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Knowledge
Management
for Policy
Stocktaking of one year
of JRC activities
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Knowledge Management for Policy – Stocktaking of one year of JRC activities
Improving knowledge management and collaborative working is a priority for overcoming

silos mentalities and connecting synergies between portfolios, as envisaged in the Commis-
sion Communication C(2016)6626.
In its 2030 Strategy, the JRC took up this challenge by 1) introducing a horizontal ‘knowl-
edge management’ layer in the organigram, to mobilise scientific competences from differ-
ent Directorates around the Commission’s policy goals 2) championing the implementation
of new collaboration practices and platforms as well as the development of a knowledge
management professionalisation programme; 3) starting to transform itself from a tradi-
tional research-producing organisation into a world-leading manager of knowledge for EU
policy-making.
One year after the reorganisation carried out on the 1st of July 2016 to align the JRC organ-
igram with the new strategy, this report reviews the progress made and describes the main
achievements.
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Table of contents
E XECU TIVE SUMM A RY 3
1. IN T RODUC TION 5
2. M A KING SENSE OF DATA , INFORM ATION AND K NOWL EDGE 6
3. M AN AGING K NOWL EDGE 8

3.1 The JRC Knowledge Management Network 8
3.2 Knowledge Centres 13
3.2.1 Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre 14
3.2.2 Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography 17
3.2.3 Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies 20
3.2.4 Knowledge Centre on Bioeconomy 22
3.3 EU Policy Lab 24
3.4 Methodology and capacity building 25
3.4.1 Concepts and Methods 25
3.4.2 Networks and Partners 26
3.4.3 Projects, Processes 27
3.4.4 Capacity Building 27
3.4.5 Science communication and visualisation 28
4. M AN AGING COMPE T ENCES 29

4.1 Hosting, organising and sharing data 29
4.2 Data processing and visualisation 30
4.3 Competence Centres 31
4.3.1 Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards 32
4.3.2 Competence Centre on Micro-economic Evaluation 34
4.3.3 Competence Centre on Text Mining and Analysis 36
4.3.4 Competence Centre on Modelling 38
5. COL L ABOR ATIVE WORKING 40

5.1 Connected Platform 40
5.2 Connected European Semester 41
5.3 Communities of Practice 43
6. PUBLIC ATIONS 44
6.1 ‘Flagship’ reports 44
6.2 ‘Science-for-policy’ briefs and internal reports 45
7. CONCLUSIONS 46
ANNE X: JRC on-line resources quoted in the report and related URL addresses 49
Executive summary
Effective knowledge management The new Competence Directorate is
is essential for modernising the way hosting the EU policy Lab, a collab-
the European Commission operates, orative and experimental space with
overcoming silos mentalities and the mission to support innovation
connecting synergies between port- into policymaking through exper-
folios, as envisaged by President imenting new tools, methods and
Juncker and set out in the 2016 Com- approaches applied to policy issues
munication on Data, Information and and problems by bringing togeth-
Knowledge Management1. The grow- er, and where possible combining,
ing complexity of the policy issues foresight, behavioural insights and
at stake and the increasing flood of design for policy.
data and information available re-
quire an increasing ability to map, At the same time, the JRC Thematic
review, analyse and condense best Directorates have continued de-
available knowledge in support of veloping Knowledge Centres in key
EU policies. policy areas. In this innovative ap-
proach to evidence-based policy
The ‘Strategy 2030’ has set the making, policymakers and research-
JRC on the right course to take on ers are brought together to co-
these challenges, transforming itself create answers to policy questions
from a traditional research-mak- and align research action with policy
ing organisation into a manager of needs. Four Knowledge Centres have
knowledge for EU policies, capable been created so far, collectively in-
to assist the Commission in innovat- volving 24 DGs and Services; two
ing its working methods, process- more are in preparation and will be
es and tools. In the first year since launched in the near future.
the reorganisation aligning the JRC
organigram with the Strategy, sig- In an analogous way, Competence
nificant steps forward have been Centres have been created, centred
made, a few examples of which are on analytical tools and working di-
described below. rectly with the Commission policy
DGs to apply the tools to the policy
The new Knowledge Management problems at hand. Some important
Directorate and the six Knowledge achievements during the period of
Management Units, reporting hier- reference are the following:
archically to the Thematic Directo-
rates, have started drawing together ‣ the newly launched KC on Terri-
a broad range of knowledge repos- torial Development released a uni-
itories and services, developed and fied Web Portal, including a Urban
managed either by them or by their Data Platform to support the Urban
Knowledge Production colleagues. Agenda for the EU;
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C(2016) 6626 final
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E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
‣ the Knowledge Centre on Migration experts for policymaking. If it ever

and Demography created a Dynamic really existed, the traditional ‘deficit’
Data Hub, providing up-to-date data model of science being integrated
and analysis of migration flows, trends into the policymaking cycle in a linear
and impacts; and uncontested way is now being
challenged by a more politically po-
‣ the Knowledge Centre on Disaster larised ‘post-fact’ culture. The JRC is
Risk Management produced a major strengthening its emphasis on pro-
State-of-the-art report on ‘Science viding a sound factual base of cru-
for disaster risk management 2017: cial debates by issuing its ‘flagship
knowing better and losing less’; reports’ which bring salient points in
a visually attractive and easily un-
‣ the Competence Centre on Com- derstandable ways. Examples of this
posite Indicators developed a ‘Social approach are the recently released
Scoreboard’ to accompany the Euro- report on ‘What makes a fair socie-
pean Pillar of Social Rights. ty? Insights and evidence’ and the up-
coming one ‘Science for the Africa-EU
Work on data management has been Partnership - Building evidence for
intensified, investing in innovative sustainable development’.
ways of deriving information and
knowledge from the wealth of JRC The use of science and expertise in
research data, made available to re- policymaking has to be advocated
searchers, information professionals, in the face of populist opposition to
entrepreneurs and the general public experts and new ways of communi-
via the JRC Data Catalogue. cating science to the general public
and engaging with their concerns
Through the development of the will need to be developed. Similar-
Connected platform and its use for ly new methods and processes for
the European Semester process, the using science in policymaking will
JRC is promoting collaborative work- need to be developed that take into
ing techniques, tackling head-on the account the latest science of cogni-
practical, day-to-day obstacles to tion and decision-making. Finally, all
silo-breaking in the Commission. To public knowledge bodies will need to
promote not only tools but also cul- develop rigorous ways of measuring
tural change, the first steps were their impact, to keep the pressure
taken towards the development of a to innovate.
new profession of knowledge brokers
working at the interface between sci- In this context, the JRC aims to
ence and policy, through the identi- become a global leader in the crea-
fication of key skills and the metrics tion, management and application of
needed to guide this new profession. knowledge for public policy, helping
to address the concerns raised by the
The next few years will require still current ‘post-fact’ debate and leading
more innovation from the JRC to deal the campaign for evidence-informed
with the challenges that surround policy using the latest methods.
the use of scientific knowledge and
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01
Introduction
Improving knowledge management
and collaborative working in the
Commission is a priority for President
Juncker, who, in the mission letters
to all Members of the College in
November 2014, called for a mod-
ernisation of the Commission, with
emphasis on overcoming silos men-
talities and connecting synergies
between portfolios.
To enable this transformation, the

Commission issued in October 2016 a
Communication on Data, Information
‣ it took up a leading role as a pro-
moter of knowledge management
inside the Commission, championing
the implementation of new collab-
oration practices and platforms as
well as the development of a knowl-
edge management professionalisa-
tion programme;
‣ as the Commission’s science and

knowledge service, it has begun to
transform itself from traditional re-
search-producing organisation into
a world-leading manager of knowl-
and Knowledge Management, set- edge for EU policies, capable of
ting out a corporate strategy based mapping, gathering, analysing, qual-
on two principles: ity checking and, above all, making
sense of the best knowledge availa-
‣ data, information and knowledge ble worldwide, wherever produced, in
should be shared as widely as pos- support of EU policies.
sible within the Commission unless
restrictions apply; To this end, the adoption of the JRC
2030 strategy and the reorgani-
‣ collaborative working practices sation carried out on the 1st of July
should be the preferred working 2016 to align the JRC organigram
method. with it was a strategic leap forward.
Approximately one year later, this re-
In its 2030 Strategy2, the JRC took port reviews the progress made and
up the knowledge management and describes the main achievements.
modernisation challenges on three
different levels:
‣ it introduced a horizontal ‘knowl-

edge management’ layer in the or-
ganigram, to help break its own silos
and mobilise scientific competences
from different Directorates around
the Commission’s policy goals;
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C(2016) 6626 final, Data, Information and Knowledge Management at the European Commission.
2
JRC Strategy 2030, available at https://connected.cnect.cec.eu.int/docs/DOC-85148
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Making sense of Data, Information
and Knowledge
The JRC Strategy 2030 outlines the
new role of the JRC as a knowledge
management organisation, stressing
the need to map, collate, analyse, 02
quality check policy-relevant data,
information and knowledge, making
sense of it to underpin evidence-
informed policymaking.
In the information deluge of today, the JRC role in managing knowledge is support of EU policy making can be fundamental.
The reorganis ation of JRC introduced petence Centres which will develop,
a horizontal ‘knowledge manage- provide and apply analytical tools,
ment’ layer in the organigram, con- methods and integrated solutions to
sisting of: better support the entire Commission
for the conception, implementation
‣ A Knowledge Management Direct- and evaluation of EU policies.
orate, to coordinate related activi-
ties across JRC, developing common ‣ Six Knowledge Management Units
tools, best practices and platforms reporting hierarchically to the Know-
to facilitate knowledge management ledge Production Directorates and
for policy. functionally to the Knowledge Man-
agement one, as an interface be-
‣ A Competence Directorate, en- tween them.
trusted to set up and operate Com-
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M A K I N G S E N S E O F D A T A, I N F O R M A T I O N A N D K N O W L E D G E
DG
A
Strategy &
Coordination
B C D E F G
Knowledge
Production
H
Knowledge
Management
I
R Support
Knowledge Management
I. Competences
I1. Modelling, Indicators & Impact Evaluation H1. Geographic Coordination
I2. Foresight, Behavioural Insight H2. Thematic Coordination

& Design for Policy
I3. Text & Data Mining B7. Knowledge for Finance, Innovation & Growth
I4. Intellectual Property & Technology Transfert C7. Knowledge for Energy Union
D6. Knowledge for Sustainable Development

& Food Security
E7. Knowledge for Security & Migration
F7. Knowledge for Health & Consumer Safety
G10. Knowledge for Nuclear Safety, Security

