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DAG 4 Comments: Role of the Board

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  • Subject: DAG 4 Comments: Role of the Board
  • From: Liz Williams <lizawilliams@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:29:26 +0200

Just a follow up to the comments I made in the session in Brussels.

1. The Board's role needs to be extremely clearly defined from the beginning of the process -- all applicants need to know when and under what conditions the board may step in.

2. The Board, like the evaluators, need to be bound by the probity requirements of the evaluation process to ensure no background lobbying (most particularly from national governments but not necessarily limited to this particular group.)

3. The Board's role in the delegation process needs to be clearly articulated -- if there was a bottleneck for delegation because of board workload for an applicant who had successfully completed the application process, this would be terribly unfair and impose unnecessary financial and operational burden on the applicant.

4. If the Board found that, even though the applicant had passed the evaluation but then declined the application to be delegated, a full refund of the costs of the evaluation would need to apply.

Bottom line is that the Board's role in any part of the evaluation and delegation process is not sufficiently articulated or constrained -- and we don't want another international arbitration on the application of policies fairly, neutrally and objectively.

Kind regards.

Liz


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