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ERA Management Board
Executive Director (ED)
Portfolio Management and Human Capital Unit
Inter-Institutional and Communication Unit
Finance, Procurement and Facilities Unit
ICT & Operational Data Systems Unit
Interoperable & Cost-Effective Rail Department
Fixed Installations & Rolling Stock Unit
ERTMS Unit
Operational Harmonisation Unit
Vehicle Authorisation Unit
Coordination with ERJU
Coordination on Rail Cybersecurity
Safe Rail Department
Safety Methods Unit
Safety Monitoring and Maturity Unit
Safety Certification Unit
Technical Coordination Department
ERA Academy Unit
Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Unit
JNS, MiMob and Resilience Task Force
HSR & Cross-border Task Force
Authority Tasks Streamlining Task Force
Coordination with NSAs
Executive Director Office Unit
SUMMA Task Force
Efficiency Services Task Force
Cybersecurity and Information Security Team
Ethics Officer and ICC
Data Protection Officer
BoA Registrar
Accounting Officer
Legend
 
The Management Board is the governing body of the European Union Agency for Railways. It is composed of one representative of each Member State and two representatives of the Commission, all with the right to vote, each one with an alternate in case of absence. The MB also includes six representatives, without a right to vote, representing, stakeholders. 
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Oana Gherghinescu
The Executive Director is the legal representative of the Agency and is responsible for the administrative management of the Agency and for the implementation of tasks assigned to it under the ERA Regulation. 
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Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • SPD and CAAR
  • Arbitration of resources (budget and FTEs)
  • Portfolio Management tools and methods
  • MMRR & MIMPR
  • Enterprise Architect function
  • Ensure strategic evolution of Agency’s human capital
  • Competency Management
  • Recruitment
  • Learning and Development
  • Effectives and supportive administrative processes for staff management​

Sub-structures:

  • Portfolio Management Team (TL: K. Favyts)
  • Human Capital Team (TL a.i.: N. Namavar)
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Manage the proceedings of MB, EB, 4th RPSG
  • Manage the relations with other EU institutions, ECA, IAS etc.
  • Manage the communication function at ERA (media relations, website, social media, and corporate events)
  • Manage the NSA and NRB network
  • Manage international work, in line with the priorities and contractual arrangements agreed with EC​

Sub-structures:

  • Inter-institutional and international relations Team (TL: T. Willems)
  • Communication Team (TL a.i.: F. Rotoli)
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Budget management
  • Support to AODs for the financial management
  • Centralised pool of financial assistants - financial initiation and verification (subsidy and F&C)
  • Procurement
  • Centralised financial management for the grants and contribution agreements
  • Procurement and contract management
  • Current building facilities management
  • New building project​

Sub-structures:

  • Budget, Finance and Procurement Team (TL: S. Ciocardel)
  • Facilities management and ERA new building Team (TL: E. Tramacere)
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Agency’s IT infrastructure
  • Service desk support
  • Deployment and maintenance of professional mobile devices and laptops for staff​
  • Technical implementation and operational maintenance of all the Agency’s data systems (Registers, OSS, ISS, etc.)​

Sub-structures:

  • Administrative IT Team (TL a.i.: P. Vasilopoulou)
  • Operational IT Team (TL a.i.: P. Vasilopoulou)
C. Carr

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Deliver the Agency's ambition in the field of making rail more interoperable and cost-effective in the EU

Sub-structures:

  • Fixed Installations & Rolling Stock Unit (HoU: O. Piron)
  • ERTMS Unit (HoU: J. De Bosschere)
  • Operational Harmonisation Unit
  • Vehicle Authorisation Unit (HoU: I. Mendez)
  • Coordination with ERJU (Coordinator: N.T. Tournier)
  • Coordination on Rail Cybersecurity
O. Piron

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • FIRST TSI Maintenance and development
  • Change Control Management
  • Cleaning-up of National Technical rules
  • Link to standards, technical support
  • NoBo monitoring

