Article 2U.K.Tasks and Activities
1.JIV-ERIC shall promote and implement the use of VLBI and other radio astronomical techniques. In particular JIV-ERIC shall operate and develop the data processor, often referred to as the correlator, and service the scientists that use EVN facilities. JIV-ERIC shall correlate all EVN projects, which are approved by the EVN Programme Committee and scheduled by the EVN Scheduler and indicated for correlation at JIV-ERIC on the EVN Block Schedule.
2.JIV-ERIC shall advance very long baseline interferometry between the telescopes of the partners of the EVN and other networks. JIV-ERIC shall organise and facilitate support for operating the EVN and other networks and other related activities in the field of radio astronomy necessary to achieve its aim.
3.JIV-ERIC shall operate on a non-economic basis. In order to further promote innovation as well as transfer of knowledge and technology, limited economic activities may be carried out as long as they do not jeopardise the core activities.