Recent and ongoing projects

PS4SD has undertaken a range of projects in recent years.

Currently ongoing projects:

1. European Commission / JRC

Lead authoring the deliverables of the Netherlands expert team for a JRC/OECD 7-countries study on improving the national evidence-informed policymaking ecosystems

2. ICF (for European Commission / DG REFORM)

Participation in the core team of the EUPACK 2023 project

3. Council of Europe

Support for the drafting of a paper on Green Publicv Administration and a paper on Multi-level governance

4. CONCORD Europe

Organisation of a high-level event on Policy Coherence for ustainable development

5. OECD

Support on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development in Romania

6. European Environment Agency

Sustainability Measurement and Assessment

7. City of Tallinn

Support with peer review of the sustainability strategy and actions

Recently finalised projects:

1. WWF Europe (2023)

Analysis of how the European Commission integrate climate issues in its impact assessments

2. German Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection

Project aiming at mainstreaming the SDGs into national RIA procedures,  This project has its own webpage.

3. OECD (2021)

Supporting OECD with the European Commission’s DG REFORM project ”Design of a Capacity Building Programme for Public Administration to Support the Implementation and Carrying Out of Actions for SDGs and Sustainable Development” in Poland. The project aims at improving civil servants’ competencies and strengthening governance frameworks for a holistic cross-sectoral approach to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in line with the OECD Recommendation on PCSD.

4. UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) (2021)

Contribution to a Handbook on the use of SDG indicator 17.14.1 on policy coherence for sustainable development

5. Central European Initiative (CEI) (2019-20)

Contribution of CEI to UN Agenda 2030 and its implementation in CEI Member States

(more tbc)

EUPACK Programme (European Union Public Administration Country Knowledge) 2022

What, Where, Who, Why, When, How-written with Direction board

European Commission, DG REFORM / 2022-23

As subcontractor of ICF, PS4SD has been member of the coordination team of EUPACK 2022.

PS4SD: Louis Meuleman

Waking up a Sleeping beauty? Towards a Quality Protocol for Indicator SDG 17.14.1 on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD)

Businessmen working together to build a puzzle. Concept of teamwork, partnership, integration and startup. Double exposure

European Commission, DG REFORM / 2023

Conducting a thematic study for the EUPACK Programme (European Union Public Administration Country Knowledge) 2022, with a multi-country peer learning workshop.

PS4SD team: Louis Meuleman, Andreas Versmann, Ingeborg Niestroy, Francesca Valentini

Governments’ capacities to
address global and transboundary challenges: The role of policy coherence for sustainable development.

OECD / 2023

Drafting paper

PS4SD: Louis Meuleman, Ingeborg Niestroy

Proposal for an Implementation Roadmap for the National Action Plan for Implementing the NSDS – Romania 2030.

Pelican colony in Danube Delta Romania 

OECD / 2023

Description TBA

PS4SD: Louis Meuleman

Proposal for an Implementation Roadmap for the National Action Plan for Implementing the NSDS – Romania 2030.

Signpost with national flags of different countries, sky in background – 3D illustration Flag reference: www.wikipedia.org My own font face design and sky photograph.

OECD / 2023

Description TBA

PS4SD: Louis Meuleman

Study on Checking the consistency of EU legislation
with the Climate Law and the
do-no-significant-harm principle – An evaluation of Impact Assessments of the European Commission

Climate change from drought to green growth

WWF Europe / 2023

Description TBA

PS4SD team: Andreas Versmann, Sibout Nooteboom,Francesca Valentini, Louis Meuleman, Ingeborg Niestroy

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