SP0 Consortium management

The CRYSTALCLEAR consortium has set ambitious goals. The cooperation of many and competing parties is a new and complex phenomenon. A solid structure is required to cover the decision making procedures, the responsibility structure and the financial procedures. A project management structure has been set-up suited to the actual research being done at the workpackage level.

 

The CRYSTALCLEAR project organizational structure

The following levels of management have been created:

General Assembly (GA), with all parties represented, can be seen as the 'shareholder' meeting.

Co-ordinator, who provides the chairman of the Executive Board and the General Assembly and is the liaison to the European Commission.

Executive Board (EB), which carries overall responsibility for the day-to-day management and will be supported by the Project Management Office (PMO) on all management activities.

Research Board & Industry Board which both advise the Executive Board on content-related issues during the running of the project. The Industry Board is responsible for the "quality of the work regarding implementation and application" and the Research Board is responsible for the "scientific and technological quality of the work".

Subproject Leaders (SPL), who are each responsible for one of the 8 subprojects, which are in turn divided into subjects and work packages. The SPL is in most cases a representative of one of the participating institutes because of the emphasis on research in these subprojects. One subproject, SP7 on project integration and implementation, is led by an industry partner.

Work Package leaders (WPL), who are responsible for work packages, the level at which the actual research is being carried out in co-operation between the work package co-workers. The WPL is also responsible for the deliverables within his or her work package.