Membership and Functioning

The Task Force consists of the representatives of member countries. The chairmanship rotates on a voluntary basis once a year.

I. Membership

1.	Membership of the Task Force is open to all interested countries.

(a) Members must be committed to the Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust and to its implementation in political practice. 
(b) New members must endorse previous decisions made by the Task Force.
(c) Members are expected to subscribe to the Endowment Fund.
(d) Members are expected to contribute to the operational activities of the Task Force.

2.	Decisions on the admission of new members will be made by the Task Force by consensus. 

II. Functioning of the Task Force

1.	The Task Force should hold no more than two plenary sessions a year. 
2.	Task Force policy decisions will be taken in plenary or following the procedures set out below. 
3.	Working groups will submit recommendations to the chair for Task Force decision. The chair will circulate such recommendations to all members and consensus will be assumed if no objection has been received within 30 days. In the absence of such consensus, the chair will inform the relevant working group chair for reconsideration. 
4.	Decisions on the establishment and chairmanship of the working groups will be made in plenary. 
5.	Not all member countries need be represented in each working group. Any member country wishing to subsequently join a working group must accept the results of the group's previous work. 
6.	Working groups will report on their work to the plenary. 

Annex
The Task Force has agreed on the establishment of the following working groups. The list is open to future additional working groups.

1. Liaison Project working groups

a.	Argentina
b.	Croatia
c.	Estonia g. Slovakia
d.	Hungary
e.	Latvia
f.	Romania
g.	Ukraine

2. Academic Working Group
3. Education Working Group
4. Task Force Fund Working Group
5. Information Working Group
6. Memorials Working Group