27/09/2013 – LEUVEN

First Executive Board

The first Joint Action Executive Board took place in Leuven, Belgium, Friday September 27th.

The Executive Board is the main executive body of the Joint Action and provides a forum for discussion and decision making. The main purpose of the Executive Board will be to drive the Joint Action forward and approve the outcomes and benefits. The Executive Board gathers twice/year and reports to the Plenary Assembly. The Executive Board pre-approves the deliverables to be presented to the Plenary assembly.

The Executive Board is chaired by the Program Manager. Other key members of the Executive Board are the different Work Package Leaders and representatives of the European Commission & the EAHC. The Executive Board meetings are prepared by the Work Package 1 Leader based on the Work Package progress reports.

During this first meeting, the following deliverable were pre-approved with minor corrections:

• D012 – PROGRAMME PLAN
• D013 – TEMPLATES AND TOOLS
• D021 – LIST OF KNOWLEDGE BROKERS
• D022 (partly) – LOGO
• D023 (partly) – DISSEMINATION PLAN & STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS RELEASE 1
• D031 – EVALUATION STRATEGY

(see section RESULTS)

The risks have also been discussed, but also the financial status of the Joint Action. Finally a brainstorm occurred on the program of the first Joint Action HWF conference.