& Safeguards
JRC Structure, August 2017
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Managing Knowledge
3.1
The JRC Knowledge Management Network
T he six Knowledge Management
Units are key enablers of the JRC role
as the European Commission Knowl-
edge Management Service.
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particularly DG RTD. It delivers analy-
sis, insights, statistical data and best
practices on designing, implementing
and evaluating R&I policy at EU and
national levels, supporting the Euro-
Their vision is to be the central point of pean Semester analysis, informing
expertise within the European Com- national and regional policy makers
mission for state-of-the-art knowl- and other stakeholders e.g. in aca-
edge and robust scientific evidence demia and in industry. In 2015 it also
to support the development and covered associated countries and
implementation of EU policies in the selected other countries.
respective thematic areas. Specific
attention is given to anticipating ‣ The JRC Bioeconomy Observato-
knowledge needs and mapping gaps, ry was implemented in partnership
suggesting research topics to be with other EU Research organisa-
carried out in the JRC. tion through a FP7 indirect research
action, for the purpose of gather-
Their special position in the JRC or- ing data and information about bio-
ganigram allows them to drive, inspire economy. The observatory website
or support the development and suc- (38 836 views in 2016) includes sta-
cessful management of a variety of tistics on investments in research,
JRC knowledge resources, in close policy mapping, country profiles, data
collaboration with their Knowledge visualisation and analytical reports,
Production colleagues. This particu- and has acted as an incubator for
larly includes observatories and in- the EU Knowledge Centre on Bio-
formation systems, of which some economy further described in the
examples are the following: next section.
‣ The Research Innovation Obser- ‣ The Digital Observatory for Pro-

vatory and Policy Support Facility tected Areas (DOPA) is a set of web
(RIO-PSF) project website (39701 services and applications that can
webpage views in 2016) is a refer- be used primarily to assess, monitor,
ence and key source of information report on (and increasingly forecast)
in the field of R&I policy, serving the state of, and the pressure on,
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M A N A G I N G K N O W L E D G E
protected areas at multiple scales in the field of energy, that supports

(local, national and global). The main the Energy Union’s governance and in
partner within the Commission is particular the implementation of the
DG ENV. The DOPA can be used, for Integrated Plan on Strategic Ener-
example, to support spatial planning, gy Technologies (SET-Plan) and the
resource allocation by park managers regular reports on the State of the
and funding agencies, protected area Energy Union. DG ENER and RTD are
development and management, and the main users and partners. SETIS
national and international reporting. operates a Web platform that serves
Using global reference datasets, the as a repository of reports, publica-
DOPA supports global assessments, tions and other key documents with
but also provides a broad range of information on low-carbon energy
consistent and comparable indicators technologies, their market and per-
at country, ecoregion and protected formance, as well as analyses of bar-
area level. In 2016 the DOPA web riers to their large scale deployment,
pages were viewed 21429 times. which are essential for the transition
to a low-carbon economy, produced
‣ The Strategic Energy Technolo- by the JRC and other SET-Plan stake-
gies Information System (SETIS) is holders. The SETIS web platform also
an integrated and effective assess- contains the European R&I Energy
ment, monitoring and reporting tool of Landscape database and attracted
the European innovation landscape 73 845 views in 2016.
Knowledge Management in Action

Enabling the Energy Union
The Commission has committed to present annual State of the Energy Union
reports that show progress made since the Energy Union Framework Strategy
was adopted to bring about the transition to a low-carbon, secure and com-
petitive economy. SETIS is a key contributor to these reports, with an assess-
ment of the evolution of the innovation ecosystem in the field of energy at
national and EU level.
The assessment focuses on two pillars:

‣ Evaluation of public and private investments in energy R&D, in collabo-
ration with national and international authorities, using an innovative
methodology developed by the JRC that has now become a Commission
reference.
‣ Innovations (patents) using a procedure developed by the JRC and
validated by the European Patent Office.
The SETIS assessments also support the development of country fact sheets
by the Commission that form the basis for the formulation of recommenda-
tions regarding the implementation of the Research, Innovation and Competi-
tiveness Dimension of the Energy Union in each Member State.
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3 . 1 K N O W L E D G E M A N A G E M E N T U N I T S
‣ The Transport Research and Inno- The JRC is also managing knowledge
vation Monitoring and Information resources in the nuclear field. For
System (TRIMIS) will be launched example, it is developing a platform
in September 2017, and will be the for hosting synthesis reports on the
Commission’s instrument for mapping topical areas of EURATOM research
technology trends and research and through a Nuclear Energy Observato-
innovation capacities in the trans- ry (NEO), used primarily by DG ENER.
port field. Like SETIS, it serves pri- At present, its main components are:
marily DG ENER and DG RTD, and it is
designed to fulfil multiple roles: horizon ‣ The ODIN Portal (Online Data &
scanning, monitoring progress against Information Network for energy) pro-
R&I roadmaps, mapping and analysing vides access to engineering and doc-
transport technologies, investments ument databases and other informa-
and capacities, dissemination of infor- tion related to European research in
mation, provision of toolboxes and the domains of nuclear and conven-
models. It will support the EU Strate- tional energy.
gic Transport Research and Innovation
Agenda (STRIA) and its seven road- ‣ The Clearinghouse is a European
maps. In addition, it will map and ana- central repository on operating ex-
lyse technology trends and R&I capac- perience feedback for nuclear power
ities of the transport sector. plants, from EU nuclear safety regu-
latory authorities and their Technical
‣ The EU Aid Explorer, developed Support Organizations (TSO). In 2017,
by the JRC in collaboration with DGs Ukraine joined on a voluntary basis.
DEVCO and ECHO, provides easy
access to clear, complete and accu- ‣ The STRESA (Storage of Thermal
rate data on development and hu- REactor Safety Analysis Data) is a
manitarian aid around the world. secure repository of experimental data,
The EU is collectively the biggest intended for disseminating information
donor in the world, providing help from largescale scientific projects.
in overcoming poverty and advance
global development. It is committed The European Human Resources
to implementing the international Observatory for the Nuclear ener-
agreements on aid effectiveness and gy sector (EHRO-N) received 35 380
to being accountable to EU citizens visits in 2016. It produces and regu-
who make solidarity initiatives possi- larly updates a quality-assured data-
ble. EU Aid Explorer is part of fulfilling base on human resource needs for
the various international transpar- the different stakeholders in nucle-
ency commitments including those ar energy and nuclear safety. Par-
for the Sustainable Development ticularly instrumental for DG ENER,
Goals, and Sendai Framework. In this EAC, RTD, EMPL, it helps identifying
web tool, maps and graphs are used gaps and deficiencies in the European
to visualise which donor is active nuclear education and training (E&T)
where, which sectors and countries infrastructure and elaborating rec-
receive how much assistance and ommendations for remedial actions
how funding changes over time. and optimisation. It also plays an
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active role in the development of a Finally, the European Community

European scheme of nuclear qualifi- Urgent Radiological Information Ex-
cations and mutual recognition (the change (ECURIE) is the interface to
European Credit System for Vocation- the EU early notification and infor-
al Education and Training/ECVET). mation exchange system for radio-
logical emergencies, implementing
Another intensely used resource is a Council Decision3. Used primari-
the EUropean Radiological Data Ex- ly by DG ENER, ECHO and DEVCO,
change Platform (EURDEP - 49 632 it works in close collaboration with
visitors in 2016), which is relying on a the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency
network of 39 participating countries, Centre (IEC) and in synergy with the
collecting input from automatic sur- Emergency Response Coordination
veillance systems almost in real time. Centre (ERCC), operating within the
Together with the European Atlas European Commission’s Humanitar-
of Natural Radiation (EANR), a col- ian Aid and Civil Protection depart-
lection of maps of Europe displaying ment (ECHO). The ECURIE agreement
levels of natural radioactivity caused includes all the 28 EU Member States
by different sources, it provides infor- as well as Switzerland and Croatia.
mation about the level of environ-
mental radioactivity, which is of par-
ticular interest for DG ENER and ENV.

Assessing public exposure to natural radioactivity
The Euratom Community has established a set of basic safety standards 4

to protect workers, members of the public, and patients against the dangers
arising from ionising radiation. In this context it is essential to establish
reference levels of ionizing radiation from several natural sources to which
the EU population is exposed.
The JRC has collected natural radiation data and developed the European
Atlas of Natural Radiation, which provides a collection of maps displaying
the levels of radioactivity caused by different natural sources in Europe at a
regional level. Overall, it contributes to estimating the annual dose that the
public may receive from natural radioactivity, combining all the information
from the different sources and maps.
The Atlas will be instrumental to inform and familiarise the public with the
radioactive environment, giving a more balanced view of the annual dose that
it may receive from natural radioactivity, and to provide reference material
and generate harmonised data for the scientific and regulatory communities.
3
Council Decision 87/600/EURATOM
4
Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM
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3 . 1 K N O W L E D G E M A N A G E M E N T U N I T S
Many information systems managed of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP).

by the JRC have also a collaborative AOPs describe a sequential chain of
nature, allowing external stakehold- causally linked events leading to an
ers to engage and contribute: adverse human health or environ-
mental effect of regulatory concern.
‣ The knowSDGs platform (Knowl- This crowdsourcing is managed by
edge base for the Sustainable Devel- the OECD via a simple Wiki interface,
opment Goals) was developed by the and the European Commission (JRC)
JRC as a tool to support the imple- co-leads the project with the US Envi-
mentation of the 17 Sustainable ronmental Proetction Agency (EPA).
Development Goals contained in the
Agenda 2030, adopted in 2015 unan- Last but not least, the JRC is lead-
imously by UN Member States, and ing the Citizen Science Knowledge
taken up in the Commission Commu- Innovation Project in the context of
nication ‘Next steps for a sustainable the Environment Knowledge Com-
European future – European action munity (EKC) framework, created by
for sustainability’5. The platform is DG ENV with CLIMA, RTD, JRC, ESTAT
designed to allow interactive and and the European Environment Agen-
easy access to data and informa- cy to improve the sharing and co-
tion related to the SDGs, including an generation of environmental knowl-
account of the JRC datasets rele- edge for EU policies6. The project
vant to SDGs and the JRC composite addresses the relationship between
index on climate resilient develop- people and data/information – not
ment, which aims to provide knowl- only to monitor the state and trends
edge to support the reconciliation of of the environment and relations
climate change policy objectives with to human health, but also to help
development goals, by ensuring that assessing the impact and effects of
climate change is systematically inte- the implementation of environmental
grated into development strategies. related policy across the EU. Hands-
on demonstrators have been realised,
‣ The Adverse Outcome Pathway based on mobile phone applications
Knowledge Base (AOP-KB) is a tool (apps) as a major enabling technol-
that channels an expert community’s ogy, including a mobile app for the
willingness to approach and tackle a monitoring of Invasive Alien Species
given problem and then freely share (IAS), which is currently being tested
the answer with everyone - in a con- in the Danube Region.
cept increasingly known as crowd-
sourcing. This emerging approach
fits the paradigm shift in both science
and regulation in the area of chemi-
cal risk assessment, which is more
and more supported by the concept
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COM/2016/739
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C(2016) 6626 Work Programme 2017 Action 2.B.1
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3.2 Knowledge Centres

