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    26 March 2021
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    Invitation for webinar on better policies for food systems

    On 13 April 2021 the OECD and EEAC Network organize a joint webinar on the findings from the OECD’s recently released Making Better Policies for Food Systems report and their implications for food systems policy development programmes.
    26 March 2021
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    Advisory councils sent a joint letter to EU co-legislators to share views on added value of European Climate Change Council

    In the context of the ongoing negotiations on the EU climate law 12 advisory councils, members of the EEAC Network, sent a letter to EU policy-makers.
    1 March 2021
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    Work programme 2021-2022 has been announced

    The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management submitted the Work Programme 2021-2022 of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure to the House of Representatives.
    Expected end of 2021
    in preparation
    Kerkeiland Maassluis Hans Straub / Nationale Beeldbank

    Managing scarce space

    The Netherlands is facing substantial challenges in spatial planning, such as housing, the energy transition and a more sustainable agriculture. Do the new national frameworks for the environment (Omgevingswet, Omgevingsvisie) provide sufficient guidance for taking on these challenges?
    February 2021
    publication
    Photo: man sitting before his bike with laptop on his lap - Ollyy Photo: Shutterstock

    Towards an integrated accessibility policy

    More and more solutions for accessibility issues are being advanced. Policy choices regarding accessibility are increasingly linked to other challenges in the living environment. How do we arrive at an integrated accessibility policy?

    Expected: beginning of 2022
    in preparation
    little girl blows at a dandelion Ruud Morijn / Nationale Beeldbank

    ‘Reviewing nature policy’

    Nature is of vital importance and the worldwide decline in biodiversity is a cause of great concern. The Rli is exploring how, in the Netherlands, the worrying decline in the quality of the natural environment and biodiversity can be reversed in time to achieve the restoration of resilient nature.
    The advisory report is expected to be issued in December 2021
    in preparation
    Father with children in a cowshed Photo: Koos Busters / Nationale Beeldbank

    Prospects for farmers

    Farmers’ current revenue models are often incompatible with achieving sustainable agriculture. What do we need from the various links in the value chain in order to offer economic prospects to farmers?
    October 2020
    publication
    Students by In Holland Hoge School Photo: Joop Reijngoud / Rotterdam

    Access to the city

    More and more people are unable to participate sufficiently in urban life. How can we combat unjustified differences between groups of citizens?
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