Short history of co-ordination

• ~ 1960 a co-ordination group was active in the former eastern block

• ~ 1962 a Western Group started co-ordination

• In 1990 the two groups met for the first time in Bulgaria

• In 1991 in Prague the later HFCC named group met for the first time

• In 1996 in the Asian/Pacific the sister group ABU-HFC has been created

• In 1998 The ASBU members joined the HFCC

• In 1999 Art. 12 of the RR came into force following the decision of WRC-97 which adopted co-ordination as the Planning Procedure for HFBC.