Management Committee (MC)

1. The Management Committee (MC) includes one representative from each participating institution or acceding institution, who is the manager of the Pole, nominated for renewable periods of two years. 

2. The representatives of the participating institutions of the first MC are the Coordinator Researchers responsible for the infrastructure projects approved for funding and presented by the Universities of Aveiro, Coimbra, Porto and Minho. The MC with this composition becomes effective with the signing of this Protocol.

3. The MC will be advised for scientific issues by a Advisory Board (AB)  composed by national and foreign specialists.

4. The MC will be coordinated by the Coordinator of the Network, who chairs and represents the Network, and he is chosen on a rotation process among the members from the participating institutions and acceding institutions, with order of rotation being established by the MC.

5. The order of rotation of the Presidency is institutional, but the place is filled on a personal basis.

6. The President may appoint a member of the MC as Vice-President to replace him in his temporary impediments and absences.

7. The President has a qualified vote.

The powers of the Management Committee are:

1. to elected the Coordinator of the RNME among its members;

2. to approve the criteria, to propose to the institutions, for the definition of classes of users and services and the cost of access under the principles of coordination and differentiation of users and required services (access policy, use and fees), and the regulations and principles of  RNME after hearing the Consultive (Advisory) Council; 

3. to approve the plan of joint activities of the Network and its budget;

4. to approve the periodic reports on various aspects: scientific, financial, use and productivity of the equipments;

5. to monitor the performance of the Poles of RNME through the reports submitted by the Coordinator of the Network;

6. to collect and disseminate information relevant to comply with the Protocol of RNME; 

7. to promote the EM services of the Poles and the training activities relevant to users of EM;

8. to give an opinion on the proposed accession of institutions to the network;

9. to approve proposals for membership and participation of the network in national or international organizations;

10. to coordinate the creation of an web portal that enables the network Poles and potential users of their equipment to know their characteristics, conditions and availability of services, make appointments, i.e., keep up-to-date with information relevant to access the Network;

11. to coordinate and conduct activities of the RNME aimed at achieving own funding, to promote the timely acquisition / upgrade of equipment suited to scientific requirements as they arise and to propose training activities of the scientific community in the EM; 

12. to approve the multiannual Contract Program with the participating institutions and acceding institutions, to submit to the FCT and the relevant ministry. Under this contract will be set the sharing of operation costs of the RNEM to maintain and update the equipments and maximize their efficiency and will be established the corresponding institutional obligations;

13. to invite the experts to become members of the AB, as appointed by the participating institutions and acceding institutions;  

14. to approve any amendments to this Annex, for which it will required a meeting specifically convened for that purpose, that should also have the agreement of the FCT

The Management Committee meets quarterly under ordinary conditions. It may be extraordinarily convened by the Coordinator of the Network, or whenever requested by 1/3 of Poles of the Network.