ANNEX 1 Project Board Responsibilities

The Board's responsibilities will include:

•  endorsing its terms of reference as determined by the Authority in consultation with the allocated WIDP Transactor;

•  sign-off of each stage of progress of the project;

•  overview of the project management, including the programme, resources and risk management;

•  management of the project budget (and any changes to the budget) throughout project development, procurement and implementation;

•  communications and consultation;

•  reporting and disclosure;

•  managing interfaces and interdependences between the project and its environment;

•  managing stakeholder engagement;

•  project assurance;

•  initiating key stage project reviews, in particular, gateway reviews;

•  delivery of the project outcome to the required quality;

•  the scope, operation and resourcing of any working groups which report to the Board;

•  the decision to launch the competition for the project including, for instance, the publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union;

•  the approval of all documents relating to the project, including the project initiation document (PID) and business case (OBC and FBC);

•  setting evaluation criteria for bids and evaluating bids;

•  the appointment or replacement of a PD and/or PM;

•  the scope of work, selection, and terms of engagement of third party advisers; and

•  delivering the project to the base-line timetable.

The Board shall continue to meet after the project has closed but at less frequent intervals.