Best Practices Handbook

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Best Practices Handbook

• Crystal Ernst

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First year overview

• Administration
• BOD
• RMC
• Communications
• Legal/Governance

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Incorporation

• Federal, not-for-profit
• Required for all NCEs
• By-laws
• BOD applicants

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Network and Funding Agreement

• - Next presentation (Fouad Elgindy)

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Governance Scientific Director

• Reports to BOD
• Overall scientific direction
• Coordination and management of Strategic Plan
• Primary contact for NCE, scientific community,
  partners

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Governance Network Manager

• Reports to SD
• Director of day-to-day Network operations
• Reporting
• Communications
• Meetings
• IP/commercialization
• Supervision of admin centre staff

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Governance Board of Directors

• Governance and management of the Network
• Elected members
• Representatives from private, public, academic
  sectors

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Governance Research Management Committee

• Management of research program
• Selection and ongoing assessment of projects and
  budgets

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Network Host

• Where the administrative center is located
• Accommodation, access to services and systems
• Receive and distribute Network funds, accounting,
  reporting
• Compliance

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Communications

• Outreach and public education
• Information exchange within the Network
• Branding/Network identity
• Web site, print materials

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Reporting

• - Later this morning (Tia Moffat)

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