Consortium Description
Project Management Structure and Procedures
The project management in NAVARCHOS 2 will guarantee transparency and commitment to all engaged partners and thus, facilitate an unobstructed and successful project evolution. The objective is to assure that the NAVARCHOS 2 project will meet its entire objectives on time, on budget, and with high quality results. In addition, it will try to come up with a satisfactory plan for the management of knowledge, of intellectual property and of all other innovation-related activities. The main roles and instruments comprising the NAVARCHOS 2 project management structure include:
1. The Project Coordination Committee (PCC): It will consist of representatives of each partner organization. It will constitute the highest decision board and its main task will be project governance. It will have the overall responsibility of all technical, financial, legal, administrative, ethical and impact issues of the project, monitor and assess the project’s progress, and make amendments, if necessary. It will encompass the following roles:
1. The Project Coordinator (PC) who will chair the PCC and will be responsible for the overall management, communication and coordination of the entire research project, emphasising on the assurance of all work package activities’ integration, as well as for the development of the Quality Plan, the implementation of the quality procedures determined in it and the verification of the project results. This role will be assigned to Mr. Ioannis Constantinou (Istognosis).
2. The Communication and Dissemination Manager (CDM), who will be responsible to promote the project results scientific dissemination and to raise public awareness and ensure wide communication of the project results. This role will be assigned to Mr. Ioannis Constantinou (Istognosis).
3. The Innovation & Exploitation Manager (IEM), who will be responsible for innovation management, IPR handling, market analysis and joint exploitation models and plan creation, and for supporting the partners in setting up their individual business plans, in order to exploit the results of the project. This role will be assigned to Mr. Ioannis Constantinou.
4. The Risk Manager (RM), the role of whom will be the early identification, assessment, and – along with the support of the PC – the management of administrative and technical risks. This role will be assigned to Mr. Thanasis Bouras (UBITECH).
2. The Scientific & Technical Committee (STC): Under the control of and in compliance with the decisions of the PCC, STC shall be responsible for the planning, execution and controlling of the project, as regards issues of both scientific & technical nature. It shall be in charge of the project progress and will decide upon all relevant technical and administrative issues, such as: redirection of work in an WP, major transfer of resources across WPs or Partners (over 20%), technological choices, time plans changes, and conflict resolution between WPs. STC will encompass the following roles:
1. The Scientific Manager (STM), who will ensure that the S&T objectives of the project are met with quality and in time. S/He is expected to lead the S&T activities undertaken within the project and will be responsible for resolving any issues of S&T nature that might occur. This role will be assigned to Dr. Panagiotis Gouvas (UBITECH).
2. The Work Package Leaders (WPL) of the project who will be responsible for managing their work package as a self-contained entity. Their tasks include among others coordinating, monitoring, and assessing the progress of the WP to ensure that output performance, costs, and timelines are met. [WP1 Leader: Mr. Ioannis Constantinou (Istognosis); WP2 Leader: Mr. Ioannis Constantinou (Istognosis); WP3 Leader: Christos Constantinou (Istognosis); WP4 Leader: Dr. Anastasios Zafeiropoulos (UBITECH); WP5 Leader: Mr. Ioannis Constantinou (Istognosis); WP6 Leader: Mr. Chris Paraskeva (UBITECH), WP7 Leader: Mr. Christos Constantinou (Istognosis)]
The project management will also encompass an experienced Financial Officer (FO)