Policymaking has become increasing-
ly complex, with any given issue call-
‣ Knowledge Centre
on Migration and demography;
ing for coordination between policy
makers from different fields and ‣ Knowledge Centre
levels. In response, Knowledge Cen- on Territorial data policy;
tres are virtual ‘epistemic commu-
nities’ built around policy problems, ‣ Knowledge Centre
bringing together policy makers and on Bioeconomy.
scientists, gathering experience and
knowledge from different locations Their scope, work and main achieve-
inside and outside the Commission ments are described below in more
and co-creating the policy questions detail.
and research answers. Their func-
tion is to inform policy makers in a Furthermore, two additional Knowl-
transparent, tailored, concise and in- edge Centres are in preparation and
dependent manner, about the status will be launched in the near future:
and findings of the latest scientific
evidence. ‣ The Knowledge Centre on Infor-
mation for Global Food and Nutri-
In accordance with the Governance tion Security: it will support the EU
Scheme prepared for the Information global commitment to end hunger,
Management Steering Board meet- achieve food security and improved
ing of September 20177, the stra- nutrition through a dedicated and re-
tegic direction of each Knowledge inforced science-policy interface. The
Centres is provided by a Steering Knowledge Centre will use as a point
Group of DGs, composed by Direc- of reference the 60 developing coun-
tor-level representatives of the DGs tries in which these issues are the
involved in the KC, co-chaired by focus of EU intervention. The Centre
the lead policy DG and by JRC. The will provide, inter alia, early warnings
Group is setting the policy priorities and crop reports.
around which the KC Action Plan is
built, defining the strategic needs and ‣ The Knowledge Centre for Food
research questions for each prior- Authenticity: it will gather food fraud
ity, as well as the activities to be related information from various
concretely pursued. sources and transform it into action-
able knowledge to detect fraud in the
Four Knowledge Centres have been food chain at an early stage for the
established so far, the most recent benefit of honest stakeholders of the
one on 20 July 2017: food chain and EU citizens; for further
use by relevant Commission services
‣ Disaster Risk Management and the competent authorities in the
Knowledge Centre; Member States.
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Work Programme 2017 of C(2016) 6626 on Data, Information and Knowledge Management, Action 2.B.1
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3 . 2 K N O W L E D G E C E N T R E S
3.2.1
Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre
The Disaster Risk Management the wider Disaster Risk Management

Knowledge Centre (DRMKC), launched (DRM) community within and beyond
at the end of 2015, aims at enhanc- the EU.
ing the EU and Member States resil-
ience to disasters and their capacity Through the global dimension of the
to prevent, prepare and respond to DRMKC, the EU supports the Sendai
emergencies through a strengthened framework for Disaster Risk Reduc-
science and policy interface. It acts tion to promote a more systematic
as a focal point of reference in the and reinforced science-policy inter-
European Commission that supports face to strengthen the contribution
the work of Member States, relevant of DRM to smart, sustainable and
European Commission services and inclusive growth globally 8.
DRMKC Facts & Figures
Start: 30 September 2015
Co-chaired by DG ECHO and JRC
11 Directorates General and Services involved: ECHO, JRC, CLIMA, SANTE,

SG, HOME, ENV, GROW, RTD, DEVCO, REGIO.
Key Partnerships:
‣ Collaborating with 34 participant countries of the Union Civil Protection
Mechanism9 (28 EU Member States plus Iceland, Montenegro, Norway,
Serbia, FYROM and Turkey);
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Council Conclusions on the post 2015 Hyogo Framework for Action: Managing risks to achieve resilience, June 2014
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Decision 1313/2013/EU
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‣ Capitalising on 7 pre-established DRM networks, some of which co-lead

with Partner DGs (ECHO,GROW), overall involving more than 60 Countries
and the UN, World Bank and OECD. Co-lead of 3 GEO initiatives;
‣ Collaboration Agreement with Italian Civil Protection.
Knowledge resources, tools and services offered : 10
‣ DRMKC Bimonthly Newsletter emailed to over 1000 registered experts

(9 published so far);
‣ On-line common repository of relevant research and operational projects
and results, comprising 512 projects involving 2546 organisations;
‣ A science advisory panel of experts and scientists at local, national and
European levels provides analyses, updates and advice into research and
innovation needs in DRM;
‣ European Network of Crisis Management Laboratories. A permanent
infrastructure shared between Member States and European Institutions
to serve as a testbed for new crisis management technology. It organised
9 major international workshops as of July 2017;
‣ DRMKC Support System. Launched in March 2016, it provides sci-
entific and technical advice, recommendations, guidelines, datasets
and tools in support to participating countries of the Union Civil Protection
Mechanism. Output: 4 Support Services activated in 2016; 3 workshops
organised in 2017.
Outputs:
‣ 61 peer-reviewed articles and policy related outputs produced in 2016;
‣ 20 Workshops and Conferences organised in 2016, 10 so far in 2017;
‣ 23 policy impacts presented in the JRC Productivity and Impact
Evaluation 2016;
‣ 181438 website views in 2016.
On 23 May, 2017, at the UN Global by a JRC Editorial Board with strong

Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction support from the European Commis-
in Cancun, Mexico the DRMKC pre- sion Advisory group of 79 experts in
sented the state-of-the-art report specific topics. It pulled together a
on ‘Science for disaster risk man- network of 273 contributors from 26
agement 2017: knowing better and (mostly European) Countries and 172
losing less’. organisations, and was endorsed by
11 Commission Services.
The report is a key part of the Sci-
ence and Technology Roadmap of By holistically addressing the three
the Sendai Framework for Disas- distinct phases of understanding,
ter Risk Reduction, supported by the communicating and managing dis-
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction aster risk, the report supports the
(UNISDR). The preparation was run integration of science into informed
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as of 02/08/2017
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decision making through synthesising the science-policy and science-oper-

and translating evidence for disaster ation interface.
risk management and strengthening
Outlook
‣ Soon-to-be launched call for authors of the next volume of the Science-
for-disaster series, which will be focused on assessing the impact
of disasters.
‣ Collection of Good Practices for Risk Assessment to serve as basis for
the potential revision of the EC Guidelines for National Risk Assess-
ment (NRA)11 , in collaboration with DG ECHO and EU Civil Protection
Mechanism (EUCPM) participant countries.
‣ Development of a Risk Data Hub, to become a platform facilitating
the transmission of EU-wide and/or National risk-related data (exposure,
vulnerability and hazard layers) from the scientific community to the
institutions involved in the NRA development.

Promoting civil protection tools and best practices across Europe
When a country is hit by a disaster which overwhelms its response capacity,

European countries can provide assistance via the EU Civil Protection Mecha-
nism (EUCPM), established in 2001 to foster cooperation among national civil
protection authorities across Europe and enable a more rapid and effective
response to emergencies.
Via the DRMKC Support System, the JRC is providing scientific and technical
advice, recommendations, guidelines, datasets and tools in support to EUCPM
participating countries, promoting networking and sharing of knowledge, tools
and best practices. Some examples are:
‣ The development of EU harmonized services for training activities in the
domain of critical infrastructures towards the implementation of the EC
Directive on critical infrastructures12;
‣ The deployment in Greece and France of the customized version of the
web-platform developed by the Italian Department of Civil Protection to
implement the EU Floods Directive13;
‣ The JRC training on Risk Assessment for Natural-Hazard Impact on
Hazardous Chemical Installations (SEVESO directive);
‣ A study done by Greece on Tsunami Risk Assessment in Terms of Building
Economic Losses using Geographic Information System (GIS) Tools;
‣ The development of EU harmonized services for recording flood events
and associated damages data according to the Floods Directive and
towards the implementation of the Sendai Framework.
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3.2.2
Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography
The Knowledge Centre on Migra- understanding. It addresses both short
tion and Demography (KCMD) was and mid-to-longer term needs.
created in June 2016 and aims at
providing solid scientific evidence to It currently focuses on six policy pri-
enhance the EU’s capability in man- orities, agreed upon by the Steering
aging better opportunities and chal- Group in March 2017 for the period
lenges stemming from migration 2017-2018: legal migration and in-
and demographic change. It allows tegration, external dimension of mi-
for analytical and networking activ- gration, children in migration, smug-
ities accompanied by a repository gling, irregular migration and forced
of relevant research and new ini- (internal) displacement.
tiatives to deepen knowledge and
KCMD Facts & Figures
Start: 20 June 2016
Co-chaired by DG HOME and JRC
9 Directorates General and Services members of the Steering Group:

DG HOME, JRC, SG, DEVCO, ECHO, RTD, ESTAT, EPSC, EEAS, and 8 addition-
al Directorates General associated EMPL, ECFIN, EAC, REGIO, JUST, NEAR,
COMM, CLIMA.
Key Partnerships:
‣ International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
‣ Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD);
‣ International Organization for Migration (IOM) & IOM Global Migration
Data Analysis Centre (IOM-GMDAC);
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Dynamic Data Hub
Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demograp
‣ Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)

European University Institute – Migration Policy Centre (MPC);
‣ The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR);
‣ United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Knowledge resources, tools and services offered:

‣ Migration Data Catalogue, an inventory of more than 100 existing
datasets linked to demography and migration, made available by inter-
national organisations, the Commission, EU agencies and adminis-
trations of some EU Member States;
‣ Dynamic Data Hub, a web-based application built on the data catalogues,
giving direct access to selected datasets to undertake analyses of migra-
tion flows to the EU;
‣ Inventory of Commission activities on Migration and Demography,
a list of initiatives, studies and other related output for each Directorate
General;
‣ Country migration profiles to support the new Migration Partnership
Framework14 with third countries. The Mali migration profile, just re-
leased, will be followed by four priority countries: Nigeria, Senegal,
Niger and Ethiopia.
Outputs
‣ 3 Workshops and Conferences organised in 2016, 13 other events so
far in 2017;
‣ 13049 website views in 2016;
‣ 2550 accesses to the Dynamic Data Hub between February and July 2017.
In December 2016, the KCMD organ- and EEAS for the Joint Communi-
ised the Global Conference Improv- cation for a renewed impetus of the
ing Data on International Migration, Africa-EU Partnership15 and the Re-
under the auspices of the UN Inter- flection Paper on the Social Dimension
national Organization for Migration, of Europe16 . Currently, a contribution
bringing together about 200 experts to the mid-term review of the Euro-
on migration data from academia, pean Agenda on Migration is being
governments, the private sector and repared, as well as scenarios for the
civil society from across the world. It negotiations on the revision of the
was in this occasion that the Dynamic Asylum system, data for the Fitness
Data Hub (DDH) was launched. check on Legal Migration and for the
EU Semester.
Thanks to the DDH, in 2017 the KCMD
was able to reply to ad-hoc requests
put forward by Commission services
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Political publication from the European Commission, 26 April 2017
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Outlook
‣ Release of the Migration Knowledge Catalogue.

‣ Release of Migration Profiles for Nigeria, Senegal, Niger and Ethiopia as
well as short versions for additional countries, starting with Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia.
‣ Continuous enrichment of the Dynamic Data Hub with new datasets,
including for children, as requested by the Commission Communication
on the protection of children in migration17.
‣ Development of an Atlas on migration, to illustrate migration and mobil-
ity within Africa, regional differences and their potential impact on migra-
tory flows towards the EU.
‣ Creation of Migration Inclination Indices, to provide information on root
causes, incentives and determinants of migration, and to monitor the
effects of migration-related policies.

