20 June 2025 – A very important step forward for KM3NeT has been accomplished this week by establishing the KM3NeT AISBL.
An Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif (AISBL) is a non-profit legal entity established according to Belgian law and recognised at international level. This is the form of legal entity which had been identified as the most appropriate one for KM3NeT after a detailed evaluation conducted through the KM3NeT-Infradev2 project, supported by the EU (Grant Agreement no. 101079679). Setting up a legal entity for KM3NeT was in particular the main objective of the work package 2 of the project, coordinated by Piera Sapienza of INFN.
This new entity will allow for an efficient and legally binding reorganisation of the KM3NeT activities for construction, installation, operation, maintenance, scientific exploitation and decommissioning of the infrastructure.
The KM3NeT AISBL was signed in Brussels by Nicolas Leroy, Ekaterini Tzamariudaki, Juan de Dios Zornoza, Marco Pallavicini and Jorgen D’Hondt, representing the AISBL founding members, respectively: CNRS (France), INPP/NCSRD (Greece), University of Valencia (Spain), INFN (Italy) and NWO-I (the Netherlands). The other institutes of KM3NeT are expected to join soon, either as full members or observers.
