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| Current Chair: Montenegro, since March 2009 |
| Previous Chair: Romania, Feb 2008 - March 2009 |
| Previous Char: Bulgaria, March 2007 - Feb 2008 |
| Previous Chair: Croatia, Feb 2006 - March 2007 |
| Previous Chair: Slovenia, March 2005 - Feb 2006 |
| Previous Chair: Austria, March 2004 - March 2005 |
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Article 3
(1) A Joint Committee of Ministers, each of them representing one of the Contracting Parties, is hereby established. The Joint Committee of Ministers shall be responsible for all steps and decisions necessary to ensure the implementation and promotion of the CEEPUS II programme and for the approval of evaluation reports and the restructuring of the programme.
(2) The Joint Committee of Ministers shall meet at least once a year. Ministers unable to attend a meeting shall be represented by their high officials. The Joint Committee of Ministers may establish a panel of their high officials to decide on those issues which the Joint Committee of Ministers has deferred to them in preparation of the next meeting of the Joint Committee of Ministers.
(3) The Joint Committee of Ministers shall elect one of its members to act as chair for a period of one year.
(4) The Joint Committe of Ministers shall make every effort to reach agreement by consensus regarding all decisions to ensure the implementation and promotion of the programme as described in Annex I. Should consensus not be attainable, the matter shall be subject to decision by two-thirds majority of the members Joint Committee of Ministers present and voting.
(5) Concerning the annual budget of all Contracting Parties and their exchange quotas, i.e. the number of scholarship months per academic year to facilitate the actions described in Annex I each Contracting Party shall make a pledge. The Joint Committee of Ministers takes a final unanimous overall decision on all pledges.
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