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Horizon 2020 Roadmap for the Climate challenge
June 2015
Content
1. Lobby in the EU......................................................................................................................... 2
2.
Contacts .................................................................................................................................... 2
Members of the Danish Climate reference group (referencegruppe) for the Societal Challenge 5:
Climate Action, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials ............................................................... 2
Danish representatives of Programme Committees, experts, and National Contact Points for the
Climate challenge .......................................................................................................................... 3
Advisory Groups ............................................................................................................................ 4
Contacts within the European Commission ................................................................................... 5
3.
EU initiatives and stakeholders ................................................................................................. 5
European Technology Platforms ................................................................................................... 5
Public Private Partnerships – Contractual PPPs ........................................................................... 6
European Innovation Partnerships ................................................................................................ 6
1. Lobby in the EU
Lobbying means that an organisation, company or an individual is trying to influence the decisions
made by politicians or officials in the EU institutions in a particular direction. In Brussels, the
Capital Region Denmark EU Office (creoDK) represents its partners: University of Copenhagen
(KU), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and the
Capital Region of Denmark. creoDK engages with EU decision-makers and seeks influence on EU
research policy. The purpose of creoDK is to promote good research ideas – knowing the timing of
the decision making process, contacts and stakeholders.
In an EU lobby context, it often pays to be proactive. creoDK aims at facilitating the most
favourable conditions for our scientists to participate more effectively in EU funding programmes
by seeking influence on the phrasing and the priorities of the biannual Work Programmes,
prepared by the European Commission within the framework of Horizon 2020 – EU’s Research
and Innovation programme. Furthermore, creoDK aims at bringing forward hitherto neglected
research topic to the EU research agenda.
This roadmap provides an overview of contacts, initiatives and stakeholders that may be useful
when promoting specific interests within the climate research area in Horizon 2020. For more
information on timing, please refer to the indicative timeline for development of Work Programme
2018-2019. You are always welcome to contact creoDK for further questions: creoDK@regionh.dk
2. Contacts
Members of the Danish Climate reference group (referencegruppe) for the
Societal Challenge 5: Climate Action, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI) (Styrelsen for Forskning og
Innovation) has established reference groups corresponding to nine thematic sections of Horizon
2020. The purpose of the reference groups is to provide DASTI with greater insight into the
strengths and potentials of Danish research and thus create the foundation for the Danish priorities
in the Work Programmes within Horizon 2020. The reference groups play an important role in
preparing the Danish contribution to the new work programmes as they form the scientific base for
DASTI’s input to the negotiations with the European Commission. The reference group must
represent the joined Danish interests within the section concerned.
The table below lists the members of the reference group for the Societal Challenge on Climate.
Other reference groups can be found at the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s webpage.
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Members of reference group
Name
Bjørn Kaare Jensen
Birgitte Hoffmann
Niels-Jørgen Aagaard
Jørgen E. Olesen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Cedric Schneider
Rikke Lybæk
Kim Pilegaard
Henning S. Jensen
Merete Bilde
Thomas Højlund Christensen
Ole Mark
Trine Erdal
Svend-Erik Jepsen
Title
Vice Director
Associate professor
Chief of Research
Professor
Professor
Associate professor
Associate professor
Professor
Associate professor
Professor
Head of Institute
Chief of Research
Chief, Business
Development
Senior advisor
Organisation
GEUS
AAU
AAU
AAU
KU
CBS
RUC
DTU
SDU
AU
DTU
DHI
FORCE Technology
Senior advisor
Danish Agriculture & Food
Council
Casper Andersen
Annette Engelund Friis
Niels Henrik Mortensen
Katrine Krogh Andersen
Jochen Kolb
Jørgen Wadum
Louise Skovdal
Deputy head
Professor
Keeper of Conservation
and Director of CATS
Senior advisor
Lill Rasted Bjørst
Associate professor
Confederation of Danish
Industry
Confederation of Danish
Industry
Environmental Protection
Agency
DMI
GEUS
National Gallery of Denmark
Ministry of Children, Gender
Equality, Integration and
Social Affairs
AAU
Danish representatives of Programme Committees, experts, and National
Contact Points for the Climate challenge
The European Commission has established Programme Committees with representatives from all
EU Member States and associated states matching 14 thematic sections of Horizon 2020. The
Programme Committees assist the European Commission in drawing and quality assuring the
work programmes, and make the final adoption of the Work Programmes before they are
published.
Furthermore, the Programmes Committees are continually informed about the implementation of
Horizon 2020 within the given section. Denmark has appointed a delegation for each of the
Programme Committees, which typically consists of representatives from DASTI (Styrelsen for
Forskning og Innovation), an academic expert, and a representative from the Ministry responsible
for the thematic section. The Danish members of the programme committee focusing on the
Climate challenge can be found below; the other Danish members of the Programmes Committees
can be found at the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s webpage.
