The Executive Committee of the AIDP met in Siracusa on December 6, 2014 under the authority of his new President, John Vervaele for its winter meeting, in the margins of the Executive Board of the International Higher Institute in Criminal Sciences (ISISC). Among topics discussed during this so-called "COEX", the question of the format and periodicity of the quinquiennial Congress of the Assocation was addressed, following suggestions made during the Rio Congress.
