The Steering Committee is advisory body that evaluate and monitor all aspects of RC LACE Project activities and voluntary contributions of local R&D activities. Steering Committee reports the quality of the Project to the Council, according to the documents prepared by Management Group.

The Steering committee meets 2 times per year. If changes are envisaged, an operational change in the plan can be made (emergency meeting or voting by e-mail).

Term of References (TOR) of Steering Committee:

Steering Committee consists from one representative from each member state with right to vote, from WGLs and PL without voting rights. Steering Committee is steered by its Steering Committee Chairman. Steering Committee Chairman is elected from representatives. The position will be kept under to 1+1 year duration. Steering Committee responsibilities are:
    - evaluation of the all aspects of LACE Project activities.
    - evaluation of voluntarily contributions of local R&D activities.
    - to prepare report about quality of the LACE Project that is presented by Steering Committee Chairman during the Council Session.

Steering committee should meet twice per year and act as the main forum that would evaluate all suggestions and ideas related to the NWP issues and the Project. Steering Committee could invite some experts out of LACE and ALADIN community to Steering Committee meetings in order to present the NWP related achievements. Steering Committee would supervise and report to the Council the quality of the Project.

TOR of ALADIN Steering Committee Cairman:

Steering Committee Chairman responsibilities are:
    - To co-ordinate members of Steering Committee during Steering Committee Sessions.
    - To organise Steering Committee Sessions.
    - To supervise and control PL.
    - To report quality of the Project during the Council Session.


R&D projects are defined by scientific objectives and the work needed to accomplish them. The work can be done either locally and/or in the form of research group stays. Therefore project definition should contain estimation of needed manpower, CPU and budget implications. For research group stays, travel and per-diem expences will be covered by the central budget.

Research projects can be proposed by anybody and channelled through working group leader to the Steering Committee. The steering committee evaluates the proposed projects and prepares the RC LACE working plan that consists from accepted projects. This plan should correspond to ALADIN annual and medium term scientific plans. The RC LACE working plan is then submitted to Council for final approval once a year.

List of LSC delegates:

    - Yong Wang (Austria),
    - Martina Tudor (Croatia),
    - Radmila Brožková (Czech Republic),
    - András Horányi (Hungary),
    - Jan Mašek (Slovakia) and
    - Gregor Gregorič (Slovenia).

LSC Chairperson

    - Radmila Brožková (Czech Republic).


List of LSC Meetings:

1st RC LACE Steering Committee Meeting: 14 February 2003, Zagreb, Croatia

2nd RC LACE Steering Committee Meeting: 11-12 December 2003, Ljubljana, Slovenia

3rd RC LACE Steering Committee Meeting: 13-14 September 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia

4th RC LACE Steering Committee Meeting: 21-22 February 2005, Vienna, Austria


List of SAC (exLSC) Meetings and Minutes:

11th RC LACE SAC Meeting: 04 July 2001, Bratislava, Slovakia

12th RC LACE SAC Meeting: 01 October 2001,Vienna, Austria

13th RC LACE SAC Meeting: 03 July 2002, Budapest, Hungary

14th RC LACE SAC Meeting: 17 September 2002, Prague, Czech Republic