EURIM Structure
and Governance
Structure
EURIM is a not-for-profit membership organisation incorporated in
1993 as a Company Limited by Guarantee. It is governed by a
Board of Directors and administered through a Managing Council.
Chairman and President
The Earl of Erroll is the Chairman.
Lord
Renwick is EURIM's President.
Directors
EURIM is governed by its Board of Directors, who are normally Parliamentarians
at the time of their appointment. Directors are elected by the Membership
at the Annual General Meeting but the Board also has powers to co-opt.
Board meetings are held immediately prior to each Council meeting
and at other times as the need arises.
Click
here for previous AGM Minutes and Accounts
Click
Here for a list of Directors.
Council
The Directors are assisted by the Managing Council, to whom they
may delegate responsibilities. Council comprises:
- The Directors ex officio
- 15 Parliamentary Members – elected at the AGM; the Directors
may make appointments to fill vacancies.
- 15 representatives of Corporate Members - elected at the AGM; the
Directors may make appointments to fill vacancies.
Council normally meets four times a year (in January, April, July
and October).
Sub-Committees (e.g. The Audit Committee), which must include at
least one Director, are formed for specific purposes and their terms
of reference are agreed by Council.
Council establishes working groups to carry out the content-specific
activities of EURIM and appoints the Group Chairmen. Council monitors
group activities and decides how resource will be allocated. Click
here for a list of Council Members.
Council
Members click here for Council minutes and papers
Working Goups
The
working groups are commonly led by a Parliamentary Chair and an
Industry Chair from a member company. They may also have vice-chairs
and subgroups. Each working group also has one or more rapporteurs
who support the chairman and assists with drafting, research,
minutes and some administration. EURIM commonly provides a budget
towards the cost of the rapporteurs, with any over-run funded by the
participants in that group.
Officers and Staff
The
joint Company Secretaries of EURIM, Ian Boagé and Kate Norman, have
day-to-day responsibility for statutory and board matters and
administration.
The
Secretary-General is Philip Virgo and he has overall responsibility
for the running of EURIM. Edward Phelps is Deputy Secretary-General.
They are assisted by Verity Vigars as Head of Administration and
Membership Secretary, Emma Fryer as Editorial Executive and Dave
Wright as Research Secretary. The secretariat provides
administrative support for the working groups.
The
current working group rapporteurs are Lucy Fairbrother, Emma Fryer,
Dan Mount, Ed Phelps and Dave Wright. The Groups also make use of
secondees, full or part time, when available.
EURIM
is a "virtual" organisation with no physical office
location. The “staff” work from their homes as a networked team;
all are part-time and undertake specific tasks according to
EURIM’s needs and their availability.
Membership
The categories of membership are:
- Parliamentary (individual MPs, MEPs or Members of the
House of Lords)
- Corporate (major organisations)
- Associate (small firms and not-for-profit organisations)
- Individual
In addition, government officials may participate as Observers.
Parliamentary
membership and Observer status is free of charge. Corporate, Associate
and Individual members pay an annual subscription. There is no joining
fee.
For further details on Membership categories and fees click
here
For a list of EURIM Members click here
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