Project Co-ordinator Project Manager and Financial Management Project Steering Committee (PSC) Territorial and Thematic Working groups           Project Co-ordinator   The Project Co-ordinator - installed by the Lead Partner - is the first authority within the whole project. He represents the project to the Programme Management of INTERREG IIIB ALPINE SPACE. The Project Co-ordinator is head of the Project Steering Committee. He is responsible for the co-ordination of the project, the reporting to the Programme Management and the distribution of ERDF funding.   Project Manager and Financial Management   Project Manager and Financial Management support the Project Co-ordinator in fulfilling his tasks. The Project Manager is responsible for all tasks related to project organisation and progress monitoring. This means in detail:   -          Setting up an information and communication system for all people involved in the project; -          Organisation and co-ordination of all meetings (workshops and steering meetings) including the  related reportings; -          Progress monitoring and progress reporting;   The Project Manager also represents the link between the Project Steering Committee and the Scientific Board. The Financial Management is responsible for the transnational financial management of the project. This means in detail:   -          Setting up a financial monitoring and reporting system for all partners; -          Financial monitoring and reporting (in co-operation with the Project Manager)   The Financial Management is also responsible for keeping the members of the Project Steering Committee informed about all occurring financial matters.   Project Steering Committee (PSC)   The general co-ordination of the project is handled by the PSC. Each project partner is represented in the PSC by one person. The head of the PSC is the Project Co-ordinator representing the Lead Partner. The PSC is responsible for all strategic decisions touching on the project. Decisions are taken according to the principle of the relative majority. In case of a tie, the Project Co-ordinator has the casting vote. The PSC is informed about the current state of the project – especially on administrative and financial matters – by the Project Manager and the Financial Management.   Territorial and Thematic Working groups   While the SB is the interdisciplinary superstructure for the project, the Thematic Working Groups (TWG) run on a very specialised thematic level. Three transnational TWGs are installed for the project. Each of them covers a special thematic field:   -          methodology and system development -          tools for event documentation -          education and information exchange.   Activities, which are overlapping across the different work packages, are also integrated by the TWG. For each of the five project territories a Territorial Working Group is installed, which consists of the Territorial Co-ordinators and their teams of scientific advisors and local expert