Event

The JRC organises a roundtable on how can EU policies benefit from new microdata and a presentation of the book Data-Driven Policy Impact Evaluation: How Access to Microdata is Transforming Policy Design.

In line with the EU global commitment to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and the 2016 Commission Communication on Data, Information and Knowledge Management, the European Commission is launching the Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security (KC-FNS).

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have organized a global event to accelerate progress to end hunger and malnutrition. This event is aligned with the imperatives of the Compact2025 initiative and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition to make accelerated progress on hunger and undernutrition by 2025 to pave the way for achieving all the SDGs. Compact2025 was launched to support the achievement of SDG2 and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The global event will be held November 28–30, 2018, taking place in Bangkok, Thailand and will bring together decision makers, practictioners, researchers, and other stakeholders from around the world.

The aim of the event is to reinforce the capacity of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) to support European companies in their digital transformation. SMEs, start-ups, research and technology organisations, DIHs and policy-makers from all around Europe are invited to participate.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, in collaboration with the European Institute of Technology (EIT) are organising an interactive workshop focusing on the legal and regulatory challenges start-ups and research projects active within the field of artificial intelligence (AI) may face.

Starch Europe’s annual conference will take place on the theme “Innovating Together for a sustainable Food System: Meeting tomorrow’s demands on our agricultural resources”.

The training (05-07 Nov) offers lessons learnt from the JRC assessments of more than 100 well-known composite indicators and scoreboards. The community of practice meeting (08-09 Nov) offers a unique opportunity for networking and practical exchange of experiences across a wide range of key policy areas that are monitored through composite indicators and scoreboards.

On the World Cities Day, the JRC’s Community of Practice on Cities (CoP-CITIES) discusses with selected partners its main research and policy-support activities on cities and in particular the ongoing preparation of the Report on the Future of Cities. Building upon the knowledge produced by CoP-CITIES and with the support of other Directorates General of the European Commission and external partners, the Report on the Future of Cities discusses a series of contemporary urban challenges and emerging phenomena. Building on scientific evidences, the report proposes a description and initial interpretation of emerging urban phenomena, highlighting the possibilities that innovative research methodologies and a multi-disciplinary approach can offer to the study of future cities and to the design of sustainable integrated policies supporting urban transformation.