EMA - ECORD Managing Agency
| :: EMA Office |
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Catherine Mével | Director ECORD-Net Coordinator, ERICON AB and DS3F WP Leader IWG+ Co-Chair |
New address: IPGP - Bureau 362 1 rue Jussieu 75238 Paris cedex 05 Tel: +33 183 95 76 57 |
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Amine (Mohammed) Benchikh | Executive Secretary EC-funded programmes (ECORD-Net, ERICON AB, DS3F) |
New address: IPGP - Bureau 359 1 rue Jussieu 75238 Paris cedex 05 Tel: +33 183 95 76 54 Fax: |
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Patricia Maruéjol | Scientific Officer Outreach and ECORD web coordination |
E-mail Tel: +33 383 59 42 18 Fax: +33 383 51 17 98 |
| :: EMA Tasks and Interactions: | with ECORD | with IODP | Communication |
:: with ECORD:
EMA, via CNRS-INSU, pools the funds from all the European participants and may accept funds from all the non-European members of ECORD. EMA prepares and signs the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ECORD members and issued requests for a timely contribution of annual funds.

EMA administers the financial contributions from ECORD members made in support of IODP:
EMA provides the ECORD Council with an ECORD programme plan for approval and a budget for each upcoming fiscal year, consistent with the IODP program and budget.
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with IODP: On behalf of ECORD members, EMA signs contracts and the Member Memorandum (referred also as the IODP Memorandum) with MEXT (Japan), NSF (USA) and other IODP funding agencies, on implementation of IODP. EMA provides a single ECORD contribution to IODP co-mingled funds to cover the Science Operations Costs (SOCS) of IODP. EMA represents ECORD in all the relevant IODP committees, panels and task forces. On the basis of an operational plan from IODP-MI for MSP operation, EMA negotiates a budget in a given year. EMA ensures that the Science Operations Costs (SOCs) are provided from IODP co-mingled funds to the ESO for MSP operations. |