The role of the States' Representatives Group
The States' Representatives Group (SRG) is consulted and invited to give an opinion on a range of issues, including:
- draft work programmes, including draft calls for proposals;
- links to Horizon Europe and other EU, national and regional initiatives;
- the involvement of different types of organisations in IHI projects, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups and newcomers;
- actions taken on the dissemination and exploitation of results;
- updates to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA).
In addition, the SRG reports on and acts as an interface when it comes to potential areas of cooperation or complementarities between IHI and relevant national or regional research and innovation programmes. Members also report on actions taken at national or regional level regarding dissemination and communication.
Finally, the SRG can issue, on its own initiative, opinions, recommendations or proposals to the Governing Board or the Executive Director on technical, managerial and financial matters as well as on work programmes and other documents, in particular when those matters affect national or regional interests.
The chairperson and vice-chairperson attend the meetings of the IHI Governing Board as observers.
As the name suggests, the States' Representatives Group (SRG) consists of representatives of the EU Member States as well as countries that are associated to Horizon Europe.
When IHI was launched, the European Commission asked these countries to nominate SRG members and the names and bios of the delegates can be found via the Members tab. The current Chairperson of the SRG is Martha Cahill of Ireland, and the Vice-Chairperson is Jasper Claessen of the Netherlands. They were elected in early 2024 and will remain in their posts until 10 March 2026.
- Read our interview with Martha Cahill on how the SRG contributes to IHI.
All EU Member States and countries associated to Horizon Europe have been invited to nominate two delegates to be part of the IHI States' Representatives Group (SRG). The names and organisations of the delegates nominated so far are provided here, along with their bios where available. If you want to get in touch with your local SRG member, we can provide you with their contact details upon request.
Hemma Bauer
Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Kathleen D'Hondt
Vlaamse overheid, Dept. Economie, Wetenschap & Innovatie
Michel Israel
National Center of Public Health and Analyses, “Physical Factors” Directorate
Darija Mahović Lakušić
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Directorate of Research and Innovation
Ministry of Health, State General Laboratory
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Both at Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science
Departement of International Research Cooperation
Estonian Research Council
Business Finland
Thomas Lombès
INSERM
Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation
Direction générale pour la Recherche et l'Innovation
Délégation aux Affaires européennes et internationales
Center of Allergy and Immunology
International Relations
Both at DLR Project Management Agency
Both at DLR Project Management Agency
Zoe Cournia
Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens
Klára Horváth
National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Department for International Affairs
Krisztina Tálas
Express Innovation Agency
Martha Cahill (SRG Chairperson)
Enterprise Ireland
ISERD, Israel Innovation Authority
University of Milan, IRCCS Monzino
Uldis Berķis
Ministry of Education and Science, Department of Higher Education
Science and Innovation
Solventa Krakauskaitė
Kaunas University of Technology
Raimondas Martinavičius
Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania, Innovation Department
Innovation Policy Division
Jasper Claessen (SRG Vice-Chairperson)
Directie Geneesmiddelen en Medische Technologie, Ministerie van Volksgezondheid
Welzijn en Sport
Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services
Department of Specialist Health Care Services
Margarethe Biong
Research Council of Norway
Tadeusz Bednarczyk
Ministry of Education and Science
Department of Innovation and Development
Dagmara Robakowska-Hyżorek
National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)
National Contact Point
Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica
(Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation)
Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica
(Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation)
Ministry of Health, Cabinet Minister
Iveta Hermanovska
Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
Institute of Research and Development
Jure Janet
Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje
(National Institute of Public Health)
Center za informatiko v zdravstvu
(Center for Healthcare Informatics)
Marta de Diego Zori
EU Programmes Division, Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI)
Ministry of Science and Innovation
Marta Gómez Quintanilla
EU Programmes Division, Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI)
Ministry of Science and Innovation
Dobril-Philip Petkov
VINNOVA
TUBITAK
(Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Details of how the States' Representatives Group works are set out in the SRG rules of procedure.