Purpose
The Steering Committee (SC) is a-member non-legal entity structure within the Action “EU4Moldova: Startup City Cahul”.
The primarily purpose of the Steering Committee is to enable efficient exchange of information on technical and policy related strategic issues relevant to the Action, that in turn will guide the implementation of the activities.
Role
The main objective pursued by the Steering Committee is to ensure the efficiency and quality in the project implementation. The SC will have the following responsibilities:
- Follow-up on the interim reports about activities undertaken within the project;
- Follow-up on the interim reports about the communication and visibility campaigns undertaken, and the means of communication used to promote the project;
- Approve the annual activity report and the annual action plan;
- Follow the progress of the Action, review interim results and findings of the monitoring system (Workplans, Logical Framework, budget), the evaluation or the financial audits against identified objectives and results;
- Discuss strategic technical and thematic issues and recommend actions to any upcoming challenges as well as proposes ideas that would lead to improved implementation of the project;
- Consider information and viewpoints from the Advisory Board;
- Provide guidance and support to the implementation of the Action;
- Recommend actions to any upcoming problems;
- Provide support in resolving strategic policy issues, assist in reviewing and commenting on progress reports and assist in regularly review the intervention strategy;
- In case there is need for any adjustments, the project team will bring this to the attention of the Steering Committee in accordance with the Grant Agreement between ATIC and Sweden and the general conditions of the Contribution Agreement between Sida and EU Delegation.
The decisions of the Steering Committee are taken by the vote of the simple majority present at the meeting.
Nominal Composition of the Steering Committee
Permanent members
Gintautas Baranauskas
EU
Deputy Head of Operations
Karin Borovic
Sweden
Head of Development Cooperation
Nicolae Dandiş
Mayor of Cahul Municipality
Stella Bădin
Deputy Mayor of Cahul Municipality
Sergiu Cornea
Rector of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu State University (USCH)
Ana Chirița
ATIC
Strategic Projects Director
Irina Oriol
ATIC
Deputy Project Coordinator
Observers
Invited on ad-hoc basis
- Ministry of Regional development
- Ministry of Finance, Working Group on regional projects
- Other institutions or organisations relevant to the project