Council of the Network
The Council of the Network is composed of:
- the President of the Network
- the Major of every municipality that has joined the Network of Nature Reserves or a representative council member
- the President of every valley municipality that has joined the Network of Nature Reserves or a representative council member
- a representative of the territorial owners involved in the Network of Nature Reserves (Civic Use Administration) or his delegate
- Presidents of other Subjects or Entities which subscribed the Convention or a delegate
- the director of the department, which is competent in matters of the conservation of nature from the Autonomous Province of Trento or his delegate
The representative of the Lead Institution carries out the Council President's job. He's also President of the Network.
The Council chooses a Vice-President who carries out the work given by the President and substitutes the latter when he's not present or when an impediment occurs.
The Council runs for the whole length of the Convention and carries out the following tasks:
- monitors the progress of the Programme of Actions, approves the proposal of the Programme of Actions and reports (annual technical progress reports)
- approves variations to the Financial Programme
- establishes the criteria for the appointment of the Coordinator and staff and proposes their dismissal
- decides the Network's policy-programmatic guidelines and priorities for action
- decides and establishes any other aspect of the Network's governance
- identifies the activities to be implemented and foreseen in the Programme of Interventions
- performs the final synthesis and validation of the proposals elaborated by the Local Participatory Forum
Regarding the modality of decision assumptions, the Council's decision is taken by the majority of all present participants. In case of parity the vote of the President determines the outcome. The presence of the majority of components is required in order to make the Council's sessions valid.
The following may attend the meetings of the Conference, without voting rights
- the Secretary of the Responsible Party
- the Coordinator
- any other experts and subjects on specific topics on the agenda
The Council is called at least twice a year by the President. It can also be called when the President thinks it is necessary or when the majority of the Council members request it.
Secretarial services of the Council are conducted by the Coordinator of the Network.
The decisions taken by the Council will be implemented through determinations adopted by the officials of the Lead Institution on the basis of the minutes taken by the Coordinator.
There is no remuneration or reimbursement foreseen for the members of the Network Conference, except for the President.