Division 4 The Executive Director shall in particular carry out the following tasks in an independent manner:

prepare and submit for adoption to the Governing Board the draft annual budget, including the corresponding staff establishment plan indicating the number of temporary posts in each grade and function group and the number of contract staff and seconded national experts expressed in full-time equivalents;

prepare and submit for adoption to the Governing Board the work plan and the corresponding expenditure estimates;

submit for opinion to the Governing Board the annual accounts;

prepare and submit for approval to the Governing Board the annual activity report, including information on the corresponding expenditure;

handle second-instance settlement of disputes within ITDs or IADPs or TAs;

handle first-instance settlement of disputes across ITDs or IADPs or TAs;

oversee the calls for proposals based on the content and topics proposed by the relevant ITD/IADP Steering Committee and in line with the programme objectives and submit for approval to the Governing Board the list of actions selected for funding;

inform the States Representatives Group and the Scientific Committee regularly of all matters relevant to their advisory role;

sign individual agreements and decisions;

sign procurement contracts;

implement the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking’s communications policy;

organise, direct and supervise the operations and the staff of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking within the limits of the delegation by the Governing Board as provided for in Article 6(2) of this Regulation;

establish and ensure the functioning of an effective and efficient internal control system and report any significant change to it to the Governing Board;

ensure that risk assessment and risk management are performed;

take any other measures needed to assess the progress made by the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking towards achieving its objectives;

perform any other tasks entrusted or delegated to the Executive Director by the Governing Board;

ensure the coordination between the different ITDs, IADPs and TAs and take appropriate action to manage interfaces, avoid undue overlaps between projects and favour synergies across ITDs, IADPs and TAs;

propose to the Governing Board adaptations of the technical content and budget allocations between ITDs, IADPs and TAs;

ensure effective communication between the Technology Evaluator, IADPs and ITDs and ensure that deadlines are met for the transmission of necessary data to the Technology Evaluator;

chair the governing body of the Technology Evaluator and ensure that all appropriate measures are taken to enable the Technology Evaluator to perform its tasks as described in Article 12 of these Statutes;

ensure that the planned objectives and the schedules are met, coordinate and follow-up the ITD and IADP activities and propose any appropriate evolution of the objectives and related schedule;

monitor the progress made by the ITDs and IADPs towards achieving the objectives, based in particular on the assessments of the Technology Evaluator;

approve any budget transfers below 10 % of the annual budget allocations between and within ITDs and IADPs;

organise the information exchange with the States Representatives Group.