Mapping of migrant communities in cities
Integration of migrants is a major challenge for many city authorities.
In line with the Urban Agenda for the EU goal to enhance the knowledge base
on urban issues, the JRC produces high resolution maps of migrant commu-
nities in cities, based on national census data. The maps provide an indication
of how population by nationality or country of birth is distributed, and allow
for analyses of different models of spatial distribution in the urban landscape
adopted by cities and migrant communities.
The spatial structure of migrant communities can explain different outcomes

of integration and pressures on local services in Europe. Using these maps,
local authorities will be able to design better, tailor-made policies for educa-
tion, social services, housing, work, transport, etc.
Examples of such maps have already been produced for Rome, London and
Amsterdam. Maps for cities in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, UK, Ireland, Por-
tugal and the Netherlands will become available as from the second half of
2017, and wider dissemination of these data to authorities is planned for 2018.
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3.2.3
Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies
The Knowledge Centre for Territo- integrating and coordinating the

rial Policies (KCTP) was established supply and demand for knowledge
in October 2016 with the purpose to related to the broad range of EU ter-
gather, manage and make sense of ritorial policies (including macro-re-
the vast amount of knowledge avail- gions, urban, rural, neighbourhood
able on European cities and more and development policies, as well as
than 300 European regions, to help the territorial dimension of EU the-
boost their competitiveness, pre- matic policies) it aims at increasing
serve their diversity, and improve the the efficiency in which this knowledge
quality of life of its citizens. By better is shared and used.
KCTP Facts & Figures
Start: 11 October 2016
Co-chaired by DG REGIO and JRC
6 Directorates General and Services involved: REGIO, JRC , MOVE, ENER,

ENV, SG.
Key Partnerships:
Capitalising on pre-established platforms such as the one on Smart
Specialisation (S3), with over 160 regions and more than half of EU
Member States as registered members.

‣ Smart Specialisation Platform (S3), assisting EU countries and re-
gions to develop, implement and review their R&I Strategies for Smart
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Specialisation (RIS3). It integrates thematic platforms on Energy,

Industrial Modernisation and Agri-Food;
‣ RHOMOLO, a holistic economic model focusing on EU regions, devel-
oped by JRC and DG REGIO, used for policy impact assessment by pro-
viding sector-, region- and time-specific simulations to support EU policy
making on investments and reforms;
‣ LUISA (Territorial modelling platform) a modelling framework that aims
to capture, at a very fine geographical scale, the impacts of territorial
policies on Europe. It has been used repeatedly for ex-ante policy
evaluations for the European Commission;
‣ The Urban Data Platform, offering single access via an interactive
interface to data and indicators on the status of and trends in European
urban areas, collected from sources such as EUROSTAT, National
Statistical Services and OECD.
Outputs:
‣ 3 Workshops and Conferences organised;
Evaluation 2016;
‣ 8 452 website views in 2016.
The KCTP has three time-sequential questions either thematically or based

aims: upon geographical analysis.
‣ In the initial phase, based upon ‣ In the longer term, connecting

existing services (hence already us- all institutional, scientific and policy
able), to offer access to existing ter- stakeholders on territorial policies,
ritorial knowledge through a unified such as the Committee of Regions,
Web portal. the European Parliament, the World
Bank and others.
‣ On the short/medium term, to
provide analysis by addressing policy
Outlook
‣ Development of a database with key regional economic indicators

including projections and back-casting, at the level of small regions
(NUTS-3).
‣ The creation of catalogues of territorial datasets, as component of
the KCTP Web Portal.
‣ A Territorial Dashboard for thematic and geographic analysis (phased
releases).
‣ Dissemination of the Territorial Reference Scenario 2017, as imple-
mented by the LUISA modelling platform.
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A new knowledge source for Europe’s Cities
To support the Urban Agenda for the EU, the Commission presented in 2016
a State of European Cities Report, with the objective of promoting more evi-
dence-based urban policy making in Europe. The report analysed the perfor-
mance of European cities with regard to the priority themes of the Agenda
(jobs and skills, poverty, climate change mitigation and adaption, energy
transition, air quality, mobility etc.) as well as the 2030 Urban Sustainable
Development Goal of the United Nations to make cities safe, inclusive, resilient
and sustainable.
The Urban Data Platform set up by the JRC, collected the data behind the
report, thereby facilitating access to them. Hosted by the Knowledge Centre for
Territorial Policies, it now provides a single access point to common indicators
on the status and trends in over 800 European urban areas – on demography,
economic development or access to services, for example. It will continue pro-
viding to urban authorities and stakeholders an instrument for data comparison,
benchmarking and monitoring, which is one of the aims of the EU Urban Agenda.
3.2.4
Knowledge Centre on Bioeconomy
The Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre ‣ Secondly, knowledge supply: in-

(BKC) was launched in Brussels on forming knowledge producers (inside
20 July 2017. It will be the Commis- and outside the Commission) about
sion’s central knowledge hub on the the knowledge needs of the knowl-
bioeconomy, serving the needs of all edge users; making available rele-
the European Commission Directo- vant knowledge (data, information,
rates general and Services with a expertise) to (EU-)policy makers and
stake in the topic. It will support the stakeholders.
European Commission in the review
of the 2012 Bioeconomy Strategy18, Given the wide range of scientific
taking into account new political and disciplines and technologies that play
policy developments, such as the a role and the many policies and eco-
COP21 Paris agreement, the United nomic sectors that are concerned or
Nations’ Sustainable Development impacted by, as well as impacting,
Goals and the Circular Economy Pack- the bioeconomy, the BKC will have a
age19. The Centre will have two key very wide scope, ranging from socio-
functions: economic sciences over life sciences
and biotechnology, to transport lo-
‣ First, knowledge demand: helping gistics, waste management, environ-
knowledge users (i.e. policy DGs) iden- mental impact assessment and more.
tifying the knowledge they really need. This multidisciplinary dimension will
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be built-up over time by network-

ing data and knowledge sources and
providing tools to reach and analyse
relevant knowledge.
BKC Facts & Figures
Start: 20 July 2017
Co-chaired by DG RTD and JRC
15 Directorates General and Services involved: DG RTD, JRC, SG AGRI,

GROW, ENV, ENER, MARE, CLIMA, REGIO, DEVCO, MOVE, TRADE, EAC, EMPL.
Key Partnerships:
More than 250 participants attended the launch event, including repre-
sentatives of European Commission/Institutions, the European Bioeco-
nomy Stakeholders’ Panel, the European Bioeconomy Alliance, relevant
Technology Platforms, Joint Programming Initiatives, European Innovation
Partnerships and others.

‣ An ICT platform, partly functioning as a meta-website that links to
relevant other websites and databases, will be central to the function-
ing of the BKC. It will allow knowledge producers to make available their
(quality controlled) relevant data and information, and to interact with
each other;
‣ A Community of Practice will provide access to experts from the many
disciplines and areas of the bioeconomy, covering the multidimensional
nature of the concept.
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3.3
EU Policy Lab
The EU policy Lab is a collaborative
and experimental space for innova-
Materials, has been the basis of the
symposium ‘The future of food in the
tive policy-making. EU’ co-organised by the JRC and the
Trio presidency of Malta, Slovakia and
Launched on the 17 October 2016 it the Netherlands. Its conclusions were
has the mission to support innovation presented to the Agriculture and Fish-
into policymaking through exper- eries Council on 17 July 2017.
imenting new tools, methods and
approaches applied to policy issues ‣ The Behavioural Insights Applied
and problems by bringing together, to Policy (BIAP) Report 2016 pro-
and where possible combining, fore- vided a first systematic mapping and
sight, behavioural insights and design analysis of the take up of behavioural
for policy. insights to support policy making in
Europe, including the development of
It provides support to European Com- associated behavioural insight teams
mission policy DGs and Services (SG, and structures. The report has been
CNECT, GROW, ENV, JUST, RTD, NEAR), a basis for raising awareness in and
through design-based innovative ex- outside the commission as well as to
ploratory sessions, prototyping and develop cooperation with EU member
testing of tools and method, service States.
design and stakeholder and public
engagement processes. ‣ The Scenario Exploration Sys-
tem: a board game created by the
It delivers behavioural advice and EU policy Lab to explore future sce-
research (including Randomised Con- narios in a participatory way won the
trol Trials) and runs training on be- 2016 award of the Most Innovative
havioural insights applied to policy. Futures Work delivered by the Asso-
It carries out foresight studies and ciation of Professional Futurist. It has
other future-oriented services. been extensively used both inside the
Commission and by external stake-
In its first year of activity, it organised holders in Europe and beyond.
96 events/workshops, of which 46
led and 24 co-organised with differ- ‣ The Future of industry project
ent partners in 25 countries. The EU consisted of the development and
Policy Lab Blog received 13582 visits. testing of a foresight process to de-
velop a long-term vision for industrial
Other examples of key achievements manufacturing sectors for DG GROW.
are: The methodology was successfully
tested on two manufacturing sec-
‣ The Foresight study ‘Delivering tors (i.e. textile and clothing and non-
on EU food safety and nutrition in ferrous metals) in close collaboration
2050’, jointly developed by the EU with European industrial associations
Policy Lab and the JRC Directorate and other stakeholders. The Industri-
for Health, Consumers and Reference al associations have been using the
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vision to engage with policymakers at factors of change. The system is con-

different territorial levels. The meth- tinuously updated through literature
odology has been delivered to DG review and with events and forecasts
GROW and it can be further applied identified through horizon scanning
to other industrial sectors. by staff and colleagues from other
JRC units, or insights from external
‣ The Megatrends Hub: a dynamic experts. It brings together qualitative
collective intelligence system assess- and quantitative views from author-
ing a set of 14 global megatrends itative and validated resources, as
that are relevant for the future of well as related JRC and other EC work
Europe. Its structure offers a frame- (e.g. TIM, modelling activities, EMM),
work for a systemic organisation offering a comprehensive and aligned
and systematic updating of potential overview of the megatrends.
3.4
Methodology and capacity building
A year after the establishment of the
knowledge management layer, the
‣ harness the knowledge produced
at the forefront of the area by au-
JRC has moved on significantly to- thors worldwide,
wards positioning itself as a global
leader in the concept, theory and ‣ build strong networks with stra-
practice underpinning knowledge tegic partners and
management for policymaking. A
variety of concerted actions were ‣ accompany this with new train-
deployed to: ing, projects and processes in the
JRC and the wider Commission.
‣ utilise the expertise already avail-
able inside the JRC,
3.4.1
Concepts and Methods
A ground-laying effort to identify Simultaneously a dedicated effort

best practices and most promising has been made to map and connect
new approaches to manage knowl- with the most published authors,
edge for policymaking has been acknowledged thinkers and prac-
carried out, with the results being titioners in the field of evidence for
shared with the knowledge manage- policy. An infographic of the Land-
ment community and the wider Com- scape of the evidence for policy
mission through a dedicated Knowl- community was produced in De-
edge Management for Policy site cember 2016, which is the first such
on Connected. The site has some attempt in the area. The JRC is now
500 active users inside the Commis- involved in close collaboration with
sion and it is one of the most popular all of the identified key actors.
groups on Connected.
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3 . 4 M E T H O D O L O G Y A N D C A P A C I T Y B U I L D I N G
A concrete action is focused on iden- for a Workshop ‘Policy Impact of

