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Member States Mirror Group
Description
This group comprises the relevant ministries or Member State energy agencies that wish to participate.
The Member States Mirror Group is expected to carry out work in two areas. It will provide an opportunity to tailor national R&D activities to complement EU activities, and vice versa, and to develop synergies and reinforce basic research.
It is also an opportunity for Member States to collaborate in pushing forward some of the short-term operational issues facing wind energy, such as those described in the Copenhagen Declaration.
The Member States Mirror Group has its own Terms of Reference, available here.
Composition
Members of the group are invited by the European Commission. The group is composed of Member State representatives (incl. Candidates and Associates) at Senior and Director level, nominated by the appropriate body responsible for energy, industry, research and/or environment. Membership is subject to acknowledgement by the Steering Committee, and approval of the European Commission.
Members
The Chairperson of the Member States Mirror Group is Mr. A. Taylor (Office for Renewable Energy Deployment, UK). Mr. Taylor was elected at the 6th Member States Mirror Group meeting, held in March 2010.
The Vice-Chairpersons of this group are Mr. I.O. Doornbos (Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands) and Ms. H. Thomassen (Danish Energy Agency, Denmark).
Group members were appointed by the Member States, on invitation of the European Commission.