Article 10 Executive Academic Board

United Kingdom

The Board shall be composed of senior representatives from those civilian and military institutes and other actors identified by Member States to support the conduct of ESDC training and education activities and of the Director of EUISS or the Director's representative.

The Chairperson of the Board shall be appointed by the Steering Committee among the members of the Board.

Representatives of the Commission and of EEAS shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Board.

Senior representatives of the associate network partners shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Board as active observers.

Academic experts and senior officials from Union and national institutions may be invited to attend the meetings of the Board, as observers. When appropriate and on a case-by-case basis, academic experts and senior officials who are representatives of institutes that are not a member of the network may be invited to participate in the meetings of the Board.

The tasks of the Board shall be to:

(a)

provide academic advice and recommendations to the Steering Committee;

(b)

implement, through the network, the agreed annual academic programme;

(c)

oversee the e-Learning system;

(d)

develop curricula for all ESDC training and education activities;

(e)

ensure general coordination of ESDC training and education activities among all institutes;

(f)

review standards of the training and education activities undertaken in the previous academic year;

(g)

submit proposals to the Steering Committee for training and education activities in the next academic year;

(h)

ensure a systematic evaluation of all ESDC training and education activities and approve the course evaluation reports;

(i)

contribute to the draft general annual report on ESDC activities;

(j)

support the implementation of the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers, inspired by the Erasmus programme.

To fulfil its tasks, the Board may meet in different project-focused configurations. The Board shall draw up the rules and arrangements governing the creation and functioning of these configurations to be agreed by the Steering Committee. Each configuration shall report its activities back to the overall Board at least once every year, after which its mandate may be extended.

Members of the Secretariat shall support and assist the Board and each of its configurations. Those members shall attend the meetings without the right to vote. If no other candidate can be identified, a member may, at the same time, chair the meetings.

The Rules of Procedure of the Board and each of its configurations shall be adopted by the Steering Committee.