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Corona Scenarios & Strategies

The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 leading to COVID-19 disease has led to a terrible pandemic. Most organisations are dealing with this pandemic assuming that this crisis will go away in less than three months and that afterward socie...

Exploring the Gains of Brain Flows in Europe: Prospex facilitates peer-learning

The concept of brain flow, as opposed to brain drain, focuses on the benefits of skilled migration for outgoing countries. Such benefits include the role of diasporas in the economic and political development of origin and host co...

The Biodiversity Challenge

Embedding biodiversity concerns into decision-making bodies that are responsible for creating change is essential to preserve the biodiversity we have left. Within the context of sustainability and the current developments that co...

Your Europe, Your Say 2019

Your Europe, Your Say 2019 took place from 21st until 22nd March 2019 at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels. The EESC welcomed 102 students and 36 teachers from all 28 EU Member States and the five EU ca...

Eco- Design for Future Fans and Transformers

EU Member States are committed to tackling climate change and meeting the CO2 emission targets set out in the Paris Agreement. One way of meeting these targets is to ensure that large industrial products adhere to strict eco-desig...

Down the Bioplastic Street

At the beginning of October, the BioCannDo-project headed to the Maker Faire in Rome, a large event welcoming innovators, technology developers and creative entrepreneurs. In Rome, we asked no less than 155 visitors about the dail...

Collaborative Economy: opportunities, challenges, policies

On 11 October 2018, over 250 European stakeholders from various backgrounds discussed the novel opportunities generated by the collaborative economy, challenges associated with its development and how to work together to create po...

Fair Taxation – Seminars 2018

With its ambitious agenda to work towards growth, boosting investments and deepening the integration of economies, the European Commission aims at meeting demands for social justice and economic growth also through fair and ad...

EEA & Norway Grants

Together with our partner, The British Council, Prospex supports EEA & Norway Grants in their successful interaction with Beneficiary States EEA & Norway Grants are established for 5 year periods and are targeted towards r...

BioCannDo 2nd Consumer Focus Group

Flax, hemp, wood fibers, cork, sheep wool, reeds, seagrass, straw,… What are we talking about? BioCannDo’s second case study on bio-based insulation materials of course! BioCannDo is a three-year project funded under the Bio-b...

The European Validation Festival

Two questions were at the heart of the first European Validation Festival: how can you land your dream job? And how can the skills you learn along the way be formally recognised? More than 250 stakeholders working in education and...

Final IMPRESSION Stakeholder Workshop

What do ‘game-changers’, ‘wild-cards’ and Mad Max have in common? They have all been part of the IMPRESSIONS stakeholder workshop that brought together a multidisciplinary and multicultural group 60 stakeholders and projec...

Your Europe, Your Say’ 2018

On 15-16 March the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomed 99 students from across Europe (33 high schools in 28 EU member states and 5 candidate countries) to Brussels, to take part in the annual youth event ‘...

Making public procurement work better

Prospex co-designed and moderated the conference Joining forces in public procurement to power investment, which took place on 7 December 2017. This event was the first step towards establishing a strong partnership between a vari...

Discover your talent, the European Vocational Skills Week

What will career-long professional learning look like in 2030? How are governments, trade unions, businesses and social enterprises preparing for the future? On 23rd November 2017, Prospex designed and facilitated the European ...

ESCO: Connecting People and Jobs

How can a Swedish carpenter find his dream job in Italy? On 9-10 October 2017, Prospex facilitated and moderated the launch of The European Skills/Competences, qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) version 1, a multilingual platfo...

CONNECT: Mainstreaming biodiversity into the heart of government decision-making

The Connect Project is a multi-country, multi-partner initiative coordinated by United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). In Ghana, U...

For successful river basin adaptation planning, just add stakeholders

CORDIS, the European Commission’s primary portal for EU-funded research projects, dedicated an article to the recent BEWATER-project, in which Prospex partnered up to co-develop River Basin Adaptation Plans together with local s...

Prospex moderates workshop on Civil Society in Slovakia

On July 18th, Prospex moderated and facilitated a successful and interactive workshop in Žilina, Slovakia. The workshop, led by Ekopolis, together with Open Society Foundations and Carpathian, promoted dialogue and deeper insight...

“No pokerface needed” – De Tijd Interview with Dr Katia Tieleman on successful negotiation

In a recent interview for the Belgian newspaper De Tijd, Prospex’s Dr Katia Tieleman provided key insights on successful negotiations. Contrary to popular belief, Dr Tieleman argues that “good negotiation means helping the oth...

Prospex successfully sponsored and facilitated the ECCA 2017 Business Day

The third European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA 2017) took place in Glasgow, Scotland from 5 to the 9 June 2017. The theme for this edition was “Our Climate Ready Future”, bringing together over 850 participants ...

Promoting the dialogue on European Education – Prospex moderates the EU Commission’s Key Competence Conference

On the 14th of June 2017, Prospex facilitated the Key Competence Conference organised by the European Commission and Erasmus +. The Key Competence Framework (KCF), established in 2006, urges EU governments to make the teaching and...

