The activities described in this policy brief were undertaken as part of a European Parliament Preparatory Action, which ran between September 2014 and November 2015. The Preparatory Action has built on the prior efforts and analysis carried out by the Greek region of Eastern Macedonia and...

The objective of this report is to analyse the security and privacy risks of email communications and identify technical countermeasures capable of mitigating them effectively. In order to do so, the report analyses from a technical point of view the core set of communication protocols and...

Much of the world's data is textual - in large document archives, in scientific papers, in scattered websites, in social media. The information contained in text is invaluable and yet hard to access. The sheer volume of text means that, unassisted, we cannot hope to read all available sources,...

The workshop 'Medium-term Outlook for the EU Agricultural Commodity markets' is an integral part of the intensive validation procedure of the results of the European Commission's report 'Prospects for EU agricultural markets and income'. It provides a forum for presentations on preliminary...

The EU Policy Lab at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) organised a one-day workshop to pilot a foresight policy-engagement tool based on a set of global megatrends. The workshop was also used to gather the experience and good practice of foresight practitioners in...

The workshop on the 'EU commodity market development: Medium-term agricultural outlook' is an integral part of the intensive validation procedure of the results of the European Commission's report on 'Prospects for EU agricultural markets and income'. It provides a forum for presentations on...

This report describes the POTEnCIA CETO 2024 Scenario, which showcases how the deep decarbonisation of the EU's energy system can be achieved from an energy technology perspective in alignment with the general objectives of the European Climate Law. The scenario has been modelled using the...

In 2022 and 2023, the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy organised three workshops to explore bioeconomy foresight scenarios developed in 2020. With the help of a scientific game and foresight tool called the Scenario Exploration System, stakeholders in various bioeconomy...

In 2022 and 2023, the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy organised three workshops to explore bioeconomy foresight scenarios developed in 2020. With the help of a scientific game and foresight tool called the Scenario Exploration System, stakeholders in various bioeconomy...

The EU Ecolabel for hand dishwashing detergents is under revision. This report is meant to provide a first evaluation of likely areas for investigation and provides the scientific evidence for the revised EU Ecolabel criteria. The identification of the main hotspots is carried out in this study...