# Commission Decision of 17 March 2011 setting up the SHARE-ERIC (2011/166/EU), Article 7: The Management Board

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Management Board is composed of up to six members, including:
(a) the Director of SHARE (herein referred to as ‘the Coordinator’);
(b) three Area Coordinators representing the three scientific areas of SHARE (economics, health, and social/family networks);
(c) if appropriate, other scientists representing an important scientific field or an important operational centre of SHARE.
(2) Members of the Management Board must be internationally reputable researchers with experience in research on ageing and/or survey management.
(3) The Management Board proposes all strategic and budgetary decisions to the Council. It is responsible for all financial and governance processes which maintain scientific integrity, cross-national comparability, and an overall balance of the SHARE survey design. Specifically, it is accountable for the SHARE-ERIC’s finances and deliverables, and for observing legal requirements such as data confidentiality and safety regulations at the European level.
(4) The Management Board provides an annual report on the state of the Survey to the Council, proposes an annual spending and activity plan to the Council, and prepares the financial statement.
(5) The Coordinator leads the Management Board and is the legal representative of the SHARE-ERIC. The Coordinator is responsible for implementing the Survey and for maintaining the same high methodological standards in all participating countries.
(6) The Area Coordinators are responsible for the scientific excellence of the Survey in their respective scientific areas. Specifically, they are responsible for the questionnaire design in their respective areas and for the integrity of the data delivered to the scientific public.
(7) The Management Board shall seek advice of outside experts and establish a Board of scientists who give advice in all scientific matters (the ‘Scientific Monitoring Board’). Such Board shall be independent from the Organisation (Annex 2).
(8) Relations between the Management Board and the Scientific Partner Institutions shall be governed by a consortium agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/166/annex/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-166/annex/article-7
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