Network Participation Framework Task ForceUldis Zarins | Members Council, 22.02.2017, The Hague

Purpose

Encourage Network Association members to get more engaged in the activities of the ENA.

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ProblemTask Forces and Working Groups are currently the instruments for such involvement. However, their terms of reference don’t appear to cover all the useful ways in which participation is needed or desired. Two ways of contributing to the working of the Association have emerged during the first years of its existence that do not fit the current models of TFs or WGs:- sub-groups of the Members Council

(committees ?) that perform tasks on behalf of the Council itself, such as the Elections Committee or the AGM WG;

- sub-communities of the Network. Europeana Network Association Mission and Vision

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Tasks- Evaluate the current terms of reference and

procedures for WGs and TFs; - Verify the compliance of past and currently

active WGs and TFs; - Investigate requirements of new groups (e.g.

committees and communities) and how they match current structures;

- Investigate how existing communities can be integrated within the Network Association, e.g. EuropeanaTech.

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Outcome- A clear framework for Participation in

Association activities by the Members; - Revised Terms of Reference and procedures for

TFs and WGs; - Eventual proposal for terms of reference for

additional types of Working Groups (e.g. Council Committees and Association Communities).

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Setup

- Chair: Jef Malliet- Timeframe: March-October (with consolidation

of framework finished by the 2017 AGM)- Process: One physical meeting aligned with

summer MC meeting- Budget: 2500€

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Relation to the BP

- Strengthening the Europeana ecosystem;- (also - Create Value to Partners / Embed

network centric thought);- (and to an extent indirectly influences most

if not all the goals of the BP).

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Approved?

Yes! (4x)

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07 November 2016