The Complex PRACTICE of the MELIA CoP is organised in a number of interlocked and grouped Work Packages (WP) (=Workgroups).

There is a group of 6 Vertical (or Thematic) WPs, and another group of 5 Horizontal WPs or structural activities crossing all along the 6 Thematic WPs.

The complexity of MELIA recommends creating a solid and efficient management structure where the overall management will be guaranteed by the Co-ordinator (P1 – CSIC), assisted by the Deputy Coordinator (P2 – CIHEAM-IAMB) and using a common Secretariat as a support.  The Co-ordinator will be responsible for the overall management of MELIA, and specifically for the group of the 5 “Horizontal” WPs, while the Deputy Co-ordinator will be responsible for the management of the 6 “Vertical” WPs and the general coordination of the workshops.  Each Work Package will be led by a Work Package Leader, assisted by a Deputy Work Package Leader (Pn, P´n), balancing the leadership between partners from the EU and the Med countries. The WPs are subdivided in a number of tasks (see Table 5), related to concrete activities and deliverables, such as organization of Workshops and other type of events, background documents elaboration, assessment documents on technical proposals, identification of best practices, dissemination material.  Each task will be organised by the Task Leader and executed with the help of the group of partners attributed to the WP.