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3CHAPTER“Through thelooking-glass”The policy-maker (cont.)Parliament 7 … in the mission of the Taskforce these work packagescan be seen as well: regulation, finance, infrastructure and storage,support for technology development (pilots and demonstrations).Direct own policy opportunities and threats (innovation; energysecurity; climate change) … the preparation and analysis underpinningthe start of the policy approach and the Taskforce isexcellent … from the content side this work could be very useful forthe development of our own CCS policy as well … they do not havethe advantage of having “Energy” and “Environment” in onedepartment but they more or less were able to solve those interdepartmentalbattles on competencies, indicating that there is apractical policy solution possible, most likely that is also possible inour case … they have convinced their Treasury to allocate substantialfunds to CCS; that is a step we still have to take … not sure weneed a Taskforce as well but we can learn from their approach.Support other departments … the proof of the implementation inthe Netherlands with broad support from all other departments canhelp us convince the Treasury that our plan is realistic and feasible.Overall Policy judgment … the policy approach of the Netherlandsis well conceived and planned … we can learn from their approach …the role of an own Taskforce needs to be examined.The DG asks for clarification of the role of Rotterdam. He gets the nextmemo after one and a half week.The policy-makerIntroduction … Rotterdam is represented in the Taskforce by MrLubbers; a former Prime Minister of the Netherlands … Mr Lubbers isalso one of the main initiators of the Rotterdam Climate Initiative.Assessment … Dutch government has made an extensive policyassessment and is now implementing the CCS part in differentpackages … they are also planning to constitute an interdepartmentalproject organisation for CCS as the vehicle to implement thepolicy plan … part of that plan is to “deliver” two demonstrationproject by 2015 … possible candidates are Rotterdam and Groningen… that is why Mr Lubbers is in the Taskforce: to representRotterdam … Mr Van den Berg, the Queen’s Commissioner of theProvince of Groningen, is representing Groningen.Overall Policy judgment … rather straightforward reasoning fromthe policy department side to choose the two representatives fromthe regions.The DG is well pleased by the content of both memos and asks his secretaryto make an appointment with his Dutch counterpart (DG Energy).7 Note from the authors: that was the intention at that moment, but the reality was that thecommunication on this subject arrived in Parliament in February 2009, or about one year later thanplanned.31