NETWORK COORDINATOR             
 

Nework Coordinator (NC)  (period 2014-2015)

   Dr. Henrique Manuel Paixão dos Santos Girão  email: hgirao@ibili.uc.pt

 

   IBILI - Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences

   Polo III - Health Sciences Campus

   Azinhaga Santa Comba, Celas

   3000-548 Coimbra

 

  Tel. 239 480 221

The Coordinator shall be selected on a rotation basis among the members from the participating institutions and acceding institutions, the order of rotation being established by the NC.

The powers of the Network Coordinator are:

  1. to convene and chair the meetings of the Management Committee and Advisory Board, prepare their agendas and minutes;

  2. to represent the participating and acceding institutions of RNME next to the FCT and the relevant Ministry, within the objectives set by the Network Management Model;

  3. to ensure the proper operation of the management organs and common services of the Network;

  4. to prepare the plan of joint activities of the Network and its budget;

  5. to promote the assessing of performance of the Poles of the Network and make periodic reports (the format of reports should be available online) on the Poles operation mode and the quality of work produced, based on reports prepared by each of the Poles (the reports will have a common format to all Poles), to submit to the MC. The frequency of reports will be defined by the MC in terms of institutional obligations;

  6. to propose measures in case of malfunction of a Pole of the RNME, including the temporary or permanent exclusion of the faulting Pole;

  7. to propose measures in case of malfunction of a Pole of the RNME, including the temporary or permanent exclusion of the faulting Pole;

  8. to prepare and propose to the MC of the RNME the budget that underlies the program contracts with the participating and acceding institutions;

  9. to promote initiatives to raise funds to support the operation of the RNME.

Comments: The mandate of the Network Coordinator lasts for two years.