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Governments
representatives and Head of
Delegation
Special advisor
Stefanie Bondy Jorgensen
EuroCenter, Danish Agency for
Science, Technology and Innovation
Bredgade 40
DK-1260 Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 7231 8217
E-mail: stbj@fi.dk
Senior advisor
Lisbet Elming
Danish Agency for Science, Technology
and Innovation
Bredgade 40
DK-1260 Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 7231 8252
E-mail: lel@fi.dk
Head of Office
Jakob Just Madsen
DANRO (Danish EU Research Liaison
Office)
Rue du Trône 98, 1st floor
B-1050 Brussels
Phone:+32 (0) 2213 41 64
E-mail: jjm@fi.dk
EU Liason Officer
Jytte Kaltoft Bendixen
DANRO (Danish EU Research Liaison
Office)
Rue du Trône 98, 1st floor
B-1050 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0) 2213 41 65
E-mail: jkb@fi.dk
Vice Director
Bjørn Kaare Jensen
GEUS (Geological Survey of Greenland
and Denmark)
Øster Voldgade 10
DK-1350 Copenhagen K
Phone: + 45 3814 2128
E-mail: bkj@geus.dk
Associate professor
Birgitte Hoffmann
University of Aalborg
A.C. Meyers Vænge 15
DK-2450 Copenhagen SV
Phone: +45 9940 3752
E-mail: bhof@plan.aau.dk
Representatives from Line
Ministries and other
agencies
Head of Division
Søren Bukh Svenningsen
Danish Environmental Protection
Agency
Strandgade 29
DK-1401 Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 3266 0577
E-mail: sbs@mst.dk
National Contact Point
Special advisor
Stefanie Bondy Jørgensen
Danish Agency for Science, Technology
and Innovation
Bredgade 40
DK- Copenhagen K
Phone: +45 7231 8217
E-mail: stbj@fi.dk
Experts
Advisory Groups
In addition to the Danish reference groups and the Programme Committees, the European
Commission has also established Advisory Groups (AG) matching 18 thematic sections of Horizon
2020. AG members provide inputs to the focus areas within the two-year Strategic Programmes
and Scoping papers prior to the drafting of the biannual Work Programmes. The members of the
AG are appointed in their personal capacity and do not represent an institution or a
country/Member State. Inputs from the AG’s complements inputs from for example ETP’s. There
are two Danish members of the AG for "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and
Raw Materials". Other Danish AG members can be found at the Ministry of Higher Education and
Science’s webpage.
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Name
Organisation
Advisory Group
Kathrine Richardson
University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15
2100 Copenhagen
Phone: +45 35321203
Mobile: +45 28754285
E-mail: kari@science.ku.dk
Universitetsparken 15
2100 Copenhagen
Phone: +45 35321203
Mobile: +45 28754285
E-mail: khal@dtu.dk
“Climate Action, Environment,
Resource Efficiency and Raw
Materials”
Kirsten Halsnæs
Technical University of Denmark
“Climate Action, Environment,
Resource Efficiency and Raw
Materials”
Contacts within the European Commission
The European Commission is responsible for the implementation of Horizon 2020. In the
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), Directorate I is responsible for the
Climate challenge. The directorate has the following employees:
DG RTD, Directorate I – Climate Action and Resource Efficiency
Director: Kurt Vandenberghe
 Advisor: “Research, Innovation and Environment”
Mireille Delprat
 Strategy
Head of Unit: Renzo Tomellini
 Eco-innovation
Head of Unit: Luisa Prista
 Sustainable management of natural resources
Head of Unit: Birgit de Boissezon
 Climate action and Earth observation
Head of Unit: Andrea Tilche
 Administration and finance
Head of Unit: Vincent Favrel
Other Directorate-Generals might also be interesting to contact including DG ENV (Environment),
DG CLIMA (Climate Action), DG Agri (Agriculture and Rural development), DG SANTE (Health
and Food Safety) and DG CNECT (Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
For more information about the European Commission’s Staff Directory, go to EUWhoiswho.
Send an e-mail to the European Commission by writing: “first name”.”last name”@ec.europa.eu.
3. EU initiatives and stakeholders
European Technology Platforms
The European Technology Platforms (ETPs) are good fora to participate in, since they are an
opportunity to acquire new knowledge, expand ones network, and influence the Work
Programmes. The ETPs are industry-led and bring together stakeholders within a research area to
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deliver on agreed priorities and definitions as well as develop and implement a Strategy Research
Agenda (SRA) with long term perspectives. The European Commission fetches inputs to the EU
research policy from these platforms when necessary. The ETPs are independent entities and thus
not owned by the European Commission. The ETPs relevant for the Climate challenge are listed
below:
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Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WssTP)
The European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem)
European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETP-SMR)
European Technology Platform Food for Life
Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform
Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP)
European Photovoltaic Technology Platform
European Wind Energy Technology Platform
Public Private Partnerships – Contractual PPPs
Contractual PPPs represent the private sector in European industry and is launched as part of and
implemented through the Horizon 2020 programmes. The partnership and the European
Commission make a contract with aims, liabilities, and outputs. The cPPPs are based at roadmaps
that address research and innovation activities.
Within the Horizon 2020 framework programme, the European Commission has launched eight
PPPs, including one PPP within energy-efficient buildings (EeB from 2009), one with focus on
energy efficiency of vehicles (European Green Vehicles Initiative) as well as one with focus on
Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE).
European Innovation Partnerships
The European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) are a relatively new initiative launched in the context
of the Innovation Union. They are challenge-driven and bring together all relevant private and
public actors from research- and innovations environments at both EU, national and regional levels
to degrade barriers and improve the conditions for development and growth. The EIPs outline
strategic implementation plans, which is also included in the process of drawing the Work
Programmes.
The EIPs relevant for the Climate challenge are:
EIP Water
EIP Raw Materials
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EIP Smart Cities and Communities
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