The science for policy bulletin. Issue 3, January 2024.
Date: 2024-01-25
Institutions: Joint Research Centre
Subjects: EU research policy, policymaking, serial publication

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Issue 3, January 2024  

Knowledge4Policy 

The Science for Policy Bulletin 

Latest news and events 

10/01/2024 

Recap of 2023 major advancements in the science-for-policy 
ecosystem and looking forward to more developments in 2024  

Science for Policy Bulletin January 2024 

Dear friends,  

We hope you all have started the year 2024 full of energy and commitments to 
actively innovate in science and policymaking.  

To help you move forward, we would like to give you some information on the 
major developments in science for policy that took place in 2023 at the 
European level.  

(Very) great news first: what has started with our European Commission’s Staff 
Working  Document  on  Science  for  Policy  in  October  2022  continues  now  to 
shape debates around science for policy, resulting in policy initiatives at EU and 
national  levels.  Last  8th  December,  the  Research  Ministers  from  the  27  EU 

 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Member  States  adopted  Council  Conclusions  on  “Strengthening  the  role  and 
impact  of  research  and  innovation  in  the  policymaking  process  in  the  Union” 
with a specific section on “Science in the public policy process to improve the 
lives of citizens and strengthen democracy”. We as the JRC welcome and  fully 
support  this  ambition  that  will  enhance  the  leverage  of  our  current  efforts  in 
bringing science to inform policy at Member State level.  

This is not all! We have another leap towards evidence-informed policymaking 
to share with you! Join us in celebrating the adoption of a new Recommendation 
on  the  participation  of  citizens  and  civil  society  organisations  in  public 
policymaking  by  the  European  Commission.  We  are  very  happy  that  JRC 
expertise has informed this new Recommendation which aim to promote free, 
fair  and  resilient  elections  and  the  participation  of  citizens  and  civil  society 
organisations to policymaking.   

But there is so much more! For instance...    

•  Check  out  the  recently  launched  Futures4europe  platform  that  brings 
together  futurists  and  foresight  community  members  with  EU  policy-
makers and citizens, all sharing their perspectives on Europe’s future.   
•  We also recommend you to read David Budtz Pedersen introducing his 
newly published guidebook for designing An Evaluation Framework for 
Institutional  Capacity  of  Science-for-Policy  Ecosystems  in  EU  Member 
States  (December  2023).  He  contributes  to  the  ongoing  discussions  on 
how to assess the capacity of science-for-policy ecosystems in a manner 
that fosters learning and collective deliberation in support of strong and 
well-connected science-for-policy ecosystems in Europe.   

•  Do not miss to learn about the RTD-JRC conference on “Science for Policy 
in  Europe  –  Building  better  science  for  policy  ecosystems”  which  took 
place  in  October  2023  in  Brussels.  The  conference  attracted  more  than 
1,000 participants and brought together the ever expanding community 
of  science-for-policy  stakeholders.  Watch  the  recordings  of  the 
conference  and  JRC's  Director-General  Stephen  Quest's  intervention 
here!  

•  Lastly,  we  have  continued  with  our  workshop  series  on  “Strengthening 
and  connecting  science-for-policy  ecosystems  across  the  EU”  with  a 
successful event in Spain that gathered 200+ attendees to discuss about 
the Spanish science-for-policy ecosystem with the support of a discussion 
paper (currently in Spanish, but English version will soon be available).  

You will all agree that the year 2023 has been marked by major advancements 
for  the  European  science-for-policy  ecosystem,  for  which  we  are  grateful  for 
everyone’s contributions and efforts. Yet much more can be done this current 
year. We are eagerly looking forward to continue the collaboration with you all 
and  we  also  let  you  know  that  we  will  request  your  active  engagement  and 
involvement in many initiatives through our website. Stay tuned! 

Best wishes, 

Lorenzo Melchor & Kristian Krieger  
on behalf of the JRC’s Science4Policy team  

This  is  an  edition  of  The  Science  for  Policy  Bulletin,  published  by  the  JRC's 
Evidence-Informed  Policy  Making  team  via  the  European  Commission's 
Knowledge4Policy platform 

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