Conference booklet - Baltic University Programme

Document 2CURRENT INSTRUCTIONSTO THE BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME BOARD1. The Programme is governed by an international board appointed by the Rector of Uppsala University for a periodof three years. It consists of the following members:- Rector- three other members from Uppsala University- one member from another Swedish university- two members from the Swedish society at large- one member from Åbo Akademi- one member from Poland and one from another country in Central andEastern Europe to be nominated by the group of Baltic University Programme Centres directors.- one student member to be nominated by CEMUS, the Student Centre for Environment and DevelopmentStudies at Uppsala University, and one student member to be nominated by a student Parliament organisedamong the students studying in the Programme.The membership of the board is listed in a Catalogue published by the Programme.2. Rector of Uppsala University gives the general instructions to the board. At present (2006) they are as follows:- develop the content and long term policy of the Programme as well as to follow and support itsimplementation at the participating universities and corresponding institutions;- working for the financing of the Programme and decide on its plan of activities;- commenting on proposals for appointment of leading officers at the Coordinating secretariat at UppsalaUniversity.3. The board is to be convened no less than once per semester. The board appoints within itself a vice chair. Theboard is competent to make decisions if the chair or vice chair and at least half of the other members are present.4. The board appoints an executive committee that oversees the Programme continuously and takes action as neededfor its proper operation as well as reports to the board about matters of principle and issues of comprehensivenature.31