Governance

Directors Board

PEER is governed by a management board comprising of the Directors of each partner institution each of whom is supported by a second representative, listed in the contact list below. The Directors Board meets at least twice a year on a rotating basis. All decisions of the Directors Board have to be taken unanimously and are especially required for:

the inclusion of new Parties
the appointment of the Chair and the Secretary
the adoption of joint research strategies
all other decisions related to PEER as a whole.

Chair/Secretariat

Chair

Currently PEER is chaired by Director General Lea Kauppi, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), +358 40 740 7286, firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi

Secretariat

A Secretariat consisting of one or more representatives from each PEER centre, coordinated by the Secretary General supports the Chair. The current composition of the Secretariat is:

Secretary General: Markku Puupponen (SYKE), Tel.: +358 40 743 2184, secretary@peer.eu

Communications: The Secretariat is supported by a Communications Group with representatives from each PEER centre, coordinated by Erica Roggio at Irstea, Tel.: +33 1 40 96 62 83, info@peer.eu

List of PEER contact points

Institution	Contact
Alterra	Henk Wolfert, +31 317 481653, henk.wolfert@wur.nl
Irstea	Denis Despréaux, +33 140 96 61 80, denis.despreaux@Irstea.fr
CEH	Nick Wells, +44 149 1692583, nwells@CEH.ac.uk
JRC - IES	Pam Kennedy, +39 033 2785978, pamela.kennedy@jrc.ec.europa.eu
DCE	Anja Skjoldborg Hansen, +45 8715 1302, ash@dmu.dk
SYKE	Mikael Hilden, +358 204 902401, mikael.hilden@ymparisto.fi
UFZ	Ursula Schmitz, +49 341 2351224, ursula.schmitz@UFZ.de