Management Advisory Committee meets for the first time
On 30-31 May, the Management Advisory Committee (MAC) to the Interim ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Council was convened for the first time, in Gréoux-les-Bains (near Cadarache). The majority of MAC members are government-level representatives of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Parties, and its goal is to advise the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Council on matters such as ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ project management, budget allocations, and other administrative issues.
The first MAC was moderated by Mr. Bob Iotti, president of the engineering company CH2M-WG Idaho. The activities of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization since the opening of the Cadarche Joint Work Site in March 2006 were presented by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ senior management. Included in these were a general overview of the activities by NDG Kaname Ikeda, a presentation on ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ project management and the progress in the development of an integrated project schedule by NPDDG Norbert Holtkamp, and a presentation by Eisuke Tada on the function and major activities of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Project Office. Mr. Tada also presented a proposal for the establishment of a group to coordinate the project activities between the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization and the Domestic Agencies, which was supported by the MAC.
Further presentations were given on the current staffing status and plans, the resource estimates for 2007/2008, guidelines for the in-kind procurement process, and the Headquarters Agreement between the IO and the French State, which provides the priviliges and immunities for the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ staff.