Management Structure and Network Organisation

The general structure of the organisation of the ERA-NET is depicted in the following scheme. For further information, please roll over the areas in the picture above.

Steering Committee (SC)

The Steering Committee (SC) consists of high-level representatives of MARTEC partner countries for approval of decisions made by the Board of Program Managers / Task Leaders. The members of the Steering Committee are not necessarily involved in individual national marine research program management, but represent the decision making body in their countries/organisations (e.g. members of research councils, directors of organisations or units, Head of Divisions in Ministries etc.). The SC might also invite observers from other organisations, which will be identified during the project.

The SC meets once a year for a one day meeting. It is chaired by a representative of the co-ordinating organisation, PtJ or by BMWi. The decision-making of the SC is based on consensus, but in the case of conflicting views, on the principle of one vote per partner.

The tasks of the SC are to:

agree on the strategic activities of MARTEC
agree on the plans and implementation of the MARTEC-activities
approve the documents, results and approaches related to the MARTEC activities
assist in identification and removing administrative and legal barriers that hinder trans-national co-operation activities
prepare the basis for a sustainable co-operation between the partner organisations
approve and transform suggestions from the Advisory Committee into MARTEC

The SC confirms that the activities within MARTEC are in accord with national research
funding policies.

Members: Stephan Hesselmann, Ralf Fiedler, Sigurd Falch, Anne Charreyron-Perchet, Esa Lindqvist, Arturo González Romero, Mogens Schrøder Bech, Wolter Leiseboer, Jakub Sypieñ, Ionel Chirica

Board of Program Managers (BPM)

icon bpm The Board of Program Managers (BPM) consists of program managers from all partner organisations/countries who are in charge of implementing the MARTEC tasks but also are involved in individual national program implementation. Interested observers are generally invited to participate in these meetings. The board works on the basis of direct communication between managers and regular meetings twice a year. The forum meetings are organised in connection to workshops organised under the different workpackages to minimise travel time and costs. The role of the BPM is to co-ordinate and look for mutual complementarity of the actual research activities within the national programs.

The BPM advises the co-ordinator and workpackage/ task leaders in planning and implementing MARTEC activities, exchange information about national and international developments in marine research programs and recruit new partners or observers to MARTEC. It is expected that the co-operation network of Program Managers reacts to new emerging issues, and attracts new partners leading to broader and deeper cooperation in funding research on maritime technology. It also ensures communication between programs in the individual project managers.

Members: Werner Kolbe, Ralf Fiedler, Sigurd Falch, Anne Charreyron-Perchet, Lionel Kaniewski, Merja Slami-Lindgren, Rauli Hulkkonen, Carlos Sánchez Lafuente, Mogens Schrøder Bech, Wolter Leiseboer, Jakub Sypieñ, Ionel Chirica

Co-ordinator (CO)

The ultimate responsibility for the successful operation of the project lies with the Network Co-ordinator. To achieve this, the Co-ordinator will direct the work of the Project Secretariat, which will be responsible for the operational aspects of MARTEC. The financial aspects will be managed by the Co-ordinator, who will sign the contract with the Commission on behalf of the consortium.

a) overall management of the Project

b) preparation of the meetings and decisions of the Steering Committee and the Board of Program Managers

c) timely collection and, with the support of the Board of Program Managers, preparation of statements, including financial audit certificates, from the Parties for transmission to the Commission

d) ensure promt delivery of all hardware, software and data identified as deliverable items in the Contract or requested by the Commission for reviews and audits, including the results of the financial audits prepared by independent auditors.

Responsible: Ralf Fiedler from Project Management Organisation Juelich (PtJ, DE)

Commission (EU)

The Commission may participate as an observer at the meetings of the SC and the BPM.

Furthermore the Commission shall:

a) monitor the scientific, technological and financial execution of the project and ensure that the Community financial contribution is provided when and where necessary under the conditions established by the contract;

b) carry out review, analysis and approval of project deliverables within the periods indicated in the contract;

c) maintain the confidentiality of any information, data, reports or other deliverables or knowledge communicated to it as confidential, in accordance with the provisions of Article II.9.

Representative: Jörg Niehoff

Workpackage 1-5 (WP)

To tackle the concerns main objectives and to ensure a logical progression of activities from the outset, the key activities of MARTEC has been divided into five workpackages. Each workpackage are subdivided into a set of objectives, a series of tasks and set of deliverables. Workpackage activities are managed by a workpackage Leader. The following workpackages are managed by:

WP1: Project Management Organisation Juelich (PtJ, DE)

WP2: Centre d´ Etudes Techniques Maritimes et Fluviales (CETMEF, FR)

WP3: Research Council of Norway (RCN, NO)

WP4: INNOVAMAR (INNOVA, SP)

WP5: Project Management Organisation Juelich (PtJ, DE)

For further and detailed information about our workpackages, please click on the workpackages button in the left navigation.