MACC-II Consortium Management Reading, March 2012.
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Transcript of MACC-II Consortium Management Reading, March 2012.
An experienced management structure and team
The consortium management team @ECMWF Co-ordinator Project Officer: Stefan Eberle Project Manager: Richard Engelen Communication Officer: Project Assistant: Rebecca Calnan
Management at sub-project level
+ Adrian (adviser)
Reporting periods, Management Board and meetings
Reporting periods
Kick-off: November 2011 Interim review : May 2012 Period 1 (13 months) : till Dec. 2012 Interim review: May/June 2013 Period 2 (20 months) : till July 2014
Meetings
Dedicated and sub-project meetings as needed Kick-off Assembly: Reading, Feb.-March 2012 Assembly #2: November 2012 Assembly #3: November 2013 Final Assembly: July 2014
At least one of these assemblies will be an open conference
Management Board and Advisory Board
Management Board
Composed of all sub-project leaders (proposed for approval by BC today) and of the president of the Beneficiary’s Committee (to be elected today)
Large group (15+1), but long-standing experience of working together Meets at least two times per reporting period Telecons every month or more frequently, as needed Minutes available to all (restricted part of website)
Advisory Board
Len Barrie (Cyprus Institute) Guy Brasseur (Climate Service Centre, Germany) David Edwards (NCAR, USA) Tim Haigh / Anke Lükewille (EEA, Denmark) Liisa Jalkanen (WMO, Switzerland) Brian Kerridge (RAL, United-Kingdom) Paolo Laj (LGGE, France) Rose Munro (EUMETSAT, Germany) + DG-ENV representative (principle approved by Nicholas Banfield)
+ Adrian
Management
• Tools:- Tracking
Deliverableson MACC (internal)
webpages- Templates for
project documents…
• More formal service evolution management, specially for the global components (EMI/FIR, VAL/OBS, GHG/GRG/AER, GDA)
• Headline skill scores
Communication
• Communication Officer, 6-monthly newsletter, press releases…
• Webpage with faster/easier access to products, more homogeneous product pages…
• Iphone or Android app (beyond obsAIRve), tweeter• Communication strategy vs raising expectations
and resources to respond• Specific targets: DG-ENV…
User interaction
• More resources for user support
• The “GMES dilemna”: how far should MACC reach out to end users, or leave room for downstream and/or commercial uptake? Should we provide statistically adapted AQ outputs for instance?
• Quality insurance, ISO certification…