Annual Report GCI UICP - ceetb
Annual Report GCI UICP - ceetb
Annual Report GCI UICP - ceetb
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Action plan for environmental<br />
technologies<br />
Following the adoption of the Commission<br />
Communication on "Developing an action plan<br />
for environmental technology" COM(2003)<br />
131 final, a number of dedicated technology<br />
platforms were established to provide common<br />
forums for research, industry and policy<br />
and promote innovation in particular areas.<br />
All platforms have to prepare a “Vision paper”<br />
for the year 2030 and a “Strategic research<br />
agenda” to meet the 2030 targets. The CEETB<br />
is involved in four of these platforms.<br />
Participation is also envisaged in a fifth<br />
platform currently under creation and dealing<br />
with solar thermal.<br />
Photovoltaic<br />
The CEETB participates in this platform<br />
through the AIE. The latter is a member of the<br />
Steering Committee and of the Market<br />
Deployment working group.<br />
More details are available in the AIE section<br />
of this report.<br />
The CEETB attended the general assembly of<br />
the Photovoltaic Platform on 19 May 2006.<br />
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells<br />
2<br />
The CEETB joined this platform and two of its<br />
working groups (Deployment strategy,<br />
Education and Training) in December 2004.<br />
In March 2006, the CEETB contributed to<br />
the business development strategy, which<br />
draws recommendations to stimulate the<br />
emergence of early market opportunities in<br />
hydrogen and fuel cells and to evaluate<br />
action needed to bridge the gap between<br />
innovation and commercialisation.<br />
The CEETB participated in the platform’s<br />
annual meeting of 5-6 October 2006.<br />
Construction technology platform<br />
In this platform, the CEETB focuses on two<br />
working groups “Cities and buildings” and<br />
“Quality of life”. The groups have presented<br />
their vision 2030 documents and action plans.<br />
Water and Sanitation technology platform<br />
The participation in this platform is co-ordinated<br />
with the <strong>GCI</strong>-<strong>UICP</strong>, which participates<br />
in the working group on “Urban and periurban<br />
water systems”. The working group<br />
has finalised its vision document, strategic<br />
research agenda and implementation plan to<br />
define the way forward for the water and<br />
sanitation industry until 2030. CEETB (<strong>GCI</strong>-<br />
<strong>UICP</strong>) had submitted detailed comments<br />
during the drafting process.<br />
ANNUAL REPORT 2006 / 07 11
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