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ECPGR Steering Committee
Recent events
ECPGR Steering Committee meetings:
- 12th meeting (Bratislava, 2010) [more info]
- 11th meeting (Sarajevo, 2008) [more info]
- 10th meeting (Riga, 2006) [more info]
- previous meetings [click here]
Background information
The Programme is overseen by a Steering Committee (SC), consisting of the Coordinators of National Programmes ("National Coordinators", NC), of all participating countries. The European Commission (EC) is invited to nominate a representative as full member of this Committee. Bioversity International, the Coordinator of SEEDNet, the European Association or Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA), the European Seed Association (ESA), FAO, NordGen (formerly the Nordic Gene Bank, NGB) and one representative of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are invited as observers. (see: "Observers in the SC").
An organigram of the interaction of National Programmes with the Networks and the Steering Committee can be found here 
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The Steering Committee has the overall responsibility for the Programme. It makes decisions regarding the general scope of the Networks and the establishment or continuation of Working Groups and approves the Programme's budget. The Steering Committee periodically reviews the overall Programme and progress made by the Networks. On the basis of such reviews, the Steering Committee defines the priority activities to be funded through its core budget and the complementary activities for which additional funding has to be sought outside the core budget. The Steering Committee mandates the Coordinating Secretariat to carry out its decisions.
