Organisational structure - governing bodies

General Assembly

General Assembly is the supreme body of the CNIC consortium.

The scope of authority of the General Assembly includes:

  • changing the statutes
  • determining the amount and due date of the membership fee and deciding on its increase or decrease
  • electing and dismissing Board of Directors members
  • electing and dismissing Supervisory Board members
  • electing and dismissing Advisory Board members
  • deciding on the admission and expulsion of a CNIC member
  • approving general-purposseparate financial statements and special-purpose separate financial statements
  • approving the annual activity and management report
  • approving the CNIC budget
  • deciding on compensation of losses
  • deciding on asset dispositions exceeding EUR 100,000
  • deciding on fusion, merger, division or dissolution of the consortium
  • deciding on a change in the legal form of the consortium
  • approving the rules for remuneration of members of the CNIC bodies and changes thereof
  • deciding on the consortium's involvement in other entities
  • deciding on conceptual issues of the consortium’s operation
  • deciding on alienation and encumbrance of property and on other dispositions with property that are recorded in the land registry
  • deciding on other issues within the General Assembly’s scope of authority

The current chairperson of the CNIC General Assembly is Dr. h. c. prof. MVDr. Jana Mojžišová, PhD., rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice.

The members of the CNIC General Assembly are:

  • JUDr. Boris Bilčák, Košice self-governing region
  • Ing. Jaroslav Polaček, city of Košice
  • Ing. Dominik Hakulin, Cassovia Discovery Park
  • Ing. Stanislav Roučka, Cassovia Discovery Park
  • prof. RNDr. Pavol Šajgalík, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • doc. RNDr. Pavol Hvizdoš, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • doc. RNDr. Zuzana Gažová, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Dr. h. c. prof. h. c. prof. Ing. Stanislav Kmeť, DrSc., Technical university in Košice
  • doc. Ing. Marcel Behún, PhD., Technical university in Košice
  • JUDr. Dušan Podolský, PhD., MBA, Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Košice
  • prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc., Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
  • prof. MUDr. Pavol Jarčuška, PhD., Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
  • RNDr. Ing. Michal Tkáč, PhD., Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Board of Directors

Board of Directors is a statutory body of the consortium managing the activities thereof and acting on its behalf. It also decides on all matters of CNIC, except those falling under the scope of authority of the General Assembly, the Supervisory Board or the Advisory Board.

Members of Board of Directors are representatives of each of the founding members of CNIC and the acceding members. Each of the founding and acceding members is represented by one representative in the Board of Directors. Term of office of members of Board of Directors is five years, and a member of Board of Directors can be elected repeatedly. Members of Board of Directors elect the chairperson of Board of Directors from among themselves.

The scope of authority of Board of Directors includes:

  • deciding on alienation and encumbrance of property and on other dispositions with property that are recorded in the land registry
  • convening General Assembly and informing it about the CNIC activities
  • carrying out business management activities
  • ensuring proper bookkeeping of CNIC
  • approving work programme and staff regulations of CNIC
  • keeping a list of CNIC members
  • appointing a CNIC liquidator
  • setting up CNIC advisory bodies
  • submitting to General Assembly for approval general-purpose separate financial statements and special-purpose separate financial statements, which CNIC is obliged to prepare based on a special regulation
  • submitting an annual CNIC activity and management report to General Assembly for deliberation, along with general-purpose separate financial statements or special-purpose separate financial statements
  • submitting to General Assembly for deliberation a report on business activity and state of CNIC assets as part of the annual report, within deadline laid down in the statutes, but at least once a year
  • submitting to General Assembly for approval a proposal for compensation of losses in accordance with the statutes
  • submitting to Supervisory Board, at least once a year, written information on the fundamental intentions of CNIC operation for the following period, and on the expected development of the state of CNIC assets, finances and revenues, and upon request and within deadline determined by Supervisory Board, a written report on the state of business activity and CNIC assets compared to expected development.

Furthermore, Board of Directors is obliged to immediately inform Supervisory Board of all facts that can significantly affect the development of business activity and state of CNIC assets, especially its liquidity. Members of Board of Directors are obliged, at the request of Supervisory Board or its members, to attend the meeting of Supervisory Board and to provide its members with additional information to the submitted reports to required extent.

Members of Board of Directors:

doc. MVDr. Jana Koščová, PhD., University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
MUDr. Štefan Štolfa, PhD., Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Košice
prof. Ing. Ervin Lumnitzer, PhD., Technical university in Košice
Ing. Mgr. Juraj Mičko, MSc., Cassovia Discovery Park s.r.o.
Ing. Jaroslav Polaček, city of Košice
Ing. Rastislav Trnka, Košice self-governing region
prof. RNDr. Peter Samuely, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
Supervisory Board

Supervisory Board is a control body monitoring how the Board of Directors exercises its powers and conducts the consortium’s activities.

It consists of 3 members elected by General Assembly for a period of 5 years. Members of Supervisory Board elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among themselves.

Members of Supervisory Board are:

  • JUDr. Ing. Peter Huba, PhD., city of Košice
  • JUDr. Marián Prievozník, PhD., Cassovia Discovery Park s. r. o.
  • JUDr. Glória Gajdošová, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Advisory Board

Advisory Board is an advisory body providing recommendations to the consortium at the request of any of the bodies.

It is made up of experts from various fields of science, research, development and practice. Candidates for Advisory Board members can be proposed by Board of Directors as well as individual CNIC members.