Article 14 Executive Director

The Council shall appoint the Executive Director of JIV-ERIC for a term of five years, renewable. The Executive Director of JIV-ERIC shall be in charge of the scientific development of JIV-ERIC. The Executive Director shall be responsible for the implementation of the decisions of the Council and the day-to-day management of all operational activities of JIV-ERIC, including the Coordination and Support office activities and the development of the correlator.

The Executive Director shall be the legal representative of JIV-ERIC.

The Executive Director shall develop and submit for adoption by the Council the annual work programme as referred to in Article 12(6)(b).

Once the annual work programme is adopted by the Council, the Executive Director shall be in charge of the execution of the annual work programme, as referred to in Article 12(6)(b).

The Executive Director may establish a committee(s) to assist him/her in the implementation of the activities of JIV-ERIC.