tifying skills and competences for Knowledge and Knowledge Organi-
effective knowledge management sations: From Understanding Impact
for policy, scientific advice to policy towards measuring it’. The JRC also
and evidence informed policymak- ran a mini session on the same topic
ing. The JRC hosted 40 of the leading at a meeting of the Small Advanced
experts on 17 March 2017 in Brus- Economies Initiative at the WEF
sels for a participatory workshop in Geneva on 24 May 2017. The results
aiming to reach a consensus on what of both meetings are being analysed.
this collective skill set is. The JRC is
currently in the process of finalising An initiative on how to re-design
the resulting skills map which could knowledge for policymaking using
be used by any organisation at the behavioural and decision science is
science/policy interface seeking to ongoing. The JRC is looking at cutting
increase impact on policy. edge research on how evidence and
data can be effectively balanced with
Another initiative sought to identi- values and emotions when policy de-
fy the most promising approaches cisions are taken, whether through
to measuring impact of evidence on policy labs, ‘red-teaming’, de-bunking
policies. The JRC gathered more than techniques, using narratives, impact
110 experts on both the demand and assessment etc.
the supply side on 20 June 2017
3.4.2
Networks and Partners
Having identified the convening activities and contributions: Science

power and the networking perfor- and Policy-Making: towards a new di-
mance of an organisation as the alogue in Brussels, September 2016;
leading indicators of knowledge man- Principles and guidelines for social
agement influence, the JRC has in- science advice to policy in Berlin, April
vested substantial efforts to solidify 2017; Science Advice in Denmark and
its leading position at the interface the Nordic Countries in Copenhagen,
between evidence and policy. April 2017). The JRC has also contrib-
uted to the INGSA’s process of defining
‣ An evidence for policy Communi- guidelines and principles for science
ty of Practice, launched in mid-Feb- advice to policy.
ruary 2017, with more than 80 plus
members as of now, is giving access ‣ An equally important partnership
to a library of 200 influential publica- was formed with the OECD with a
tions, videos and sources in the field. promising angle of bringing closer to
the evidence community the demand
‣ Strong collaboration with the In- side of policymakers. A successful
ternational Network for Government conference on ‘Governing better
Science Advice (INGSA) has mani- through evidence informed policy-
fested itself through a number of joint making’ in Paris on 26-27 June 2017
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gathered some 140 leading experts JRC organising a session at the

and national administration dele- AAAS Annual Meeting on 18 Feb-
gates. As a result a joint project is ruary 2017 in Boston. Some 120
being prepared. experts gathered to learn about the
JRC’s approach towards knowledge
‣ Continuing active presence at the management for policy.
interface of evidence and policy
worldwide has also resulted in the
3.4.3 Projects, Processes

The JRC is building knowledge and neighbouring countries, took place
expertise about the process of co- on 6-8 September in Senec, Slovakia.
creation of knowledge and policy,
stimulating the motivation to use The JRC has acquired knowledge
knowledge in policy and the ability in the area of research synthesis
to turn scientific results into sto- and has forged close contacts with
ries with implications for policy. The leading practicing international net-
2016 EU-AU-IIASA Summer School works. The objective is to build this
on Evidence and Policy took place up to a specific competence in the
between 30 August and 2 Septem- JRC Knowledge Management Units.
ber 2016 and brought together
more than 100 scientists and de- Work with the RSB and SG to es-
cision-makers from 45 countries tablish a more rigorous use of evi-
working at the water-energy-food dence for policymaking in the impact
nexus. The 2017 JRC- Slovak Acade- assessment and evaluation pro-
my of Science (SAS) - INGSA Summer cesses has advanced through par-
School, which focused on migration ticipation at meetings, events and
and demographic change in Cen- consultations.
tral and Eastern Europe and the
3.4.4 Capacity Building

All of the above actions directly fed contributed to the improvement of
into a body of knowledge and ex- the pilot course curricula. A final
pertise, which will be used as a overview is being prepared. It will be
blueprint for capacity building inside the basis for the multi-annual training
the JRC. So far three Pilot Evidence strategy in knowledge management
& Policy courses have taken place for policy.
(1-2 February, 3-4 April, 6 -7 June
2017). As a result, some 50 JRC sci- In line with Work Programme 2017 ac-
entists and knowledge managers companying the Commission’s Com-
have been trained and subsequently munication on Data20, Information and
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Knowledge Management a skills map in the Commission’s Knowledge Man-

was drawn up, leading to identify- agement Network coordinated by DG
ing gaps in the current competences HR, and is accompanied by the design
available at JRC and to designing a of a set of job profiles, usable as ref-
Knowledge Management Profes- erence for the JRC Knowledge Man-
sionalisation programme. The pro- agement Units as well as by other
gramme, was successfully presented Commission Services.
3.4.5
Science communication and visualisation
The JRC Strategy 2030 calls for a create them. The training was very
‘root and branch’ reform of DG JRC’S successful, and is going to be offered
approach to communications to ‘alter regularly in the future.
the perceptions that different groups
have of the JRC and the way in which A cross-JRC visualisation task force,
they engage or interact with it’. In supported by a dedicated platform
a knowledge management context, on Connected, was set up during the
this means communicating pertinent first JRC visualisation workshop on
knowledge that feeds into EU policies the 10 th of November 2016 in Ispra,
more effectively to targeted audienc- where more than 80 JRC colleagues
es and adapting the content of the produced a JRC concept document
messages better to these audiences for knowledge visualisation. The task
for maximising impact. force will be divided into different
disciplines related to visualisation
The approach developed is geared and via the platform will provide a
towards better exploiting holistically one-stop-shop for information, guid-
flagship events, exhibits, (social) media ance, expertise and inspiration in all
and data visualisation/graphics. areas from 3D to infographics, to
presentations and to maps. The JRC
In 2016-2017 about 75 scientists and will develop guidelines for the use of
other JRC staff were trained on how to visualisation in the Commission as
visually communicate complex issues part of the IMSB work programme.
and key findings, via three training
events designed to raise awareness
on infographics and explain how to
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Managing Competences
4.1 Hosting, organising and sharing data

Every year the JRC produces and uses
a wealth of data which are the basis
for evidence-based policy-making. To
use this capability for the Commis-
sion’s political priorities as well as
Knowledge Management
KNOWLEDGE
In line with the Commission Commu-

nication on Data, Information and
INFORMATION
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, the JRC
is committed to make available and
share its research data with re-
to better coordinate the current data searchers, information professionals,
analytics activities which are frag- entrepreneurs and the general public.
mented across different DGs, the JRC
is investing in innovative ways of The JRC Data Catalogue is an online
deriving information and knowledge platform, offering access to data pro-
from these data. duced by JRC researchers, alone or in
cooperation with partners. It current-
ly contains 1629 datasets from 44
dataset collections. Data on a vast
array of topics such as agriculture
and food security, economy, environ-
KNOWLEDGE ment and climate as well as health
and consumer protection can be ac-
cessed through this new platform.
The catalogue is updated regular-

INFORMATION ly and feeds into the EU Open Data
Portal, which is the single point of
access to a growing range of data
produced by the EU institutions, aim-
ing to highlight the potential eco-
DATA
nomic power of the data and increase
transparency and accountability of
Knowledge pyramid. EU institutions.
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4.2
Data processing and visualisation
The power of data can only be ex-
ploited if adequate tools are availa-
analysis allow the production of new
knowledge as well as their manage-
ble to make sense of them. The JRC is ment. It serves applications ranging
developing innovative platforms for from global human settlement iden-
data processing and visualisation. tification to forest and agriculture
monitoring, from automatic ship de-
The EMHIRES dataset (European tection to biodiversity and energy.
Meteorological-derived High resolu- The platform is currently focusing on
tion Renewable Energy Source gener- Earth Observation/geospatial data
ation time series) is a downloadable for policy analysis, linking with other
set of data, which models renewa- free and open data.
ble energy production over time. It
is designed to cover the EU Member The Global Surface Water Explorer
States for the last 30 years at sub- is a water dataset developed in the
national level (regions, provinces, or Copernicus Programme. It maps the
counties), and the major renewable location and temporal distribution of
energy resources (wind, solar, hydro). water surfaces at the global scale
It can be used for studying the power over the past 32 years and provides
system with high penetration of statistics on the extent and change
renewables but also for energy plan- of those water surfaces, thereby mak-
ning, identification of the most suita- ing readily available accurate knowl-
ble areas/potential sites for exploita- edge on surface water dynamics at
tion renewables, technical potentials, global level at an adequate scale
influence of technology in the total of detail. Using three million Land-
estimated generation, etc. for the cur- sat satellite images (courtesy of the
rent situation and future scenarios United States Geological Study (USGS
for the evolution of the European and NASA), the system quantifies
energy system. changes in global surface water over
the past 32 years at 30-metre res-
The JRC Earth Observation Data olution. It records the months and
and Processing Platform (JEODPP) years when water was present, where
provides petabyte scale data storage occurrence changed and what form
and data mining capabilities while changes took in terms of seasonality
fostering collaborative working and and persistence.
knowledge sharing. Innovative big data
technologies and data science tools
including interactive visualisation and
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M A N A G I N G C O M P E T E N C E S

Assessing the human presence on the planet
Powered by the JRC Earth Observation Data and Processing Platform, the
Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) is producing global spatial informa-
tion about the human presence on the planet over time, in the form of built up,
population density and settlement maps.
This information is relevant in several policy contexts, such as sustainable

development, housing and urban development policies, disaster risk manage-
ment as well as migration.
The GHSL has recently been used to produce the Atlas of the Human Planet
2017 - Global Exposure to Natural Hazards summarising exposure of human
settlements to six major natural hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis,
floods, tropical cyclone winds, and sea level surge), based on the global built-
up area and resident population.
4.3
Competence Centres
Whereas Knowledge Centres are
structured around a policy challenge,
Three Competence Centres have been
established so far:
Competence centres are centred on
analytical tools, which can be applied ‣ Competence Centre
to any policy area, bringing together on Composite Indicators
in one place extensive expertise in and Scoreboards
this field. They offer training courses
in the use of the tools for policy-mak- ‣ Competence Centre
ing, advice on the choice of tools and on Micro-economic Evaluation
also work directly with the Commis-
sion policy Directorates-General to ‣ Competence Centre
apply the tools to the policy problems on Text Mining and Analysis
at hand.
An additional Competence Centre
on Modelling will be launched in
October 2017.
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4 . 3 C O M P E T E N C E C E N T R E S
4.3.1
Competence Centre on Composite Indicators
and Scoreboards
The Competence Centre on Compos- and local level by (co)developing and
ite Indicators and Scoreboards (CC- auditing composite indicators (per-
COIN): launched in February 2016, formance indices) and scoreboards
its objective is to contribute to better summarising multi-dimensional pro-
monitor the impact of EU strate- cesses into simplified concepts.
gies & policies at national, regional
POSITE INDICA
N COM TO
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EO AN
N TR D
CE
SC
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CC-COIN Facts & Figures
Start: 3 February 2016
Partnerships & Networks:

