Membership conditions

Membership of the PERIIA Network is on an individual personal basis. A person is eligible for membership if they are a nationally appointed (in a member country of the Council of Europe) Industrial Liaison Officer (ILO) or Purchasing Advisor (PA) to any of the European Big Science Organisations, such as ESO, ESS, ESA, F4E/ITER, CERN, ESRF, XFEL, EMBL, and ILL.

An ILO/PA is external to the Big Science organisation and therefore not to be confused with, for example, a purchasing advisor within the procurement department of such an organisation.

There is no membership fee, but all costs incurred by membership (e.g. travel to meetings) must be paid by the member.

Members can cancel their memberships at any time by sending an email to this effect to the board representative for membership matters. Membership can automatically be cancelled if members stop working as ILOs/PAs. If they wish to remain active, they can become Associate Members of the PERIIA Network under the same terms of engagement except that Associate Members will not be allowed to become board members or vote to elect board members.