Once the content and benefits of Airport CDM are understood and the objectives have been set, the most crucial phase starts, which is to organise a project for Airport CDM activities, managed properly according to an agreed timeline with all partners involved. Since the Memorandum of Understanding sets the framework of the Airport CDM project, it should be signed by all airport partners as soon as they have decided to implement Airport CDM and they have agreed on the general objectives and the responsanbilities of each participant.

 

Lessons from airports implementing Airport CDM have learned that this phase often results challenging discussions on who finances and who runs the project, where to find the Project Manager, and how to organise sub projects and monitor progress at the steering board level.

 

Below you find an example of a generic organisation scheme which consists of a high management steering board, one project manager with supporting staff, an operational reference group, and several sub-projects including sub-project managers, executing the actual work.