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Chair’s opening comments The Chair stressed that the current global situation strengthens the importance of democracy and the role that WFD undertakes currently and for the future. [...] He noted The Westminster Foundation for Democracy Limited Company number: 2693163  that the key decisions for the Board were the delegation of authority to the ARC chair to sign the ARA, and the proposed changes to the Programme Quality Committee. [...] CEO’s Report The CEO referred the Board members to the CEO report (Doc 2) and summarised the main points, with focus on the draft WFD Strategy 2022-2025, the strategy and partnership framework, updates on the implementation of the operating model and implementation of an WFD advisory council. [...] The CEO briefed the Board on the key elements of the new draft WFD strategy, including the current context which increased the urgency of WFD’s work, a new vision and mission statement, WFD’s programming and research, and increased engagement with parliamentarians. [...] The Board was asked to approve the delegation of authority to ARC to approve the Annual report and accounts, authorising Mark Babington and Anthony Smith to sign the Annual report and accounts on behalf of the Board, when a final version of the Annual report and accounts is available later in July.