Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques

Infobox Organization
name = "Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques" (International Federation of Vexillological Associations)

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formation = September 7, 1969
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type = International Association
headquarters = Houston, TX, US, London, UK
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membership = 52 Organizations
language = French, English, German, Spanish
leader_title = President
leader_name = Michel R. Lupant
key_people = Charles A. Spain, Jr., Secretary-General
Graham M. P. Bartram, Secretary-General for Congresses

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website = http://www.fiav.org/

The "Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques (FIAV)" is an international federation of 52 regional, national, and multinational associations and institutions across the globe that study vexillology, which FIAV defines in its constitution as "the creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions, and of scientific theories and principles based on that knowledge." The translations of FIAV’s French name into the other three official FIAV languages are the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (English), the "Internationale Föderation Vexillologischer Gesellschaften" (German), and the "Federación Internacional de Asociaciones Vexilológicas" (Spanish).

FIAV was provisionally organized on September 3, 1967 at the Second International Congress of Vexillology held in Rüschlikon, Switzerland and officially created on September 7, 1969 at the Third International Congress of Vexillology held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

FIAV has a three–person Board consisting of a President, Secretary-General, and Secretary-General for Congresses. The Board manages the current affairs of FIAV and convenes the biennial sessions of the General Assembly, which are held during each International Congress of Vexillology. The FIAV General Assembly is composed of a delegate from each of FIAV’s members. The General Assembly elects the Board and is responsible for setting policy.

Members

Current members of FIAV are:
* Asociación Argentina de Vexilología (AAV) (Argentina)
* Asociación Venezolana de Simbología (AVS) (Venezuela)
* Associació Catalana de Vexil·lologia (ACV) (Spain: Catalonia)
* The Burgee Data Archives (BDA) (Canada)
* The Canadian Flag Association (CFA) / L'Association canadienne de vexillologie (Canada)
* Centre Belgo-Européen d'Études des Drapeaux (CEBED) (Belgium)
* Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (CISV) (Italy)
* Centrum Flagi Ziemi (CFZ) / Earth Flag Centre (Poland)
* Česká vexilologická společnost o. s. (CVS) (Czech Republic)
* Chesapeake Bay Flag Association (CBFA) (United States: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
*Confederate States Vexillological Association (CSVA) (United States: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
* Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde e.V. (DGF) (Germany)
* Flag Heritage Foundation (FHF) (United States)
* The Flag Institute (FI) (United Kingdom)
* The Flag Research Center (FRC) (United States)
* Flag Research Centre of Sri Lanka (FRCSL) (Sri Lanka)
* Flag Society of Australia Inc. (FSA) (Australia)
* Flags of the World (FOTW) (The World (Internet); based in Canada)
* Fundación Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Culturales (CIDEC) (Argentina)
* Great Waters Association of Vexillology (GWAV) (United States: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio)
* Heraldica Slovenica (HS) (Slovenia)
* Heraldischer Verein "Zum Kleeblatt" von 1888 zu Hannover e.V. (HVK) (Germany)
* The Heraldry and Vexillology Society of Malta (HAVSOM) (Malta)
* Hrvatsko grboslovno i zastavoslovno društvo (HDZG) / Croatian Heraldic and Vexillologic Association (Croatia)
* Indian Vexillological Association (IVA) (India)
* Instytut Heraldyczno-Weksylologiczny (IHW) (Poland)
* Kevarzhe Vannielouriezh Vreizh (KVV) / Société Bretonne de Vexillologie (France: Brittany)
* Magyarországi Zászló Társaság (MZT) (Hungary)
* Mauritius Buch Verlag GmbH (MBV) (Germany)
* National Flag Foundation (NFF) (United States)
* Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vlaggenkunde (NVvV) (Netherlands)
* New England Vexillological Association (NEVA) (United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
* New Zealand Flag Association (NZFA) (New Zealand)
* 日本旗章学協会 (JAVA) / Nihon Kishōgaku Kyōkai / Japanese Vexillological Association (Japan)
* Nordic Flag Society (NFS) / Nordisk Flaggselskap / Nordisk Flagselskab / Nordiska Flaggsällskapet / Norræna Fánafélagið / Pohjoismaiden Lippuseura / (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden)
* North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) (Canada, United States)
* Partioheraldikot r.y. (PH) (Finland)
* Polskie Towarzystwo Weksylologizne (PTW) (Poland)
* Российский Центр флаговедения и геральдики (RCVH) / Rossiyskiy Tsentr flagovedeniya i geraldiki / Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry (Russia)
* Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Fahnen- und Flaggenkunde (SSV) / Société Suisse de Vexillologie / Società Svizzera di Vessillologia (Switzerland)
* Sociedad Española de Vexilología (SEV) (Spain)
* Societas Vexillologica Belgica (SVB) (Belgium)
* Societatea de Genealogie, Heraldică şi Arhivistică “Paul Gore” (SGHAPG) (Moldova)
* Societatea Română de Vexilologie (SRV) (Romania)
* Société française de vexillologie (SFV) (France)
* Southern African Vexillological Association (SAVA) (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
* Středisko Vexilologických Informací (SVI) / Flag Data Centre (Czech Republic)
* Tumbling Waters Museum of Flags (TWMF) (United States)
* Українсьҝе Геральдичне Товариство (UHT) / Ukrayins'ke Heral'dychne Tovarystvo / The Ukrainian Heraldry Society (Ukraine)
* Västra Sveriges Heraldiska Sällskap (VSHS) (Sweden)
* Vexillological Association of the State of Texas (VAST) (United States: Texas)
* World Vexillological Research Institute (WVRI) (Germany)

