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 2013

Council Cou 127 (Extraordinary): 12 Mar Cou 128: 5-6 Jun Cou-129: 4-5 Dec
Committee of Council CC 82: 11-12 Mar CC 83: 9-10 Oct
Finance Committee FC 135: 7-8 May FC 136: 7 Oct
 FC 137: 6-7 Nov (Chile)
Scientific Technical Committee STC 80: 23-24 Apr STC 81: 22-23 Oct  
ESAC: 22 Apr ESAC: 21 Oct  
  • E-ELT Subcommittee (ESC)
 ESC: 21 Oct    
LSP: 22 Apr LSP: 21 Oct  
Observing Programmes Committee OPC 92: 21-24 May OPC 93: 18-21 Nov
  
Users Committee UC 37: 25-26 Apr  

Council and Committee Meetings in 2012

Council Cou 125: 11-12 Jun
 Cou 126: 4-5 Dec
Committee of Council CC 80:  6-7 Mar CC 81: 10-11 Oct  
Finance Committee FC 133: 8-9 May FC 134: 6-7 Nov
  
Scientific Technical Committee STC 78:  17 -18 Apr STC 79: 23-24 Oct
  
   European Science Advisory Committee ESAC: 16 April ESAC: 22 October
   E-ELT Science and Engineering Committee ESE: 28-29 June  
   La Silla Paranal Committee LSP: 16 April LSP(E): 22 October
Observing Programmes Committee OPC 90: 21 - 25 May
 OPC 91: 19-22 Nov
  
Users Committee UC 36: 23-24 Apr  

Overview of Previous Meetings

Council Cou 105, Cou 107, Cou 108, Cou 109, Cou 110, Cou 111, Cou 112, Cou 113, Cou 114, Cou 115, Cou 116, Cou 117, Cou 118, Cou 119, Cou 120, Cou 121, Cou 122, Cou 123, Cou 124
Committee of Council  
Finance Committee FC 119, FC 120, FC 121, FC 122, FC 123, FC 124, FC 125, FC 126, FC 127, FC 128th, FC 129, FC 130, FC 131, FC 132
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, STC 70, STC 71, STC 72, STC 73, STC 74, STC 75, STC 76, STC 77
Observing Programmes Committee OPC 74, OPC 75, OPC 76, OPC 77, OPC 78, OPC 79, OPC 80, OPC 81, OPC 82, OPC 83, OPC 84, OPC 85, OPC 86, OPC 87, OPC 88, OPC 89, OPC 90, OPC 91
Users Committee UC 26, UC27, UC 28, UC29, UC 30, UC31, UC32, UC 33, UC 34, UC 35, UC 36