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 2010

Council Cou 116: 8 - 9 June Cou 117: 9 - 10 December
Committee of Council CC 76: 2 - 3 March CC 77: 4 - 5 October
Finance Committee FC 127: 9 February FC 128: 4 - 5 May

FC 129: 3 - 4 November in Garching or 8 - 12 November in Chile tbc
Scientific Technical Committee STC 72: 20 - 21 April STC 73: 16 June STC 74: 19 - 20 October
Observing Programmes Committee OPC 86: 17 - 21 May OPC 87: 22 - 26 November
Users Committee UC 34: 29 - 30 April  

Council and Committee Meetings in 2009

Council Cou 114: 3 - 4 June (Vienna) Cou 115: 9 - 10 December
Committee of Council CC 74: 2 - 3 March CC 75: 5 - 6 October (Chile)
Finance Committee FC 124:17 February FC 125: 5 - 6 May FC 126: 3 - 4 November
Scientific Technical Committee STC 70: 22 - 23 April STC 71: 21 - 22 October
Observing Programmes Committee OPC 84: 25 - 29 May OPC 85: 16 - 20 November
Users Committee UC 33: 27 - 28 April  

Overview of Previous 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 stc-69
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