Terms of Reference
The European Polar Board's Terms of Reference can be found here.
EPB Executive Committee
The European Polar Board forms a non-governmental body under the auspices of the European Science Foundation. It has an Executive Committee, consisting of a Chairperson and five Vice-Chairpersons.
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Chairperson:
Professor Carlo Alberto Ricci
University of Siena
Italian Delegate to the EPB
Professor Ricci's CV
Vice-Chairpersons:
Professor Dr. Karin Lochte
Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute
German Delegate to the EPB
Portfolio: Polar Research Infrastructures
Professor Nicholas Owens
Director of the British Antarctic Survey
British Delegate to the EPB
Portfolio: Global Science Programmes and Antarctica
Dr. Harald Loeng
Institute for Marine Research
Norwegian Delegate to the EPB
Portfolio: Bi-Polar Marine Issues
Professor Christo Pimpirev
Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute
Bulgarian Delegate to the EPB
Portfolio: Eastern and new EU member states-Polar Programme Capacity Building
Professor Kari Laine
Director of the Thule Institute
Finnish Delegate to the EPB
Portfolio: Terrestrial Arctic Research/ Scandinavian countries issues
Structure
The European Polar Board is financed by its Member Organisations and has a Secretariat based at the European Science Foundation. It meets in plenary at least once a year and is active in the following four areas:
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ESF provides the scientific, administrative and technical secretariat for COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).