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24 Jul 2019FuturGov workshop – which implications for policies and public administration?
On 2 July, the EU Policy Lab organized a workshop, as a part of The Future of Government 2030+: A Citizen Centric Perspective on New Government Models project. The participatory workshop built on and complemented the already gathered knowledge from the FuturGov project. The goal of the workshop was to provide an in-depth analysis of some of the project implications for policies and public administration and identify possible policy priorities and fields of intervention.
19 Jul 2019Working towards the Global Compact on Migration: What role for agricultural policies?
The global compact on migration was adopted on 11 December 2018 at an intergovernmental conference in Marrakech, Morocco by 164 UN Member States On 4 July 2019, the Baha’i International Community and the EU Policy Lab of the Joint Research Center, which is the European Commission’s science and knowledge service providing advice and support to EU policy,hosted adiscussion among expertsfrom the European Commission’s agriculture, development and trade departments, academia and civil society to consider the links between European
2 Jul 2019How do we build scenarios in a foresight exercise?
The example of the project Future of Customs in the EU 2040 This article describes the process of building scenarios in a foresight exercise and the role of scenarios in a world of uncertainties, going through continuous transformation. The process was undertaken during the second workshop of the foresight project The Future of Customs in the EU 2040, which took place on24th – 25th June 2019 in Brussels. This second workshop (out of five) was
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).