The Council is the assembly where all members are represented. It is the body having full decision‑making powers, including the adoption of the budget. The Council appoints the Coordinator, the Vice-Coordinator, and the Coordinator Management as the legal representatives of the ERIC, and the other members of the Management Board,  the executive body of the ERIC.

Dr. Angelika Willms-Herget
Chair of SHARE-ERIC, Fed. Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

Prof. Dr. Elsa Fornero
Vice Chair of SHARE-ERIC, Professor of Economics at the University of Turin, Italy

Matthias Reiter-Pazmandy
Austrian Delegate, Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF)

Dr. Petra Burgsteiner-Schröder
Austrian Delegate, Austrian Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK)

Bart Dumolyn
Belgian Delegate, Flemish Government

Aziz Naji
Belgian Delegate, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office

Marc Vanholsbeeck
Belgian Delegate, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Petr Ventluka
Czech Delegate, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MSMT)

Dr. Klaus Schindel
German Delegate, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Dr. Monika Wächter
German Delegate, Project Management Agency of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR)

Danai Farmaki
Greek Delegate, Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs

Prof. Stephen Clive Richardson
Greek Delegate, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

Jacques Dubucs
French Delegate, French Ministry of Research and Higher Education

Nicolas Dromel, PhD
French Delegate, French Ministry of Research and Higher Education

István Szigeti
Hungarian Delegate, National Research, Development and Innovation Office

Krisztina Sóvágó
Hungarian Delegate, National Research, Development and Innovation Office

Sorel Har Lev
Israeli Delegate, PMO Government Israel

Daniel Gottlieb
Israeli Delegate, Research and Planning, National Insurance Institute

Meital Huberth-Ashkenazi
Israeli Delegate, Ministry for Social Equality 

Grazia Pavoncello
Italian Delegate, MIUR - Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca

Riccardo Pozzo
Italian Delegate, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Drs. Joris Voskuilen
Dutch Delegate, Senior Policy Officer, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) 

Małgorzata Sarzalska   
Polish Delegate, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Albin Kralj
Slovenian Delegate, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport

Karolina Schlegel
Slovenian Delegate, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport

Susanna Bylin      
Swedish Delegate, Swedish Research Council

Boris Wernli
Swiss Observer, FORS