UK Research and Innovation governance arrangements enable clear accountability and efficient decision-making. Our governance arrangements will:

• support development and delivery of the overall strategy for the organisation

• enable the CEO to perform his role as accountable officer

• empower each of the Councils and Executive Chairs to take a leading role in their area, consistent with the commitment to subsidiarity in the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.

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Our main governance bodies are the UK Research and Innovation Board and the Executive Committee which provides strategy advice to the Board and is the day-to-day coordinating body for UKRI executive activity.

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Each of the nine Councils have Council members who play a critical role in our strategy development and governance. Council members will work with their Executive Chair to deliver their council's aims and objectives and to support UKRI's overall mission .

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UKRI has its own internal governance framework, which will work with, and be informed by, this framework document, the HER Act and other relevant policies and guidance.