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Special Features - International Day for Biological Diversity

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Addresses

Postal Address

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

European Commission
SDME 2/2
B-1049 Brussels - Belgium

Visitors' Addresses

  • Square Frère Orban, 10 (ORBN)
    (on the north side of the square marked Guimard on the map below)
  • Covent Garden, Place Rogier, 16 - see map (PDF - 1 MB)
  • Rue du Champs de Mars, 21 (CDMA)
Phone: +32 2 29 911111
Phone: +32 2 29 +ext (direct)

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Organisation chart

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Effective: 1 April 2013

Director-General: Robert-Jan Smits

Assistant to the Director-General: Martin Penny

  • Adviser: "Economic Aspects of Research and Innovation"
    Roman Arjona Gracia

  • Adviser: "Scientific Culture"
    Gabor Mihaly Nagy

  • Principal Adviser: "Research and Innovation Interface"
    Isi Saragossi

  • Principal Adviser: "Relations with Executive Agencies"
    Gilbert Gascard *

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

  • Seconded Head of unit
    Head of Unit: Pablo Amor/Marc Tachelet/Georges Te Kolste

Deputy Director-General: Framework Programme: Policy and Management: Wolfgang Burtscher

     

    Directorate A - Framework programme - Interinstitutional relations
    Director: Jack Metthey

    • A.1: External & internal communication
      Head of Unit: Begoña Arano

    • A.2: Interinstitutional relations
      Head of Unit: Don Jacques Faggianelli

    • A.3: Framework Programme
      Head of Unit: Brendan Hawdon

    • A.4: Legal matters
      Head of Unit: Liliane De Wolf

    • A.5: Evaluation
      Head of Unit: Peter Fisch

    • A.6: Strategic planning and programming
      Head of Unit: Gwennael Joliff-Botrel

    • Directorate A - Framework programme - Interinstitutional relations
     

    Directorate M - Management Operational Support - FP
    Director: Franco Biscontin

    • M.1: External audits
      Head of Unit: Marc Bellens

    • M.2: Business processes and simplification
      Head of Unit: Anisoara Ulceluse

    • M.3: Risk management
      Head of Unit: Paul Webb

    • M.4: Management of debts and guarantee funds
      Head of Unit: Philippe Vannson

    • Directorate M - Management Operational Support - FP
     

    Directorate R - Resources
    Director: Priscilla Fernandez Canadas (acting)

    • R.1: Personnel
      Head of Unit: Harald Spitzer

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

    • R.3: IT management
      Head of Unit: Patrice Lemaitre

    • R.4: Externalisation
      Head of Unit: Martin Bohle

    • R.5: Logistics
      Head of Unit: Silvia Bojinova

    • Directorate R - Resources

Deputy Director-General: Innovation and ERA: Anneli Pauli

  • Adviser: "Task Force: Best practices for the implementation of innovation"
    Michel Poireau

 

Directorate B - European Research Area
Director: Octavio Quintana Trias

  • Adviser: "Structural aspects of ERA"
    ...

  • B.1: European Research Area policy
    Head of Unit: Fabienne Gautier (acting)

  • B.2: Skills
    Head of Unit: Stefaan Hermans

  • B.3: Research infrastructure
    Head of Unit: Ana Arana Antelo

  • B.4: Joint programming
    Head of Unit: Rita Lecbychova

  • B.5: Social sciences and humanities
    Head of Unit: Robert Burmanjer

  • B.6: Ethics and gender
    Head of Unit: Gilles Laroche

  • B.7: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Georges Papageorgiou

  • Directorate B - European Research Area
 

Directorate C - Research and innovation
Director: Clara De La Torre

  • C.1: Innovation policy
    Head of Unit: Peter Dröll

  • C.2: Relations with stakeholders (ERIAB)
    Head of Unit: Jean-Claude Burgelman

  • C.3: Financial engineering
    Head of Unit: Jean-David Malo

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

  • C.5: Regional dimension of innovation
    Head of Unit: Dimitri Corpakis

  • C.6: Economic analysis and indicators
    Head of Unit: Pierre Vigier

  • C.7: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Johannes Klumpers

  • Directorate C - Research and innovation
 

Directorate D - International cooperation
Director: Laurent Bochereau (acting)

  • Adviser: "Relations with international organisations"
    Leo Karapiperis

  • Adviser: "Financial aspects of International Cooperation"
    Eduard Rille

  • Adviser: "Research and Innovation Cooperation with the Mediterranean Neighbourhood"
    ...

