Organisation Structure
The organisation has the following members which can be likened to
“shareholders”:
- Euratom, represented by the European Commission;
- the member states of Euratom;
- third countries which have concluded cooperation agreements with Euratom in
fusion that associate their respective research programmes with the Euratom
programmes and which have expressed their wish to become members.
The current members are therefore the 27 Member States of the European Union,
Euratom and Switzerland as a third country.
Top level organisation of Fusion for Energy
Each member sits in the Governing Board, the main body which supervises F4E.
The Director is the Chief Executive Officer responsible for day-to-day management of
the organisation.
An Executive Committee (ExCo) of thirteen members assists the Governing Board in
a range of matters, in particular, approving the award of contracts.
The Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) also plays an important role in providing
advice to the Governing Board and the Director on the technical and scientific
activities of F4E.