Wednesday 6 November 2024

Thursday 7 November 2024

Hertogstraat 1 

B-1000 Brussel

België

Tel. +32.2 894 46 11 

KVAB is easily accessible by both public transport and car. For tips we recommend visiting the KVAB website.

Time

Description

09:00-09:15

Abigail MUSCAT

(Wageningen University and Research)

Opening & Welcome

09:15-09:45

Thomas PLESENER,

Lene HEGELUND,

Anja SKJOLBORG HANSEN (Aarhus University)

Setting the scene: activities of the Ghent Group

Session 1 - Different science-policy interface methods and examples. How do we generate

                  impact?

09:45-10:00

Moderators of LLs workshop

Learnings from the Living Labs workshop

10:00-10:15

Olivier MORA (INRAE)

Presentations followed by group reflection

How do we assess the impact of scientific advice on policymaking

10:15-10:30

Katharina HELMING, Keerthi BANDRU (ZALF)

Climate modelling with policy-makers: the experience of MACSUR SciPol

10:30-10:45

Didier RICHARD (INRAE)

Pesticide-free agriculture in 2050: reconnecting research and policy debates

10:45-11:15

ALL

Reflection on generating impact: Living Labs, foresight, modelling with policy-makers

• What do we mean by impact?
• How is it measured?
• What are the pros and cons of the various methods?

Break

11.30-12.30

Francesca MONITCONE (University of Bologna)

Giampiero MAZZOCCHI (CREA)

Elisa PORRECA (City of Milan) 

Madeleine COSTE (Eurocities)

Policy Coherence Methods workshop

An overview of the different methodologies to asses Food Policy Coherence and Integration (15 min)

Two case studies that have aimed to assess policy coherence will present the methodology they employed (on assessing the coherence between Italian and EU policy frameworks on CLEVERFOOD’s deliverable “Comparative analysis of existing urban food policies”

Reflection- Speakers will be invited to react to their colleague’s presentation, comparing advantages and shortcomings, and similarities and differences with their methodology

Discussion opened to the audience moderated by Abigail (25 min)- what methodology to measure and assess policy coherence?

Lunch

14.00-17.30

Wageningen University and Research

Mansholt lecture & drinks*

WUR perspectives on agriculture, food and nature in the EU 

(For information about the research, click here).

Group dinner

THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2024

Session 2 - Digesting the dilemmas presented by the Mansholt lecture

09:00-09:30

Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature

Presentation
Director of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature

09:30-10:30

All

Reflection and debate
On the Mansholt lecture and a dilemma approach for the science-policy interface

• Are dilemmas a good approach to creating a strong policy vision for the future of agriculture and nature?
• What is the role of science in policy? Where does it start, where does it end?

Break

10.45-11.05

JRC

Presentation

Knowledge for policy: concepts and methods

11:05-11:25

MEP

Presentation
Challenges in translating science into policy: experiences from the European Parliament

11:25-12:00

Moderator: Rens Koele

Dialogue between JRC and MEP

Lunch

13.00-13.45

Giampiero MAZZOCCHI (CREA) & Pasi RIKKONEN (LUKE)

Dialogue between Finland and Italy followed by Group Discussion

Conflict and synergies around the supply chain.

• Local Food policies – debate about how science and policy combine in Italy
• How science interacts in enhancing resilience and security of the supply of food systems in Finland

Working session - How can we work together? Learnings from and for the Ghent Group

13-45-14:45

WUR

ILVO

Dealing with dilemmas: Roundtables with leading experts

• How do we change governance? (Led by WUR)
• How to develop a multi-actor approach? (led by ILVO) 

Break

15.15-16.15

All

Develop a  joint vision

16:15– 16:30

Closing and goodbye