics Task Force promoting analysis and suggestions at a pan-European level.
6. Monitor the evolution of disclosure issues.
Professional Standards & Communications Committee
1. Widen the distribution and adoption of EVCA’s Reporting and Valuation Guidelines as well as its
recently published Governing Principles.
2. Lead the initiatives towards GIPS and other bodies currently working on setting standards or guidelines,
particularly on valuations. Monitor all issues related to guidelines and propose a course of action.
3. Continue monitoring the implementation of the "Entrepreneurship Educational Toolkit on Private Equity
& Venture Capital" by European universities.
4. Participate in the Training Task Force and provide input to EVCA’s various training courses in order to
enhance the professional standards content.
5. Finalise the review of the EVCA Code of Conduct.
Conferences & Training Committee
1. Organise the 26th and 27th EVCA Institute Introduction Courses keeping the early-stage and later-stage
tracks and continue enhancing the course content.
2. Organise the 9th and 10th EVCA Institute Advanced Courses and evaluate the new format and
modules.
3. Organise the 5th and 6th Financial Officer and Fund Administration Courses and continue reviewing
the programme in collaboration with the Professional Standards & Communications Committee.
4. Organise in cooperation with the Investor Relations Committee EVCA’s 6th International Investors
Conference in March 2004 and its subsequent networking event.
5. Organise the 2004 EVCA Symposium on the basis and new format of the 2003 Symposium.
6. Organise the 8th Technology Investment Conference in October in Amsterdam in cooperation with the
High-Tech Committee.
7. Set up a Task Force with the participation of members of the Professional Standards &
Communications Committee to enhance the programmes of the EVCA Institute courses.