Sub-structures:

  • TSI Maintenance and Evolution Team (TL a.i.: O. Piron)
  • Technical Rules & Conformity Assessment Team (TL a.i.: O. Piron)
  • NoBo Monitoring Team (TL a.i.: L. Trinca)
J. De Bosschere

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • ERTMS System Authority
  • CCS TSI Change Control Management (CCM)
  • Steering of ERTMS deployment, closer involvement with EC, ERTMS coordinator and TEN-T coordinators
  • FRMCS
  • Harmonised engineering and operational rules for ERTMS
  • Standardised procurement specs for trackside and onboard
  • Streamlined compatibility testing requirements
  • ERTMS Trackside Approvals

Sub-structures:

  • ETCS/ATO Team (TL a.i.: J. De Bosschere)
  • Radio Team (TL a.i.: J. De Bosschere)
  • CCS/ERTMS Team (TL a.i.: J. De Bosschere)
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • TSI OPE
  • System Authority for Telematics
  • Policy lead for EVR and RINF
  • Cleaning-up of NSR and national operational rules
  • Digitalisation of operational communications and language tools
  • Dangerous Goods
  • Support to Capacity Regulation

Sub-structures:

  • TSI OPE Team (TL a.i.: A. D'Agostino)
  • Telematics Team (TL: A. D'Agostino)
I. Mendez

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Issuing of Vehicle Authorisations
  • Governance of VA
  • Support to Applicants and Cooperation with NSAs for VA
  • Policy lead for ERATV, ERADIS, for IOP Data and OSS for the VA
  • Focus on ERTMS Onboard assessments for significant retrofitting work
  • Development of Vehicle Registration process
  • Maintenance of the PAVA and any other reference documents

Sub-structures:

  • VA Programme Management Team (TL: O. Rebollo)
  • Issuing VA Team (TL a.i.: O. Rebollo)
  • VA ERTMS Onboard Team (TL a.i.: O. Rebollo)
  • VA Systems Team (TL a.i.: O. Rebollo)
N.T. Tournier, D. Dimitrova

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Agency's liaison with the ERJU
  • Seamless and timely integration of Agency needs into the ERJU streams of work
  • Mature and timely ERJU outputs into the ERA cycle of regulation preparation, including assistance on feasibility and deployment
C. Carr (a.i.)

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Coordination on Rail Cybersecurity matters across the Agency
P. Guido

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Deliver the Agency's ambition in the field of strengthening safety maturity for rail in the EU, in line with the roles and responsibilities envisaged by the Safety Directive

Sub-structures:

  • Safety Methods Unit (HoU: B. Accou)
  • Safety Monitoring and Maturity Unit (HoU a.i.: P. Guido)
  • Safety Certification Unit (HoU a.i.: I. Mendez)
B. Accou

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Maintenance, development and improvements of all the CSMs (EC revision mandate to ERA)
  • CSM ASLP
  • Specify, implement and maintain the occurrence reporting system
  • Provide support for the use of the information sharing system
  • Analyse safety data
  • Manage GoA
  • Support work of NIBs
  • Develop and support principles and methods on SMS and related safety management topics
  • Maintenance development and guidance for all CSMs

Sub-structures:

  • Information Sharing Systems Team (TL a.i.: B. Accou)
  • Safety Analysis Team (TL a.i.: B. Accou)
  • SMS Principles Team (TL a.i.: B. Accou)
P. Guido (a.i.)

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Risk-based monitoring of NSAs
  • NSA performance review
  • Strenghtening of maturity for ECMs, AsBos, support to NIB peer review
  • Art. 35 Monitoring
  • Organise capacity building for MS authorities

Sub-structures:

  • NSA Monitoring Team (TL a.i.: M. Greco)
  • Support for Assessment & Certif Bodies Team (TL: JM. Dechamps)
  • Capacity Building & Support Team (TL: M. Greco)
I. Mendez (a.i.)

