Advisory Groups
General Advisory Board and Coordination Group
In addition to the already existing panels and their tasks, an Advisory Board (AB) and a Coordination Group (CG) were established, and took up their work in October 2017. The AB is expected to give advice and feedback to the activities of the platform. The Advisory Board consists of the technical experts appointed by Member States involved in relevant bioenergy issues as identified in the SET Plan priorities (one per Member State and EC Officials from DG RTD). Thus, the AB is the interface between the ETIP Bioenergy and the Member States. The role and composition of the AB are linked, to some extent, to the Member State component of the former European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative (EIBI). The current members of the AB are listed in the following table:
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
| Per Arne Karlsen | Research Council of Norway | Norway |
| Kurt Pollak | New Energies & Strategies | Austria |
| Jonas Lindmark | Swedish Energy Agency | Sweden |
| Franco Cotana | CIRIAF – Università degli Studi di Perugia | Italy |
| Myrsini Christou | Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving | Greece |
| Birger Kerckow | Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) | Germany |
| Freek Smedema | RvO | The Netherlands |
| Timo Ritonummi | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment | Finland |
| Francisco Dominguez | Renewable Energy Directorate at IDAE – Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Agenda Digital | Spain |
| Patricia Thornley | University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
| Isil Isik-Gülsac | Tubitak Marmara Research Center | Turkey |
The CG is formed by the chair of the SC and one representative from the Secretariat of the platform, two representatives of the AB from Member States and two representatives of the European Commission/DG RTD. The CG is in charge of coordinating the work between the SC and the AB. It is further responsible for organising the meetings of the AB, preparing the draft agendas for the AB and monitoring the implementation of the decisions agreed by the AB.
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
| Maria Georgiadou | European Commission DG RTD | Belgium |
| Dina Bacovski | BEST | Austria |
| Monika Enigl | BEST | Austria |
| Patrik Klintbom | RISE Viktoria | Sweden |
| Jonas Lindmark | Swedish Energy Agency | Sweden |
| Thomas Schleker | European Commission DG RTD | Belgium |
| Patricia Thornley | Aston College | United Kingdom |
| Imke Lubekke | CINEA | Belgium |
