Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2026 | Kilian Gross Director | Exchange of Views on GÉANT Positioning, Strategic Evolution and Alignment with EU Priorities for the Next MFF | SRC |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Kilian Gross Director | Exchange of Views on GÉANT Positioning, Strategic Evolution and Alignment with EU Priorities for the Next MFF | — |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Stefano Signore Acting Director | The two sides agreed on a strong and long-term collaboration. They discussed shared ambitions regarding Global Gateway implementation, and explored opportunities for deeper cooperation. | — |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Ariane Labat Head of Unit | The two sides agreed on a strong and long-term collaboration. They discussed shared ambitions regarding Global Gateway implementation, and explored opportunities for deeper cooperation. | — |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Koen Doens Director-General | The two sides agreed on a strong and long-term collaboration. They discussed shared ambitions regarding Global Gateway implementation, and explored opportunities for deeper cooperation. | SRC |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Ariane Labat Head of Unit | The two sides agreed on a strong and long-term collaboration. They discussed shared ambitions regarding Global Gateway implementation, and explored opportunities for deeper cooperation. | SRC |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Stefano Signore Acting Director | The two sides agreed on a strong and long-term collaboration. They discussed shared ambitions regarding Global Gateway implementation, and explored opportunities for deeper cooperation. | SRC |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Koen Doens Director-General | The two sides agreed on a strong and long-term collaboration. They discussed shared ambitions regarding Global Gateway implementation, and explored opportunities for deeper cooperation. | — |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Silvia Bartolini Cabinet member | R&I, Digital Skills | — |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Thibaut Kleiner Director | An introductory discussion on Géant’s role in supporting Europe’s digital and research infrastructure. | — |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Silvia Bartolini Cabinet member | R&I, Digital Skills | SRC |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Thibaut Kleiner Director | An introductory discussion on Géant’s role in supporting Europe’s digital and research infrastructure. | SRC |
| 16 Nov 2020 | Jean-Eric Paquet Director-General | Role of GÉANT to interconnect and serve the enhanced European Research Area, including the newly formed EPAs and the existing network of ESFRI-s, ERIC-s | SRC |
| 16 Nov 2020 | Jean-Eric Paquet Director-General | Role of GÉANT to interconnect and serve the enhanced European Research Area, including the newly formed EPAs and the existing network of ESFRI-s, ERIC-s | — |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Corina Crețu Commissioner | Regional Development | — |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Corina Crețu Commissioner | Regional Development | SRC |
| 29 Jan 2019 | Christiane Kirketerp De Viron Cabinet member | Open Science Cloud | SRC |
| 29 Jan 2019 | Christiane Kirketerp De Viron Cabinet member | Open Science Cloud | — |
| 28 Jan 2019 | Manuel Mateo-Goyet Cabinet member | eInfrastructures | SRC |
| 28 Jan 2019 | Manuel Mateo-Goyet Cabinet member | eInfrastructures | — |
| 25 Jun 2018 | Jean-Philippe Gammel Cabinet member | GEANT network and education | — |
| 25 Jun 2018 | Jean-Philippe Gammel Cabinet member | GEANT network and education | SRC |
| 11 May 2017 | Roberto Viola Director-General | Digital Single Market, promotion of Internet Connectivity in local communities | — |
| 11 May 2017 | Roberto Viola Director-General | Digital Single Market, promotion of Internet Connectivity in local communities | SRC |
| 01 Feb 2016 | Roberto Viola Director-General | Open science cloud, European Digital infrastructure | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The GÉANT Association is the trusted partner for advanced R&E pan-European and global networking. The GÉANT Association is the partner of choice for a safe and secure information ecosystem for researchers, educators and students. The GÉANT Association is an acknowledged worldwide leader for developing and supporting R&E networking communities and global REN development. The GÉANT Association continually evolves key infrastructures and innovates and develops new services in order to fulfil the needs of R&E in a sustainable way. The GÉANT Association will ensure financial sustainability to the benefit of its members. The GÉANT Association is seen by the EU as an indispensable partner for their vision. The GÉANT Association forges relationships with other e-infra providers, Research Infrastructures and other stakeholders to the benefit of the R&E community. The GÉANT Association has an governance structure that is agile and benefits from the diversity of its membership.
EU Legislative Interests
Horizon Europe 2025 and 2026-2027 Work Programmes (especially e-Infrastructures, Research Infrastructures, ICT), Digital Single Market - public consultations and legislative initiatives, especially European Cloud Initiative - European Open Science Cloud, EuroHPC, EuroQCI, The Global Gateway, Digital Decade & Digital Europe Programme, Connecting Europe Facility - Digital.
Communication Activities
Currently operating under the GÉANT FPA (Framework Partnership Agreement): GN5 Phase 2 (GÉANT project) - Grant Agreement No. 101194278; GN5 Phase IC1 (GÉANT project) - Grant Agreement No. 101086099. Project coordinator of EUMEDPlus. Previous Project coordinator of: GN4 Phase 1; GN4 Phase 2 (GÉANT) project - Grant Agreement No. 731122 (GN4-2) and GN4 Phase 3 (GÉANT) project - Grant Agreement No. 856726. GN4 Phase; 3N (GÉANT) project - Grant agreement No. 856728; GN5 Phase 1(GÉANT) project - Grant Agreement No. 101100680. Also previously project coordinator of: AfricaConnect3, EaPConnect2. Project partner in: AARC-TREE, SUBMERSE, EuroHPC Federation Platform. Previously project partner in: DC4EU. Associated partner in: EOSC Beyond. Previously associated partner in: EBSI-Vector For information about these projects, see www.geant.org.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Science|Business https://sciencebusiness.net/ European Internet Forum https://www.internetforum.eu/
Organisation Members
http://www.geant.org/about/Membership/Pages/Home.aspx
Additional Information
We clarify that EC funding relates to the funding recognised as income in the closed financial year and excludes any funding that may have been received to fund costs that will be included in future financial years.