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IC_02 June 29-30, 2021

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Meeting times:

Tue 29 June, 12–17 CEST
Wed 30 June, 9–14 CEST

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Mode: Virtual via Zoom

Timeline towards the IC_02.

IC_01 December 10, 2020

Major results of the IC_01 meeting 10.12.2020

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The eLTER Interim Council, IC, is established to discuss and approve strategic issues such as legal, governance and financial matters, eLTER Site and eLTSER Platform labelling and location of Central Services in implementing the integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological systems Research Infrastructure (eLTER RI). The role of the IC is to make decisions for implementing eLTER RI and preparing its legal entity, ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium).

The IC will:

negotiate and approve the legal model, governance structure and founding documents,
approve the financial plan and the draft internal financial rules,
approve policy papers provided by the PPP,
approve all other necessary founding documents for implementation of eLTER RI,
approve the selection procedure and appointment of the Interim Director when needed, and
decide on any other issues deemed necessary by the IC.

eLTER Interim Council Members

A country (e.g. Member State or Associated State) which has signed the Expression of Political Support, or equivalent expression of support, for the eLTER ESFRI process. eLTER IC is open to new member and observer countries.

Austria	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Israel	Italy
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Latvia	Portugal	Romania	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United Kingdom

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Serbia and Poland also support eLTER RI politically, but have not nominated their delegations yet.

The IC approved:

eLTER IC Rules of Procedure
eLTER IC work plan for 2021-22
eLTER legal entity: ERIC, with one feedback pending: France is in the course of the related high level internal process with an ERIC suggested. The result will be announced early next year.

Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson:

The decision was to establish a team for recruiting candidates and prepare the election to take place in the IC_02, most likely in June 2021.

The IC discussed and gave feedback to the eLTER RI Strategic Plan.

The eLTER PPP team informed the IC about