Ghent Group annual meeting
The Ghent Group is an informal community of European institutes and individuals working with science-based advice in the fields of agriculture and environment.
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Details and registration: Living Labs and/or Ghent Group meeting - Home (wur.nl)
Programme Ghent Group Annual Meeting
The role of science in dealing with dilemmas in policy-making
| Date(s) | Wednesday 6 November 2024 Thursday 7 November 2024 |
| Location | Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten (KVAB) Hertogstraat 1 B-1000 Brussel België Tel. +32.2 894 46 11
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| Accessibility and parking | KVAB is easily accessible by both public transport and car. For tips we recommend visiting the KVAB website. |
Programme
| WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2024 | ||
Time | Description | |
| Introduction | ||
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
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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 | ||
| * Participation in the Ghent Group Annual Meeting also includes attendance at the Mansholt Lecture on Wednesday afternoon, 6 November. You do not need to register for this separately; we will take care of it for you! | ||
THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2024 | |||
| Time | Description | ||
Session 2 - Digesting the dilemmas presented by the Mansholt lecture | |||
09:00-09:30 | Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature | Presentation | |
09:30-10:30 | All | Reflection and debate
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Break | |||
10.45-11.05 | JRC | Presentation Knowledge for policy: concepts and methods | |
11:05-11:25 | MEP | Presentation | |
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.
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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
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Break | |||
15.15-16.15 | All | Develop a joint vision | |
16:15– 16:30 |
| Closing and goodbye | |