Governance

ICTP operates under a tripartite agreement between the Italian government, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Each has a representative on the Centre's Steering Committee, which sets general guidelines for the Centre's activities, determines budgeting levels, and considers proposals from the Director for the programme, work plans, financial plans, and budget.

Current members of the Steering Committee:

	Gretchen Kalonji Assistant Director-General Natural Sciences Sector UNESCO
	Daud Mohamad Deputy Director General Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications IAEA
	Roberto Petronzio Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

ICTP also has a Scientific Council that comprises distinguished specialists in disciplines relevant to the Centre's activities who represent a broad geographical range. The Council advises ICTP on its programmes of activities, taking into consideration major academic, scientific, educational and cultural trends relevant to the Centre's objectives.

Current Scientific Council members:

	Professor F.K.A. Allotey Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS) Legon-Accra, Ghana
	Professor William Bialek Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
	Professor Edouard Brézin Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS Paris, France
	Professor José Antonio de la Peña Instituto de Matemáticas Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México México City, D.F. México
	Professor Elfatih A. B. Eltahir Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts
	Professor Renata Kallosh Department of Physics Stanford University Stanford, California
	Professor Luciano Maiani (Council Chairperson) President, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Rome, Italy
	Professor Juan M. Maldacena Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey
	Professor M.S. Narasimhan Centre for Applicable Mathematics Bangalore, India
	Professor Michele Parrinello Computational Science Laboratory Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Lugano, Switzerland
	Professor S. George H. Philander Department of Geosciences Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
	Professor Valeri A. Rubakov Russian Academy of Sciences Institute For Nuclear Research Moscow, Russian Federation
	Professor Ashoke Sen Harish-Chandra Research Institute Allahabad, India
	Professor Gang Tian Department of Mathematics Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
	Professor Cumrun Vafa Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature Harvard University Department of Physics Cambridge, Massachusetts
	Professor Jean-Christophe Yoccoz College de France Departement de Mathematiques Paris, France