Environment, time, functional costs: all these factors have become essential in our daily life, be it business or private. The FCI is well aware of that and is faced with different challenges related to it at the turn of its second centenary. On the occasion of the last FCI General Committee meeting mid April, different projects have been presented to the Committee members. Please find below a brief overview of the new procedures under construction, which will make the daily life of the FCI, its members and all the people involved in the FCI’s activities easier and more comfortable.

Electronic accountancy
From July 1st, the FCI invoices will be sent by email exclusively and the financial situation of each NCO will be available electronically too, upon request. At a later stage, all NCO will have a private access to the FCI website to consult their own financial situation.

CACIB and Post
In a near future, the FCI Office will stop sending hard copies of the CACIB per post to the organisers of CACIB shows. Instead, an email clearly detailing all dogs that have seen their CACIB confirmed, those that have been refused and those that could not yet be confirmed will be sent to the national kennel club of the show organiser. In order to guarantee a correct and complete flow of information, the FCI website (http://www.fci.be) will include a section “CACIB Show Results” where every dog lover, i.e. exhibitor, owner, breeder, kennel clubs or dog handler will have the possibility to see the status of the CACIB proposals received at the shows. This information will be updated weekly.

Electronic applications for CACIB shows
Very shortly, our member NCO will have the possibility to apply for CACIB shows via the FCI website. As stated above (see: electronic accountancy), thanks to personal access codes, each NCO will be able to apply for CACIB shows and be informed accordingly online, again saving time, paper and energy.

Electronic process of the CACIB results
Thanks to the creation of a huge FCI/NCO database where all dogs with a pedigree would be stored, it would be possible to avoid any kind of mistake (typing, multiple entry/identifications, etc.) in the processing of the show results and confirmation of the CACIB. On top of this, the lists of CACIB results, which would be absolutely correct, could then be automatically (after check and validation by the FCI Office) transferred into the FCI system via a web platform. This very enthusiastic and progressive project will be presented to the next FCI General Assembly.

Other online working procedures
Kennel names applications
Champion titles applications

FCI Stand
An FCI information stand where all questions you might have will be answered will be present at different shows this year. Please join us for a quizz giving you a chance to win prizes, come and get your Cobby, your judging manual, your stickers or the FCI centenary book (http://www.fci.be/onlinecatalogue.aspx).

You are welcome to visit the FCI stand at

Good service, modernisation and comfort for all are important notions to which we try to pay as much attention as possible.

Welcome to our stand,

Y. De Clercq
FCI Executive Director