The JRC Board of Governors meets today and tomorrow in Brussels for the 100th time. The role of these high-level representatives from 40 different countries (EU Member States and FP7 associated countries) is to assist and advise the JRC Director-General and the Commission on matters relating to the strategic role of the JRC and its scientific, technical and financial management. As national representatives of their countries, they shall also ensure the appropriate interface with their national authorities.
During this meeting, the Board members will for instance endorse the JRCs scientific support to the international year of water cooperation, discuss the future research and innovation observatory, Horizon 2020 and will be briefed on JRCs activities on nanomaterials.
In addition, they have a working session with the members of the JRC-European Parliament (EP) Interface working group and of the EPs Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel.
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/
