Workpackage M : Management
Summary
The strategic management will be undertaken under the responsibility of the project lead partner with the support of workpackages lead partners in a strategic committee. Project decisions will be discussed and validated by all partners voted within the steering committee meetings. The strategic decisions will be disseminated for application in WP activities through projects coordination meetings and workpackages lead partners will be responsible for timing and quality management. Projects, workpackages, and activity meetings will allow a strong communication within the partnership and will allow the identification of risks, reporting them and finding solutions within the project partners or with the Interreg secretariat. Day to day management will be under the responsibility of each partner who will have to report activities to the workpackages leaders for project reporting and evaluation procedures. Workpackages lead partners will have to report to the project coordinator who will report to the EU secretariat. The risk management will be done where possible at workpackage level. An advisory committee with end users and structural engineering companies from partners countries will enlighten decisions and orientations. A review committee with external experts and structural engineering companies from partners countries will increase quality management for guidelines produced.
Activities
The strategic committee will be constituted of the workpackages lead partners and the project coordinator. This committee will guarantee the project strategy, risk and quality management at project scale and the achievement of the project results as links between the 5 workpackages objectives and activities. This committee will validate/adapt the strategy in each workpackage to guarantee links between them and global results achievement in the project.
Project coordination meetings will be organised for operational decisions at workpackage and project level. Steering committees will confirm project decisions & develop communication within the partnership to guarantee operational links within workpackages. Workpackage coordination meetings will define the day-to-day management and coordination strategy in the workpackage to guarantee the deliverables. These meetings will also constitute the internal reporting and evaluation procedures and guarantee of risk and quality management.
Project partners will set up an advisory committee and organise specific meetings to receive feedback on project activities in order to orient them and receive external inputs during the project to maximise dissemination and roll out potential. This committee will involve associated partners, end users from North West Europe countries and structural engineering companies from partners countries to complete structural engineering academic knowledge in the partnership (CIT, IMT Lille-Douai/ARMINES, UoS).
The workpackage on long term impacts will produce guidelines for new projects based on the output of the activities of workpackage I1 and workpackage I2 with partners and associated partners. This activity will consist of integrating external experts review and validation of these guidelines to provide an “international reference” dimension in professional communities. Structural engineering companies experts, erosion/flood risk experts, territories, ports and waterways managers and sediment experts will be involved.
