ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
Description of the activities of the EDCTP Programme financially supported by the Community In cooperation with developing countries, the participating Member States have set up the EDCTP Programme. There are several types of activities under the EDCTP Programme to which the Community makes a financial contribution in accordance with the procedures to be laid down in the agreement between the Commission and the common structure: 1. Activities linked to networking and coordination of: (a) European national programmes; (b) the activities carried out in the developing countries. These activities are aimed at strengthening the two main components of the EDCTP Programme: programmes/activities in Europe on the one hand and in the developing countries on the other. 2. RTD activities linked directly to the development of new products and the improvement of existing products against the three diseases (HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis), suited to the specific requirements of the developing countries, i.e. that they are effective, easy to use and as affordable as possible: (a) support for clinical trials in the developing countries, taking into account, in the design of the trials, coexisting infections and giving due consideration to sexual and reproductive health; (b) strengthening of capacities in the developing countries. 3. Activities planned to ensure the development, visibility and sustainability of the EDCTP Programme: (a) activities to promote the EDCTP Programme to ensure a high profile at European or international level; (b) activities linked to obtaining the necessary funds, including those from the private sector, to enable the EDCTP Programme to develop as planned, including beyond the period covered by this Decision; (c) regular reporting on the implementation of the EDCTP Programme with special emphasis on its public-interest value. 4. Basic activities for the EDCTP Programme such as secretariat services and the management of information concerning clinical interventions against the three diseases (HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis). ANNEX II Guidelines for the model of governance of the EDCTP Programme This model should comprise the following: 1. A "Partnership Board" which should define, develop and plan the implementation of strategy to be approved by the common structure. The Board should include a balanced contingent of experts from the participating European States and from the developing countries involved in the programme. It should also include representatives of the Commission and experts from the public or private structures involved in the programme and from other international programmes/organisations, such as the WHO, where appropriate. 2. The "common structure", set out as a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) as established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85(1). The EDCTP EEIG will be the executive structure and manage the programme through its secretariat. It will comprise two main bodies: (a) the "EEIG Assembly", which should be the highest authority within the EEIG; and (b) the "EEIG Secretariat", which should provide administrative support for the work of the Partnership Board and the EEIG Assembly. (1) OJ L 199, 31.10.1985, p. 1.