The political guidelines of the European Commission drive the scientific and knowledge support provided by the JRC, and in particular its methodology based on interdisciplinary portfolios. This approach ensures better integration across scientific and policy domains and maximises the JRC’s capacity to anticipate new challenges, support the resulting policy development, and project and track its impacts.
The majority of JRC scientific portfolios support the key Commission’s policy area to prosperity and competitiveness. Significant effort is allocated to other policy priorities such as defence and security, as well as quality of life, food security, water and nature. Furthermore, specific portfolios are dedicated to people, societies and social models, to democracy and values, to the global dimension of the European Union, and to foresight action in order to prepare the Union for the future.
This interdisciplinary approach covers aspects of data strategy, knowledge synthesis, stakeholder engagement, scientific development and outreach in a more integrated and impactful way. JRC’s scientific portfolios are capable of adapting and evolving over time in response to new priorities, challenges and opportunities, and to help spread the JRC’s core values of trust, collaboration and transparency.
The JRC’s portfolios are strongly linked with the priorities of the European Commission.
