As a Voluntary Director responsible for the local area project at the Regional Rugby Committee at the Lyonnais (100 clubs, 15,000 members), Eric Mérand intervened in 2016 with construction of the 2016-2020 project “in support of clubs promoting enjoyment of the game, excellence and encouraging women in Rugby”: production of a diagnostic evaluation, description of stakes involved and targets for the CRL, hierarchisation, programme of actions, organisation of management and reporting.
From 2012 to 2016 Eric Mérand was a member of the National Commission of Rubgy Schools belonging to the FFR, contact person for the South East (France), and director of the Lyonnais Rugby Schools. From 2016 to 2018 he was in charge of Major Events and Internal Training at the Regional Rugby Committee at the Lyonnais.
Since 2018, he has been an elected member of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes League.