MACC-IIConsortium 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

Some additional thoughts on…

• Management • Communication• User interaction

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…

Website:http://www.gmes-atmosphere.eu

Contact:info@gmes-atmosphere.eu