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Deal.</li><li>Lead the work to strengthen <strong>clean industrial innovation and competitiveness</strong>.</li><li>Coordinating the speeding up of the <strong>energy transition</strong>, including by upgrading our grids and infrastructure.</li><li> Coordinating the work to <strong>increase access to Critical Raw Materials</strong> and on strengthening the <strong>circular economy.</strong></li><li>Accelerating, together with the Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, the deployment of the <strong>Just Transition Fund</strong>.</li><li><strong>Protecting our biodiversity </strong>by ensuring biodiversity priorities are mainstreamed across all policy areas, notably trade, industry, agriculture and maritime affairs. Ensuring the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.</li><li>Coordinating the ongoing work on our <strong>zero-pollution </strong>and <strong>resource efficiency ambition</strong>. </li><li>Coordinating the work on reducing the carbon footprint of our <strong>transport </strong>sector, notably of heavy duty vehicles, and ensuring the <strong>blue economy </strong>contributes to decarbonisation.</li><li>Leading on<strong> inter-institutional relations, better policymaking </strong>and <strong>strategic foresight</strong>.</li><li>Ensuring the <strong>Framework Agreement</strong> between the Commission and Parliament is respected.</li><li>Implementing the Inter-institutional Agreement on <strong>Better Lawmaking</strong>.</li><li>Coordinating work on <strong>better regulation</strong>, ensuring Commission proposals respect subsidiarity and proportionality, and developing the 'One in, One out' principle to reduce red tape. </li><li><strong>Reducing</strong> unnecessary <strong>administrative and reporting obligations</strong> by 25%.</li><li>Steering work to develop the annual <strong>Commission Work Programme.</strong></li><li>Leading inter-institutional discussions on <strong>annual and multi-annual planning.</strong></li><li>Producing the yearly <strong>Foresight Report</strong> to improve priority-setting, underpinned by forward-looking actions in policymaking. </li><li>Coordinating the Commission’s work on the <strong>European Battery Alliance</strong>.</li><li>Contributing to the <strong>Conference on the Future of Europe</strong>.</li><li>Coordinating the Commission's work on parliamentary <strong>resolutions requesting legislative proposals</strong>.</li><li>Overall responsibility for relations with <strong>national parliaments, advisory bodies</strong> and the <strong>European Ombudsman</strong>.</li><li>Chairing the <strong>REFIT/'Fit for the Future' Platform</strong> of Member States and other stakeholders to look at improving existing EU legislation.</li><li>Representing the Commission at the <strong>EU General Affairs Council </strong>and in discussions on cross-cutting issues in the European Parliament. </li><li>Co-chair and represent the European Union in the Partnership Council, established by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement</li><li>Relations with Andorra, Iceland, Monaco, Norway, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Switzerland</li></ul><p><strong>Taking over temporarily the responsibilities for environment, oceans and fisheries</strong></p><h3>Mission letter</h3> <div xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" class="ecl-file" data-ecl-file="" id="ecl-file-1231344061" data-ecl-auto-init="FileDownload"><div class="ecl-file__container"><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--2xl ecl-file__icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="/themes/contrib/oe_theme/dist/ec/images/icons/sprites/icons.svg#file"></use></svg><div class="ecl-file__info"><ul 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class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_222"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2">Transparency</h2> <div class="ecl"><p>As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their members of Cabinet publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiative/meetings/meeting.do?host=2f7790f4-cb38-4c96-bfa2-5347b4152d8c">Meetings with Executive Vice-President Šefčovič</a></li> <li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiative/meetings/meeting.do?host=f16b401c-c084-4b1a-826d-6f96c5258892">Meetings with the Executive Vice-President's Cabinet</a></li> <li> <p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiative/meetings/mission.do?host=2f7790f4-cb38-4c96-bfa2-5347b4152d8c">Missions of Executive Vice-President Šefčovič</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a <strong>Declaration of Interests</strong>.</p> <p>A <strong>signed, authentic version</strong> is published at the bottom of this page.</p> <p>A <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/service-standards-and-principles/ethics-and-good-administration/commissioners-and-ethics/code-conduct-members-european-commission_en#declarations-of-interests" class="ecl-link">machine-readable version</a> of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.</p> <p>The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/service-standards-and-principles/ethics-and-good-administration/commissioners-and-ethics/code-conduct-members-european-commission_en" class="ecl-link">Code of Conduct for Commissioners</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_223"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2"> Biography </h2> <ol class="ecl-timeline" data-ecl-auto-init="Timeline" data-ecl-timeline ><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-809080933"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2023 - present</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">European Commission Executive Vice-President for European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-1158301122"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2019 - 2023</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">European Commission Vice-President for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-866239346"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2014-2019</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">European Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union and EU Space Policy</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-422167041"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2010-2014</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">European Commission Vice-President for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-2012586253"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2009-2010</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-2022849977"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2004-2009</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the EU</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-916317902"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div 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