SALTO Steering Committee

Terms of Reference

The Steering Committee will guide the Programme implementation. The Steering Committee is composed of senior representatives of countries participating in the Programme. Working Groups will implement the Programme technical activities. Working Group leaders will attend Steering Committee meetings as required and report on the activities carried out and planned.

The role of the Steering Committee is in particular to :

• Define priorities and determine the number and the scope of the Working Groups based on the Programme Workplan;
• Review and approve Workplans, reports, and recommendations of the Programme Working Groups;
• Monitor the Programme progress achieved and collect, co-ordinate, and assimilate the results of Working Groups;
• Ensure Working Groups identify gaps and overlaps through the exchange of information on related work underway and planned to avoid duplication of effort; and
• Endorse a Final Report of the Programme and advise how the Final Report recommendations could be integrated into existing programmes.

Four Steering Committee meetings have been held: Vienna, Austria, 19-21 May 2003; Vienna, Austria, 16-18 March 2004; Vienna, Austria, 25-27 April 2005; Vienna, Austria, 23-25 January 2006.

The results of the Steering Committee meetings are summarized in the Reports of its meetings.

Reports

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