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1. The AALA shall constitute the dedicated implementation structure created by the Participating States.

2. The AALA shall be responsible for all the activities of the AAL Programme. The AALA's tasks shall include contract and budget management, the development of the annual work plans, organisation of the calls for proposals, handling of the evaluation and ranking of proposals for funding.

3. In addition, the AALA shall supervise and be responsible for project monitoring and shall transfer the associated payments of the Union contributions to designated national programme management agencies. It shall also organise dissemination activities.

4. The AALA shall be governed by the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall be the decision-making body of the AAL Programme. It shall appoint the members of the Executive Board and supervise the implementation of the AAL Programme, including the approval of the strategy and annual work plans, allocation of national funding to projects and the handling of applications for new membership. It shall work on the basis of a one-country one-vote principle. Decisions shall be taken by simple majority, except for decisions on the succession, admission or exclusion of members or the dissolution of the AALA, for which specific voting requirements may be set out in the statutes of the AALA.

5. The Commission shall have an observer status in the meetings of the AALA General Assembly and shall approve the annual work plan. The Commission shall be invited to all the meetings of the AALA and may take part in the discussions. All the relevant documents circulated in connection with the AALA General Assembly shall be communicated to the Commission.

6. The AALA Executive Board — consisting of at least a president, a vice-president, a treasurer and a vice-treasurer — shall be elected by the AALA General Assembly to undertake specific management responsibilities such as budget planning, staffing and contracting. It shall legally represent the AALA and report to the AALA General Assembly.

7. The Central Management Unit established as a part of the AALA shall be responsible for the central management of the implementation of the AAL Programme in close coordination and cooperation with the national programme management agencies, which shall be authorised by the Participating States to undertake work associated with project management and administrative and legal aspects for the national project participants as well as to provide support for the evaluation and negotiation of project proposals. The Central Management Unit and national programme management agencies shall work together as the Management Unit under the supervision of the AALA.

8. An Advisory Board shall be established by the AALA with representatives from industry, users and other relevant stakeholders, seeking balance between generations and gender. It shall provide recommendations to the AALA on the overall programme strategy, concerning priorities and topics to be addressed in the calls for proposals and regarding other relevant actions of the AAL Programme.