D E S C R I P T I O N O F W O R K - MEGAPOLI - Dmi

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• keep accounts making it possible to determine at any time what portion of the Community funds has
been paid to each contractor for the purposes of the project. The coordinator shall inform the
Commission of the distribution of the funds and the date of transfers to the contractors.
• manage the overall legal, contractual, financial and administrative of the consortium with the support
of the Project Office
• chair the Project and the General Assembly
• prepare meetings and minutes of the General Assembly, Steering Group and Advisory Board with
the support of Project Office
Prof. Baklanov will be the overall coordinator of the project. Given the wide range of scientific, management
and coordination issues involved in MEGAPOLI he will be assisted in his duties by two vice-coordinators,
Dr. Lawrence and Prof. Pandis and the MEGAPOLI project office which will be established in the Danish
Meteorological Institute.
Steering Group
The Steering Group will oversee the integration and completion of the project objectives and have a meeting
every 3 month e.g. evaluating period project reports. Members of the Steering Group are shown in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1 MEGAPOLI Steering Group Members
Name Role Institute
Alexander Baklanov coordinator, steering group chair Danish Meteorological Institute
Spyros Pandis vice-coordinator, expert on atmospheric Foundation of Research and
chemistry
Technology, Hellas
Mark Lawrence vice-coordinator, expert on chemical Max Planck Institute for
transport models
Chemistry
Heinke Schlunzen expert on meteorology and climate University of Hamburg
Markku Kulmala expert on atmospheric physics University of Helsinki
Ranjeet Sokhi expert on air quality University of Hertfordshire
Peter Builtjes expert on emissions Netherlands Organization for
Applied Scientific Research
Jaakko Kukkonen expert on air quality modelling Finnish Meteorological Institute
Tasks of the Steering Group will be:
• supporting the coordinator in fulfilling his obligations towards the Commission
• ensuring that all work meets functional requirements
• reviewing and proposing to the General Assembly budget changes in accordance with the Contract
and Consortium Agreement
• proposing changes in work sharing, budgets and participants to the General Assembly
• deciding on the annual implementation plan for approval by the General Assembly
• deciding on the annual reports (activity and financial reports) prior to its submission to the European
Commission,
• agreeing on press releases and joint publications
• deciding on the measures of controls and audit procedures to ensure the effective day-to day coordination
and monitoring of the progress of the technical work affecting MEGAPOLI as a whole
• co-ordination at the consortium level of knowledge management and innovation-related activities
• overseeing the promotion of the ethical aspects and the gender equality in the project.
Advisory Board
A board of end-users and stakeholder representatives will advise the Steering Group and Coordinator on
achieving the project objectives and using the scientific project products. The Advisory Board will meet
annually and take part in the MEGAPOLI annual reviews. It consists of executive representatives of the endusers
of the project.
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