The IMI States Representatives Group (SRG) is an advisory group within IMI and consists of representatives from Member States and countries associated with the EU’s research framework programmes. SRG members represent their national governments.
The role of the SRG
The SRG provides opinions on IMI’s scientific priorities, and is formally consulted on our Annual Work Plans and topic texts before Calls for proposals are launched. By interacting with national/regional stakeholders and authorities, SRG members aim to ensure that our scientific priorities are in line with research programmes on a regional, national and EU level in order to look for potential synergies and prevent overlaps.
Additionally, SRG members:
- provide opinions on our progress and achievements, and present those achievements at the national/regional level;
- give recommendations or proposals to the IMI Governing Board on technical, managerial and financial matters in particular when those matters affect national or regional interests;
- give opinions and advice on the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in our projects.
Members of the SRG also act as an interface with relevant stakeholder groups within their respective countries. In some countries, members give direct support to stakeholders, especially SMEs, giving them advice when applying for our Calls for proposals.
Chair and Vice-Chair
The current Chair is Marta Gómez Quintanilla (Spain) and the Vice-Chair is Jan Skriwanek (Germany). The Chair and the Vice-Chair are elected for a period of two years.
The SRG Chair attends meetings of the IMI Governing Board as an observer and takes part in the deliberations, but has no voting rights.
More information about the SRG is available in the Rules of Procedure of the IMI2 JU States Representatives Group.
Meetings
The SRG meets at least twice per year, usually at the IMI Programme Office in Brussels.
Agendas of the SRG meetings
9 February 2021 - Agenda
30 September 2020 - Agenda
26 May 2020 - Agenda
4 February 2020 - Agenda
Cooperation with the IMI Scientific Committee
The SRG collaborates with the IMI Scientific Committee. The two bodies meet once a year to exchange views and discuss common areas of interest, such as IMI’s scientific priorities, and ways to enhance involvement of SMEs and patients in IMI activities.
View a diagram of how the two bodies interact during their advisory process
Interested in learning more about the role of these advisory bodies in IMI and how they collaborate? Watch our interview with Marta Gómez Quintanilla of the IMI States Representatives Group and Maria Beatriz Da Silva Lima of the IMI Scientific Committee.
EU Member State
Austria
Representative
Contact details
Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW)
Rosengasse 2-6
A - 1014 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 1 53 120 6213
Email: hemma.bauer [AT] bmwfw.gv.at
https://www.ffg.at/innovative-medicines-initiative-2
EU Member State
Belgium
Representative
Contact details
Policy Advisor
Flemish Government, Dept of Economy, Science & Innovation
Koning Albert II-laan 35, bus 10
1030 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: T +32 2 553 52 08
Email: seppe.kelchtermans[AT]vlaanderen.be
www.ewi-vlaanderen.be
www.fwo.be/en/
www.vlaio.be/english
https://recherche-technologie.wallonie.be/?LANG=en
www.fnrs.be/en/
www.biowin.org
www.belspo.be/belspo/index_en.stm
www.innoviris.be/en?set_language=en
EU Member State
Bulgaria
Representative
Contact details
Medical University -Plovdiv
Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 888 13 73 85
Email: sarafian [AT] abv.bg
EU Member State
Croatia
Representative
Contact details
Assistant Director
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička cesta 54
HR - 10002 Zagreb
Hrvatska/Croatia
Tel: +385 1 4680 251
Cell: +385 99 249 27 31
Fax: +385 1 4680 108
Email: mroje [AT] irb.hr
www.mobilnost.hr/en/
EU Member State
Cyprus
Representative
Stavros Malas
Contact details
Foundation Chair, Veterinary School
University of Nicosia Medical School
21 Ilia Papakyriakou, 2414 Engomi
P.O. Box 24005, CY-1700, Nicosia, Cyprus
Direct: +357 22 471 972
Main: +357 22 471 900
Fax: +357 22 471 947
Email: malas.st[AT]unic.ac.cy
EU Member State
Czechia
Representative
Regina Demlová
Contact details
Head of Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University
Kemenice 753/5
625 00 Brno
Tel: +420 549 496 526
Email: demlova [AT] med.muni.cz
EU Member State
Denmark
Representative
Contact details
Head of section
EuroCenter
NCP for Health and IMI, Programme Committee for Health, IMI SRG
Tel: +45 7231 8288