‣ 10 JRC units (A.6, B.1, B.3, B.7, C.3, C.5, C.7, D.1, D.5, E.1);
‣ 20 units in policy DGs and EU services (SG, BUDG, EAC, EMPL, RTD,
GROW, REGIO, ENER, CLIMA, AGRI, ECFIN, DEVCO, ECHO, COMM, EEAS,
JUST, NEAR);
‣ 3 Member States (Germany, Italy, Spain);
‣ 17 international organizations (e.g. OECD, WIPO, Cornell University, UN).
Competences, tools and services offered:

‣ Support to policy DGs on the development of new/revision of existing
indices, scoreboards and indicators frameworks;
‣ Support to EU Member States and international organisations on the
revision of influential indicator frameworks;
‣ COIN Explorer;
‣ Training on methodological advances for indices;
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The Global Talent Competitiveness Index
2017
Talent and Technology M A N A G I N G C O M P E T E N C E S
The Cultural and Creative

Cities Monitor ‣ Advice, support and collaborate with JRC colleagues on indicator
framework.
2017 Edition
Outputs:
Evaluation 2016;
‣ 4 677 Website views in 2016.
Global Talent Competitiveness Index: Global Innovation Index 2016: The

The JRC has been invited for the independent statistical assessment
fourth time to contribute its statis- of the GII provided by the JRC guar-
tical expertise to the Global Talent antees the transparency and reliabili-
Competitiveness Index (GTCI), which ty of the index for both policy makers
Joint
Research
was launched at the World Econom- and other stakeholders, thus facili-
Centre
Bruno Lanvin and Paul Evans,ic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in

Editors tating more accurate priority setting
January 2017. and policy formulation in this field.
Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor:

This new tool developedby the Joint
Research Centre (JRC) provides com-
parable data on how European cities
perform across nine dimensions –
covering culture and creativity – and
underlines how their performance
contributes to cities’ social develop-
ment and economic growth and job
creation.
Indicator Framework for the JRC

strategy 2030: Each year the JRC
will submit a Progress Report to the
Commissioner and the Board of Gov-
ernors charting the JRC’s progress
in implementing the strategy. This
document provides quantitative in-
dicators and graphics which will be
used to measure and monitor the
effective execution of the strategy
against its goals. A comprehensive
set of 42 indicators were proposed,
consisting of both existing (40%) and
new indicators (60%).
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Knowledge Management in Action More young people have university level education People with a low level of education
have more difficulties to find a job
2005 28.1%
A Social Scoreboard for the European Pillar of38.7%
2015 Social Rights 2015
European
EUROPEAN
1/2
30-34
20-64 Only
Men and women still don’t earn the same of EU citizens without Pillar of
Building a fairer Europe and strengthening
2015
its social dimension is a key priority an upper secondary
education are employed Social Rights
Women earn on avarage
for this Commission. The European 16.3% Pillar of Social Rights is accompanied by
less than men
a ‘Social Scoreboard’ which will monitor the implementation of the Pillar by

(avarage gross hourly earnings)
The number of young people who neither work nor study has decre ased #SocialRights
tracking trends and performances across

2012 13.2%
EU 2015countries
12.0% in 12 areas and will
feed into the European Semester of economic policy coordination. The score-
15-24
board will also serve to assess progress towards a social ‘triple A’ for the EU
as a whole.
The Social Scoreboard is structured around three dimensions (all of them

‘people-centred’):
‣ ‘Equal opportunities and access to the labour market’, covering aspects of
fairness related to education, skills and lifelong learning, gender equality in
the labour market, inequality and upward mobility, living conditions and
poverty, and youth;
‣ ‘Dynamic labour markets and fair working conditions’, covering labour force
structure, labour market dynamics, and income;
‣ ‘Public support / Social protection and inclusion’, covering fair outcomes
through public support and/or social protection.
4.3.2
Competence Centre on Micro-economic Evaluation
The Competence Centre on Micro-eco-

nomic Evaluation (CC-ME): launched
in May 2016, its mission is to en-
hance the EU policy process through
ex-post causal evaluation and da-
ta-driven microeconomic analyses. It
contributes to better evaluations for
better regulation and better spending
in the EU.
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CC-ME Facts & Figures
Start: 19 May 2016

‣ JRC units (all Directorate B units, C.3, C.5, C.7, D.1, D.5);
‣ Policy DGs and services: SG, EAC, EMPL, RTD, GROW, HOME, RSB;
‣ 10 Universities.

‣ Support and analysis for policy DGs and Member States on ex-post
Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE). Collaborate and advise JRC units;
‣ Support and analysis on data collection design, data access and data
crunching across all phases of the policy cycle;
‣ Training on counterfactual methods and data requirements;
‣ Advice on terms of Reference for service procurement on CIE;
‣ Econometric studies (REFIT, NZ, European Social Fund, EU research
funding, evidence base for the EU semester, collaboration with New
Zealand statistics office).
Outputs:
Evaluation 2016;
‣ 1278 Website views in 2016.
Guidance on Counterfactual Impact European Semester: Evaluation of

Evaluation of Asylum, Migration and implementation of Country-Specific
Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Recommendations: in close collabo-
Security Fund (ISF): CC- ME prepared ration with the leading DGs in the Eu-
guidance documents which included ropean semester, the JRC is contribut-
the methodology to carry out the in- ing to the streamlining of the semester
terim and ex post evaluation for ISF process, as originally foreseen in the
and AMIF (legal migration), mainly Communication from the Commission
targeted to the Member States. to the European Parliament, the Coun-
cil and the European Central Bank on
steps towards Completing Economic
and Monetary Union22 .
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4.3.3
Competence Centre on Text Mining and Analysis
The Competence Centre on Text Min- Monitoring the Internet for trends has
ing and Analysis (CC-TMA): launched a strong potential to inform sound
in December 2016, with the task to policy action. Through this Compe-
develop Text mining techniques and tence Centre, the JRC operates some
tools needed throughout the EU insti- customised tools for text mining
tutions, it also provides two impor- and analysis.
tant tools: the Europe Media Monitor
(EMM) and the Tool for Innovation
Monitoring (TIM).
CC-TMA Facts & Figures
Start: 13 December 2016

‣ JRC units in all Directorates;
‣ Policy DGs and services: COMM, DEVCO, ENV, HOME, RTD, SANTE,
Europol, EP, Council, EFSA, Frontex;
‣ International organisations: WHO.

‣ EMM Newsexplorer provides advanced analysis systems for mon-
itoring both traditional and social media, generating daily news
summaries, analyses in different languages over time, and infor-
mation on the most mentioned people and organisations in the media;
‣ The EMM NewsBrief is updated every 10 minutes, 24 hours per day.
It gathers reports from news portals world-wide in 43 languages,
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classifies the articles, analyses the news texts, aggregates the infor-
mation and issues alerts;
‣ The Tool for Innovation Monitoring (TIM) aims at providing specific and
relevant knowledge on innovation and technological development.
It offers the possibility to policy-makers to answer concrete policy needs
related to innovation networks, impact evaluation of EU programmes,
emerging trends and technologies, funding orientations, regional strate-
gies, and other needs related to research and innovation policy.
Work Programme 2016-2017:

‣ 37 outputs (reports, peer-reviewed articles and others) produced;
Evaluation 2016;
‣ 97 Website views in 2016.
1. Acquire It comprises a set of powerful tools to

documents from support the main processes of intelli-
1. ACQUIRE
internet and local gence gathering from open sources.
resources
2. Extract entities 2. EX TR AC T The system can be customised to

and relationships
support a wide range of law enforce-
3. ANALYSE ment use cases, including typical
3. Organise findings
and combine with scenarios such as person background
prior knowledge
check, relationship exploration of per-
4. FIND
4. Find open source sons, organisations and other enti-
information ties, categorising downloaded material
according to word patterns.
The EMM Open Source Intelligence
Suite (EMM OSINT Suite) is a desk- The main partner is DG HOME: the
top software application which helps JRC provides technical support, in-
to find, acquire and analyse data from telligence techniques and research
the Internet and local sources. It con- to improve operational cross-border
tains a set of tools to automate tasks cooperation and assist Member State
to gather intelligence from open sourc- authorities in law enforcement in
es, thus reducing the need to search areas such as cybercrime and open-
manually through vast data sets. source intelligence.

Mapping European innovation in energy
The Tools for Innovation Monitoring (TIM) software allows tracking the evolu-
tion of established and emerging technologies using text mining and semantic
analysis to visualize complex data sets and provide insights of the innovation
life cycle. A geographical component allows its use as regional innovation in-
telligence and benchmarking tool, facilitating the analysis of latest trends in
innovation and research for Member States and international trading partners.
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In the context of SETIS, the JRC Strategic Energy Technologies Information

System described in section 3.1 of this report, TIM helps mapping technologies
and innovations in the field of Energy.
The use of TIM provides SETIS with a quick indication of research collaboration
networks and facilitates the identification of emerging technologies, providing
useful visual representations. This allows for quick filtering of data offering
additional insights to the experts’ work. TIM Energy was made available to
the public at the SET-Plan conference in Bratislava (SK, 30 November - 2 De-
cember 2016).
4.3.4
Competence Centre on Modelling
The Competence Centre on Modelling inventory, it supports a proper docu-

to be launched on 26 October 2017 mentation, use and reuse of models.
promotes a responsible, coherent It further helps setting standards for
and transparent use of modelling to transparency and quality of model-
underpin the evidence base for EU ling through a dedicated Community
policies. It leverages the modelling of Practice.
capacity and competences across
the Commission and beyond. Starting
with a Commission-wide modelling
CC-MOD Facts & Figures
Start: 26 October 2017

‣ JRC units: B.3, C.3, C.5, D.4;
‣ Policy DGs and services: SG, EEA, all DGs are member of the ISG for
Modelling Inventory;
‣ International organisations: OECD.

