The Cluster Coordination Office (CCO) is the Cluster's agency comprising the Cluster manager, the Financial manager (both at Cluster Leader Lippeverband, Essen, DE) and the scientific cluster coordination (commissioned to INFRASTRUKTUR & UMWELT, Darmstadt, DE).

The Cluster Steering Committee (CSC) makes all necessary decisions concerning the general direction of the Cluster, the overall work and spending plan. Each of the eight projects constituting the Cluster as well as the Cluster Leader are represented in the CSC.

The Cluster Expert Board (CEB) brings together representatives from all levels and types of organisations in order to provide effective knowledge transfer from the local/regional level (responsible for actual implementation of adaptation measures) to the national/EU level (responsible for the strategic framework) and vice versa for aligning the approaches.