Governance

The ERCIM community is supported by a Consortium of two bodies:

ERCIM AISBL is an international non-profit association under Belgian law, carrying on the activities of ERCIM concerning collaborative research, networking, and support.
ERCIM EEIG, the European Economic Interest Grouping, is responsible for managing the ERCIM Office and hosting the W3C European Host.

AISBL

The ERCIM association (AISBL) is managed by the Board of the Association composed of:

Han La Poutré, CWI: President
Fabio Martinelli, CNR, Vice-President
Christos Koulamas, ISI: Treasurer
Alexander Nouak, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft: Secretary
Bruno Sportisse, Inria: President ERCIM EEIG (ex-officio)

and in addition:

Dimitris Plexousakis, ICS-FORTH, responsible for scientific aspects (projects, working groups)
Monica, Divitini, NTNU, responsible for human capital
Andreas Rauber, SBA, responsible for outreach.

The majority of these board members lead a task group consisting of ERCIM member representatives or substitutes.

Task Groups

ERCIM's activities are carried out and monitored by Task Groups. The leaders of these task groups are Board members. Task Group membership is by nomination by the respective task group leaders. Any employee of a member organisation can serve as a member of a task group. The current Task Groups are:

Strategy Task Group
considers ERCIM's strategy and overall objectives, including policy for new members.
Chair: Han la Poutré, CWI

Science Task Group
deals with 'ERCIM's scientific activities such as research project building and management, and ERCIM Working Groups
Chair: Dimitris Plexousakis, FORTH

Human Capital Task Group
is responsible for mobility of researchers in Europe, the ERCIM Fellowship Programme and the Cor Baayen Award
Chair: Monica Divitini, NTNU

Outreach Task Group
is responsible for all outreach activities including seminars, conferences, publications (including ERCIM News), ERCIM web sites, community building, etc.
Chair: Andreas Rauber (AARIT)