Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR)

For action managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency, parallel to the validation of an organisation in the Participant Register, its legal representative(s) must nominate a Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR). The LEAR role, is key: once validated by the Commission, the LEAR will be authorised to:

• manage the legal and financial information about the organisation
• manage access rights of persons in the organisation (but not at the project level)
• appoint representatives of the organisation to electronically sign grant agreements ('Legal Signatories' - LSIGN) or financial statements ('Financial Signatories' - FSIGN) via the Funding & Tenders Portal.

All the steps for the LEAR validation are clarified in the Funding & Tenders Portal.