SR4: Retroactive Three-Year Mandate for the Secretary-General

The 2022 Internal Rules of Procedure (IRP) define the mandate of the
Secretary-General (SG) as two years (Art. 2.3.), elected at the General
Assembly (GA);

If adopted, the proposed 2023 IRP will amend and increase the mandate of
the SG to three years, which can be renewed once (Proposed Art. 4.3.).

The upcoming mandate of the SG is two years* as changes to the Statutes
and IRP regarding mandates only come into force for the subsequent GA
onwards;

For the sake of continuity and long-term planning of FYEG (assuming the
adoption of the proposed 2023 IRP), as well as the volatile upcoming
period with the transfer of responsibilities to the newly-elected SG, the
EU24 elections, and the renewal of the Strategy Plan in 2025, recognising
the coming mandate as three years will allow a smooth transfer of powers
and enable the SG to make full use of their role as SG in this period.

As such, the call was published with this in mind, as a period of three
years.

* (See the Resolution on Delaying the General Assembly for the EU24
Elections)

For the SG elected at GA23, the proposed 2023 IRP changes regarding their
mandate, if adopted, will function retroactively. The SG elected at GA23
will, for the purpose for the 2023 IRP, be interpreted as being elected to
serve a three-year mandate.