Responsible of the ERIH network is a registered association established under German law. The association is listed under the name of ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage e.V.

The costs of ERIH's network and project work are financed by the membership fees of the association members and, since 2014, by project funding from the European Union from the
Creative Europe programme

The organs of the association are the board of management and the general assembly. The board has commissioned an external manager to run the office and nominated national representatives, which are ERIH contact points in their respective countries. A 'Project Management Group' has been set up to manage our EU funding project 2022-24.

ERIH e.V. is member of the 
European Heritage Alliance 3.3
European Commission Expert Group on Cultural Heritage 
and has a cooperation agreement with
TICCIH - The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage

['ERIH' - 'European Route of Industrial Heritage'® is registered as Europen Union Trademark]