Email: klk [AT] ufm.dk
https://ufm.dk/forskning-og-innovation/tilskud-til-forskning-og-innovation/eu-og-internationale-programmer/andre-programmer-i-horizon-2020/imi-innovative-laegemidler
EU Member State
Estonia
Representative
Contact details
Department of International Research Cooperation, Estonian Research Council
Soola 8, 51013 Tartu
Estonia
Email: argo.soon [AT] etag.ee
www.etag.ee
www.horisont2020.ee
http://www.horisont2020.ee/struktuur/tehnoloogiate-uhisalgatused/
EU Member State
Finland
Representative
Contact details
Adviser
Business Finland,
Large companies and public research funding,
Health & Wellbeing
Kalevantie 2 (Technopolis Yliopistonrinne)
FI-33100 Tampere
Finland
Tel: mobile +358 40 149 0520
switchboard +358 2950 55000
EU Member State
France
Representative
Contact details
Directrice Générale Délégué
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
101, rue de Tolbiac
75013 Paris Cedex 13, France
Email: claire.giry[at]inserm.fr
http://www.horizon2020.gouv.fr/pid29768/sante.html
EU Member State
Germany
Representative
Contact details
Nationale Kontaktstelle Lebenswissenschaften
Heinrich-Konen-Strasse 1
53227 Bonn (Oberkassel)
Tel: +49 (0) 228 382 1677
Email: jan.skriwanek [AT] dlr.de
www.nks-lebenswissenschaften.de
www.nks-lebenswissenschaften.de/de/354.php
www.nks-lebenswissenschaften.de/de/892.php
EU Member State
Greece
Representative
Contact details
Executive Consultant, the Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industry/PEF
Director, Galenica
Tel: +30 210 52 81 700
Email: general_management [AT] galenica.gr
EU Member State
Hungary
Representative
Contact details
National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Kéthly Anna tér 1
Budapest 1075
Tel: +36 1 484 2886
Email: klara.horvath[AT]nkfih.gov.hu
EU Member State
Ireland
Representative
Contact details
Enterprise Ireland
Eastpoint Business Park,
Dublin 3,
Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0)1-7272838
Email: martha.cahill[AT]enterprise-ireland.com
www.enterprise-ireland.com
EU Member State
Italy
Representative
Contact details
Università degli Studi di Salerno
Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132
84084 Fisciano, Salerno
Italy
Tel: +39 089 96 97 70
Email: gsbardella [AT] unisa.it
EU Member State
Latvia
Representative
Maija Bundule
Contact details
Scientific secretary, Latvian Council of Science
Akadémijas laukums 1
LV - 1050 RIGA
Latvia
Tel: +371 67227790
Email: maija.bundule[AT]viaa.gov.lv
EU Member State
Lithuania
Representative
Contact details
Researcher of the Health Telematics Science Institute
Kaunas University of Technology
K. Barsausko Str. 59
LT- 51423, Kaunas
Lithuania
Tel: +370 67222409
Fax: +370 37 324144
Email: solventa.krakauskaite[AT]ktu.lt
http://2017.ktu.edu/en/health-telematics-science-institute/
EU Member State
Luxembourg
Representative
Contact details
Chargée du Développement des Technologies de Ia Sante
Ministère de l'Economie et du Commerce extérieur, Direction des nouvelles technologies
19-21 Boulevard Royal
L-2914
Luxembourg
Tel: +352 247 74138
Fax: +352 2478 4311
Email: francoise.liners[AT]eco.etat.lu
https://www.luxinnovation.lu/innovate-in-luxembourg/funding/european-funding-horizon-2020/h2020-related-opportunities/
EU Member State
Malta
Representative
Contact details
Medicines Authority
Sir Temi Żammit Buildings
Malta Life Sciences Park
San Ġwann SĠN 3000
Malta
Tel: +356 2343 9000
Email: anthony.serracino-inglott[AT]gov.mt
EU Member State
Netherlands
Representative
Contact details
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
P.O. Box 20350
NL - 2500 EJ Den Haag
Netherlands
Tel: +31 70 3405939
Email: ej.jansen[AT]minvws.nl
www.rvo.nl/subsidies-regelingen/joint-technology-initiatives/jti-innovative-medicines-initiative
EU Member State
Poland
Representative
Contact details
National Contact Point | Global Challenges Section, Horizon Europe, Health
National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)
47a Nowogrodzka Str.
00-695 Warsaw
Poland
Cell: +48 502 052 237
Email: anna.dziubczynska-pytko[AT]ncbr.gov.pl
NCBR.gov.pl
EU Member State
Portugal
Representative
Contact details
Vogal da Direção / Member of the Board
Delegate and National Contact Point for Health in Horizon 2020
AICIB - Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica
Parque da Saúde de Lisboa, Av. Do Brasil, 53 – Pav. 17-A | 1749-004 Lisboa
1649-038 Lisboa
Portugal
Tel: +351 217 985 469
Email: patricia.calado[AT]aicib.pt
EU Member State
Romania
Representative
Radu Albulescu
Contact details
National Institute for Chemical Pharmaceutical Research and Development
112, Vitan Av.
