The European Commission’s science

and knowledge service

Joint Research Centre

 JRC Strategy 2030
To play a central role in creating, managing and making sense of collective scientific knowledge for better EU policies.

As the science and knowledge service of the Commission, our mission is to support EU policies with independent evidence
throughout the whole policy cycle.

DG JRC can best be described as a ‘boundary sitting at the intersection of the scientific and policy spheres’. This poses very specific
challenges. Indeed, the science/policy interface should perhaps be seen as a specific field or discipline in itself, requiring a
particular set of methodologies and skills.

DG JRC must therefore adopt multidisciplinary approaches, which have multiple starting points, and are based on multiple
perspectives.

…. DG JRC will focus on mitigation of and adaptation to climate change.

Nexus 7 - Civil security: This nexus will cover emergency preparedness and response and
disaster risk management in cases of natural and man-made hazards, including pandemics
and epidemics and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.

While DG JRC’s nuclear and non-nuclear activities are distinct from one another in certain
respects, they should not be viewed as entirely separate. Indeed, they benefit one another.
There can be knowledge transfers between them in many areas, such as security and
emergency preparedness.
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From complexity to enhanced efficiency
From complexity to enhanced efficiency
 JRC Strategy 2030 – KCs' role
In the scientific world, as the flood of knowledge increases, there is a greater need for
systematic reviews and meta-analyses. DG JRC is now moving into this field by creating
specific Knowledge Centres in certain areas. These will be virtual entities, bringing
together experts and knowledge from different locations inside and outside the
Commission.

Their job will be to inform policy makers, in a transparent, tailored, concise and
independent manner, about the status and findings of the latest scientific evidence. The
Knowledge Centres will fully acknowledge scientific limits and uncertainties.

While knowledge is abundant, gaps do, of course, still exist. The Knowledge Centres will be
able to map these gaps. They can then be filled by DG JRC, if it is best placed to do so. If
this is not the case, the Knowledge Centre should be connected to the best available person
or body, so that it ‘knows who’ as well as ‘knows what’, which is the essence of knowledge
management. As well as co-ordinating the supply of knowledge — by consolidating
knowledge from across the scientific community — the Centres should also seek to
coordinate the demand for knowledge – by working with several different DGs to
coordinate their questions and avoid silos upstream.

Multi-dimensional resilience monitoring, which captures threats and stresses, exposure,

vulnerabilities, preparedness, response, adaptation and coping capabilities;
From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Policy
From data to Actions
 DRMKC: Fostering Partnership, collective
Knowledge and Innovative solutions
• Reinforcing and supporting scientific partnerships
• Scientific WS
• Trainings
• Transfer of knowledge and technologies

• Contributing to the science-policy interface

• Cross-cutting topics are addressed to
facilitate an harmonized approach in
support to policies:
• MH-Early Warning Systems
• Impact assessment: Damage and
Loss Data collection (post-event)
• Risk Assessment (pre-event)
• BBB (Adaptation, Nature-based
solutions)
• It allows an enhanced coordination across
policies, increasing their effectiveness Image: Emilio Morenatti

• Gaps identification: new research programs

Because Together Everyone Achieves More

 Working together: Partnership

Some examples ….

13th Copernicus European Flood Awareness SERA Workshop on seismic hazard Training in the Use of RAPID-N and 1st DRMKC Risk Data Hub Seismic Risk Assessment Tools
System (EFAS) Annual Meeting, March assessment in Europe, March 2018 ADAM RATools, Feb 2017 and Oct. 2017 Workshop, June 2017 Workshop, May 2017
2018

1st Workshop on Risk Management 1st European Drought Observatory 11th EU Loss Data Training activities in the domain of CI Workshop with FP7 and H2020
Capability Assessment, Dec. 2017 (EDO) User Meeting, Nov. 2017 Workshop, April 2018 2008/114/EC Directive, March 2017 projects on CIP, March 2017
 Developing collective knowledge

Project Explorer – Learning from research results and identification of gaps.

>5000 downloads and
Visualization of Networks: Who knows what!
>2500 copies distributed

>1400 research DRM related projects

Knowing better
>5600 institutions involved Worldwide
and losing less
Access to the results

More to come!
 Science for DRM 2020
Open process: everyone is welcome to contribute!
Multi-hazard approach: from asset perspective
Austria
Belgium Bulgaria Identification of solutions through the analysis of
Iceland Czech Republic case studies
Romania Other Finland Climate Change is one of the driving and cross-
Portugal cutting topics across the whole volume
France

Poland

Germany
Spain
Other: Hungary,
Malta, Norway, Netherlands
Serbia, Slovakia,
Sweden, New
Zeland, Australia, Italy
Japan, US, Cina,
Switzerland, Greece
UK
Ukraine
 Innovation: Collection of Good Practices on RA
---à Scientific input to the RMP

• Buffer model •Number of •Density •Public

pyroclastic flow housing Unit •Unsafe awareness

Exposure

Vulnerability
Hazard

Coping Capacity
• Distance for •Water lifelines settlement program
summit •Total resident •Demographic •Public
• Hazard 1 …n population pressure participation
• Pyroclastic •Local domestic •Access to basic •ER plans
deposit product services •Local/national
• …… •… •Poverty level RM plans
•Literacy rate •School curricula
•Attitude •Access to
•Community local/national/E
participation U emergency
•Diversification funds
•Accessibility •Institutional
capacity
•………..
building
•Communication

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Innovation: Collection of Good Practices on RA
---à Scientific input to the RMP
Practitioners
DRM Cycle

Decision
makers

Scientists
 Risk
Innovation: from data to knowledge Data
Hub
From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Policy
 Evidence-based Policies: Enhancing effectiveness

Understanding Learning from

Risk Disasters
 Risk
Innovation: Data for DRM Data
Hub

Reinforcing Prevention

Local solutions for

Global problems.
Damage and Loss Data:
Learning from the Planning for the Future:
past. Supporting the
development and
Planning for the monitoring of DRR
Future: strategies.
Supporting the
development and Access to good
monitoring of DRR practices for Risk
strategies –RM Plans Assessment.
 Risk
Innovation: Data for DRM Data
Hub

Linking DRR and CC

Local solutions for
Global problems.

CCA local strategies –

Linking Climate
Covenant of Mayors
Change Scenario for
for Adaptation.
future losses to the
past events
Access to good
practices for CC
Bringing closer CCA
Adaptation.
strategies and DRR
Actions –RM Plans
Many different actors involved

knowledge,
information and tools to support effective local and regional policymaking.
 Innovation: the DMRKC Support Service

to Develop a Training on Drought Securing the European Drought Reference (EDR)

Risk Assessment, Hungarian Met. and the Impact Report Inventory (EDII) Dbs
Service November 2018 NO/DE – March – August 2018

Porting FRT App to Android Best practice sharing on Public

IT, MoI – Jan. – April 2018 warning and Information Systems
LT, MoI – May – Sept. 2018

@AlertPisa
Scientists Practitioners Policy-makers

Science trends Policy trends

Implementation trends Interconnected
Complexity
New technological developments Global
Acceleration
Impact of events is growing Challenges
Challenges
Challenges Holistic approach
Usable and used science
Providing feedback Evidence-based policy making
Distill relevant results
Benchmarking/exercises
Protect our Future