NEREUS General Assembly December 2 2010
NEREUS Strategy Consultation
Management Board announced Strategy Review; Granada
General Assembly; April 2010.
Strategy Task Group appointed by MB.
Membership
Alan Wells, East Midlands,
Christian Bruns, Bremen,
Helene Baron, Midi Pyrenees,
Martina Hilger, Bremen,
Nelida Ancora, Molise,
Roya Ayazi, NEREUS SG,
Sonia Nicolau, Azores.
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1. Task group developed a Strategy Questionnaire. This was sent
to Member Regions, Management Board Members and WG
members. Responses by June 30 2010.
4. Responses were received in June. 6 regions and 2 associates
responded.
5. Task group compiled a commentary paper based on these
responses and our own discussions.
6. The Task Group produced 5 recommendations of strategic
priorities . Presented to Management Board on September 30
7. Final version of the recommendations were approved by the
Board for presentation to the General Assembly.
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Topics
NEREUS as the Advocate for the Regions.
Regional Policy
Communication Education and Training
Membership
Governance
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Mission Statement
NEREUS: The Voice of European Regions for the Application of
Space Technology.
Strategy Message.
NEREUS should serve as an advocate for the regions in matters of space
policy
NEREUS should become a key source of information on space matters in
Europe for its members.
To achieve these objectives,
NEREUS needs to maintain and develop its political role.
Growth in membership is essential
A strong communication, education and training strategy is required.
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Advocacy.
NEREUS is closer to “End users” in the regions than national bodies and is better placed
to identify opportunities and markets for regional applications of space technology.
NEREUS can therefore help to identify priority themes for regional exploitation within
European programmes.
NEREUS therefore needs to build strong links with relevant European Institutions,
through various channels, e.g. contacts, dialogue, participation in expert committees,
developing position papers.
NEREUS should actively support regional priorities in future EU programs including:
the up-coming operation phase of GMES post 2014;
the GNSS program incorporating EGNOS and Galileo;
regional programs in the 2014-2020 budget cycle.
FP8-research policy.
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Recommendation 1. Advocacy
NEREUS should seek formal representation on
appropriate Advisory Boards
NEREUS should provide support for its members to
participate in Commission expert groups.
NEREUS should position itself as the main source of
expertise on space for the Committee of the Regions.
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Regional Policy
NEREUS needs to engage more directly with the regions at the
level of regional development planning.
It is necessary to understand the economic and development
strategies of the regions and identify the role for space
technologies in the delivery of these regional strategies. NEREUS
needs to communicate the priorities of its member regions in
space applications to the relevant European Institutions.
NEREUS should also take a lead in facilitating strong partnerships
between member regions that can bid successfully into future
European Commission programmes and projects.
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Recommendation 2. Regional Policy
NEREUS should commission a survey of regional development
plans of its member regions and identify areas where space
technologies and innovation could contribute or add value to ongoing regional developments.
The working groups could initiate this process by consultation,
but a commissioned survey is probably needed to achieve a
comprehensive review of all NEREUS member regions and a
representative sample of non-NEREUS regions.
NEREUS should also support collaborative actions between
regions to establish joint projects between member regions.
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Communication, Education and Training
NEREUS needs to become the key source of information on space policy and
activities in Europe for its member regions.
NEREUS should provide structures for spreading the uptake and
understanding of space technologies in the regions.
NEREUS should promote “Regional Applications of Space Technology” by
supporting workshops and events in the regions where-ever possible.
Communication, Education and Training (CET) are pivotal.
A communications strategy should be developed for engaging stakeholders,
decision-makers and potential end-users in the territories. Support with
education and training tools and the NEREUS website Is important .
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Recommendation 3. Communication, Education and Training
The Management Board should set up a Task Group to develop the
communication strategy.
The Task Group should consult with the CET, GNSS and EO/GMES
working groups and report directly to the Management Board.
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Membership
A long-term objective of NEREUS is to be THE voice for ALL
European regions on space matters.
Growth of network membership is a key part of the endeavour
to change the awareness of space across the European regional
landscape.
NEREUS is open for all European regions with interests in
applications for space technologies.
Growth in membership will increase political impact and
increase the resources available to NEREUS to carry out the
mandate defined in its statutes and charter.
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Recommendation 4. Membership
The communications strategy needs to incorporate a promotional
campaign for recruitment of new regional members.
Member regions should promote NEREUS membership to other
regions with whom they have existing partnering agreements.
Establishment of a Membership Working Group could be
considered.
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Governance
The present charter and statutes are generally fit for purpose.
Terms of office for Management Board members are for a fixed
period of two years, as defined by Article 15 of the Statutes.
Election or re-election of the President, Vice President,
Treasurer and Board Members should be arranged, without
exception, in accordance with the rules laid out in the Statutes.
The growing workload within NEREUS may justify creating
positions for one or more additional Vice-Presidents. Vice
Presidents could assist the President in the representation of
NEREUS across a wider range of activities within Europe.
Vice Presidents could be asked to take on specific commitments
to ensure that NEREUS executes its responsibilities to its
members.
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Recommendation. 5. Governance
Dates and procedures for election of President, Vice
President, Treasurer and Board Members should be
published and should not be subject to variation once
agreed by the Board.
Changes to the Statutes, including approval by the
General Assembly, will be needed to create a position
of any additional Vice Presidents.
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Strategy Implementation.
The General Assembly is invited to discuss and approve
the strategic plan
If so mandated, the Management Board will undertake
to deliver theis strategic plan for its members.
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On behalf of the NEREUS Management Board, may I
present the Strategic Plan for approval by the NEREUS
General Assembly?
Thank you.