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Organization & governance
The ERIC shall be governed and administered by the General Assembly, which shall be composed of representatives of the Members and Observers of the EU-SOLARIS ERIC.
EU-SOLARIS organization scheme
The Managing Director shall be the chief executive officer and legal representative of EU-SOLARIS ERIC and will be appointed by the General Assembly. EU-SOLARIS ERIC’ governing bodies shall be assisted by, at least, the following advisory bodies:
- The Scientific & Technical Committee shall assist the General Assembly, and
- The Board of National Nodes shall support the Managing Director
Other advisory bodies might be created, either permanently or for a specific project or subject, in a resolution adopted by the General Assembly with the corresponding majority.
Delegates of the General Assembly
On 12 January 2023, the first General Assembly of EU-SOLARIS ERIC was held with delegates from each member and observer country. Diego Martínez-Plaza, former coordinator of the EU-SOLARIS initiative was appointed as Managing Director of EU-SOLARIS ERIC, while Ana María Aricha Yanguas was appointed as Chairperson of the General Assembly.
SPAIN
Ana María Aricha Yanguas (Chair)
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Julián Blanco Gálvez
CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería
GERMANY
Tarik Schwarzer
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Manuel Blanco Muriel (Vice Chair)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
FRANCE
Xavier Montagne
Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Gilles Flamant
PROMES-CNRS
CYPRUS
Charalambos Papatryfonos
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Marios Georgiou
The Cyprus Institute-PROTEAS
PORTUGAL
Joao Cardoso
Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG)
Diogo Canavarro
Universidade de Évora
Board of National Nodes
SPAIN
Eduardo Zarza Moya
CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería
GERMANY
Robert Pitz-Paal
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
FRANCE
Emmanuel Guillot / Ludovic Charpentier
PROMES-CNRS
CYPRUS
Nestor Fylaktos
The Cyprus Institute
Scientific & Technical Commitee
Manuel Collares-Pereira
Universidade de Évora
Mark Mehos
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Juan Ignacio Burgaleta
Independent Consultant Engineer
Nesrin Ozalp
Illinois State University
Vassiliki Drosou
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving
