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17 Jun 2019Megatrends engagement tool increasingly used in the European Commission and beyond
How do global megatrends impact on the future of your policy issue or your work? This is the question around which the reflections centre when people use the megatrends engagement tool developed by the EU Policy Lab. It has recently been applied in different settings to foster the capacity for forward-looking and systemic thinking by using a set of megatrends based on the Megatrends Hub. The Megatrends Hub is a repository of foresight-related information on
12 Jun 2019EIC Horizon Prize ‘Blockchain for Social Good’ – 5 EUR Millions
Our Call for Proposals in the #DLT4Good Pilot Project is now over. But the EU Policy Lab is also supporting the EIC Horizon Prize #EICHorizonPrize 'Blockchain for Social Good'. the European Commission will award 5 prizes of EUR 1 million each to innovators that use Blockchain technology to develop decentralized, scalable, efficient and high-impact solutions to bring positive social change.
11 Jun 2019“Framing the System and identifying Drivers” in a foresight exercise – what does this really mean?
On May 13 and 14, 2019, the Competence Centre on Foresight inside the EU Policy Lab organized the first expert workshop of The Future of Customs in the EU 2040 project, running on behalf of the Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) of the European Commission. This was the first one in a series of workshops where we will build future scenarios for how customs could develop by 2040. The purpose of
20 May 2019Social Biking Challenge 2019: Register NOW!
The European Commission is seeking local coordinators to promote and organise the Social Biking Challenge in their city. The local coordinator who organises the most successful local Social Biking Challenge will be rewarded at the BeActive Awards Gala in Budapest on 18 October 2019.
20 May 2019Social Biking Challenge 2019
The European Commission is launching its Social Biking Challenge across Europe aiming to encourage cycling as a social habit. The challenge will start on 16 September 2019, coinciding with the beginning of EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK, running alongside the European Week of Sports and finishing on 6 October.
17 May 2019#DLT4good at the first UN Interagency Innovation Bootcamp
On May 2- 3 we got to be part of the first UN Interagency Innovation Bootcamp, sponsored by the recently established UN Innovation Network. This took place in the context of #DLT4Good, our new project dedicated to the co-creation of a European ecosystem of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Public and Social Good.
2 Apr 2019Call for Proposals: #DLT4Good Co-creating a European Ecosystem of DLTs for Social and Public Good
The EU Policy Lab is kick-starting another project in the Blockchain space! This new project is supported by the European Parliament, and will run in cooperation with The Next Generation Internet Unit of DG CNECT (Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology).
29 Mar 2019The Future of Customs in the EU project: using the canvas method for visual reasoning
On February 14, 2019, the EU Policy Lab organized the first scoping workshop as part of the project The Future of EU Customs. This project is run by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre - the Commission's science and knowledge service - for and in partnership with the Commission's Directorate General for taxation and customs (DG TAXUD). The main objective of this workshop was to create a common understanding of the EU customs ecosystem –
27 Mar 2019Future of Government project: a few thoughts from the final event (new FuturGov exhibition at the end of this blog)
On 6 March 2019 we organized the final event of Future of Government 2030+ at the European Parliament and the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The aim of the event was to launch the Future of Government report https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/future-government-2030 and run a dialogue on the future of government, in order to raise awareness on the possible transformations of the role of policy makers and governments, as well as their shifting power relationships. The event was
22 Feb 2019The final report on the Future of migration in the European Union is published
What are the relative certainties and uncertainties likely to impact the future of migration in the European Union? What could be possible future developments of migration and integration dynamics in the EU when looking towards 2030? And how can we discuss migration challenges and opportunities in a more forward-looking manner that takes into account perspectives of different migration actors and trends that will impact our societies? The final report of the EU Policy Lab foresight