‣ Inventory and knowledge management system of models used in the
Commission;
‣ Quality assurance tools and services for policy modelling;
‣ Consistency of baseline and foresight scenarios.
Modelling Inventory Database & to model descriptions and links to

Access Services (MIDAS): it is a related input and output data, impact
database of models that are in use assessments and other policy doc-
in the Commission for policy support. uments, as well as scientific publi-
Accessible from within the Commis- cations and policy reports. Its main
sion Network, MIDAS gives access purpose is to break silos and to link
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models, data, policies, and people in as a Corporate Model Inventory

order to support knowledge sharing in 2016. MIDAS is currently used
and collaboration, model transpar- both by modellers, who create model
ency and consistency, and enhanced descriptions to be displayed in MIDAS
traceability of model results for policy and analysed through the MIDAS
making. Initiated in 2013, MIDAS was knowledge engineering tools, and by
taken up in 2016 as a tool within the model users and policy makers seek-
Better Regulation Toolbox. Follow- ing to find models (e.g. for impact as-
ing this, and the recommendations of sessment and policy support) or re-
the High Level Reflection Group on lated datasets, model descriptions
Information Management, MIDAS and documents.
has been rolled out to the Commission
MIDAS Portal: some key figures
‣ 215 ModeIs
‣ 533 datasets
‣ 715 documents
‣ 120 Impact assessments
‣ 41 legal texts
‣ 891 visitors for a total of 12 388 page views in the 1st semester 2017
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5.1
Collaborative Working
Connected Platform
T he Connected project started as a
pilot in DG CNECT in 2012. In March
2015 the JRC launched Connected@
JRC as its main internal communi-
cation and collaboration tool 23, fol-
05
after the pilot ended in August 2016.
Since then, Connected has been rec-
ognised as a corporate collaboration
platform in the European Commis-
sion24, while the JRC has gradually
INFORMATION
lowing up on a decision to replace its embraced the tool, performing well

former 10 Intranets and consolidate compared to the industry bench-
them into one collaborative Intranet marks (61% of employees active-
platform. Thus, JRC took over the ly participating and contributing on
Connected@JRC Key Facts and Figures

Connected project from DG CNECT the platform).
Connected@JRC
2Connected@JRC
March 2015 –Key
31Facts
March
Key
and2017
Facts and Figures
/ 2-Year Progress Report
Figures
22 March 2015
March 2015 – 31
- 31 March
March 20172017 / 2-Year
‣ 2-Year Progress
Progress Report Report
JRC USER ADOPTION EC KEY FACTS AND FIGURES
JRC USER ADOPTION

19 122
EC KEY FACTS AND FIGURES
3395 92% 46% 15% 56% 69% EC users at

registered users viewing interacting staff creating with profile with avatar least 122 9058
19once
3395 92% 46% 15%
content 56%
photo 69% EC users at active users
registered users viewing interacting staff creating with profile with avatar least once 9058
content photo active users
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
44260 25730 3349 4144 9715
pieces of 231 1091
44260 150311
JRC content documents
25730
status updates
3349
discussions
4144
blog posts
9715
polls ideas
pieces of total EC contents
(58%) (8%) (9%) (22%) 231
(1%) 1091
(2%)
150311
JRC content documents
(58%)
status updates
(8%)
discussions
(9%)
blog posts
(22%)
polls ideas
total EC contents (1%) (2%)
DAILY ACTIVITY
DAILY ACTIVITY JRC CONNECTED AMBASSADORS

YEAR 2
9531 70 47 291 70 JRC CONNECTED AMBASSADORS

daily views daily likes daily creates
YEAR 2
daily
9531
28% 70 47 revisions
291 70 103
responses
daily views daily likes daily daily creates ambassadors
28%
revisions
responses 103
YEAR 1
7439 50 35 310 89 ambassadors

daily daily likes daily daily
responses revisions creates
YEAR 1
JRC GROUPS
7439
views 50 35 310 89
daily daily likes daily daily

views responses revisions creates JRC GROUPS
957 788
groups publicly visible

957 788
groups publicly visible
23
https://connected.cnect.cec.eu.int/community/jrc/jrc-dg/blog/2015/03/02/welcome-to-connectedjrc
24
ABM minutes of 12 July 2016 - https://connected.cnect.cec.eu.int/docs/DOC-95831
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C O L L A B O R A T I V E W O R K I N G
In September 2016 the Connected@ Connected has become the host of

Commission project was launched, a one-stop-shop for knowledge man-
with the JRC as business owner, aged by the JRC, which provides a
CNECT/DIGIT as system suppliers and single entry point for all Commis-
SG, HR, CNECT in the core steering sion staff to Knowledge Management
group. DG HR and GROW also adopted places and resources, initially from
Connected as their collaboration plat- JRC (Knowledge and Competence
form, respectively in 2016 and 2017. Centres, Science for Policy Reports
and Briefs, JRC skills and compe-
A total of 10 DGs are now actively tence finder) but with a potential to
involved in the project. Cross Commis- be expanded to resources from all
sion processes have been successful- Commission Services.
ly developed like the EC library, the
European Semester Project, the AST
Network, Communities of Practice,
the EC Communications Network and
many others.
5.2 Connected European Semester

The Connected European Semester
project aims to enhance collaborative
Since October 2016, +/-550 Com-
mission colleagues involved in the
working, using the ‘Connected’ plat- European Semester have migrated
form, for the 27 European Semes- their work to the collaborative plat-
ter country teams25. It is part of the form and created over 3 000 pieces of
Commission's drive to break silos and new content. In addition to 27 coun-
do more with less, harnessing the try spaces, limited to country team
collective intelligence of staff; in this members, more restricted ‘sub-spac-
context, it is an important test case in es’ were created, limited to one per-
a high profile business process, with son per DG for a more limited circula-
multiple DGs and politically sensitive tion of the draft country reports.
deliverables. The Semester itself is a
very significant knowledge manage-
ment for policy process, where the
Commission seeks to harness the
most robust evidence and data to
support policy recommendations to
the Member States.
25
All, with the exception of Greece which is currently under a macroeconomic adjustment programme.
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5 . 2 C O N N E C T E D E U R O P E A N S E M E S T E R
User data: European Semester (all teams)

1 October 2016 – 31 May 2017
‣ 3141 pieces of new content created

‣ 2 375 documents
‣ 491 blogs
‣ 266 discussions
‣ 559 active users (viewing content)
Peak value recorded 28 October 2016
‣ 315 participating users (commenting, editing and creating content)
‣ 253 contributing users (creating content)
After the first full European Semester surveyed thought that this will be part
cycle the JRC conducted an in-depth of daily working life in the Commis-
evaluation of the project. All 22 SG sion in five years’ time, however many
country team leaders gave one- of them called for a rapid technology
to-one interviews and completed upgrade. Significant changes in work-
evaluation questionnaires; 199 mem- ing practices and mind-set will also
bers of the country teams (out of be required to start reaping the full
+/-550 members) completed evalu- benefits of collaboration, confirming
ation questionnaires; one-to-one in- that collaborative working is also a
terviews were carried out with 7 DG matter of cultural change.
Coordinators out of 22.
On the basis of this evaluation, JRC
The evaluation highlighted the con- proposed a set of 9 recommenda-
siderable potential of collaborative tions to the SG in view of the next
working, bringing more transparency, Semester cycle, to improve Connect-
better knowledge sharing, a one-stop- ed collaboration and the Semester
shop for information and a better insti- process overall.
tutional memory. A majority of users

A Social Scoreboard for the European Pillar of Social Rights
The ‘Reflection Paper on Information Management’, issued by the High-Level Re-

flection Group chaired by Walter Deffaa26, states that ‘country and region specific
information is not always shared and exploited enough across the Commission’.
To improve this situation and eventually the quality of their policy outputs,
Commission’s services need to harvest the best available country-specific
data, information and knowledge, including tacit and social knowledge internal
to the organisation.
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C O L L A B O R A T I V E W O R K I N G
Building on the experience of Connected European Semester, the JRC (in

collaboration with DG COMM) launched the initiative ‘Commission Country
Knowledge on Connected’. It consists of 28 collaborative spaces, designed to
share all the country specific knowledge produced by the Commission on each
MS – reports, briefings, analyses, datasets, etc.
The spaces are also used to share knowledge produced externally to the Com-
mission – national official documents, reports and studies by think-tanks and
stakeholders, etc. – of particular relevance to the Commission’s work, not only
for the European semester but potentially for any policy. In time, the ambition
is that these will become places where Commission staff can both share their
country knowledge and crowd-source their country-related questions.
5.3
Communities of Practice
Communities of Practice (CoPs) en-
able practitioners in a certain field
Connected around scientific topics
such as Blockchain technologies, Food
to meet virtually, share knowledge and Nutrition Security, Climate adap-
and learn from each other, ultimately tation and mitigation and human &
building a collective knowledge cap- environment toxicology.
ital in the respective area of work.
In the JRC, they co-exist with formal Today, the JRC has 26 Communities
organisational structures (typically of practice, some of which only acces-
the Units), allowing staff to support sible on the Connected Platform to
each other and steward knowledge JRC and Commission staff, and others
across the organisation. open (or projected to be opened) to
external stakeholders. Guidelines to
The JRC has been championing the set up and manage CoPs, estab-
establishment of CoPs, either linked lished by the JRC in the course of
with Knowledge and/or Competence this process, are easily applicable by
Centres or simply arising from spon- other Commission Services wishing to
taneous aggregation of staff on follow the example of JRC.
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Publications
6.1
‘Flagship’ reports
The complexity of policy problems
and the rapid evolution of political
scenarios increasingly require mobi-
lizing competences and integrating
information across sectors and dis-
Another important project nearing
finalisation is the report ‘Science for
JRC Mission
the Africa-EU Partnership - Building
As the science and knowledge service
of the European Commission, the Joint
evidence for sustainable develop-

Research Centre’s mission is to support
EU policies with independent evidence
throughout the whole policy cycle.
ment’.
EU ScienceIt
KJ-07-16-182-EN-C
Hubsummarizes and presents in

ec.europa.eu/jrc
06
What makes
a fair society?
Insights and evidence
ciplines, to deliver ‘state-of-the-art’ one publication the key findings from

@EU_ScienceHub
scientific knowledge effectively help- three decades of collaborative work

EU Science Hub - Joint Research Centre
Joint Research Centre
ing policy makers to take informed between the JRC and many organisa-
EU Science Hub
decisions. tions and institutions across Africa,

ISBN 978-92-79-64834-2
focusing on the African dimension

doi:10.2760/973429
Responding to that challenge, the JRC of the partnership and exploring the
takes profit of its new organisation- opportunities and challenges for the
al structure by undertaking ad-hoc continent. It will be presented at the
projects built around specific policy 5th EU-Africa Summit on 29-30 No-
challenges, both current and antic- vember 2017 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
ipated, resourcing them as compe-
tence needs require, regardless of In the field of Energy, the JRC has
organisational boundaries. published in March two reports on
the status of wind and ocean energy
A first visible output of this approach is technologies in 2016, taking stock
the report ‘What makes a fair socie- of best available information. These
ty? Insights and evidence’. It is divid- two reports were featured in the Eu-
ed into three sections: part 1 examines ropean Commission daily news on the
long and short-term trends in income 28 March.
inequality; part 2 assesses how fam-
ily background and geographical Flagship reports are also prepared
location affect labour market out- by Knowledge Centres, summarizing
comes, education and health. Finally, knowledge from inside and outside
the report acknowledges that fairness JRC, as already described in sec-
is subjective, tackling the issue of per- tion 3.2.1 for the report ‘Science for
ceptions and attitudes and drawing disaster risk management 2017:
on behavioural sciences. knowing better and losing less’.
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
6.2 ‘Science-for-policy’ briefs and internal reports

