Catalan Association of Vexillology

The Associació Catalana de Vexil·lologia (ACV; Catalan Association of Vexillology) is a non-profit entity founded in 1981 that brings together people interested in vexillology and vexillography in Catalonia. It is one of the most prestigious organizations in this academic field in Europe. Since 1985 it has been a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV), becoming the first vexillological association from a stateless nation to receive international recognition. One of the ACV's founding missions was to advise Catalan municipalities on the process of adopting flags. The first municipality to adopt the ACV's criteria was Figueres in 1984, followed by others such as Constantí, Sant Gregori, les Valls d'Àneu, and Olesa de Bonesvalls. During the 1980s and 1990s the association also published the annual bulletin Vexil·la Catalana, containing information and monographic studies on historical and municipal flags of Catalonia. The ACV organized the 14th International Congress of Vexillology, held from 30 June to 5 July 1991 in Barcelona. In 2017 the association endorsed the proposal for a standardization of the estelada (the Catalan independence flag) presented publicly by the Fundació Reeixida. In 1988 the ACV was involved in a controversy related to a subsidy received from the Generalitat de Catalunya, when various media reported that the National Police Corps was investigating whether these funds had been used to finance actions of the Crida a la Solidaritat against the visit of King Juan Carlos I of Spain to Barcelona. The Prosecution Service later dismissed any accusation of irregularity, since the ACV showed all employment contracts and payroll records demonstrating that the sum of 1.05 million pesetas (equivalent to 6,310 euros) was used correctly and lawfully to create jobs in what were then called "youth entities." The association remains active and maintains an official website at vexi.cat.

The Associació Catalana de Vexil·lologia (ACV) was founded in 1981 by a group of individuals interested in vexillology and vexillography in Catalonia, among them the genealogist, heraldist and LGBT activist Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa. From its inception, one of its founding missions was to advise Catalan municipalities on the adoption of flags. The first municipality to adopt the ACV's criteria was Figueres in 1984, followed by others such as Constantí, Sant Gregori, les Valls d'Àneu, and Olesa de Bonesvalls. In 1985 the ACV became a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV), making it the first vexillological association from a stateless nation to receive international recognition. During the 1980s and 1990s the association published the annual bulletin Vexil·la Catalana, which contained information and monographic studies on historical and municipal flags of Catalonia. Through this work it became one of the most prestigious entities in this academic field in Europe. In 1988 the ACV was involved in a controversy related to a subsidy received from the Generalitat de Catalunya. Various media reported that the National Police Corps was investigating whether these funds had been used to finance actions of the Crida a la Solidaritat against the visit of King Juan Carlos I of Spain to Barcelona. The Prosecution Service later dismissed any accusation of irregularity, as the ACV showed all employment contracts and payroll records demonstrating that the sum of 1.05 million pesetas (equivalent to 6,310 euros) was used correctly and lawfully to create jobs in what were then called "youth entities." The ACV organized the 14th International Congress of Vexillology, held from 30 June to 5 July 1991 in Barcelona. In 2017 the association endorsed the proposal for a standardization of the estelada presented publicly by the Fundació Reeixida. The association remains active and maintains an official website at vexi.cat.

• 2017

  ACV endorses the Fundació Reeixida's proposal for standardization of the estelada.

• 1991

  ACV organizes the 14th International Congress of Vexillology in Barcelona (30 June – 5 July).

• 1988

  ACV involved in a controversy over a Generalitat de Catalunya subsidy; accusations later dismissed by the Prosecution Service.

• 1985

  ACV joins the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV), becoming the first association from a stateless nation to gain international recognition.

• 1984

  Figueres becomes the first municipality to adopt the ACV's flag criteria.

• 1981

  Associació Catalana de Vexil·lologia founded in Catalonia.

A leading European vexillological association and the first from a stateless nation to gain international recognition.

• Vexil·la Catalana (annual bulletin)

  Annual bulletin published in the 1980s and 1990s with information and monographic studies on historical and municipal flags of Catalonia.

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