XIX regular congress of FIR in Barcelona

20. September 2023

Supported by our Catalan comrades and member associations, the congress will be held in Barcelona from Friday, October 27 to Sunday, October 29, 2023.
The schedule is planned as follows:
The opening event will take place in the late afternoon of October 27 at the Old City Hall of the City of Barcelona with the presentation of the Michel Vanderborght Award.
The working phase of the congress will take place on Saturday, October 28, from 9:00 am to early evening in the building of the CCOO trade union federation.
There, the discussion will focus on the political and financial report. Afterwards, three main political topics will be discussed in more detail and finally, the elections to the Executive Committee and the adoption of resolutions and political statements of the Congress will take place.
On Sunday, together with the Catalan friends and the international guests, we will participate in commemorative ceremonies at the Cemetery for the Victims of Francoism and the Central Memory of the «Despedita». Delegates who can make it possible are invited to participate in a trip to Tarragona on Sunday afternoon together with AIVICS and the Amical de les Brigades Internacionals de Catalunya.
Delegates and guests for the Congress are to be registered by email no later than September 15, 2023. Subsequently, all delegates will receive directly the congress documents and technical details.