The project is promoted by the European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST), a consortium with the aim, among others, of undertaking the development of the telescope, to keep Europe in the frontier of Solar Physics.
Está promovido por la Asociación europea para telescopios solares (EAST), un consorcio cuyo objetivo es, entre otros, el desarrollo del telescopio para mantener a Europa en la punta de la investigación en física solar.