Thematic Working Groups are the primary bodies carrying out the substantive work of ESCR-Net. The Working Groups provide a vehicle for participants in the network to carry on information-exchange; undertake joint actions; and develop substantive and specific project-focused work. The Working Groups have an umbrella structure, under which a variety of projects or initiatives may be housed and fostered, with different combinations of groups participating in each. The coordination for a Working Group and any project it initiates is undertaken by individual members of the working group with the backup support of the ESCR-Net secretariat.