As per normal practice outlined in the Terms of Reference [ToR], half of the current Steering Committee members will rotate and half will remain. This means that, for this election, we are looking to fill 4 positions.

What is the Steering Committee?
The Steering Committee (SC) is one of the most important governing bodies of C-EHRN. The major goal of the SC is to facilitate the fulfilment of the Network’s mission by developing and supporting policies, strategies and operational implementations in a nutshell, the tasks of the SC involve:

• To initiate the discussion on specific issues, related to activities and/or critical issues.
• To represent the Network at European, regional and national meetings and conferences, including the interaction with multilateral organisations and political bodies.
• To advocate and negotiate on behalf of the Network interests in the various working fields on European, regional, national and local levels.
• To develop, implement, monitor and evaluate future plans, priorities, projects and activities of the network in consolation with various stakeholders in Europe.
• To review and decide upon the planning and execution of annual action plans.
• To provide technical guidance on the Network priority areas in relation to their specific field of experience.

Who is currently a Member of the Steering Committee?
After this rotation, Alina Bocai, Marianela Kloka, Christos Anastasio and Peter Sarosi remain as Members of the SC. C-EHRN would like to express its gratitude to all rotating Members of the SC for all their commitment, contributions, support and passion for the Network. Thank you Tuukka Tammi, Dirk Schaefer, Jose Queiroz and John-Peter Kools. 

Interesting! But… am I eligible to apply?
All C-EHRN Members can stand for election and are eligible to vote. However, outlined by the ToR, C-EHRN Management Team “may develop a specific profile for the vacancy in the SC, in order to ensure a balanced composition of the SC in terms of experience and expertise”. To complement the expertise and experiences of the current members of the SC, on this occasion, we would like to call for SC Member applications from any of the following areas:

• Youth and young adults [under 30 years old] working in the field of harm reduction or related drug policy field.
• Harm reduction professionals working in any of the following areas: drug-checking, safer nightlife, festivals or other recreational settings.
• Harm reduction professionals providing services for people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics; people living with HIV; or sex workers.
• Drug policy professionals with a strong advocacy experience both at national and international levels.

Equally, C-EHRN would like to strongly encourage proposals of candidates across all the spectrums of lived experience of drug use, gender, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, involvement in sex work, homelessness, ethnic origin, age, physical or neural ability, migratory background, religious belief or responsibility for dependants.

Sounds like a good fit! How do I apply?
Applications are open from now until Thursday, May 12th  2022. To apply, you are required to complete this application form (click the link) and this form of consent. Once completed, you can submit all everything by email to administration.co@correlation-net.org

What’s the timeline?
The timeline for the elections is as follows:

• Deadline for applications | Thursday 12th May 2022
• Publication of candidates | Thursday 19th May 202
• Voting | 19th May – June 1st 2022
• Announcement of results | Thursday, June 2nd 2022

Great! However, after reading this, I still have some questions
No problem! If you have a question, please drop the C-EHRN office an email at administration@correlation-net.org