• Obtain consensus on the constitutional and organisational structure of the network
• Agree protocols for communications, data and information exchange
• Establish the network's Steering Group, its terms of reference, membership and schedule of meetings
• Obtain consensus for a common design scheme for all HERN paper and web materials and products
• Represent the Network and partners in dealings with the Funding Body
• Organise financial and managerial systems that ensure full transparency and accountability
• Organise (in partnership with the hosting institution) and Chair Steering Group meetings ensuring that all necessary information is circulated, that minutes are kept and that progress is monitored
• Maintain an accurate database of all partners and contacts and manage the distribution of Steering group papers, seminar papers and other products of the network
• Require progress reports from each of the partners to be given at each Steering Group and provide such progress reports to the Funding Body as may be required by them
• Ensure that partners are involved in planning for and developing network activities beyond the limits of the present project - both to widen the present network and to develop it into the future

• Project start. Set-up and run first Steering Group meeting
• Month 1 - 3. Ensure presentation, communication, control and co-ordination syatems and protocols are devised, agreed and disseminated
• Months 5, 10, 15, 18, 22, 27, 30 and 34. Organise and run Steering Group meetings to be hosted by, respectively, EL, NL, BG, S, PL, UK, LT and CZ. Ensure timely warning and requests for progress reports as well as the distribution of papers prior to meetings and also that subsequent actions are completed. Ensure that papers and other outcomes of the Seminars are distributed to all interested parties as noted in relevant workpackages
• Quarterly - ensure that all databases and records are updated and kept current
• Periodically - provide such reports to the Funding Body as may be required.
• Months 6, 11, 16, 19, 23, 28, 31 and 35 - manage the synthesis and distribution of the seminar and website discussions after each event
• Month 36 -

• Accountable and transparent management of the project
• Efficient and timely distribution of products to promote wider discussion and action

The workpackage will provide:

• established a clear work programme and a detailed consensus on decision making procedures, methods of working and existing case studies. A website and mailbase will have been established and software protocols agreed to provide effective communication between the partners and interested publics.