On 27-28 April, Ana Martinez, Fran Blanco and Chris Merveille had a meeting with the Heads of Unit of the EU’s Directorates-General for Energy and Research to present IK4-IKERLAN’s capabilities and experience in the fields of energy to the heads of these Directorates-General.
The aim was to improve mutual knowledge about capabilities, aims and policies, and to foster an increase in IK4-IKERLAN’s participation in the calls relating to the Social Challenges of Clean Energy.
The meetings, coordinated by the Basque Delegation to the EU in Brussels, led to contacts with the Heads of Units of the two Directorates-General, Magdalena Andreea Strachinescu and Philippe Vannson, and also with the Head of the H2020 Unit of the INEA (Innovation and Networks Executive Agency), Robert Goodchild, the heads of the EASME (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) and the head of the SOST-CDTI (Spanish Office for Science and Technology-Centre for Industrial Technology Development) in Brussels, Andrés Martinez.