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Issuing of Single Safety Certificates
  • Planning, Management and Reporting for Agency projects relating to SSC
  • Support to Applicants and cooperation with NSAs for SSC
  • Capture evolving user needs in relation to OSS for SSC
  • Maintenance of the PASSC and any other reference documents

Sub-structures:

  • Issuing SSC Team (TL a.i.: M. Schittekatte)
  • Safety Certification Systems Team (TL: M. Schittekatte)
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Ensure the coordination of cross-cutting, transversal topics
  • Strengthened ambition on ERA Academy
  • Anchoring the work for the emerging streams (Task Forces)
  • Internal, transversal and external advisory services for topics under Agency's remit

Sub-structures:

  • ERA Academy Unit (HoU: A. Gigantino)
  • Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Unit (HoU: Vacant)
  • JNS, MiMob and Resilience Task Force (HoU: Vacant)
  • HSR & Cross-border Task Force (HoU: Vacant)
  • Authority Tasks Streamlining Task Force (HoU: Vacant)
  • Coordination with NSAs (Coordinator: M. Van Der Heijde)
A. Gigantino

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Training and capacity building for Safety, Interoperability and ERTMS (incl. FRMCS)

Sub-structures:

  • Safety Academy Team (TL a.i.: G. Rolina)
  • Interoperability & ERTMS Academy Team (TL a.i.: A. Gigantino)
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Ex ante and ex post evaluations
  • Rail data quality and analytics
  • Agency Report on Railway Safety and Interoperability, any other policy analyses and reports

Sub-structures:

  • Data Analytics Team (TL a.i.: T. Holvad)
  • Economic Evaluation Team (TL: T. Holvad)
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Integration of existing military standards into TSI
  • Harmonisation of operational, safety and technical rules for military transport and the removal of persisting obstacles at the borders
  • Authorisation tasks related to dual-use vehicles
  • Adaptation of existing registers and tools
  • JNS
  • Rail adaptation to climate change
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Technical advisory services on ERA areas of expertise to EC
  • Support to the HSR plan implementation​
  • Cooperation with TEN-T corridor coordinators ​
  • Link to CEF and national plans
Vacant

Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):

  • Improvements and streamlining in line with the recommendation(s) by the VA streamlining Task Force (4th RPSG)
  • Feeding any external streamlining initiatives (e.g. omnibus)
  • Rethink a more meaningful approach for the ERTMS Trackside approval, based on the learning curve and the ERTMS deployment needs at EU level
  • Further automation, leaning and efficiency gains for the Authority Tasks​
M. Van Der Heijde
  • Coordinating the relations and cooperation with the NSAs​
  • NSA network coordination ​
Vacant
The Executive Director Office Unit supports the ED in managing the Agency's governance and decision-making processes.
S. Drew (a.i.)

Expected scope of work:

  • Legal advice for the Agency's decisions and relevant documents
Vacant

Expected scope of work:

  • Advisory services on SUMMA implementation
S. Ricotta

Expected scope of work:

  • Centralised mission and meetings management​
  • Centralised ARES support
  • Maintenance of the Integrated Management System (IMS), process mapping and streamlining, SAP implementation, process efficiency​
I. Otura (a.i.)

Expected scope of work:

  • Implementation of cybersecurity action plans
  • Implementation of information security measures
  • TL will be the LCO and Security Authority at ERA​
A. Lixandru

Expected scope of work:

  • Ethics and Internal control tasks
K. Doulis

Expected scope of work:

  • Advisory role to ED on Compliance with GDPR
Z. Pyloridou

Expected scope of work:

  • BoA Registrar functions in line with the Agency's governance rules
S. Meert (accounting assistant: R. Tarasila)

Expected scope of work:

  • Accounting tasks as per the Financial Regulation
  • Legality and regularity of the Agency's annual accounts