18 / 10 / 2019


EC announced the members of the Mission Assemblies

The European Commission (EC) has recently announced the members of the Mission Assemblies. Each Mission Assembly consists of up to 30 high-level experts, being selected among the applicants for the Mission Boards and aiming at providing an additional pool of ideas, knowledge and expertise to the 5 Missions on:
  • Adaptation to Climate Change including Societal Transformation;
  • Cancer;
  • Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and inland Waters;
  • Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities;
  • Soil health and Food.
  Three EARTO members have been selected as members of the Mission Assemblies:
  • Mission Assembly for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters: Ms Anne Christine Ritschkoff (VTT);
  • Mission Assembly for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities: Mr Bernard Frois (CEA) and Mr Matthew Kennedy (Tyndall).
  In addition, on 30 July 2019, the EC announced the list of members of the Mission Boards, in which two EARTO members have been selected as members of the Mission Board for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities:
  • Ms Romana Jordan (Institute Jožef Stefan);
  • Ms Barbara Lenz (Helmholtz – DLR).
  More information List of all Mission Assemblies Members