1. www.e2b-ei.eu 11th Operational Group (OG11) meeting Raimondo De Laurentiis D’Appolonia SpA/E2BA raimondo.delaurentiis@dappolonia.it

2. www.e2b-ei.eu Follow up of the Sherpa’s report: - Report sent to President Barroso and Commissioners - Report sent to ITRE Committee, invitation received by ITRE to meet in the future - An hearing on financial issues and simplification was organised by the Parliament Budget Committee, in April, Clean Sky spoke as representative of JTIs - EC sent out recommendations to revise the financial regulations, there is text that take on board the four options for the Governance proposed in the Sherpa’s Report E2B Initiative - Status

3. www.e2b-ei.eu European Competitiveness council conclusions (may 2010) Decision was taken to maintain the support to the PPP on Energy Efficient Buildings, considered as one of the test-beds for the implementation of all future PPPs (in the future FP) E2B Initiative - Status

4. www.e2b-ei.eu Key events: - meeting of two industry representatives (Joaquín Mollinedo – Acciona; M Gaetan Desruelles Bouygues) with the Commissioners - A meeting with newly appointed DG RTD Head, Robert-Ian Smits could be organised after the meeting with the two commissioners to bring forward any major findings/guidelines for future implementation E2B Initiative - Status

5. www.e2b-ei.eu AIAG role as EC interlocutor for the implementation of the EEB PPP has been confirmed Last AIAG meeting with EC, the Commission confirmed the idea to pick inputs for the drafting of the work-programme from the Roadmap The role of E2BA as the dissemination platform for ongoing projects has been preliminary discussed E2B Initiative - Status

6. www.e2b-ei.eu E2BA is in the process of recruiting one staff member to be mainly involved in the managements of the E2BA participation in the Building- up CSA E2B Initiative - Status

7. www.e2b-ei.eu Communication aspects - E2BA is about to draft a communication plan addressing internal comm (towards the members), strategic comm (towards EU institutions) as well as broader comm to engage new members and create awareness - In this framework E2BA members attended to info days and events across EU to present the work carried out and the opportunities to become members of E2BA - Both open and exclusive brokerage events have been organised - E2BA website will be redesigned E2B Initiative - Status

8. www.e2b-ei.eu Additional services to members - A training course has been organised in Brussels concerning the preparation of proposals in response to EC calls. Such course was positively evaluated by the 20 participating E2BA members. E2B Initiative - Status

9. www.e2b-ei.eu European Competitiveness council conclusions (may 2010) Steering committee around october Scientific council that will be approved by the Steering committee by the end of the year E2B Initiative - Status