EFSA: Call for new Mgmt Board members deadline looms

A call for new members of the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Management Board has been launched and the deadline is for the end of this month.

The Commission is organising a selection procedure for the positions of those seven members of the 15-member Board whose terms will expire on 30 June 2010.

The Management Board responsibility:

- Establishing the budget and work programmes
- Monitoring their implementation, and
- Appointing the Executive Director and members of the Scientific Committee and the Scientific Panels.

The Board meets five times a year.

The final deadline for submission of applications is 30 September 2009. For more information, visit EFSA

Editor WorldPoultry