Its duties consist in evaluating the short term and mid & long term information technology projects, in regularly upgrading the projects and annually updating them, in evaluating and approving all the projects of the Group's annual operational action plan, in evaluating risk management related to the information systems, in evaluating studies and large supplies of material, software and services directly or indirectly linked to information technology systems, in supervising all large Group projects and the budget, in defining projects implementation priorities, in securing the necessary resources, in evaluating and approving policies for standards and procedures relevant to planning and implementing information technology systems and in approving and supervising cooperation with third parties (outsourcing).