The Clean Aviation Governing Board is the highest decision-making body of the Joint Undertaking and has the overall responsibility for the strategic orientation and implementation of operations and activities, in accordance with articles 16 and 64 of the Council Regulation (SBA). The Governing Board ensures coherence with relevant European Union objectives and policies.
The Governing Board is composed of:
- two representatives of the Commission on behalf of the European Union (holding 50 % of the voting rights);
- fifteen representatives of the private members chosen by and from the founding members and associated members ensuring a balanced representation of the aeronautical value chain, such as aircraft integrators, engine manufacturers and equipment manufacturers, research and technology organisations, universities and higher education establishments, and small-medium sized enterprise [SMEs] (holding collectively the other 50 % of the voting rights).
The allocation and the rotation mechanism of the seats of the private members is established in accordance with its Rules of Procedure.
The Governing Board is chaired by the Commission, on behalf of the European Union and co-chaired by a representative from the private members who is selected on a rotational basis in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.
The chairpersons of the Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body, of the Technical Committee and of the States Representatives Group and one representative from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) attend the meetings of the Governing Board as observers.
The Governing Board holds two to four ordinary meetings per year and take its decisions by qualified majority (at least 75 % of the votes including the votes of representatives who are absent, but excluding abstentions).
The Governing Board decisions and minutes of meeting are available in the Key Documents.