The European Centre for Women and Technology is a non-profit organization based on a multi-stakeholder partnership (MSP), Registration Nr.: 992 958 863.  

The ECWT carries out its activities based on the customized Global Framework  guiding the work of the ten regional centres globally, with the help of five key tools:

1. Policy and actions
2. Research and impact metrics
3. Resource and services development
4. Dissemination and communication
5. Context and culture

in four focus areas:

• education
• workforce
• entrepreneurship
• leadership

lead by representatives of stakeholders with high level  of expertise in the relevant areas:

The ECWT advocates the start-up of a National Point of Contact (N-POC) in every country which at national level functions as a national multi-stakeholder partnership to ensure women's full participation in and contribution to the knowledge-based economy and implementation of the Digital Agenda in the Member States.

The work of ECWT is lead by an Executive Group responsible for the operational activity and a High-level Advisory Committee functions as a knowledge pool for support. Both the Executive Group and the High-Level Advisory Committee is built on multi-stakeholder representation and have documented experience in working with women and technology and/or innovation issues.

The Director of the European Centre is since the 1st of October 2008 Chair of the Global Women and Technology (GWT) Network.

Papirbredden Innovasjon, a regional  innovation centre in Drammen, Norway that has played a key role in co-ordinating the European efforts of the ITF since year 2005 functions as the Secretariat of the European Centre.

Since 2010 there are three working groups assisting the work of the Executive group:

• Working group for services - led by Maria Sangiuliano, Italy
• Working group for finances - new leader tbc
• Working group for networking, branding and communication - led by Malgorzata, Kalinowska - Iszkowska, Poland

• Chair of the High-level Advisory Committee:

    Dr. Rosalie Zobel, Former Director of DG INFSO, Directorate G Components and Systems

• Members of the Executive Group:

- Eva Fabry, Director of the ECWT, European Affairs Manager, Papirbredden Innovasjon, Norway

- Petra Püchner, Dr. Director Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, Stuttgart, Germany Deputy Director of the ECWT

- Nancy Brito, Portuguese N-PoC of the ECWT, EWMD Portugal

- Bev Hurley, YTKO & Enterprising Women, United Kingdom

- Maria Sangiuliano, Services for Women's Citizenship, Wommen's Centre, Venice City Council, Italy

- Malgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska, Poland, Vice President of CEPIS and Chair of the Polish Information Processing Society

- Alexa Joyce, Senior Communications & Business Development Manager of the European Schoolnet, Belgium