OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Act on Establishment of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights Process of the selection procedure for the position of Executive Director (1) Selection procedure shall consist of an oral interview including presentation of an applicant and his/her project of management and development of the Centre. The aim of the selection procedure is to assess expert and personal requirements of applicant for the function of Executive Director. The selection procedure is public, taking into account capacity of a place where it is held. (2) Selection procedure is conducted by the Board, which has the status of Selection Committee. The Board meets quorum when a majority of its members is present. The Board elects the chair of the Selection Committee from its members. (3) During the selection procedure, each member of the Selection Committee scores the applicants thereby creating his/her own ranking list of participants in the scoring sheet. He/she marks the ranking of successful applicants, marks the unsuccessful applicants and reasons his/her ranking of applicants in the scoring sheet. (4) Members of the Selection Committee hand in their scoring sheets to the Chair of the Selection Committee who conducts the final rankings of successful applicants in the presence of other members of the Board and concludes the names of unsuccessful applicants. An applicant is unsuccessful if more than half of members of the Selection Committee marks him/her as unsuccessful. (5) Order of successful applicants is established by summing up of positions of the applicants. In case that two or more applicants tie, the order is decided by a separate vote. In case the tie is not eliminated, the order is decided by the Chair of the Selection Committee drawing lot. (6) If the Board does not select Executive Director based on results of the selection procedure due to the reason that no applicant fulfils requirements under § 3b para. 2 or no applicant is successful in the selection procedure, the Board initiates new selection procedure so that it is held within 60 days upon termination of the previous unsuccessful selection procedure. (7) Entrusted member of the Board shall prepare minutes of the selection procedure, which shall be signed by the Selection Committee. If some of the Board members refuses to sign the minutes, this should be noted directly in the minutes together with reasons for refusal. The Board is responsible for publication of the minutes and scoring sheets of Board members at the website of the Centre within 10 working days since the selection procedure was held. (8) The Board informs the applicants on the results of selection procedure in writing within 10 working days since the selection procedure was held. (9) Details on selection procedure for Executive Director shall be regulated by the Rules of Procedure of the Board. § 3c 36