The ‘Science for Policy Briefs’ series
consists of short, concise documents
The JRC also produces internal re-
ports in response to ad-hoc requests.
reflecting the ‘state-of-the-art sci- At the end of 2016, the chair of
entific knowledge’ for a given policy the European Commission High Level
issue. Initially designed as summaries Group on maximising impact of EU
of longer reports, in 2016 they were R&I Programmes, Mr. Pascal Lamy,
refocused in scope in order to become asked JRC to feed int to the discus-
more instrumental for: sion on the future of the Frame-
work Programme. In response to the
‣ Informing policy makers on the request, a Task Force was set up in
state of scientific evidence on a given January 2017, which in one month
policy issue, in response to a specific delivered the internal report ‘Foster-
question, following a crisis or, proac- ing the European Innovation Eco-
tively, in advance of important policy system: Why and How’.
discussions.
For the Cabinet of Vice-President
‣ Informing decisions on important Šefčovič, the JRC produced in 2016
Commission dossiers, either regularly a report on the Status of Research,
programmed in the Commission Work Innovation and Competitiveness in
Programme or unexpectedly arising the Energy Union to underpin the
throughout the year. Communication on the acceleration
of clean energy innovation28; in the
11 briefs of this kind have been pro- Energy Union context, the Cabinet was
duced so far, on subjects ranging also regularly provided with country
from Anti-Microbial Resistance to R&I scoreboards and briefings for
the influence of product and labour high-level meetings and visits.
market regulations on R&D investors’
location decisions.
JRC Publications – Facts & figures
‣ As a research organisation, the JRC also has an important output in

terms of scientific reports and articles. Since 2014, it adopted an Open
Access Policy, ensuring public access to its peer-reviewed research
papers according to Horizon 2020 Open Access requirement.
‣ In 2016, the JRC has produced 360 Science-for-policy reports, 870
peer-reviewed articles and 1046 technical reports. Science-for-policy
reports are those most frequently downloaded from the JRC Publications
Repository, at a 5-years average rate of 24 233 downloads/month.
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Conclusions
The growing complexity of the
policy issues the Commission has to
address and the explosion in the
knowledge available has made ef-
fective knowledge management es-
sential to the Commission’s future
success. If it cannot deploy the latest
evidence to develop its policies it will
not be able to make effective and
convincing proposals. The Commis-
sion’s ability to leverage knowledge
and convene leading experts repre-
sents an important ‘soft power’ cru-
cial to its success.
In particular:
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‣ It has pioneered the launch of
development of knowledge centres
in key policy areas, bringing togeth-
er policymakers and researchers to
co-create answers to policy ques-
tions and making new sources of
knowledge available to policymak-
ers, while better aligning research
with policy needs.
‣ In an analogous way, the Compe-

tence Centres have created unique
communities focused on specif-
The recent organisational changes ic policy research tools, helping to
and its ‘Strategy 2030’ have set develop lateral thinking across policy
the JRC on the right course to equip domains.
the Commission with the knowl-
edge it needs, building on the tra- ‣ Through the further develop-
ditional strengths of the JRC as a ment of the Connected platform and
boundary organisation with strong its use for the European Semester
links in both the policy and scientific project, it is innovating in new col-
communities. laborative working techniques in
public policy organisations, tackling
As the nature and volume of both head-on the practical, day-to-day
knowledge and policy challenges obstacles to silo-breaking in the
continues to evolve very rapidly due Commission.
to new communication and techno-
logical challenges, the JRC and the ‣ It has taken the first steps
Commission needs to rapidly inno- towards the development of a new
vate in KM methods, tools and pro- profession of knowledge brokers,
cesses, building on the latest KM working at the interface between
methods. science and policy, through the iden-
tification of key skills and first steps
In the first year since the re-organ- towards identifying the new metrics
isation, the JRC has made some needed to guide this new profession.
encouraging steps, not only to em-
brace the new KM role in addition to The next few years will require still
the traditional research role but also more innovation from the JRC to deal
to lead and innovate in KM prac- with the challenges that surround
tice for public policy organisations. the use of scientific knowledge and
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experts for policymaking. If it ever need to be developed that take into

really existed, the traditional ‘deficit’ account the latest science of cogni-
model of science being integrated tion and decision-making. Finally, all
into the policymaking cycle in a linear public knowledge bodies will need to
and uncontested way is now being develop rigorous ways of measuring
challenged by a more polarised polit- their impact, to keep the pressure to
ical ‘post-fact’ culture. innovate.
The use of science and expertise in In this context, the JRC aims to
policymaking has to be advocated become a global leader in the crea-
in the face of populist opposition to tion, management and application of
experts and new ways of communi- knowledge for public policy, helping
cating science to the general public to address the concerns raised by the
and engaging with their concerns current ‘post-fact’ debate and leading
will need to be developed. Similar- the campaign for evidence-informed
ly new methods and processes for policy using the latest methods.
using science in policymaking will
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Annex
JRC on-line resources quoted in the report and related URL addresses
Chapter 3: Managing Knowledge

3.1 Knowledge Management Units
‣
Research Innovation Observatory and Policy Support Facility: https://rio.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/country-analysis
‣
JRC Bioeconomy Observatory (Knowledge Centre): https://biobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
Digital Observatory for Protected Areas: http://dopa.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
Strategic Energy Technologies Information System (SETIS): https://setis.ec.europa.eu
‣
Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System: To be launched in September 2017
‣
EU Aid Explorer: https://euaidexplorer.ec.europa.eu
‣
ODIN Portal: https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
Clearinghouse database: https://clearinghouse-oef.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
STRESA Repository: https://stresa.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
European Human Resources Observatory for the Nuclear energy sector: http://ehron.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
EUropean Radiological Data Exchange Platform: https://eurdep.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
European Atlas of Natural Radiation: https://remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu/About/Atlas-of-Natural-Radiation
‣
European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange: https://ecurie.jrc.ec.europa.eu
‣
KnowSDGs platform: http://h05-stg-vm20.jrc.it
‣
Sustainable Development Goals Website: https://ec.europa.eu/sustainable-development/about_en
‣
Adverse Outcome Pathway Knowledge Base: http://aopkb.org/index.html
‣
Mobile app for monitoring of Invasive Alien Species (IAS): http://digitalearthlab.jrc.ec.europa.eu/app/
invasive-alien-species-europe
3.2 Knowledge Centres

‣ Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC): http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu
- Disaster Risk Management projects common repository: http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/knowledge/
Scientific-Results#project-explorer/631/projects/list
- European Network of Crisis Management Laboratories: http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/innovation/ENCML
- DRMKC Support System: http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/laboratory/SupportSystem
‣ Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD): https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/migration-
and-demography
- Migration Data Catalogue: https://bluehub.jrc.ec.europa.eu/catalogue
- Dynamic Data Hub: https://bluehub.jrc.ec.europa.eu/migration/app/index.html
- Inventory of Commission activities on Migration and Demography: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/migration-
and-demography/knowledge/information
‣ Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies (KCTP): https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/territorial-policies
- Smart Specialisation Platform (S3): http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home
- RHOMOLO: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/territorial-policies/platforms-models/RHOMOLO
- LUISA: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/territorial-policies/platforms-models/LUISA
- Urban Data Platform: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/territorial-policies/platforms-models/urban-data-platform
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‣ Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre (BKC): https://biobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu
3.3 EU policy lab

‣ EU Policy Lab Blog: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eupolicylab
3.4 Methodology and capacity building

‣ KM for Policy site on Connected (Commission internal): https://connected.cnect.cec.eu.int/groups/
knowledge-centres-and-competence-centres
‣ Evidence for Policy Community of Practice: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/communities/community/evidence4policy
Chapter 4: Managing Competences

4.1 Hosting, organising and sharing data
‣ JRC Data Catalogue: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu
4.2 Data processing and visualisation

‣ EMHIRES dataset: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/scientific-tool/emhires
‣ JRC Earth Observation Data and Processing: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/towards-jrc-earth-
observation-data-and-processing-platform
‣ Global Surface Water Explorer: https://global-surface-water.appspot.com
‣ Global Human Settlement Layer: http://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu
4.3 Data processing and visualisation

‣ Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
?q=about-us
- Social Scoreboard Platform: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/social-scoreboard
- Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-
cities-monitor
‣ Competence Centre on Micro-economic Evaluation: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/microeconomic-evaluation
‣ Competence Centre on Text Mining and Analysis: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/text-mining-and-analysis
- EMM Newsexplorer: http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer
- EMM NewsBrief: http://emm.newsbrief.eu/NewsBrief
- Tool for Innovation Monitoring (TIM): http://www.timanalytics.eu
- EMM Open Source Intelligence Suite: https://wiki.emm4u.eu/confluence/display/osintpublic/EMM+Open+
Source+Intelligence+Suite
- TIM Energy: http://139.191.245.15/tim_energy.html
‣ Competence Centre on Modelling: To be launched 26 October 2017
- Modelling Inventory Database & Access Services: http://midas.jrc.it/discovery/midas
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Chapter 5: Collaborative Working

5.3 Commission Country Knowledge on Connected
‣ Commission Country Knowledge spaces (Commission internal): https://connected.cnect.cec.eu.int/
community/connected-country-knowledge
5.4 Communities of Practive

‣ Guidelines to set up and manage CoPs (Commission Internal): https://connected.cnect.cec.eu.int/docs/
DOC-106201
Chapter 6: Publications
‣ JRC Publications Repository: http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository
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Knowledge Management for Policy – Stocktaking of one year of JRC activities

Improving knowledge management and collaborative working is a priority for overcoming

2. M A KING SENSE OF DATA , INFORM ATION AND K NOWL EDGE 6

3. M AN AGING K NOWL EDGE 8

4. M AN AGING COMPE T ENCES 29

5. COL L ABOR ATIVE WORKING 40

‣ the Knowledge Centre on Migration experts for policymaking. If it ever

To enable this transformation, the

‣ as the Commission’s science and

‣ it introduced a horizontal ‘knowl-

I2. Foresight, Behavioural Insight H2. Thematic Coordination

D6. Knowledge for Sustainable Development

E7. Knowledge for Security & Migration

F7. Knowledge for Health & Consumer Safety

G10. Knowledge for Nuclear Safety, Security

JRC Structure, August 2017

‣ The Research Innovation Obser- ‣ The Digital Observatory for Pro-

protected areas at multiple scales in the field of energy, that supports

Knowledge Management in Action

The assessment focuses on two pillars:

active role in the development of a Finally, the European Community

Knowledge Management in Action

The Euratom Community has established a set of basic safety standards 4

Many information systems managed of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP).

3.2 Knowledge Centres

The Disaster Risk Management the wider Disaster Risk Management

DRMKC Facts & Figures

Start: 30 September 2015

Co-chaired by DG ECHO and JRC

11 Directorates General and Services involved: ECHO, JRC, CLIMA, SANTE,

‣ Capitalising on 7 pre-established DRM networks, some of which co-lead

‣ DRMKC Bimonthly Newsletter emailed to over 1000 registered experts

On 23 May, 2017, at the UN Global by a JRC Editorial Board with strong

decision making through synthesising the science-policy and science-oper-

Knowledge Management in Action

When a country is hit by a disaster which overwhelms its response capacity,

KCMD Facts & Figures

Start: 20 June 2016

Co-chaired by DG HOME and JRC

9 Directorates General and Services members of the Steering Group:

‣ Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)

Knowledge resources, tools and services offered:

‣ Release of the Migration Knowledge Catalogue.

Knowledge Management in Action

Integration of migrants is a major challenge for many city authorities.

The spatial structure of migrant communities can explain different outcomes

The Knowledge Centre for Territo- integrating and coordinating the

KCTP Facts & Figures

Start: 11 October 2016

Co-chaired by DG REGIO and JRC

6 Directorates General and Services involved: REGIO, JRC , MOVE, ENER,

Knowledge resources, tools and services offered:

Specialisation (RIS3). It integrates thematic platforms on Energy,