FA1301 – Coordination and organisation

COST Action FA1301 CephsInAction is coordinated and administered by the Action Management Committee (MC).

The MC is entrusted with the coordination, implementation, and management of an Action as well as with the supervision over the appropriate allocation and use of the funds with a constant eye on the achievement of the Action’s scientific and technological objectives.
Action MC Members each represent a Country and are appointed by that Country’s National Coordinator, regardless of their nationality. The MC is composed of up to two representatives from each Member Countries or Cooperating State participating in the Action. The MC may include up to two representatives from International Partner Countries, Near Neighbour Countries or Specific Organisations participating in the Action. In the latter case, researchers are MC Observers with no voting rights and must come from different institutions.

The Action MC, supported by the advice of the DC rapporteur and the COST Office, has the responsibility to:

– define and manage the Action Strategy;
– define the Action Structure, including: Working Group structure and membership, election of the Action Chair, Vice-Chair, Grant Holder and other COST Action Positions needed to achieve Action Objectives;
– establish specific provisions linked to the management, sharing or exploitation of Intellectual Property that may rise from an Action. Such provisions must comply with national or international legislation and the need for protecting the participants’ legitimate interests;
– perform the reporting duties for the monitoring and assessment of an Action, without prejudice of the monitoring responsibilities of the DC and COST Office.