Prospex facilitates round table on dairy value chain

The project “Establishment of a risk-based food safety control system in the dairy value chain in Ukraine“ is led by Safoso (SAfe FOod SOlutions) for the Swiss State Secretariat for the Economy (SECO), in cooperation with the ...

From Berlin to Troyes: Climate change interactions

With recent workshops in Berlin and Troyes, Prospex and IMPRESSIONS brought stakeholders closer to action, preparing for high-end climate change. In Berlin, participants explored possible EU responses to future situations in Centr...

ECCA 2017: getting business #climateready

For business, climate change poses a wide range of serious risks. At the same time, climate change also presents opportunities for companies, large and small, to drive forward innovative and successful adaptation products and serv...

Prospex helps to increase awareness of bio-based materials and products

Europe’s economy is largely dependent on fossil resources for energy, chemistry and everyday products. These resources are scarce. Biomass from agriculture, forestry and marine resources offers a way out of our dependency on fos...

Connecting with Nature: PBL Nature Outlook report launch

From recreation, energy generation to regional identity-building, we connect with nature in multiple ways. How can these multiple perspectives best inform future nature policy design? Moderated by Prospex, the PBL Netherlands Envi...

Engaging River Basins for Climate Change adaptation: Handbook available!

Coauthored by Prospex, the handbook “Developing participatory adaptation plans for river basins” offers a key reference for practitioners, scientists and communities concerned with climate change adaptation. The handb...

Initiating a public dialogue on environmental protection in the context of TTIP negotiations

The European Parliament, in a joint initiative with the European Commission Directorate General for Environment, has initiated a research project on the environmental impacts of the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership...

River Basin Adaptation Conference: register now!

River Basin Adaptation Conference – speakers confirmed Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 7-8 March 2017. Leading experts in climatology, water management and participatory techniques are now confirmed for the River Basin Adaptation Confere...

Facilitating OPERAs final UserBoard Workshop in Mallorca

On 17-18 November 2016, the OPERAs Final UserBoard Workshop took place at the project’s Balearic exemplar, in Palma de Mallorca. OPERAs is a five-year EU flagship project that started in 2011 and is thus running in its final yea...

Education, Training & Youth Forum 2016: building bridges between the world of education and the job market

“Connecting Education, the Labour Market and Society” was the key ambition of the 5th European Education, Training and Youth Forum, which took place from 19 until 21 October 2016. For the design and facilitation of the Forum, ...

Facilitating Stakeholder-Science engagement in Toledo: innovative responses to climate change in Iberia

On 29-30 September, Prospex facilitated a workshop for the IMPRESSIONS project (link) in Toledo, leading the dialogue between the project team and the Spanish and Portuguese stakeholders, representing different sectors (e.g. water...

Bringing policy makers, researchers, and stakeholder together for food security

With climate change, geopolitical tension, and soil contamination, the future of food and nutrition security is threatened from different angles. Therefore, the EU-funded research project FOODSECURE wants to improve scientific und...

Stakeholder consultations for the European Respiratory Society (ERS)

As a result of the 2013 – 2018 Strategy, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) has undergone substantial changes, as it evolved into a global organisation with an ever-expanding membership. In light of these transformations...

Igniting Stakeholders for HEInnovate

The HEInnovate tool has been used by higher education institutes to assess and develop their level of innovation and entrepreneurship. It had been running for over three years now and consequently, the time was right for the insti...

Connecting and Innovating with EIT

For the second time, Prospex has cooperated with the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) in the design and facilitation of the annual InnovEIT conference in Budapest. At innovEIT 2016, more than 350 European en...

Local Authorities Discuss Europe’s Vision

More than 500 representatives from local authorities gathered for three days in Nicosia at the 26th Congress of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). The 2016 edition of the annual Congress was titled “A Loc...

IMPRESSIONS Scotland

Prospex was happy to welcome 20 stakeholders in Sterling (Scotland) from the 11th until the 12th of April 2016. They were invited to participate in a two-day workshop as part of the IMPRESSIONS project in which Prospex partakes....

The European Professional Card: discussing the qualification transfer

In spite of the EU’s advanced labour mobility, transferring one’s professional qualifications between different member-states remains riddled with administrative complexity. The European Professional Card (EPC) was launched...

EU Policy Day – Innovating with Nature

On 1 March 2016, Prospex organised and moderated a Policy Day on natural capital and ecosystem services for sustainable EU policies. The event took place in the framework of the projects OPERAs and OPENNess and in cooperation...

Towards future-proof vocational education

On 16 and 17 February, the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU dedicated their conference on vocational education and training (VET) to the theme of “Skills for a lifetime”. More than 200 stakeholders discussed how...

Tackling climate change in Venice

There is widespread acceptance that the response to climate change will need to be cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary and innovative. In the context of the IMPRESSIONS project, Prospex gathered a group of 22 high-level experts from...

3rd OPERAs Userboard

On the 25th and 26th of November, Prospex facilitated the 3rd OPERAs Userboard. This event engaged stakeholders from a diverse range of European private companies, government ministries and non-governmental organisations who a...

