In June 2024 BELSPO will launch a call for proposals for the Policy-Driven projects within the S4Policy programme. All projects will adhere to the following strategic themes:
Theme 1: Digital Transformation
The federal level is in need of scientific support to apprehend the digital transformations (especially Artificial Intelligence) that will impact the functioning of the federal administrations and the Belgian society at large.
Theme 2: Strategic autonomy and resilience of Belgium
The federal level intends to pilot and monitor the strategic autonomy of the Belgian society towards its resilience.
Theme 3: Inclusion, health and wellbeing
This topic includes projects that support an inclusive and better protected Belgian society through federal policies geared at inclusion, health, wellbeing and diversity.
Theme 4: Green and societal Transformation to carbon neutrality
The many environmental crises (climate change, decline in biodiversity, chemical pollution, etc.) call for an in-depth transformation of society and therefore more research aimed at changing our behaviour in order to prevent, adapt to and mitigate risks.
