MSCA Committees

Executive Board

Consists of: all WP leaders, the Diversity Coordinator, the Project Coordinator.

The Executive Board is responsible for:

• Overall management of the training and research program
• Monitoring of Individual Research Project progress
• Implementation of training activities with associated partners.
• Ensuring integration of the training and research agenda with the career development plan of the doctoral candidates
• Monitoring best practices on dissemination of Individual Research Project results
• Reporting to the Supervisory Board on common issues and proposing an agenda for their meeting

Supervisory Board

Consists of:

• One representative of each partner, all supervisors, all WP leaders, and two annually rotating doctoral candidates
• Diversity coordinator
• Co-chaired by the project coordinator and the EU representative

Is responsible for:

• Approving and supervising the financial, marketing, and communication strategies
• Monitoring and evaluating the progress of training and research milestones
• Serving as an internal audit team for the EB when it decides on budget allocation, organisational structure, and consortium strategy

External Advisory Board

Consists of:

• Five prominent academics
• Five senior executives with dual responsibilities

Is responsible for:

• Issue recommendations and brainstorm ideas for training and research programs
• Propose corrective measures

Doctoral Candidates Committee

Consists of:

• Two members and one doctoral candidate representative from each beneficiary
• It’s chair is chosen annually by the DCC members

Is responsible for:

• Supervising training and facilities issues
• Ensuring DIGITAL's policies are consistent with their implementation
• Engaging in discussions and voicing ideas and concerns to their representative on the SB
• Ensuring engagement of the DIGITAL network by promoting social events for doctoral candidates and all consortium members

Research and Training Committee

Consists of:

• Two members from the academic sector
• Two members from the non-academic sector
• A representative from an associated partner
• Chaired by a designated training advisor and co-chaired by a representative of an industrial partner

Is responsible for:

• Setting the strategy on organising courses and training activities
• Creating an individual training plan for doctoral candidates that takes into account their career development
• Assisting the consortium with supervision-related issues and conflicts

Communication and Dissemination Board

Consists of:

• Chaired by a representative of an associated partner
• Representative of beneficiaries
• Representative of associated partners
• Representative of doctoral candidates

Is responsible for:

• Ensuring that multiple and appropriate audiences are targeted throughout various communication campaigns
• Monitoring the implementation of communication and dissemination strategies
• Monitoring engagement from different audiences in order to maximise the impact of DIGITAL results
• A media communication officer will be appointed

IP and Exploitation Team

Consists of:

• One representative from each industrial partner
• Two academic advisors designated by the partners
• Chaired by a representative of an industrial partner

Is responsible for:

• Identifying potential products and services from each IRP's outputs
• Proposing and monitoring the creation of roadmaps, prototypes, and software.
• In addition, through the adoption of open science practices, ET will ensure the sharing of knowledge, skills, and data.
• The network will assign one designated IP officer and two designated exploitation officers

Project Coordinator Team

Consists of:

• Project Coordinator – Chair
• Financial Manager
• Technical Manager
• Communication Coordinator

Is responsible to:

• Establish the network, manage the relationships with the external advisory board and coordinate the overall work of the project and its implementation (PC)
• Maintain internal communications within the consortium, the supporting external partied and for reporting to the EC (PC)
• Monitor the content and progress of each work package as well as coordinate the cooperation among work packages, assure the effectiveness of the project (PC)
• Ensure that milestones are respected, and deliverables are submitted in time with high quality (PC + TM)
• Check with each partner ahead of the planned milestones and deliverables whether they are going to be completed in time and with the required quality (TM)
• Monitor how the financial resources allocated to each partner are employed (PC)
• Work in coordination with the administrative offices of UTW to ensure financial compliance and transparency (FM)
• Check with the technical manager in advance whether each partner respects the milestones and deliverables and in which proportion; and will assign the corresponding budget (FM)