Governance Structure & Sub-Committees

Steering Board (STB)

The STB is the main decision-making body governing the network, competent to deliberate overs: 1) The monitoring of the project; 2) The project content, budget and IP rights; and 3) The consortium evolution.

Project Manager (PM)

A PM will assist with the day-to-day running of the project. The PMT will coordinate communication within the project, collect, review and assist in preparing progress and financial reports, and coordinate and manage DR recruitment.

Project Management Team (PMT)

The PMT is composed of the PC (Prof. Helfert, NUIM), the Project Manager (PM; NUIM and the project co-chair Dr. Pourzolfaghar (NUIM). The PC chairs the PMT. The PMT will monitor, oversee, and assess the status of the project during weekly meetings, or when needed (physical/phone/online), and reports to the SB (supervisory board).

Supervisory Board (SB)

The SB includes all supervisors from beneficiaries and associated partners and one representative from the recruited DRs. The SB will be chaired by the PC (Prof. Helfert).

The SB is responsible for coordination of the training and supervision activities, competent to deliberate over the implementation of the training programme, any change to this programme (at the individual or network-wide level), adequacy of the supervision, training and logistical support given to the DRs.

All sub-committees will report on their progress and present any unpredicted issues to the SB during network wide training events. The SB will report to the STB every 6 months.

The SB will meet at least twice a year, usually at the network-wide training events. Extraordinary meetings will be organised upon request of an SB member, and will be held online (e.g., via online video conference).

Sub-Committees

There are five sub-committees for governance of Entrust project. All sub-committees will report their progress and present any unpredicted issues to the SB during network wide training events. The structure of the committees is summarised in the table below.

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Training Committee (TC)

The TC, chaired by Evangelos Anastasiou (AUA), includes Domenico Tegolo (UNIPA), Anita Mirijamdotter (LNU), Áine Regan (TEAG), Katarina Stanoevska (USG), Aoibhín Moore Heslin (AF) and Zohreh Pourzolfaghar (NUIM), and is responsible for the EnTrust training programme, the quality of training, efficiency of the training and network-wide events. The TC provides guidelines and principles for trainers and training to ensure consistency and will produce an annual training report reviewing the training events and oversees the progress of the PCDPs, which are presented to the SB every 6 months.

Research Coordination Committee (RCC)

The RCC, chaired by Anita Mirijamdotter (LNU), co-chaired by Evangelos Anastasiou (AUA) is responsible for the supervision arrangements of the DCs and the monitoring of the research quality and efficiency. The RCC is responsible for developing and overseeing the quality assurance policy. The RCC reviews the IRP ethical forms for data collection. The RCC includes Zohreh Pourzolfaghar (NUIM), Biagio Lenzitti (UNIPA), Arianit Kurti (LNU), Cecilia Unell/Adam Halbourg (SOD), Katarina Stanoevska (USG) and Ioannis Karvela (SL).

Communication & Public Engagement Committee (CPEC)

The CPEC is chaired by Paul O’Keeffe (AF) and includes Evangelos Anastasiou (AUA), Biagio Lenzitti (UNIPA), Laura Bargione (MAR) and Henrik Löwenadler (HLD). The committee coordinates the EnTrust Communication & Public Engagement activities.

Dissemination, IP & Exploitation Committee (DIEC)

The DIEC is chaired by Stamatia Rizou (SL) and includes Paul O’Keeffe (AF), Anna Rosenqvist (IC) and Domenico Tegolo (UNIPA). The DIEC reviews IP and exploitation opportunities (Section 2.3.2) and is responsible for the EnTrust DMP (Section 1.2.5).

DC Committee

This committee will involve all 11 DCs and is chaired (on a rotating annual basis) by an individual DC, elected by the Entrust DC community, who will liaise with the SB as the DC representative, represent DC matters and coordinate activities involving DCs (e.g., Dissemination, Training events).