Kristien Vercoutere
Kristien Vercoutere was senior policy advisor with the VRWI from 1999 to 2016 and made the transition to the VARIO at the start of 2017.
Kristien graduated with a PhD in Sciences, Chemistry Group (University of Gent) in 1989. After that she became a scientific member of staff with the Emission Inventory Flemish Region (Emissie-inventaris Vlaamse regio), the Community Reference Office (Bureau Communautaire de Référence) of the European Commission and TU Delft. She then was the project coordinator of an EU research project at UGent and assistant at Howest in Kortrijk.
Advices and reports
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Advisory report 32: EU draft regulation - New gene editing techniques
4 October 2023
An adjustment of GMO regulation is urgently needed, according to VARIO. The council therefore welcomes any improvement to the current…
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Advisory report 12: Strategic exploration of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI). Part I: hydrogen
20 July 2020
Early 2020, VARIO was asked by Flemish Minister of Economy and Innovation Hilde Crevits "to carry out a strategic exploration and analysis…
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Letter opinion: BA2020 programme decree
15 May 2020
In its letter opinion accompanying the 'Programme Decree BA2020', VARIO welcomes the increase in the credit weights of STEM higher…
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