Federal Veterinary Association

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Federal Veterinary Association
(Association of German Veterinary Associations)
(BTK)
legal form registered association
founding 1954
Seat Berlin
precursor German veterinary profession
purpose Professional representation of all veterinarians in Germany
Chair Uwe Tiedemann
Managing directors Katharina Freytag
Members 17 state veterinary associations with 41,341 veterinarians (2017)
Website www.bundestieraerztekammer.de

The Bundestierärztekammer ( BTK , Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Tierärztekammern e.V.) was founded in 1954 under the name "Deutsche Tierärzteschaft". It is an umbrella organization, ie its members are legal entities, but not the currently around 37,000 individual veterinarians in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1994 the association was renamed the "Federal Veterinary Chamber". The association is based in Berlin .

structure

Members are corporations under public law - these are the veterinary associations that are formed in the federal states on the basis of state laws. Corporations under private law are involved as observers in the umbrella organization - these are registered and unregistered associations in which veterinarians from various professions have come together.

The BTK itself is also a corporation under private law (registered association); this means that membership in the BTK is voluntary. It has 17 veterinary associations as members, eleven professional associations and communities have observer status.

Because all veterinarians are required to be members of the veterinary associations, the BTK, as their umbrella association, is the nationwide representation of members of all veterinary professional fields.

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Assembly of delegates

Meetings of delegates are held at least twice a year, bringing together around 60 delegates from member organizations and up to three representatives from each organization with observer status to discuss the most important issues affecting the profession as a whole.

Bureau

The BTK is headed by its President and represented externally. The president, two vice-presidents and four department heads form the presidium, the board of directors that is responsible under association law and is elected for four years by the assembly of delegates.

The four department heads are responsible for various professional areas:

  • Practical exercise
  • Public veterinary and consumer health protection
  • Education, training and further education, research and industry
  • international affairs

Extended Presidium

The extended presidium consists of the presidents of the state veterinary associations and the BTK presidium. Its task is to advise the members' affairs, in particular to harmonize the chamber regulations (e.g. professional and further training regulations). Between the delegate assemblies, the Extended Presidium advises on all BTK matters and develops draft resolutions for the delegate assemblies.

Committees and working groups

The technical committees and their members are elected every four years by the assembly of delegates. The committee members are proposed by the state veterinary associations. The chairmen are elected at the constituent meetings of the committees. The committees prepare opinions on legislative projects and other matters pertaining to their area of ​​expertise and advise the Presidium. The members of the committees are available as experts for questions from the press and politics.

In addition to the constantly manned committees, the Presidium convenes ad hoc working groups as required, which advise the BTK on a currently relevant topic and develop positions. The ad hoc working groups are made up of people nominated for this task by the associations or institutions involved.

Observer status

Veterinary associations can apply to the Federal Veterinary Association for observer status. Currently have observer status:

Veterinarians in Germany

As of December 31, 2017, 41,431 veterinarians were registered with the veterinary associations in Germany. Of these, 30,302 worked in Germany and 448 abroad. Of these, 11,976 veterinarians worked in the practice area. There were 1,555 civil servants and 4,712 salaried veterinarians, a total of 6,267 people. Other veterinarians were employed in industry, in the armed forces and in other veterinary activities.

Academy for veterinary training

The Academy for Veterinary Training (ATF) is part of the Federal Chamber of Veterinarians and, either itself or together with other organizations such as the German Veterinary Society (DVG), the Federal Association of Practicing Veterinarians (BpT), the Federal Association of Civil Servants (BbT), the Association of Veterinarians for Tierschutz (TVT) or the Society for Holistic Veterinary Medicine (GGTM) organizes advanced training events, coordinates events or supports them financially.

It works closely with the German Veterinary Medicine Society (DVG), the veterinary associations of the federal states and the professional associations of veterinarians. It is a member of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE), the umbrella organization of 47 veterinary associations from 39 European countries.

The green Heinrich

The initiator of the (re) establishment of the Deutsches Tierärzteblatt , Heinrich Geddert, also took over the editing from 1953 to 1961 with the help of the office of the Lower Saxony Veterinary Association . From the beginning, the German Veterinary Journal was given a green cover. Since then, the Deutsche Tierärzteblatt has been lovingly and mockingly called "Grüner Heinrich" in technical jargon after the color of his appearance and the first name of its first editor. All licensed veterinarians in Germany receive the Deutsche Tierärzteblatt monthly with a circulation of around 42,000 copies. In terms of content, the focus is on professional and social issues. In addition, it offers extensive information on training opportunities for veterinarians and veterinary specialists.

Web links

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  1. ^ Structure of the BTK . Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ Committees / ad hoc working groups / Federal Veterinary Chamber eV Accessed on December 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Central Veterinary File, published in Deutsches Tierärzteblatt 6/2018 pp. 786-79