Title: MANAGEMENT OF THE IDLS, CORRESPONDENTS, AND FUNDING

Management of the IDLS, correspondents, and funding

The IDLS will be maintained by a team of FIDIS people under the co-ordination of a Tilburg University co-ordinator (currently Bert-Jaap Koops). The IDLS team consists of Tilburg people specifically designated for this task (currently Mark Dekker, Sander Kriekaard, and Lydia Romme), extended with one or more other FIDIS people depending on allocation of specific funding for this within WP8.  

As stated in the disclaimer, legislation continually evolves. Particularly with smaller countries and countries with official languages other than English, French, or German, legislative changes usually are not easily available, on the Internet nor in legal journals. Therefore, the best way to ensure the retrieval and updating of information in the IDLS is to create a network of correspondents who commit themselves to informing the IDLS team of new or changed legislation and legislative proposals. The creation and maintenance of a network of correspondents is a major task for the IDLS team throughout the full term of FIDIS.  

As to funding of the efforts to maintain the IDLS, the IDLS team members are allocated funding within WP8, added for the Tilburg people with funding from Tilburg University’s basic budget. Country correspondents from FIDIS members can fund their contribution with funding from their basic budget. External country correspondents work on a voluntary basis.