The National Coordinating Centers are the centers appointed
by the countrieses to coordinate the development of the
network at athe national level.

Their main functions are:

• To act as a connection between the Regional Coordinating Center and the National Cooperating Centers.
• To identify and incorporate national institutions into the network.
• To develop the infrastructure of the information services at the national level.
• To collect information from the country that has not been recorded by the National Cooperating Centers.
• To produce and disseminate products and services of the Network at the national level.