The Executive Committee shall be responsible for the management of the Association, such as the ESDN account, coordination with the ESDN Office on the ESDN Office Work Plan, calling General Assembly meetings, and the general day-to-day decision-making.

The Executive Committee consists of the ESDN Association President and at least two Vice-Presidents. Currently, the Executive Committee has one President and three Vice-Presidents.

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The ESDN Association Advisory Board supports the tasks of the Association and advises the Executive Committee in terms of the Association’s objectives, including matters that deal with the content of the annual work programs, and on specific projects proposed by Regular Members respectively. Currently, the ESDN Advisory Board consists of representatives from eight European countries.

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The mission of the ESDN Office is to help improve national SD strategy processes in Europe by facilitating a continuous exchange of experiences between the relevant national key actors in the implementation of nationa sustainable development strategies. Current key functions of the ESDN Office are:

• to maintain a website that serves the ESDN and the public as an up-to-date “one-stop-shop” on SD strategies and related activities throughout Europe,
• to support the ESDN Associate Members in finding information on SD strategies;
• to help the ESDN Association Executive Committee and Advisory Board in finding and articulating common interests, and
• to support the formulation of common “products” or “services” of the ESDN.

The activities of the ESDN Office are overseen by the Executive Committee and the Advisory Board.