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 2016
| Council | Cou 138: 7-8 Jun | Cou 139: 6-7 Dec | ||
| Committee of Council | 88 CC: 2-3 Mar |
89 CC: 6-7 Oct | ||
| Finance Committee | 144 FC (Extraordinary): 3 Feb | 145 FC: 3-4 May | 146 FC: 8-9 Nov | |
| Scientific Technical Committee | STC: 26-27 Apr | STC: 25-26 Oct | ||
| ESAC: 2 Feb | ||||
| ESC: 25 Apr | ESC: 24 Oct | |||
| LSP: 25 Apr | LSP: 24 Oct | |||
| Observing Programmes Committee | OPC 98: 18-20 May | OPC 99: 15-17 Nov | ||
| Users Committee | UC 40: 18-19 Apr |
Council and Committee Meetings in 2015
| Council | Cou 134 (Extraordinary): 4 Mar |
Cou 135: 10-11 Jun |
Cou 136 (extraordinary) : 8 Oct |
Cou 137 - 8-9 Dec |
| Committee of Council | 86 CC: 3-4 Mar | 87 CC: 7-8 Oct | ||
| Finance Committee | 141 FC: 12-13 May | 142 (Extraordinary) FC: 30 Sep | 143 FC: 3-4 Nov | |
| Scientific Technical Committee | STC 85: 21-22 Apr | STC 86: 20-21 Oct | ||
| ESAC: 29 Jan | ESAC: 22 Sep |
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| ESC: 20 Apr | ESC: 19 Oct | |||
| LSP: 20 Apr | LSP: 19 Oct | |||
| Observing Programmes Committee | OPC 96: 19-21 May | OPC 97: 17-19 Nov | ||
| Users Committee | UC 39: 27-28 Apr |
Council and Committee Meetings in 2014
| Council | Cou 130 (Extraordinary): 5 Mar | Cou 131: 3-4 Jun | Cou 132 (Extraordinary): 8 Oct | Cou 133: 3-4 Dec | |
| Committee of Council | 84 CC:4-5 Mar | 85 CC: 7-8 Oct | |||
| Finance Committee | 138 FC: 6-7 May | 139 FC (extraordinary): 16 Sep |
140 FC: 4-5 Nov | ||
| Scientific Technical Committee | STC 82: 8-9 Apr | STC 83 (extraordinary): 19 Sep |
STC 84: 21-22 Oct | ||
| ESAC: 7 Apr | ESAC: 20 Oct | ||||
| ESC: 7 Apr | ESC: 20 Oct | ||||
| LSP: 7 Apr | LSP: 20 Oct | ||||
| Observing Programmes Committee | OPC 94: 19-22 May | OPC 95: 18-20 Nov | |||
| Users Committee | UC 38: 10-11 Apr | ||||
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) |
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| Scientific Technical Committee | STC 80: 23-24 Apr | STC 81: 22-23 Oct | ||
| ESAC: 22 Apr | ESAC: 21 Oct | |||
| ESC: 21 Oct | ||||
| LSP: 22 Apr | LSP: 21 Oct | |||
| Observing Programmes Committee | OPC 92: 21-24 May | OPC 93: 18-21 Nov |
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| Users Committee | UC 37: 25-26 Apr | |||
Council and Committee Meetings in 2012
| Council | Cou 125: 11-12 Jun |
Cou 126: 4-5 Dec |
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| 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 |
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| Scientific Technical Committee | STC 78: 17 -18 Apr | STC 79: 23-24 Oct |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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, OPC 92, OPC93, OPC94, OPC95, OPC96 |
| Users Committee | UC 26, UC27, UC 28, UC29, UC 30, UC31, UC32, UC 33, UC 34, UC 35, UC 36 |