With view to channel and improve the cross-communication and collaboration between the ACE's work areas, the Executive Board has amended its operating structure to include the Research & Development as a fourth thematic area. This is envisaged as a platform and a method to engage, coordinate and track synergies among all participants in the ACE's thematic areas and to deliver specific tasks delegated to the three working groups: EU-funded Projects, New European Bauhaus Activities and Relations with Other Countries. The work will be carried out by the delegated members from the Member Organizations with the support of the designated ACE Staff, and, as contribution to the decision making and formulation of the respective ACE's policies, and the work by the President and the Executive Board.