Join the ETIP HYDROPOWER General Assembly
Why Join the ETIP HYDROPOWER General Assembly?
By joining the ETIP HYDROPOWER General Assembly you can participate in the ETIP governance structure – for example, voting for the election of different members to the various boards and participating in ETIP different working groups. In this way you can help steer the direction and focus of the ETIP activities.
The General Assembly meetings are intended to be held online to minimise participation costs.
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ETIP HYDROPOWER Mission
Members of the General Assembly are representatives of European companies, research centres or any other legal entities of public or private status (as per stakeholder composition of General Assembly outlined below), who are able and willing to provide an effective contribution to the achievement of the objectives of the ETIP HYDROPOWER
The General Assembly is in charge of the following tasks:
- It steers and gives general directions to the ETIP HYDROPOWER,
- It endorses all key documents and acts as the final decision body,
- It elects and approves candidates for the Governing Board.
In order to ensure an effective, efficient and smooth coordination of the activities of the ETIP HYDROPOWER General Assembly (GA), an annual online GA meeting will be organised. An extraordinary GA meeting may be organized for certain urgent issues if required.
The General Assembly plans to invite the following stakeholder groups to become members.
- Public sector stakeholders
National:
- Ministries or agencies responsible for energy and climate change issues;
- Ministries responsible for research and innovation policies;
- Public (or semi-governmental) organisations
Regional:
- Municipalities / cities / provinces / water and energy agencies;
EU-level: the following institutions can be invited to participate in the GA
- Relevant EC DG (Research and Innovation, Energy, Agriculture, Environment, etc.);
- Members of European Parliament working with energy and environment topics;
- Labelling / standards organisations (as low emission etc.).
International:
- Organisations relevant to hydropower, renewable energy, climate change mitigation and sustainable development;
- Private sector stakeholders
- Manufacturers and suppliers;
- Construction companies;
- Engineering design - large consulting companies / consultants;
- Owners / operators;
- Industry associations and trade organisations;
- Financial institutes / investors;
- Consumer groups;
- Others;
- Research organisations
- Research centres;
- Universities;
- Civil society
- Citizen organizations (hydrogen valley, local energy consumers, etc.);
- NGOs focusing on environmental and climate change issues.