COST Get Together

On the 17th of November, Prospex facilitated the COST Get Together at the Théatre de Vaudeville. This annual event organised by COST, the European framework for cooperation in science and technology, gathered stakeholders from th...

“All about co-learning between researchers and decision makers.”

As part of the IMPRESSIONS project in which Prospex partakes, 17 stakeholders met with IMPRESSIONS researchers for a one-day workshop in Scotland, on the 22nd September. During this workshop, they developed plausible socio-econ...

Engaging SMEs in apprenticeships

How can SMEs increase their offer of apprenticeships? Representatives from 28 countries met in Thessaloniki, on the 9th and 10th of November, to exchange views and experiences on engaging SMEs in apprenticeships. The conference, i...

European education, training & youth forum 2015 – Implementing new priority areas for European cooperation

Some 400 stakeholders gathered at the annual European Education, Training and Youth Forum in Brussels to discuss best practices on implementing the priority areas of the draft ET2020 Joint Report. The European Commission’s ...

Discussing Excellence in Vocational Education and Training

The European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET) is a European-wide professional association, set up by and for providers of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in all European coun...

INNOVEIT 2015: Reports published

The European Innovation Community flocked to Budapest in May 2015, to attend INNOVEIT, the Innovation Forum of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). This highly interactive event, with over 600 participants, w...

Ecosystem services: a matter of practice?

On 7 August 2015, the French city of Montpellier hosted an OPERAs’ workshop on applying the concept of ecosystem services in No-Net Loss (NNL) Approaches. In the framework of the OPERAs European case study, stakeholders rangi...

Impacts and risks of extreme climate change

Prospex facilitates stakeholder workshop in Hungary On 13 – 14 July 2015, key stakeholders from public institutions, civil society and companies alike, gathered in Szekszárd, Hungary for the first IMPRESSIONS stakeholder works...

Prof. Katia Tieleman on Greek negotiations on Terzake live TV news show

Live on Flemish public TV news show Terzake, Prof. Dr. Katia Tieleman commented on the marathon of negotiations on the Greek crisis. “A successful negotiator”, she says, “should rely on a solid knowledge and awarenes...

Science-society dialogue for sustainable water management in Cyprus

On 1 July 2015 the BEWATER Consortium partners met key local stakeholders at the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia for the second stakeholder workshop of the Pedieos case study river basin. The Pedieos River is a temporary stream, origi...

First IMPRESSIONS stakeholder workshop in Iberia

From 24 – 26 June, experts from Portugal and Spain, from public institutions, civil society and companies alike, gathered in Lisbon for the first IMPRESSIONS Iberia stakeholder workshop to discuss the future of Iberia and th...

Second BeWater stakeholder workshop in La Tordera

On 17 June 2015 the BEWATER Consortium partners met key local stakeholders in Santa Maria de Palautordera, in Catalonia, Spain, for the second round of BeWater Stakeholder Workshops on the Tordera river basin. The event has been...

Second BeWater stakeholder workshop in the Vipava River Basin

On 27 May 2015 the BEWATER Consortium partners met key local stakeholders in Ajdovščina (Slovenia) for the second stakeholder workshop of the Vipava case study river basin. BeWater is a three-year and a half coordination and sup...

InnovEIT Forum 2015

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) hosted its Innovation Forum, InnovEIT 2015, from 5 to 7 May in Budapest, Hungary. Some 600 stakeholders gathered at the Forum: entrepreneurs, researchers, business leaders,...

The VOLANTE Roadmap: towards Sustainable Land Resources Management in Europe

On the 21 April 2015, Scotland House in Brussels hosted a large crowd of stakeholders for the launch of the VOLANTE Roadmap. The Roadmap is an innovative tool for land resource management and comes at a critical moment given the...

Stakeholder Integrated Research: STIR

Prospex authors publish state-of-the art approach Involving stakeholders in research needs to be more than ticking boxes. It has the potential to make research more salient, useful and ultimately impactful for society, economy and...

Community is the Answer!

The phrase think global act local is attributed to Sir Patrick Geddes, an influential Scottish urban planner. It is therefore fitting that the international conference on community action to tackle global problems with local solut...

Global Change Challenges in the La Tordera River Basin

On 28 May, the BEWATER Consortium partners met key local stakeholders in La Tordera in the first of the stakeholder interaction meetings at local level, organised and facilitated by Prospex. BEWATER is a EU co-financed project, wh...

VOLANTE goes to Vienna

On May 5- 6, 2014 Vienna was host to the Trade-off Workshop of VOLANTE, the EU-funded scientific project that aims at developing a new European land management paradigm. Nineteen carefully selected stakeholders from all over Euro...

Prof. Dr. Katia Tieleman Releases New Book

In her book “Essentials: Negotiation,” Katia Tieleman, Professor at the Vlerick Business School and Prospex’s co-founder, gives you the key insights on reaching lasting agreements in a nutshell. Combining the mos...

Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian cooperation nominated for prestigious German Sustainability Prize

The GLOWA Jordan project has been nominated for the prestigious German Sustainability Prize. The prize is baptised “Europe’s most prestigious award in the field of sustainable development” and endorsed by the Ger...

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