Organizational Structure and Functioning
The overall policy is laid down by the 16-member Executive Committee, elected every two years by the 70-plus-member General Council, and meeting bi-annually. The Executive Committee oversees tasks (management, finances, staffing and operations) through the Managing Board. The specific structured activities related to different programmes and projects are executed by teams of staff members, each team led by a Manager/Project Coordinator.

So far PILER has successfully undergone the requisite structural changes proposed by the Work Plan 2005-07. The core professional staff consists largely of qualified researchers who produce research materials and disseminate it through public advocacy and teaching in PILER and at various other educational institutions. PILER also runs an internship program, where fresh graduates are hired against a reasonable stipend as interns, and are made to undergo a rigorous three-month training period.