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The Network consists of EMC institutions from 20 countries. There are
11 countries from the European Union, 1 from an Associate State and 8
from Candidate States. There are 26 organisations altogether (12 from
the EU, 1 from an Associate State and 13 from Candidate States). They
are all involved in technical testing and measurement of electromagnetic
compatibility.
The laboratories work or - are in the process of - preparation to operate
in the field of implementation of 89/336/EEC Directive. This makes them
motivated in participation in the Network and reaching its objectives.
| Role | Name | Short name | Country |
| Co-ordinator | ILiM (PL) |
Poland |
| Role | Name | Short name | Country |
| Principle Contractor |
York (UK) | United Kingdom |
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| Ce-test, qualified testing | ce-test (NL) | The Netherlands | |
| Telecom Italia Lab S.p.A. | TILAB (I) | Italy | |
| Nemko AS | Nemko (NO) | Norway | |
| eLABs | eLabs (F) | France | |
The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) |
PTB (D) | Germany |
| Member | SIQ (SI) | Slovenia | |
| SEMKO Ab ITS - Intertek Testing Services | SEMKO (S) | Sweden | |
| EMC S. r. l. | EMC(I) | Italy | |
| ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH | ARCS(A) | Austria | |
| VUS (SK) | Slovakia | ||
| STU (SK) | Slovakia | ||
| PWR (PL) | Poland | ||
| The Electrotechnical Institute | IEL (PL) | Poland | |
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Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements |
PIAP (PL) | Poland | |
| TUL (PL) | Poland | ||
| MEEI (HU) | Hungary | ||
Laboratory for EMC, Dept.of Electrical Measurements,
Fac.of EE |
EMC(RO) | Romania | |
| Tallinn Technical University | TTU (EE) | Estonia | |
UAB Elektromagnetinio suderinamumo mokslinio tyrimo
centras |
EMC(LT) | Lithuania | |
Technical Centre of Telecommunications and Post
Prague |
TESTCOM (CZ) | Czech Republic | |
| Bolls Raadgivning | Bolls (DK) | Denmark | |
| DEM (EL) | Greece | ||
| Centro Espanol de Metrologia | CEM (E) | Spain | |
| SGS FIMKO | FIMKO (FIN) | Finland |
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Project Management
The Network management structure has been developed to offer maximum of
flexibility to address the issues arising from the project whilst maintaining
effective control of the project finances and outputs. The proposed structure
and work assignment will be confirmed by partners at the kick-off meeting
to be held in the second month of the project.
The role of the co-ordinator was appointed to the Institute of Logistics
and Warehousing (ILiM) in Poznaņ, Poland. Apart from the Institute's comprehensive
experience in project management, it also has complete understanding of
the needs of EMC laboratories in the Candidate States, facing the process
of implementation of the EMC Directive.
Management structure:
Network organisation structure
CO - Co-ordinator of the Network
SC - Steering Committee
CR - Principal Contractor
MB - Member (simplification in the diagram; in reality
there are 19 members)
Project Manager: Mr. Krzysztof Sieczkarek of ILiM
Project Administration: Mr. Maciej R. Tumasz of ILiM
Members of the Steering Committee:
1. Mr. Krzysztof Sieczkarek of ILiM
2. Mr. Chris Marshman of York
3. Mr. Rado Lapuh of SIQ
4. Mr. Mariano Giunta of TILAB
Scientific Officer of European Commission: Mr. Ulrich Karock
Based on a circle, the Network chart means that any participant may directly communicate and share their problem with others. As the body representing various participants, the Steering Committee monitors the activities of the network, approves completed tasks and products and makes suggestions for the future activities. The main role of the Co-ordinator is to manage day-to-day activity of the Network, co-ordinate and monitor proper realisation of workpackages and their tasks as well as to communicate with the Steering Committee. The Co-ordinator also constitutes the interface with the European Commission. The Principal Contractors are responsible for realisation of strategic workpackages of the Network. Members are active participants of the Network as well as responsible for realisation of some functions. The work of all bodies involved serves to reach the Network objectives. The details are described in the Workplan.
The communication flow results from the Network structure. Each member
has direct access to another participant or all of them at the same time.
For this purpose the e-mailing system will be established. E-mailing will
be subdivided into two subsystems. The first will be internal Network
(including the European Commission) communication flow based on the rule
oneŽall to communicate members about workshops, meetings, Workpackages,
tasks and Network progress but also for technical questions and answers
related to EMC Directive implementation in a laboratory day-to-day job.
The second emailing system will be public. Apart from Network members
it will be mainly designed for interested third parties such as manufactures,
constructors, lecturers, students, etc. who have questions relating to
the EMC techniques and implementation of the Directive. This may be also
used by bodies from outside Europe.
Other tools enabling facilitation of communication will be a quarterly
newsletter and a web-site which will additionally provide file downloading
tool, links to members' web-sites, additional news about EU legislation
in EMC, new standards, harmonisation process in the Candidate States,
testing instrumentation, EMC events, etc. The communication tools will
be also used for dissemination of the Network achievements and results
of the work.
The Steering Committee and Co-ordinator will assure the Network progress
control and planning. The results and decisions will be presented in the
progress reports based on workpackages, tasks and milestones.