The European Commission has announced the names of those who will chair the mission boards for the five mission areas, which will receive specific funding as part of the next Horizon Europe research programme which will run 2021-2027. The chairs for the dedicated missions are:
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Ms Connie Hedegaard, former European Commissioner for Climate Action, for the mission on ‘Adaptation to Climate Change including Societal Transformation’.
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Professor Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, for the mission on ‘Cancer’.
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Mr Pascal Lamy, former Trade Commissioner and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, for the mission on ‘Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters’.
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Professor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, former Mayor of Warsaw, for the mission on ‘Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities’.
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Mr Cees Veerman, former Dutch Agriculture Minister, for the mission on ‘Soil Health and Food’.
The first deliverable of each mission board will be to propose concrete targets and timelines for each mission by the end of 2019. You can find out more about the Mission Boards, their members and their work on the European Commission’s website.
