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.