The Brussels FutureTalks series will enter its next round on 10 November 2025. Organised by DLR Projektträger and the EVBB, the event offers a future-focused discussion on Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the age of AI. The dialogue will lead to sustainable pathways for the intergenerational cooperation between the VET stakeholders.

On June 30, 2025, our Brussels FutureTalks series will enter its next round – the tenth, organized by the Brussels office of DLR Projektträger: “One Health in Action – Transforming Policy, Practice and Planetary Well-being” will focus on the role of environmental health and offer scientific and practical insights into One Health applications.

DLR-PT organises a joint foresight exercise back-to-back with the ministerial meeting of the “Western Balkans Steering Platform on Education & Training, Research & Innovation, and Culture” in North Macedonia.

More and more researchers and decision-makers are using foresight methods to better anticipate future developments and make strategic decisions. As part of the EU project ‘Eye of Europe’, DLR Projektträger has now produced a study on the European foresight landscape.

DLR Projektträger joins a consortium of leading European Foresight organisations to provide evidence-informed Foresight advice on trends, scenarios and policy options to institutions of the European Union.

The 9th edition of the "Brussels FutureTalks" on 20 June will focus on the dynamics of international cooperation and research security. Under the topic "Research Security – Translating Policies into Practical Solutions", EU and national policy makers as well as experts from the field will discuss solutions.

On behalf of the Regional Cooperation Council, DLR Projektträger has conceptualised and drafted the trend study "Unleashing the Potential for Competitiveness: Trends in the Western Balkans". The study identifies and analyses trends and their implications for the region's competitiveness until 2035.

The DLR Projektträger is supporting the further development of European science diplomacy on behalf of the European Commission. The starting signal for this was given at the "First European Conference on Science Diplomacy", which took place on 18 and 19 December 2023 under the Spanish EU Council Presidency in Madrid and online.

How can European countries that need to catch up in terms of research and development be supported? The seventh edition of "Brussels: FutureTalks" explored this question. More than 70 experts and stakeholders from politics and practice discussed what contribution the EU Widening programme can make and what framework conditions will be needed in the