Consists of:

• All WP leaders - BBU, WWU, BFH, UNA, UTW

• Project Coordinator - Jörg Osterrieder  

• Project Co-coordinator - Branka Hadji Misheva

• Diversity Coordinator - Codruta Mare

The Executive Board is responsible for:

• Overall management of the training and research program

• Monitoring of Individual Research Project progress

• Implementation of training activities with associated partners

• Ensuring integration of the training and research agenda with the career development plan of the doctoral candidates

• Monitoring best practices on dissemination of Individual Research Project results

• Reporting to the Supervisory Board on common issues and proposing an agenda for their meeting

Consists of:

• One representative of each partner - UTW, BBU, UNA, CAR, ASE, WWU, KUT, ROY, ARC, EIT, FRA, DEL, SWE, RAI, ECB

• All supervisors - two supervisors from each partner

• All WP leaders - BBU, WWU, BFH, UNA, UTW

• Two annually rotating doctoral candidates

• Diversity coordinator - Codruta Mare

• Co-chaired by the project coordinator and the EU representative - Jörg Osterrieder and Gergana Simeonova-Arida

Is responsible for:

• Approving and supervising the financial, marketing, and communication strategies

• Monitoring and evaluating the progress of training and research milestones

• Serving as an internal audit team for the EB when it decides on budget allocation, organisational structure, and consortium strategy

Consists of:

• Five prominent academics

• Five senior executives with dual responsibilities

Is responsible for:

• Issue recommendations and brainstorm ideas for training and research programs

• Propose corrective measures

Consists of:

• Two members and one doctoral candidate representative from each beneficiary - UTW, BBU, UNA, CAR, ASE, WWU, KUT

• It’s chair is chosen annually by the DCC members

Is responsible for:

• Supervising training and facilities issues

• Ensuring DIGITAL's policies are consistent with their implementation

• Engaging in discussions and voicing ideas and concerns to their representative on the SB

• Ensuring engagement of the DIGITAL network by promoting social events for doctoral candidates and all consortium members

Consists of:

• Two members from the academic sector:

- Ioana Coita (chair; University of Oradea)

- Audrius Kabasinskas (Kaunas Institute of Technology)

• Two members from the non-academic sector:

- Aidas Malakauskas (co-chair, Swedbank)

- Renato Rocha Souza (Raiffeisen Bank International)

• A representative from an associated partner:

- Gennaro Di Brino (Cardo AI)

Is responsible for:

• Setting the strategy on organising courses and training activities

• Creating an individual training plan for doctoral candidates that takes into account their career development

• Assisting the consortium with supervision-related issues and conflicts

Consists of:

• Chair: Branka Hadji Misheva (Bern University of Applied Sciences)

• Members:

- Codruta Mare (Babes-Bolyai University)

- Monica Achim (Babes-Bolyai University)

- Rubin Haxhiymeri (Cardo AI)

- Aidas Malakauskas (Swedbank)

- Ioana Coita (University of Twente)

- Christina Kolb (University of Twente)

- Joerg Osterrieder (University of Twente)

Is responsible for:

• Ensuring that multiple and appropriate audiences are targeted throughout various communication campaigns

• Monitoring the implementation of communication and dissemination strategies

• Monitoring engagement from different audiences in order to maximise the impact of DIGITAL results

• A media communication officer will be appointed

Consists of:

• Project Coordinator – Chair - Jörg Osterrieder  

• Financial Manager

• Technical Manager

• Communication Coordinator

Is responsible to:

• Establish the network, manage the relationships with the external advisory board and coordinate the overall work of the project and its implementation (PC)

• Maintain internal communications within the consortium, the supporting external partied and for reporting to the EC (PC)

• Monitor the content and progress of each work package as well as coordinate the cooperation among work packages, assure the effectiveness of the project (PC)

• Ensure that milestones are respected, and deliverables are submitted in time with high quality (PC + TM)

• Check with each partner ahead of the planned milestones and deliverables whether they are going to be completed in time and with the required quality (TM)

• Monitor how the financial resources allocated to each partner are employed (PC)

• Work in coordination with the administrative offices of UTW to ensure financial compliance and transparency (FM)

• Check with the technical manager in advance whether each partner respects the milestones and deliverables and in which proportion; and will assign the corresponding budget (FM)