The Steering Committee (SC) is the supervisory body for the execution of JAHEE JA which shall report to and be accountable to the General Assembly (GAss).

It decides on the high level management and technical issues, including exploitation, financial, legislation, planning and control matters.

The SC provides assistance to the Action Coordinator (AC) for executing the decisions of the GAss. The SC consists on the AC and Deputy Co-ordinator, the quality manager and all work-package (WP) leaders and coleaders. SANTE and CHAFEA representatives are observers. The SC Members were nominated and fully operational from the Kick-off meeting of the JA.

The complete list can be consulted here.

A set of internal procedures, approved in the 1st SC meeting in January 2017, establishes the official ways of doing things (responsibilities, agendas, voting, etc.).

The SC meets quarterly, either face to face or virtually.