Memorandum and Articles of Association
The Cochrane Collaboration is a not-for-profit organisation,
established as a company (no. 3044323), limited by guarantee,
and registered as a charity (no.1045921) in the UK under
the Charities Act 1993. A copy of the Memorandum and Articles
of Association of The Cochrane Collaboration can be obtained
from the Collaboration's World Wide Web site http://www.cochrane.org.
The
Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group (CCSG)
All registered entities are eligible to vote in the election of
members to the CCSG, and to vote at the Annual General Meeting
of the Cochrane Collaboration. The CCSG has fourteen members,
who are elected by the overall membership of the Collaboration
for three years, with annual rotation of a proportion of its members.
The CCSG meets once during the annual Cochrane Colloquium and
on one other occasion in the year; the minutes of its meetings
can be obtained from the Collaboration's World Wide Web site http://www.cochrane.org.
In between these meetings, several of its working
groups have meetings by telephone conference. These working groups,
which report directly to the CCSG, are as follows:
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The Cochrane Library Users'
Group is responsible for advising on the content and
design of The Cochrane Library.
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The Colloquium Policy Advisory
Group is responsible for maintaining a record of policy
decisions about Cochrane Colloquia, for moving forward
new policies after appropriate consultation, and for
helping to ensure that hosts of future Colloquia know
about and adhere to such policies.
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The Criticism Management
Advisory Group is responsible for advising on policies
and procedures for managing comments and criticisms
of Cochrane Reviews.
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The Executive Group , a
sub-group of the Steering Group, is responsible for
making interim decisions on behalf of the full Steering
Group between its bi-annual meetings on issues other
than monitoring, registration and publishing policy.
It is also responsible for co-ordinating and ensuring
good communication among groups responsible for core
functions and the Steering Group.
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The Handbook Advisory Group
is responsible for the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook
for preparing and maintaining systematic reviews.
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The Information Management
System Group (formerly the Software Development Group)
is responsible for managing the development of the Information
Management System, including Review Manager (RevMan),
Module Manager (ModMan), Criticism Manager (CritMan),
and potentially other software.
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The Monitoring and Registration
Group , a sub-group of the Steering Group, is responsible
for establishing and implementing processes for monitoring
and registering entities, and for making recommendations
to the full Steering Group about de-registration of
an entity.
The Publishing Policy Group , a sub-group of the Steering Group,
is responsible for providing advice on the contents of the Collaboration's
products and overseeing the pricing, distribution and marketing
arrangements for Cochrane products.
The Quality Advisory Group is responsible for co-ordinating activities
aimed at improving the quality of Cochrane reviews.
For information on the membership of these sub-
and advisory groups to the Steering Group, visit http://www.cochrane.org/admin/structure.htm.
Cochrane
Collaboration Secretariat
The work of the CCSG and its subgroups is supported
by a Secretariat based in Oxford, UK.
CEO: Nick Royle
Administrator and Company Secretary: Jini Hetherington
Deputy Administrator: Claire Allen
Treasurer: Donna Gillies
Secretary: Diana Wyatt