  • D.1: Policy coordination, EFTA, and enlaregment countires, Russia, Asia and Pacific
    Head of Unit: Laurent Bochereau

  • D.2: North America, Latin America and Caribbean
    Head of Unit: Sieglinde Gruber

  • D.3: European neighbourhood, Africa and Gulf
    Head of Unit: Elisabeth Lipiatou

  • D.4: Administration and finance
    Head of Unit: Istvan Laszlo Narai

  • Directorate D - International cooperation

Deputy Director-General: Research Programmes: Rudolf Strohmeier

     

    Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food
    Director: Antonio di Giulio (acting)

    • Adviser: "Sustainable Bio-economy"
      Thomas Arnold

    • E.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Antonio di Giulio

    • E.2: Biotechnologies
      Head of Unit: Barend Verachtert (acting)

    • E.3: Food – Health – Well-being
      Head of Unit: Patrik Kolar

    • E.4: Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Aquaculture
      Head of Unit: Ciaran Mangan (acting)

    • E.5: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Georgios Vlahopoulos

    • Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food
     

    Directorate F - Health
    Director: Ruxandra Draghia-Akli

    • Adviser: "New strategic initiatives"
      Nicolas Sabatier

    • F.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Didier Gambier

    • F.2: Medical research
      Head of Unit: Maria José Vidal-Ragout

    • F.3: Infectious diseases and public health
      Head of Unit: Line Matthiessen-Guyader

    • F.4: Advanced therapies and systems medicine 
      Head of Unit: Arnd Hoeveler

    • F.5: Personalised medicine
      Head of Unit: Irene Norstedt (acting)

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

    • Directorate F - Health
     

    Directorate G - Industrial technologies
    Director: Herbert von Bose

    • G.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Doris Schroecker

    • G.2: New forms of production
      Head of Unit: José-Lorenzo Vallés Brau

    • G.3: Materials
      Head of Unit: Renzo Tomellini

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

    • G.5: Research fund for coal and steel
      Head of Unit: Alan Haigh

    • G.6: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Hélène Chraye

    • Directorate G - Industrial technologies
     

    Directorate H - Transport
    Director: Manuela Soares

    • H.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Alessandro Damiani

    • H.2: Surface transport
      Head of Unit: Liam Breslin

    • H.3: Aeronautics
      Head of Unit: Tiit Jürimäe

    • H.4: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Gaia Fantechi

    • Directorate H - Transport
     

    Directorate I - Environment
    Director: Andrea Tilche (acting)

    • Adviser: "Research, Innovation and Environment"
      Mireille Delprat

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

    • I.2: Environmental technology
      Head of Unit: Luisa Prista

    • I.3: Management of natural resources
      Head of Unit: Arnoldas Milukas

    • I.4: Climate change and natural hazards
      Head of Unit: Andrea Tilche

    • I.5: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Vincent Favrel

    • Directorate I - Environment
     

    Directorate K - Energy
    Director: András Siegler

    • K.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Glyn Evans

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

    • K.3: New and renewable energy sources
      Head of Unit: Agustin Escardino (acting)

    • K.4: Fission
      Head of Unit: Bruno Schmitz

    • K.5: ITER
      Head of Unit: Andrea Carignani di Novoli

    • K.6: Fusion association agreements
      Head of Unit: Simon Webster

    • K.7: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Marina Zanchi

    • Directorate K - Energy

Footnotes

* Seconded in the interests of the service to the Research Executive Agency (REA)