EAAP Structure

The EAAP is organised in the following bodies:

• The General Assembly, which is composed of the representatives of each Member organisation, and which meets annually in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association.
• The Council, which is composed of the President and a maximum of ten Councillors who must come from eleven different countries. Members are elected for a four year mandate.
• The Study Commissions, which are set up to deal with specific scientific, technical and economic areas within the field of animal agriculture.
• A Selected number of Working Groups, that are listed hereby:
  Central and Eastern European Contact WG;
  Cattle Network;
  Mediterranean WG;
  Animal Genetic Resources WG;
  Curricula WG;
  Alternative productions;
  Ethics and welfare WG;
• The Secretariat, which has a small full-time staff and is headed by the Secretary General. The office of the Secretariat is situated at the Association’s headquarters in Rome
• For each Country, the Contact Points facilitate the spread of information and make the presence of the EAAP more visible and effective