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Appendix 1: Soka Gakkai organizational structure

Community-based activities planned and carried out with a high degree of local
autonomy by volunteers comprise the great majority of organisational activities.
The basic unit of the organisation is the district unit, made up of some tens of
households, which conducts monthly study and discussion meetings. These
meetings are planned, organised and carried out by the members themselves
and serve as a vehicle of expressing individual creativity and expectations.
The Executive Council, comprising regional and divisional delegates who
represent the national membership, is highest decision-

making body. This body determines annual goals and projects, reviews and
approves personnel matters and

is the organisation '

financial reports, and oversees other national

organisational issues.
The Central Conference is a body consisting of the president, all regional-
level leaders and other representatives of di erent divisions, who decide