EuroCloud is an independant non-profit organisation and consists of a two-tier setup where every European country can apply to participate in as long as they respect the EuroCloud Statutes. In less then two years time 27 countries have a EuroCloud presence and in 17 European countries a local Eurocloud is formally established.
Right now the established countries are: Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Italy, Ireland and Hungary. The board directors of these countries are also member of the EuroCloud Europe board and have a vote on decisions to be made. Pricing on local membership may differ due to the fact that Local EuroClouds can define their own business model.
The officers structure of EuroCloud Europe is as follows:
Chairman: Pierre-José Billotte (France)
Vice-Chairman: Phil Wainwright (UK)
Vice-Chairman: Bernd Becker (Germany)
Vice-Chairman: Zoltán Bellák (Hungary)
Vice-Chairman: Michael Abrahamsson (Sweden)
Finance: Paulo Calcada (Portugal)
General Director: Maurice van der Woude (not representing any country)
Every board member have their own businesses and for all members EuroCloud activities are undertaken alongside their regular jobs/activities. All local EuroClouds can decide within their country what policy they use and how to set things up, most of the times, this is done with help from EuroCloud Europe with facilities. There is no financial linkage between local EuroClouds and EuroCloud Europe.
To act as a true European player, all programs that are developed (Congress, Award, EuroCloud day) are intended to be European activities where all boardmembers play their part, active or passive. Where Germany developed a full quality audit seal program, all EuroClouds are invited to adopt that and implement on local level, the same goes for standardisation, setting a standard right away with the volume for adoption in one go. These European programs are the strength of EuroCloud as a whole, because the local countries are involved right from the start.
The organization relies on a two-level framework including respect to local cultures along with the will to promote a real European spirit.
