Organisation
   

The project coordination centre is located at Philipps University Marburg (Germany), Department of Neurology. Project coordinator is Prof. Wolfgang Oertel who is supported by the senior project manager. (See Contact for more information). The senior project manager leads the management team consisting of assistant project managers in London, Groningen, Toulouse, Marburg and Innsbruck. The management team is completed by the chief information officer (CIO) from the IT-partner, interActive Systems GmbH, Berlin.

In order to facilitate project administration and progress, the network is organised in a nodal structure. There are 4 node coordinators. All other participants are assigned to the according nodes. For more details see illustration below.

There are two decision making boards: the Contractors Council that comprises all project members, and the Steering Committee. Members of the Steering Committee are Wolfgang Oertel (Marburg), Olivier Rascol (Toulouse), Klaus L. Leenders (Groningen), Andrew Lees (London), Werner Poewe (Innsbruck), Cristina Sampaio (Lisbon), Eduardo Tolosa (Barcelona), and the IT-partner interActive Systems (Berlin). The Steering Committee supervises the work in progress, taking any decisions in between plenary meetings and problem solving where necessary.

Project tasks and responsibilities are defined in terms of work packages which are assigned to specialist teams. Proposals developed by each team are presented for decision to the relevant boards which coordinate the cooperation between the various work groups. See Activities for more information about some work packages.


   

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