1.4.1.2. The ETIP Smart Networks for Energy Transition  Vision and mission  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.  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;  $^{1}$ SETIS – Strategic Energy Technologies Information System, https://setis.ec.europa.eu/about-setis/community  $^{2}$ SET Plan – Declaration on Strategic Targets in the context of an Initiative on Energy Systems, EC, October  2016, https://setis.ec.europa.eu/system/files/integrated_set-plan/declaration_action4_energy_systems.pdf  $^{3}$ ETIP Smart Networks for Energy Transition (SNET), https://www.etip-snet.eu/  6