Support to the SET Plan IWG on hydrogen

ongoing

The aim of SET4H2 is to provide organisational, logistic and secretarial support to the newly formed Implementation Working Group on hydrogen under the revamped SET Plan. This includes refining the IWG’s mission and identity, finalising the Implementation Plan and exploiting synergies with the activities of other SET Plan stakeholders and relevant European and international hydrogen initiatives. The new IWG can build on the results already achieved in the ERA pilot initiative “Agenda Process on Green Hydrogen”, a comprehensive pan-European strategy-building process involving 30 European countries, and thus can achieve faster progress in implementing the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. The CSA supports the IWG in applying an integrated, systematic and interdisciplinary approach to address research needs, while considering the different starting conditions of European countries in the energy transition. Furthermore, the CSA will contribute to enhancing cooperation and synergies among Member States and SET-Plan countries, ensuring their active involvement in decision-making and implementation of the IP’s activity fiches as well as facilitating mutual coordination of R&I programmes. The consortium of SET4H2 consists of eight members having the necessary experience both in the field of hydrogen and in the context of coordination within the SET Plan. Consortium members have worked together in several contexts and are involved with IWGs including the new one on hydrogen. The annual work plan enables priority-setting in all six work packages, with WP2 leading the thematic focus and consolidating the findings from analytical work in WP 3, 4 and 5 and from regular exchange with the hydrogen IWG members, other IWGs and hydrogen initiatives. WP6 serves to develop and carry out tailored communication and outreach activities, while WP1 ensures the targeted and efficient implementation of the CSA as well as the exchange with the European Commission.