The Joint Research Centre Science and knowledge management at the service of Europe’s citizens

The Joint Research Centre is the ’s science and knowledge service. Our researchers provide EU and national authorities with solid facts and independent support to help tackle the big challenges facing our societies today. Our headquarters are in and we have research sites in five Member States: Geel (), Ispra (), (), (the ) and (). Our work is largely funded by the EU’s budget for Research and Innovation. We create, manage and make sense of knowledge, delivering the best scientific evidence and innovative tools for the policies that matter to citizens, businesses and governments, including:

THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Investigating the impact of new digital A FAIRER AND MORE COMPETITIVE ECONOMY technologies on societies, from children’s • Supporting EU industry through scientific development to the world of work; research leading to new standards; • Helping EU schools assess how well they are using • Helping EU regions build on their strengths digital technologies in teaching and learning with in economic development through smart the SELFIE tool; specialisation; • Analysing the characteristics of online markets and • Supporting EU satellite projects with scientific supporting fair taxation in the digital economy; and technical expertise; • Developing applications for children and adults • Backing the European Pillar of Social Rights with to promote the safe and responsible use of the the Social Scoreboard. internet.

TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE EUROPE • Helping tackle climate change through monitoring, modelling and keeping track of global greenhouse gas A UNION THAT PROTECTS emissions; • Managing early warning systems and response • Analysing how renewable energies are used and the mechanisms for natural disasters, health impact they have; emergencies, humanitarian crises and conflicts; • Providing global soil data and analysis linked to climate • Providing technical services and training for change, biodiversity and desertification and helping nuclear safeguards, non-proliferation and nuclear Member States assess their soil resources; security; • Mapping 30 years of changes in the world’s surface water, • Testing buildings and materials for their structural helping to monitor how Europe’s lakes and rivers are and seismic safety in a unique European facility; changing; • Developing technologies and methods to support • Establishing the best available techniques and indicators food safety and combat food fraud; for waste management, and assessing how to optimise • Supporting Member State authorities in the energy recovery from waste; monitoring and reduction of industrial emissions; • Exploring new technologies such as precision farming to • Researching how resilient our society is to shocks support a modern, sustainable Common Agricultural Policy. to understand how policies can help communities recover from, or even go on to thrive after setbacks. Joint Research Centre Managing our wealth of knowledge In policy making, the problem is no longer too little information or data, but that we have a lot, and making sense of it all is challenging. That is why the Joint Research Centre is partnering with policy departments across the European Commission to operate Knowledge Centres that bring together expertise and knowledge from different sources. They help policy- makers understand the latest scientific evidence in a transparent, tailored and concise way.

The Joint Research Centre and partner European Commission services manage and operate The European Commission’s six Knowledge Centres: Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

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