JRC annual report 2021
The report provides highlights from how the organisation supported the EC’s political priorities, and key achievements from 2021.
The Annual Report features a balanced structure in two parts - the 1st covers a selected few key areas of activities and the 2nd gives examples of concrete science-for-policy achievements contributing to the Commission priorities.
- A European Green Deal: the JRC launched a new pilot project 'Integrated techniques for the seismic strengthening and energy efficiency of existing buildings', and by performing a technical assessment for the nuclear taxonomy regulation;
- A Europe fit for the digital age: the JRC monitored national AI strategies, and launched the Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation;
- An economy that works for people: the JRC developed a new methodology to estimate the export-related jobs, and published a report on Poverty and Mindsets;
- Stronger Europe in the world: the JRC developed a policy-mapping tool, to help policymakers to identify the SDGs that may potentially be impacted or linked to their policy, and supported the Commission’s actions to shape international cooperation on climate change;
- Our European way of life: the JRC launched the Knowledge Centre of Cancer, and improved radioisotope production for health applications;
- New push for European democracy: launch of a new competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (CC-DEMOS) and publication of a report on Technology and Democracy.
It also informs about how the JRC contributes to the Commission's and Members States' efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic; how it anticipates future trends and societal transformations; and how it manages and contributes to the New European Bauhaus initiative.