Officers

The current members of the FIAV Board are:
* Michel R. Lupant (President) of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
* Charles A. Spain, Jr. (Secretary–General) of Houston
* Graham Bartram (Secretary–General for Congresses) of London

International Congresses of Vexillology

Since 1969, FIAV has sponsored the biennial International Congresses of Vexillology (ICV). Previous Congresses have been held in Muiderberg (1965), Zürich (1967), Boston (1969), Turin (1971), London (1973), IJsselmeer (1975), Washington, D.C. (1977), Vienna (1979), Ottawa (1981), Oxford (1983), Madrid (1985), San Francisco (1987), Melbourne (1989), Barcelona (1991), Zürich (1993), Warsaw (1995), Cape Town (1997), Victoria, British Columbia (1999), York (2001), Stockholm (2003), Buenos Aires (2005), and Berlin (2007).

ICV 23 will be held in Yokohama from July 12 to 17, 2009, and ICV 24 will be held in Washington, D.C. in 2011. A Congress consists of presentations of papers on vexillology and the biennial session of the FIAV General Assembly, amid flag-related tours, seminars, and meetings among various vexillologists on specific topics, and ample opportunities for social interaction and networking, usually culminating in a final banquet.

Publications

FIAV publishes a newsletter, "Info–FIAV" (ISSN 1560-9979), that is a chronicle of internal organizational matters. FIAV recognizes "The Flag Bulletin" (ISSN 0015-3370) as a journal for the publication of scientific articles in the field of vexillology.

FIAV Flag

The FIAV flag was initially designed by Klaes Sierksma and slightly modified by the organizing committee of the Second International Congress of Vexillology. The flag was introduced on September 3, 1967. Its description is, “On a blue field, extending horizontally from hoist to fly, two yellow halyards forming two interlaced loops.” The knot formed is a sheet bend. The color blue is defined as Pantone Matching System U293 and the color yellow is defined as Pantone Matching System U123. Flags for the three officers were approved in 1999, having been designed by the former FIAV president, William Crampton. All the FIAV flags were slightly modified in 2007 by the Twentieth Session of the FIAV General Assembly in Berlin.

Links

* [http://www.fiav.org FIAV website]