October 24th 2023: World Climate Research Programme - Open Science Conference in Kigali, Rwanda
At the Open Science Conference organised by the World Climate Research Programme in Kigali, Rwanda, our coordinator from Universidad Complutense de Madrid presented projects to policy experts, addressing crucial challenges in climate and environmental policy evaluation. The workshop, centered on refining economic appraisal methods, seeks to empower decision-makers in shaping impactful climate and environmental policies.
This event marked the launch of our Community of Practice, presenting this interactive environment and inviting experts to join the dialogue and contribute to a sustainable future.
May 15th 2025: National dialogue with policymakers, research institutes and consultancies in the Netherlands.
How can we better assess the impact of climate policies in the built environment?
Thursday, 15 May 2025, the Dutch Enterprise Agency (RVO) and VITO hosted a national dialogue with policymakers, research institutes and consultancies in the Netherlands.
As part of the PATTERN project, the event will explore tools and methods for impact assessment — including:
🔹 Theory of Change
🔹 Regression analysis
🔹 The use of ex-post data in ex-ante modelling
These discussions aim to strengthen the understanding of the tools currently used by policymakers and identify ways to improve them.
April 1st 2025: 🇧🇪🤝🇳🇱 Cross-border exchange on Common Agriculture Policy evaluations!
Our partner Vlaamse Landmaatschappij and the Flemish Agency for Agriculture and Fisheries visited 🇳🇱 Utrecht 🇳🇱 for a fruitful meeting with their Dutch counterparts at Netherlands Enterprise Agency .
In the framework of their discussion on the ex ante and ex post evaluations of voluntary agri-environmental measures under the Flemish and Dutch CAP Strategic Plans, our colleague Lysander Fockaert presented two methodologies from the PATTERN project case study:
🔹 Q-methodology
🔹 Discrete Choice Experiments
It was great to see genuine interest in our approaches and shared enthusiasm for building more robust evaluation frameworks!