MAN: Project management and Coordination

MAN coordinates the overall Integrating Activity and ensures the links with the European Commission from one side and the large community involved in the scientific programmes focused on Transnational and Virtual Access from the other side.

Task 1 Management: MAN sets up the organisational consistent and efficient structures and decision-making mechanisms appropriate to the scale and objectives of STRONG-2020. The management procedures are described in 3.2. In particular, the Facility Coordination Panel guarantees close collaboration with the real and virtual infrastructures and large experiments within and outside Europe.
MAN establishes the Consortium Agreement between the Coordinator and the participants of the Consortium. The purpose of the Agreement is to define rights and obligations of the participants, supplementing the EC Grant Agreement. The Consortium Agreement is subject to the condition that the Grant Agreement enters into effect. The Grant Agreement is appended to the Consortium Agreement and form its integral part. The Consortium Agreement foresees possible modifications in the composition of the Consortium and consequent changes in the managerial structures.
MAN organises meetings at different levels of STRONG-2020. Managerial team and bodies meet and interact on a regular basis. A Kick-off meeting is organized during month 3. Two workshops will be organized for the hadron physics community at large, one 24 months after the start of STRONG-2020 and the second one during the last year of the project.
MAN represents STRONG-2020 and ensures the regular interactions with the European Commission, the Transnational and Virtual Infrastructures, the spokespersons of the Work Packages and the persons in charge of scientific, administrative and legal aspects in the organisation of the participant institutions.

Task 2 Reporting: MAN will coordinate the preparation of the Periodic and Final Reports to the European Commission documenting the progress in all the activities and the financial status of STRONG-2020