The Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA) has successfully finalised their application procedure with Taftie. After a visit of the Chairperson of the Membership Policy Group and a Troika Member to Bratislava in March 2014, the application of SIEA was discussed in the Executive Working Group resulting in a positive recommendation to the Taftie Board. On 11^th June Miroslav Balog, Director of the SIEA Innovation Department and Eduard Jambor of the Communication Department, presented SIEA to the Taftie Board. The Board decided to appoint SIEA as Taftie Member. Welcome!