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Our governance arrangements:</p> <ul> <li>support development and delivery of our overall strategy</li> <li>enable our CEO to perform their role as accountable officer</li> <li>empower each of the councils and executive chairs to take a leading role in their area, consistent with the commitment to subsidiarity in the聽<a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/29/pdfs/ukpga_20170029_en.pdf">Higher Education and Research Act 2017</a></li> </ul> <p>Our main governance bodies are the聽<a href="/about-us/our-structure/ukri-board/">UKRI Board</a>聽and the聽<a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/executive-committee">Executive Committee,</a>聽which provide strategy advice to the Board and is the day-to-day coordinating body for UKRI executive activity.</p> <p>Each of the nine councils has <a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/council-members">Council members</a>聽who play a critical role in our strategy development and governance. Council members work with their Executive Chair to deliver their council鈥檚 aims and objectives and to support UKRI鈥檚 overall mission.</p> <p>The聽<a href="/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UKRI-111020-UKRIFrameworkDocument.pdf">UKRI framework document (PDF, 750KB)</a> sets out the governance arrangements between UKRI and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).</p> <p>Read more about <a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/our-relationship-with-the-government/">our relationship with the government</a>.</p> <p>We have our own internal governance framework which will work with, and be informed by, this framework document, the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 and other relevant policies and guidance.</p> <p>Good governance in public sector organisations recognises the need to have arrangements in place that prevent, counter and deal with <a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/conflicts-of-interests/">potential conflicts of interest</a>.</p> <h2>UKRI Board</h2> <p>The UKRI Board is our primary governing body. It has general oversight of UKRI鈥檚 activities and is responsible for achieving UKRI鈥檚 strategic objective and vision.</p> <p>Read more about the <a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/ukri-board/">UKRI Board</a>.</p> <h2>Executive committee</h2> <p>Our Executive Committee provides strategic advice to the UKRI Board and is the day-to-day coordinating body for UKRI activity.</p> <p>Read more about the <a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/executive-committee/">UKRI Executive Committee</a>.</p> <h2>UKRI committees</h2> <p>UKRI has a number of non-executive committees, which are responsible for advising and guiding the UKRI Board and Executive Committee.</p> <p>Read more about the <a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/ukri-committees/">UKRI committees</a>.</p> <h2>Council members</h2> <p>Each council is led by an Executive Chair advised by a council of external members.</p> <p>See the <a href="/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/council-members/">Council members</a>.</p> <h2>Board, 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