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ENGAGEgreen

The Erasmus+ project "Enhancing Institutional Capacities for Policy Engagement for Green and Digital Transitions" is funded by the European Commission and is being carried out by the Rhine-Main Universities together with five European partners.

The project, which will run from October 2023 to March 2026, will pilot and implement various dialogue and meeting formats, create good practice examples, a policy engagement toolkit and training materials for conducting face-to-face and virtual workshops. The activities are aimed at researchers at all career levels (R1-R4), students and representatives from politics, administration and practice.

About the Project

Policy Engagement Toolkit (work in progress)

News

Registration/Application for Transnational ENGAGEgreen Virtual Science Policy Chats 2025/26

The transnational ENGAGEgreen Science-Policy Dialogue Schemes bring together — either virtually or in-person — policymaking professionals from EU institutions and international organisations with scientists from the ENGAGEgreen universities on issues of green and digital transitions.

We offer two dialogue schemes for policymaking professionals from EU institutions and international organisations:

The dialogue schemes enable policymaking professional to access scientific knowledge on the policy issues, they are dealing with, while the participating scientists learn policy perspectives on their research.

The schemes are very flexible. Policymaking professionals decide what type of questions to put forward: They can ask specific question or engage in fundamental debates on current policy issues.

Further information is available here.

1 April 2026, Olomouc

Open Data and Data Governance Policy

Michal Kubáň (Digital and Information Agency 🇨🇿) delivered a lecture at Palacký University for geoinformatics students and regional policymakers today. He discussed how OpenData in e-government supports informed decision-making, public services, and the implementation of EU data policies.

Futher information can be found here.

11 March 2026, Barcelona

Challenges of Environmental and Health Policies

At our event we joined forces to discuss the future of urban, health, and environmental policies.

It was a fantastic opportunity to foster real dialogue. Our goal? To build a shared language that turns scientific outputs into impactful policy recommendations that truly resonate with both local and national needs.

Futher information can be found here.

20 February 2026, Olomouc

Training on Spatial Statistics

The final training for policymakers delivered by Palacký University built on two previous sessions focused on working with ArcGIS and on data visualisation for the development of the open data portal. 

Futher information can be found here.

29 January 2026, Darmstadt

Future Technologies for Energy and Security​

How can renewable energies be stored safely and climate-neutrally over longer periods of time? 
How can digital resilience be increased in the event of a crisis in Germany? 
At the event Researchers presented answers to these questions during the on-site visit.

Bildrechte: Gerd Keim (links), TUDa/MEH (rechts) 

28 October 2025, Lyon/Venice

Bilingual Webinar on Agri-Food Policy

Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Université Lumière Lyon 2 ran a pilot of the bilingual webinar format (French/Italian simultaneous interpretation available). The one-hour online event was entitled “Agri-Food Policy: A comparison between France and Italy".

Futher information can be found here.

22 October 2025, Olomouc

Preparatory workshop: Use of sensor data

Palacký University Olomouc organised a preparatory workshop for students who intend to participate in the Hackathon of the Olomouc Region 2025. The workshop  on using sensor data for smart urban planning hosted three guest speakers.

Further information can be found here.

6 October 2025, Olomouc

Discussion: Introduction of the Open Data Portal

The session aimed to introduce the regional-level Open Data Portal of the Moravian-Silesian Region and sought to facilitate cross-regional exchange of experiences by comparing it with the Open Data Portal of the Olomouc Region. It was tailored to a student audience.

Further information can be found here.

25 September 2025, Frankfurt

Best Practice Exchange: Knowledge Transfer

As part of the Mercator Science-Policy Fellowship Programme and the ENGAGEgreen project, Goethe University Frankfurt organised its fourth meeting of colleagues from Rhine-Main universities and non-university scientific institutions in the Rhine-Main area. 

An article on the workshop can be found here. 


Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Contact

Research Support
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1
D-60323 Frankfurt am Main

Phone: +49 69 798 12132 / 12135
Email: science-policy@uni-frankfurt.de