Board of participants

The Board of participants consists of: 20 members that represent European associations of cultural and scientific heritage organisations; and 6 Europeana Network officers. They are responsible for:

•    appointing the members of the Executive Committee
•    representing their professional associations
•    advising on policy and strategy

The current members of the Board of participants are:

•    Association Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE)
•    Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)
•    Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
•    European Museum Academy (EMA)
•    European Museum Forum (EMF)
•    European Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (EURBICA)
•    International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT)
•    International Council of Museums Europe (ICOM)
•    International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
•    Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER)
•    Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe (MICHAEL)
•    Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO)
•    Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)
•    European Association of History Educators (EUROCLIO)
•    National Authorities on Public Libraries in Europe (NAPLE)

FOUNDING MEMBERS

These organisations were instrumental in the set up of the Europeana Foundation and have remained members of the Board:

•    Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE)
•    Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
•    Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, France (INA)
•    National Library of the Netherlands - Hosting organisation (KB)
•    Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (MCU)

EUROPEANA NETWORK OFFICERS:

Europeana has developed due to the work of organisations and individuals.  It is the willingness of the individuals to spend time and energy working on Europeana that has led to an ever-expanding Network. This Network elects 6 officers who also serve on the Europeana Board.

•    Gunnar Urtegaard, National Archive Norway
•    Anne Bergman-Tahon, Federation of European Publishers
•    Louise Edwards, The European Library
•    Nick Poole, Collections Trust, UK
•    Bengt Wittgren, Murberget Länsmuseet Västernorrland, Sweden
•    Johan Oomen, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Netherlands