THE STEERING GROUP OF PRIORITY AREA 7 “KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY” CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 14 DANUBE REGION COUNTRIES, EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
IT MEETS REGULARLY TO DISCUSS PLANS AND PROGRESS IN REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIORITY AREA’S TARGETS AND ACTIONS.
THE STEERING GROUP IS THE MAIN DECISION-MAKING BODY OF THE PRIORITY AREA.
GENERAL DOCUMENTS
GUIDELINES FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THE PA7 STEERING GROUP
INFORMATION FROM STEERING GROUP MEETINGS OF PA7
PACs AND PAC TEAM MEMBERS
| Viktor Nedović, PAC | Serbia | Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development |
| PACs Support Team | Serbia | Dijana Štrbac, Ana Kalušević, Ivanka Popovic |
| Financial Manager | Serbia | Tamara Jovanovic |
| Lubica Pitlova, PAC | Slovakia | Director of the Department of Strategies and European Affairs in S&T, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport |
| PACs Support Team | Slovakia | Jaroslava Szudi, Tomas Tabis, Anna Krivjanska, Barbora Banicova, Simona Strapacova (maternity leave) |
| Financial Manager | Slovakia | Darina Kupkova, Tatiana Kukova (maternity leave) |
PA7 SG MEMBERS
Nominated Steering Groups members by National Coordinators
| Melanie Liebscher | Germany – federal level | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| Stefan Konetzko | Germany – federal level | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| Ulrike Kunze | Germany – federal level | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| Matthias Hadesbeck | Germany – Bavaria | Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst |
| Timo Niebsch | Germany – Bavaria | Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst |
| Hans-Georg Wolf | Germany – Baden Württemberg | Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst |
| Roland Mayer-Frei | Germany – Baden Württemberg | Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst |
| Heribert Buchbauer | Austria | Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy |
| Martina Hartl | Austria | Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy |
| Christian Gollubits | Austria | Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy |
| Zornitsa Georgieva | Bulgaria | Ministry of Education and Science |
| Balazs Kapli | Hungary | National Research, Development and Innovation Office |
| Judita Klosakova | Czech Republic | Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports |
| Daniel Hanspach | Czech Republic | Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports |
| Information pending | Croatia | Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Direct. for Science and Technology |
| Viorel Vulturescu | Romania | Ministry of Research and Innovation |
| Anca Ghinescu | Romania | Ministry of Research and Innovation |
| Peter Volasko | Slovenia | Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport |
| Tit Neubauer | Slovenia | Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport |
| Peter Kumer | Slovenia | Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport |
| Gita Zadnikar | Slovenia | Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport |
| Information pending | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Directorate for European Integration |
| Ivana Lagator | Montenegro | Ministry of Science |
| Smilja Kažić Vujačić | Montenegro | Ministry of Science |
| Adriana Cazacu-Țigaie | Moldova | Ministry of Education and Research |
| Aliona Onofrei | Moldova | Ministry of Education, Culture and Research |
| Grygorii Mozoloevych | Ukraine | Ministry of Education and Science |
| Svetlana Bogdanovic | Serbia | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Development |
| Nada Milosevic | Serbia | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Development |
PA7 STAKEHOLDERS
| Miroslav Vesković | European Commission | JRC, Former PAC |
| Elke Dall | Austria | ZSI Austria |
| Friedrich Faulhammer | Austria | Danube Rectors Conference |
| Sebastian Schaffer | Austria | Danube Rectors Conference |
| Carmen Hawkin | Baden Württemberg | Ministry of Finance and Economics, PA8 representative |
| Nirvana Kapitan Butkovic | Croatia | Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts (PA8) |
| Andrea Vranovska | Slovakia | Slovak Water Research Institute (PA4) |
| Alessandro Lombardo | Italy | CEI – Central European Initiative |
| Béla Kardon | Hungary | Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development |
| Elisabeth Sorantin | Austria | CEEPUS Director General |
WORKING GROUP LEADERS – THEMATIC POLES LEADERS – FLAGSHIP PROJECT LEADERS
| Jaroslava Szüdi | WG on ERA |
| Ľubica Pitlová | WG on ERA |
| Andrej Kurucz | WG on ERA |
| Ulrike Kunze | WG on Danube Funding Coordination Network |
| Martina Hartl | WG on Danube Funding Coordination Network |
| Viktor Nedovic | WG on S3 |
| Dijana Strbac | WG on S3 |
| Ivanka Popovic | WG on Higher Education and Mobilities |
| Daniel Martinek | WG on Higher Education and Mobilities |
| Christian Gollubits | Flagship Project MSTC |
| Elke Dall | Flagship Policy Answers |
| Katarína Cséfalvayová | Flagship Danube Tech Valley |
| Gertrud Haidvogl | Project: Danube Future |
| Angelika Riegler | Project: DREAM |
| Mladen Kraljic | Project: DO IT |
| Daniela Chiran | Thematic Pole I: INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEM FOR SMEs |
| Felix Gajdusek | Thematic Pole II: RDI FRAMEWORK SUPPORT |
| Mike Nagorkin | Thematic Pole III: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING SYSTEMS |
| Agnes Sebestyen | Thematic Pole IX: EDUCATIONAL GOVERNANCE |
| Blaž Barborič | Thematic Pole XI: PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE |
