ESO's Governing Bodies
ESO's ruling body is its Council, which delegates day to day responsibility to the Executive under ESO's Director General. Other governing bodies of ESO are: the Finance Committee (FC), the Scientific Technical Committee (STC), the Observing Programmes Committee (OPC) and the Users Committee (UC).
Information about the meeting dates of the various committees is available via the meetings calender below. Please note that in most cases committees documents have restricted access and are password protected.
Council and Committee Meetings in 2009
| Council | 3 - 4 June (Vienna) | 9 - 10 December | ||||
| Committee of Council | 2 - 3 March | 5 - 6 October (Chile) | ||||
| Finance Committee | 17 February | 5 - 6 May | 3 - 4 November | |||
| Scientific Technical Committee | 22 - 23 April | 21 - 22 October | ||||
| Observing Programmes Committee | OPC 84: 25 - 29 May | OPC 85: 16 - 20 November | ||||
| Users Committee | 27 - 28 April | 27 - 28 April | ||||
Council and Committee Meetings in 2008
| Council | 3 - 4 June (in Prague) | 2 - 3 December | ||
| Committee of Council | 3 - 4 March (in Stockholm) | 6-7 October (in Copenhagen) | ||
| Finance Committee | 19 February | 6 - 7 May | 4 - 5 November | |
| Scientific Technical Committee | 16 - 17 April | 21 - 22 October | ||
| Observing Programmes Committee | OPC 82: 26 - 30 May | OPC 83: 17 - 21 November | ||
| Users Committee | 14 - 15 April | |||
Overview of Meetings
| Council | cou-105, cou-107, cou-108, cou-109 cou-110, cou-111, cou-112, cou-113 |
| Committee of Council | FP7 E-ELT |
| Finance Committee | fc-119, fc-120, fc-121, fc-122, fc-123 |
| Scientific Technical Committee | stc-56, stc-57, stc-58, stc-59, stc-60, stc-61, stc-62, stc-63, stc-64, stc-65, stc-66, stc-67, stc-68 |
| Observing Programmes Committee | opc-74,
opc-75,
opc-76,
opc-77,
opc-78,
opc-79,
opc-80,
opc-81,
opc-82, opc-83 |
| Users Committee | uc-26, uc-27, uc-28, uc-29, uc-30, uc-31, uc-32 |