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Effective: 1 January 2010


Director-General: José Manuel Silva Rodríguez


Deputy Director-General:
Outsourcing and implementation of new mechanisms under FP7:
Wolfgang Burtscher


Deputy Director-General:
Development of the European Research Area:
Anneli Pauli


Deputy Director-General: (acting)
Scientific advances:
Raffaele Liberali

Reporting directly to the Director-General | Directorates


 

Reporting directly to the Director-General

Assistant to the Director-General: Doriane Givord-Strassel

Assistant to the Director-General: Ann-Sofie Ronnlund

Principal adviser: ......

Adviser responsible for research policy issues: Michel André

Adviser responsible for analysing the new financial instruments: Nicolas Sabatier

  • Unit 1: Internal audit
    Head of Unit: Edwin Croonen

  • Seconded Head of unit
    Head of Unit: Pablo Amor/Y. Paternoster/Graham Stroud/Marc Tachelet/Gabor Mihaly Nagy


 

Directorates :

Directorate A - Inter-institutional and legal matters – Framework programme
Directorate B - European Research Area: research programmes and capacity
Directorate C - European Research Area: Knowledge-based economy
Directorate D - International cooperation
Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food
Directorate F - Health
Directorate G - Industrial technologies
Directorate H - Transport
Directorate I - Environment
Directorate J - Energy (Euratom)
Directorate K - Energy
Directorate L - Science, economy and society
Directorate R - Resources
Directorate S - Relations with the ERCEA
Directorate T - Relations with the REA agency; Marie Curie, SME and NEST, policy and actions


 

Directorate A - Inter-institutional and legal matters – Framework programme
Director: Clara De La Torre

  • A.1: Interinstitutional relations and coordination of the Framework programme
    Head of Unit: Brendan Hawdon (acting)

  • A.2: Legal matters
    Head of Unit: Liliane De Wolf

  • A.3: Evaluation and monitoring of programmes
    Head of Unit: Peter Fisch

  • A.4: External audit
    Head of Unit: Marc Bellens

  • A.5: Implementation of audit certification policy and outsourced audits
    Head of Unit: Philippe Coenjaarts

  • A.6: Definition of business processes, data quality and management reporting
    Head of Unit: Antonio Miceli


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Directorate B - European Research Area: research programmes and capacity
Director: Robert Jan Smits

Adviser responsible for new initiatives in the context of the European Research Area (ERA): Leonidas Karapiperis

  • B.1: Coordination of national research programmes, joint programming and major European initiatives
    Head of Unit: Sean O'Reagain (acting)

  • B.2: Political analysis and forward analysis
    Head of Unit: Ugur Muldur

  • B.3: Research infrastructure
    Head of Unit: Hervé Pero

  • B.4: Regions of Knowledge and research potential
    Head of Unit: Jean-David Malo

  • B.5: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Michael Sucker


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Directorate C - European Research Area: Knowledge-based economy
Director: Isi Saragossi

Adviser for links with other Community policies: Jocelyne Gaudin

  • C.1: European Research Area policy
    Head of Unit: James Gavigan

  • C.2: Private investment and technology platforms
    Head of Unit: Tiit Jürimäe

  • C.3: Economic analysis and monitoring of national research policies and the Lisbon strategy
    Head of Unit: Pierre Vigier

  • C.4: Universities and researchers
    Head of Unit: Stefaan Hermans


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Directorate D - International cooperation
Director: Mary Minch

Adviser - Russia, Eastern Europe and Associated Countries: ...

Non-structural advisers assigned to a delegation: Laurent Bochereau, Robert Krengel, Georges Papageorgiou

  • D.1: International dimension of the Framework programme
    Head of Unit: Alessandro Damiani

  • D.2: Analysis and monitoring of research policies around the world
    Head of Unit: Sieglinde Gruber

  • D.3: Specific international cooperation activities
    Head of Unit: Robert Burmanjer

  • D.4: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Alexis Loncke


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Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food
Director: Maive Rute

  • E.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Line Matthiessen-Guyader

  • E.2: Biotechnologies
    Head of Unit: Alfredo Aguilar

  • E.3: Food – Health – Well-being
    Head of Unit: Antonio di Giulio

  • E.4: Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Aquaculture
    Head of Unit: Timothy Hall

  • E.5: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Patrice Lemaitre


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Directorate F - Health
Director: Ruxandra Draghia-Akli

  • F.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Stéphane Hogan

  • F.2: Medical and public health research
    Head of Unit: Manuel Hallen

  • F.3: Infectious diseases
    Head of Unit: Alain Vanvossel

  • F.4: Genomics and systems biology 
    Head of Unit: Patrik Kolar

  • F.5: Health biotechnology
    Head of Unit: Arnd Hoeveler

  • F.6: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Giorgios Zisimatos


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Directorate G - Industrial technologies
Director: Herbert von Bose

Adviser for strategic issues relating to industrial technologies: ...

