(a) prolong SHARE over time in order to generate a genuine panel that follows individuals as they age and react to the changes in the social and economic environment. The upgrade will add seven further waves every two years in three phases as defined in Article 8;
(b) expand SHARE to include all EU Member States;
(c) increase sample size of SHARE in order to make the Survey usable also for with-in-country analyses. In general, the target sample size shall be 6 000 individuals aged 50 and older in each member country.
(3) The SHARE-ERIC shall pursue its tasks on a non-economic basis.
Article 4
Principles
(1) SHARE shall be designed by researchers for researchers. Excellence in research is paramount to all other considerations. The scientific excellence of SHARE shall be monitored by an independent Scientific Monitoring Board (Annex 2).
(2) SHARE shall be a supranational survey. Cross-national comparability within SHARE shall govern all design decisions. In addition, comparability with its sister surveys, notably the U.S. Health and Retirement Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, shall inform the design decisions of SHARE. Topics with supranational research potential shall have priority over topics applicable to single countries.
(3) SHARE shall integrate economics, health, and social science. Topics with interdisciplinary research potential shall have priority over topics applicable to single disciplines.
(4) SHARE shall be a longitudinal survey, following individuals as they age. Topics with longitudinal research potential shall have priority over topics applicable to single points in time.
(5) Research based on SHARE shall facilitate evidence-based EU policies, such as the Europe 2020 Innovation Union Initiative, to help meeting the challenges of population ageing in all countries of the EU.
Article 5
Organs of the Organisation and Scientific Partner Institutions
(1) The organs of the Organisation shall be the General Assembly, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Council’ (Article 6), and the Management Board (Article 7).
(2) Upon proposition of the Management Board and in view of the Principles laid down in Article 4, each Contracting Party shall select a research institution which is responsible for carrying out the scientific tasks of the SHARE-ERIC in its country (hereinafter referred to as ‘Scientific Partner Institution’).
(3) If the Principles laid down in Article 4 are violated by one of the Scientific Partner Institutions, the Contracting Party may replace the Scientific Partner Institution upon proposition of the Management Board.
(4) The Management Board shall seek the advice of the Scientific Monitoring Board (Annex 2) when proposing or replacing a Scientific Partner Institution.
(5) The current Scientific Partner Institutions are listed in Annex 1.
Article 6
The Council
(1) Each Contracting Party shall be represented in the Council by up to two delegates. Delegates to the Council shall be appointed and have their appointments terminated by the Contracting Party. Each Contracting Party shall inform the Chairperson of the Council in writing of any appointment or termination of appointments of its delegates to the Council without undue delay.
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