Organisational structure of SAAS
General Assembly of SAAS Members (GA)
The highest organ of the Slovak Academy of Agricultural Sciences is the General Assembly of SAAS members.
To its sphere of action belong mainly:
- elect and remove the Board of SAAS, its chairman and deputy - chairman
- deliberations about serious scientific, professional and other important problems in the sphere of agriculture and take up attitudes towards them
- elect members and make decision on deprivation of the membership in SAAS
- make decisions on essential questions of organization and activities of SAAS
- approve and change the organizational regulations of SAAS.
The Board of SAAS
The Board of SAAS fulfils the tasks of SAAS in the period between the sessions of General Assembly. The board is created by the chairman, deputy - chairman, scientific secretary and members of the Board. The SAAS chairman is confirmed by the minister of agriculture SR. The SAAS chairman is member of the board of the ministry by virtue of his function. The term of office of the Board members and chairmen of departments last three years and can be prolonged by one more term at the most in the same function.