Proposed structure

ELI is intended to be a pan-European organisation established by Convention. A central decision-making platform in ELI will be the annual conference "RegioResources 20XX", where most important questions will be discussed and new approaches will be presented and approved in the scientific community. The first conference will be held in May 2011 (see attachment)

ELI will consist of the following bodies (Fig. 2):

1. Council: the council is the major decision making body of ELI. It consists of the personal members and of representatives of country members and member institutions and will meet in regular session every two years. Any organisation or person can apply for membership, which will be approved by the council.


2. Practical advisory board: the practical advisory board forms the central interface to questions and processes in practice. The members, who are intended to be recruited are representatives of ministries, national, regional and local planning authorities and planning bureaus. The board has an advisory function in research related matters (relevance, actuality, necessity). The communication with the scientific board and the head-quarters of ELI will be managed by two speakers (chairman and vice-chairman) of the board, who will be elected by the board members every two years.


3. Scientific board: the scientific board is responsible for establishing and keeping under review the overall research framework and the strategy of the Institute. The purpose of this body is to maintain a high quality of the Institute's research, e.g. through evaluating Eli's research activities, publications and reports. The board will consist of 10 members of the council, who are elected by the council every three years.


4. Head-quarters: ELI considers itself as multicultural, flexible, dynamic and constantly developing working environment with staff members from all over the world. The head-quarters of the institute consist of the institute direction including the office and a team responsible for carrying out the scientific and technical work. The institute direction is responsible for managing the ELI and coordinating the ELI bodies. The scientific assistance will consist of a growing team of researchers and trainees and visiting scientists, who are responsible for the scientific work and progress. The technical assistance will consist as well of a growing team of supporting staff including administrative assistants and programmers.