The Steering Group of the Overture Network consists of its chairperson and his/her deputy, its secretary and webmaster. Candidates for these volunteer positions are proposed by participants from among themselves. They are elected by participants at their regular meetings for a 2 years' mandate. In view of continuity there is a rotating system by which the chairperson ends their mandate in one year, the deputy chairperson in the other year. The fifth member of the stering group looks after external resources/contacts.

The Steering Group is to bring continuity as well as dynamics in the work of the Network. Its tasks and responsibilities include:

• finding a host association for the Network meetings
• preparing the programme and agenda for these meetings taking account of the evaluation of past meetings and the programme proposals made by participants, whilst encouraging the host association(s) to give a major input to it
• involving participants in the preparation and execution of the programmes
• communicating with the host association that is responsible for the logistics of the meeting
• giving the appriopriate follow-up to decisions made at Network meetings
• proposing new initiatives to these meetings
• maintaining a good working relationship with WAGGGS and WOSM
• maintaining and updating the website