The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the Association and is composed of one (1) Delegate per Member with voting rights and one (1) Representative per Observer without voting rights*.
EOSC-A 10th General Assembly
27-28 May 2025
Antwerp
Registration for EOSC Association’s 10th General Assembly is now open! To participate in this important event, where members will elect the next President of the EOSC Association, please complete the registration form by 5 May 2025 (23:59 CEST).
GA#10 will be held as an in-person-only, lunch-to-lunch meeting on 27-28 May 2025 in Antwerp. It will take place alongside the closing event for the EOSC Focus project and the kick-off of its successor, EOSC GRAVITY.
Members planning to attend the handover from EOSC Focus to EOSC Gravity on 26 May 2025 are required to complete a separate registration form.
EOSC-A 9th General Assembly
22 November 2024, 10-13:30 CET
Online
The 9th General Assembly meeting of the EOSC Association was held online on 22 November 2024 and served to lay the foundation for a pivotal year ahead in which the EOSC Federation will advance toward operations and the future governance of EOSC will start emerging.
EOSC-A 8th General Assembly
27-28 May 2024
Irish College Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
EOSC-A 7th General Assembly
21 November 2023
Online
GA#7 was an important meeting for the future of the Association, dedicated to decision-making items. More than 150 delegates participated in admitting new members, electing three members of the Board of Directors, approving the Association’s Internal Regulations (bylaws), and approving the Work Plan and corresponding Budget for 2024, among other items.
EOSC-A 6th General Assembly
Brussels
22-23 May 2023
The 6th EOSC Association General Assembly was held on 22-23 May 2023 in Brussels. Delegates representing EOSC-A’s 251 Member and Observer organisations gathered for a two-day in-person-only meeting for lively discussions both concerning the development of EOSC-A as an organisation and the strategy, policy and technical issues at the heart of the sprawling initiative to develop and deploy EOSC.
Meeting minutes from previous General Assemblies
*The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the Association and is composed of one (1) Delegate per Member with voting rights and one (1) Representative per Observer without voting rights.
The General Assembly elects the President for a term of three (3) years, who may be re-elected for one more term. The first President may be elected for a shorter term. On the proposal of the President, the Board appoints the Vice-President and Treasurer. The President chairs the meetings of the General Assembly and the Board.
The General Assembly has all powers except those expressly reserved or delegated to the other bodies of the Association by its Articles of Association or by a decision passed by the General Assembly (Article 3 of the Articles of Association).