5.1.The ASPERA coordinator

He is responsible for the overall legal, contractual, ethical, financial and administrative management of the consortium, the co-ordination of knowledge management and other innovation-related activities, overseeing the promotion of gender equality in the project and overseeing science and society issues related to the research activities conducted within the project. He will ensure general liaison between the contractors and the Commission. He will submit financial statements, will receive in trust for the consortium all payments from the Commission and will distribute them among the contractors according to their decisions. He will represent the ERA-NET to the public and especially to partner councils inside and outside the EU not yet participating in the network. He will be accountable for keeping all contract commitments, for submitting all reports and financial records required from the Commission, for overlooking the joint secretariat, for supervising the implementation of the decisions of the Governing Board.
He is assisted by the deputy coordinator whose main task is the scientific secretariat of the GB the PRC and the extension of the network to new partners.

5.2.The Governing Board (GB)

The GB comprises high-level representatives from the ASPERA partner councils with responsibility for ASTROPARTICLE funding. It will be responsible for all management decisions of the network and for the approval of all documents results and approaches related to the ASPERA activities. It will have overall responsibility for monitoring the work performed, reviewing the objectives and progress achieved towards sustained co-operation and the specific objectives set and discussing corrective actions where necessary.
The GB will also have a general responsibility for the dissemination of information. A very important task of all GB members will be to ensure that the ASPERA propositions will be observed and implemented by the national grant committees or other bodies in charge of Astroparticule funding.

5.3.The Joint Secretariat (JS)

The JS assures the day-to-day follow-up of the program and it is formed by the coordinators, the 4 workpackage leaders plus the administration, outreach and electronic tools responsibles.
He will be responsible for the co-ordination and harmonization of all ASPERA actions (including internet fora, exchanges of program managers, evaluation and program workshops, position and benchmark papers, electronic communication tools), and particularly for the administrative and co-operative support of all transnational research activities The joint secretariat will keep contact with all research councils in Europe, especially also with those external to the consortium, and with other European bodies. It will follow up all important horizontal issues and will prepare the meetings of the ASPERA consortium: the GB, and the PRC. It will also be responsible for public relation issues and for the contents of the ASPERA website.

5.4.The Peer Review Committee (PRC)

It will be responsible for the evaluation of the network’s activities and strategic advice to the GB. It will be informed on all network activities and decisions to guarantee its high quality involvement.