The World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) 2008 Annual Report, to be submitted to the Greek State for the second consecutive year, will be discussed and finalized in the informal meeting of the SAE Board scheduled to be held at President Stefanos Tamvakis' seat in Alexandria, Egypt on March 6-9, 2009. The Annual Report will then be discussed in the Greek Parliament within the framework of the Greek Expatriate Day.

This year the Annual Report will include the conclusions and decisions reached in Regional Conventions held in the fall of 2008 in all 7 SAE regions in addition to the well-founded demands of its members for the solution of the problems faced by Hellenism abroad. The board will sum up its proposals and suggest the adoption of legislative initiatives that are necessary to promote solutions to major Greek expatriate problems.

During their stay in Alexandria, the SAE Board members will visit Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa on the Sunday of Orthodoxy and meet with members of the city's Greek community.