RO-031299 Bucharest 3
Romania
Tel: +40 722 697 456
Email: radu_a1[AT]yahoo.com
EU Member State
Slovakia
Representative
Michal Novák
Contact details
Neuroimunologicky ustav SAV, Slovenska akademia vied
Dubravska cesta 9
845 10 Bratislava 45
Slovakia
Tel: +421 2 5478 8100
Fax: +421 2 5477 4276
Email: michal.novak[AT]savba.sk
EU Member State
Slovenia
Representative
Contact details
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Kotnikova 38
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 478 47 54
Email: eva.batista [AT] gov.si
www.mizs.gov.si/
www.mizs.gov.si/en/
EU Member State
Spain
Representative
Contact details
EU Programmes Division,
Centre for Industrial Technolgical Development (CDTI)
Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
c/ Cid, 4
28001 Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 91 581 5562
Fax: +34 91 581 5586
Email: marta.gomez [AT] cdti.es
https://eshorizonte2020.es/
EU Member State
Sweden
Representative
Contact details
Programme Manager
VINNOVA / Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
Mäster Samuelsgatan 56
SE-101 58 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel:+46 (0) 8 454 6445
Email: Gunnar.Sandberg [AT] VINNOVA.se
https://www.vinnova.se
Country
Albania
Representative
To be appointed
Contact details
Country
Armenia
Representative
Nelly Karapetyan
Contact details
PhD, Associate Professor, Chair of Molecular Physics
Yerevan State University
Faculty of Physics
1 Alex Manoogian
0025 Yerevan
Republic of Armenia
Tel: +37491 402524
Email: nelkh [AT] ysu.am
Country
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Representative
Contact details
Assistant Director for Sector for Medicines
Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
Email: b.tubic [AT] almbih.gov.ba
Country
Faroe Islands
Representative
To be appointed
Contact details
Country
North Macedonia
Representative
Emilija Atanasovska (M.D.)
Contact details
Medical Faculty Skopje
St. 50 Divizija no. 6
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
Office: +38923111828
Email: emilija.atanasovska[AT]medf.ukim.edu.mk
Country
Georgia
Representative
Contact details
EAACI board member of Allergy, Asthma & Sports Interest Group
GAACI board member, Head of Specific Diagnostic Unit
Center of Allergy and Immunology
2/6, Ljubljabna str.
0159 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: +995 577 49 59 95
Email: maiarukhadze [AT] gmail.com
www.imi-georgia.ge
Country
Iceland
Representative
Sigrun Olafsdóttir
Contact details
Senior Adviser, International Division
The Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS)
Borgartun 30
IS-105 Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel: +354 515 5800
Fax: +354 552 9814
Email: sigrun.olafsdottir [AT] rannis.is
Country
Israel
Representative
Contact details
ISERD - Israel Europe R&D Directorate
4 Hayarden st.
Airport City
7019900
Israel
Tel: 972-3-5118119
Email: Hagit.Schwimmer[AT]iserd.org.il
www.iserd.org.il
www.iserd.org.il/?CategoryID=347&ArticleID=221
Country
Moldova
Representative
Liliana Rusnac
Contact details
Scientific Secretary
Scientific Center of Drug Research, State Representative University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Nicolae Testemitanu"
Chisinau
Republic of Moldova
Tel: +373 22 205 238
Fax: +373 22 205239
Email: lrusnac [AT] yahoo.com
Country
Montenegro
Representative
Contact details
Director of the Directorate for Quality Control of Health Care and Human Resources Improvement
Ministry of Health, Government of Montenegro
Email: vesmir [AT] t-com.me
Country
Norway
Representative
Contact details
Senior Adviser
Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services
PO Box 8011 Dep
0030 Oslo
Tel: +47 408 402 93
Email: nor [AT] hod.dep.no
Country
Serbia
Representative
To be appointed
Contact details
Country
Switzerland
Representative
Myriam Cevallos
Contact details
State Secretariat tor Education, Research and Innovation SERI
Research and Innovation
International Research Organisations
Einsteinstrasse 2
CH-3003 Berne
Tel: +41 79 609 13 89
Fax: +41 58 462 78 54
Email: myriam.cevallos [AT] sbfi.admin.ch
https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html
Country
Tunisia
Representative
To be appointed
Contact details
Country
Turkey
Representative
Contact details
TUBITAK EU Framework Programmes, National Coordination Office
Tunus Cad. 80 Kavaklidere
06100 Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90 312 298 1893
Fax: +90 312 427 4024
Email: ozge.gozay [AT] tubitak.gov.tr
tubitak.gov.tr/en
https://h2020.org.tr/en
Country
Ukraine
Representative
Contact details
Association of Pharmaceutical Research & Development (APRaD)
4-v, Verkhniy Val Street, Office 216
Kyiv, 04071
Ukraine
Tel:+380 (50) 332 8202
Fax: +380 (44) 493 493 9130
Email: aprad.ukraine [AT] gmail.com