  • G.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Michel Poireau

  • G.2: New generation products
    Head of Unit: José-Lorenzo Vallés Brau

  • G.3: Value-added materials
    Head of Unit: Renzo Tomellini

  • G.4: Nano- and converging Sciences and Technologies
    Head of Unit: Christos Tokamanis

  • G.5: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Hélène Chraye


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Directorate H - Transport
Director: András Siegler

  • H.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Arnoldas Milukas

  • H.2: Surface transport
    Head of Unit: Frédéric Sgarbi (acting)

  • H.3: Aeronautics
    Head of Unit: Liam Breslin

  • H.4: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Udo Heider


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Directorate I - Environment
Director: Manuela Soares

  • I.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Birgit de Boissezon

  • I.2: Sustainable development
    Head of Unit: Nicole Dewandre

  • I.3: Environmental technology – pollution prevention
    Head of Unit: Andrea Tilche

  • I.4: Management of natural resources
    Head of Unit: Pierre Mathy

  • I.5: Climate change and environmental risks
    Head of Unit: Elisabeth Lipiatou

  • I.6: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Mireille Delprat


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Directorate J - Energy (Euratom)
Director: Octavio Quintana Trias

  • J.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Angel Perez Sainz

  • J.2: Fission
    Head of Unit: Simon Webster

  • J.3: ITER
    Head of Unit: Serge Paidassi (acting)

  • J.4: Fusion association agreements
    Head of Unit: Yvan Capouet

  • J.5: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Eduard Rille


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Directorate K - Energy
Director: Raffaele Liberali

  • K.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Aires Soares

  • K.2: Energy conversion and distribution systems
    Head of Unit: Wiktor Raldow

  • K.3: New and renewable energy sources
    Head of Unit: Bruno Schmitz

  • K.4: Research fund for coal and steel
    Head of Unit: Alan Haigh

  • K.5: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Istvan Laszlo Narai

  • Task force for the implementation of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
    Head of Unit: Philippe Vannson *


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Directorate L - Science, economy and society
Director: Jean-Michel Baer

Adviser for political issues relating to science and society: Paraskevas Caracostas

Advisor for ERA governance: Jean-Claude Burgelman

  • L.1: Horizontal aspects and coordination
    Head of Unit: Dimitri Corpakis

  • L.2: Research in the economic, social sciences and humanities - Prospective
    Head of Unit: Pierre Valette

  • L.3: Governance and ethics
    Head of Unit: Péteris Zilgalvis

  • L.4: Scientific culture and gender issues
    Head of Unit: Luisa Prista

  • L.5: Communication
    Head of Unit: Michel Claessens (acting)

  • L.6: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Johannes Klumpers


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Directorate R - Resources
Director: Franco Biscontin

  • R.1: Personnel policy
    Head of Unit: Francine Goffaux

  • R.2: Budget and financial services
    Head of Unit: Priscilla Fernandez Canadas

  • R.3: Strategic Planning, Programming and Procedures
    Head of Unit: Gilles Laroche

  • R.4: IT management
    Head of Unit: Georgios Vlahopoulos

  • R.5: Risk management
    Head of Unit: José Antonio Lopez Sanchez

  • R.6: Internal information, document management, property procedures and safety
    Head of Unit: Nienke Buisman (acting)

  • R.7: Management of debts and guarantee funds
    Head of Unit: Peter Baader (acting)


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Directorate S - Relations with the ERCEA
Director: Jack Metthey **

  • S.1: Co-ordination with the ERCEA
    Head of Unit: William Cannell


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Directorate T - Relations with the REA agency; Marie Curie, SME and NEST, policy and actions
Director: Theodius Lennon

Adviser for coordination with other DGs within the Research family: ...

  • T.1: Relations with the REA agency and management of NEST 
    Head of Unit: Martin Bohle

  • T.2: Marie Curie Actions – Fellowships 
    Head of Unit: Georges Bingen

  • T.3: Marie Curie Actions – Networks 
    Head of Unit: Begoña Arano

  • T.4: SMEs
    Head of Unit: Bernd Reichert

  • T.5: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Thomas Arnold


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Footnotes

* Also Executive Director ad interim of the Joint initiative "FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN"
** Also Director ad interim of ERCEA