These ETIPs are recognised as key industry-led communities for the implementation of SET Plan priorities along the innovation chain. Since 2015, they have been directly involved in the process of target setting and monitoring for the SET plan in their domain. 1 The ETIPs organise themselves in terms of governance, priority topics and meetings schedules while their practical organisation is supported by the European Commission through grants or service contracts. 

In 2016, the European Commission, the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Turkey and Switzerland, and stakeholder representatives agreed in a joint declaration$^{2}$ on strategic targets in the context of an Initiative on Energy Systems and specifically for the SET Plan priority “Number 4 – Increase the resilience, security, smartness of the energy system.” In this declaration, they put forward two strategic goals: an optimised European power grid and integrated local and regional energy systems, each with a set of quantitative strategic targets for 2030. 

Achieving these goals requires a new systemic approach, in which electricity, gas, heating and cooling grids, end-use technologies in buildings and other infrastructures (e.g., transport systems), different kinds of end-users, and management of energy conversion are combined and integrated. In their declaration, the stakeholders expressed their intention to use the ETIP for Smart Networks for the Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) as the main vehicle for discussing and agreeing on the implementation plan. 

## Vision and mission 

## 1.4.1.2. The ETIP Smart Networks for Energy Transition 

The ETIP SNET was set-up to address smart grids through a systemic approach. Its role is to guide research, development and innovation (RD&I) in the energy network domain to support Europe’s energy transition while considering its systemic character. More specifically, its mission is to:$^{3}$ 

 set-out a vision for RD&I for smart networks, storage and other sources of flexibility, and integrated energy systems and engage stakeholders in this vision; 

 prepare and update the Strategic Research and Innovation Roadmap and associated implementation plans; 

