GOVERNANCE
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is in charge of overseeing the activities developed and delivered by ACCELERATE and its working groups. The Committee’s composition reflects ACCELERATE’s multi-stakeholder approach: four representatives each from academia, patient advocates, bio-pharmaceutical industry and regulators, plus three in-tuitu personae. The Committee proposes and decides on ACCELERATE’s plans and initiatives. The Steering Committee also serves as the Scientific Programme Committee of the Annual Conference.
Leadership
Academia
Four representatives from Academia represent the voice of the academic community in the Steering Committee.
Patient Advocates
Four representatives of Patient Advocate organizations represent the voice of parents and patients in the Steering Committee.
Regulators
Four representatives of Regulators represent the voice of regulatory bodies in the Steering Committee.
Industry
Four representatives of the Pharmaceutical Industry represent the voice of Industry in the Steering Committee.
Maximum 3 representatives can be part of the Intuitu personae. They represent the voice of the smaller pharmaceutical companies & other relevant organizations.
General Assembly
The General Assembly holds the broadest powers enabling ACCELERATE to achieve its purpose, including those to appoint/remove members of the Board as well as to approve budgets and accounts.
Board
The Board holds the broadest powers of administration and management over the Association and it is subjected to the powers reserved to the General Assembly.
Team
The ACCELERATE team has an office in Brussels and reports to the Steering Committee. The Team oversees the day-to-day activity of ACCELERATE and the implementation of activities of the working groups.
Volunteers
ACCELERATE gathers a network of more than a thousand of volunteers and participants who bring an immense added value to our work. We would like to thank them all for their hard work and for being part of the ACCELERATE initiative!
