IDEAL Cell: Management Structure

Scientific Coordinator

The overall project coordination is the responsibility of the Coordinator ARMINES (Partner 1), which is also acting as the intermediary between the Parties and the European Commission. An efficient day-to-day management of the project is ensured by a permanent scientific and technical follow-up led by the Scientific Coordinator (SC).

Executive Board

The Consortium is represented in the project by the Executive Board (EB), which is the ultimate decision-making and supervisory body for the implementation of the Project. EB is also in charge of the reporting to the European Commission through the Management Team. It is structured by the Work Package (WP) Leaders and chaired by the Scientific Coordinator. The Executive Board holds at least 2 meetings a year.

The WP Leaders are representatives of a partner institution, who are responsible for the implementation of the WP tasks, including coordination with other Work packages, preparation of internal products, reports and project deliverables. They are responsible for finding a consensus among the participants of their WP.

Supporting Structures

• Management Team
  The Management Team is the support group of the Executive Board in charge to help for the implementation of the Project in all its contractual commitments towards the European Commission. The Management Team includes a Scientific and Technical Manager (ST Manager) acting as a deputy to the Scientific Coordinator for scientific and technical issues, and an Administrative, Financial and Legal Manager (AFL Manager) in charge of administrative, financial and legal issues, including costs statements, audits, amendments, management reports, funding allocation, budget, transferring the EC funding to the Parties etc. The Management Team collects the data necessary to prepare the annual reports and deliverables and is in charge of the day-to-day management.
• Managers
  The Managers are scientists personnel of Parties involved in the Project, who are appointed to take care about timing of activities that are distributed in different tasks and workpackages and are interdependent. Changes in the number, activity and name of Managers is decided by the Executive Board.
  Current Managers: Powders Manager; Testing Manager; Interconnects Manager; Modelling Manager.
• Advisory Board
  The Advisory Board (AB) is composed of experts in the field of the Project, acting as specialists who are not part of the Project as parties nor to the Consortium Agreement. The AB has consulting functions in respect to the implementation and the achievements of the Project on a free-of charge basis and within the frame of confidentiality agreement. The advisors support to the Executive Board, providing advises upon request.