SSD - Science for a Sustainable Development

Welcome to the website of the research programme “Science for a Sustainable Development”

Projects

	Energy
	Transport and Mobility
	Agro-Food
	Health and Environment
	Climate
	Biodiversity
	Atmosphere and terrestrial and marine ecosystems
	Transversal actions
	Risks

Introduction

On 4 March 2005, the Council of Ministers approved the research programme “Science for a Sustainable Development” (2005-2009) - SSD. This research programme is the continuation of the first and second Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I (1996-2001) and SPSD II (2000-2005)). Compared to SPSD I and II, the Programme integrates new themes, namely "Health and Environment" and "Standardisation".
On 9 July 2010, the Council of Ministers approved the contination of the programme for 2010.

The programme SSD is composed of 8 priority research areas: Energy, Transport and mobility, Agrofood, Health and environment, Climate (including Antarctica), Biodiversity (including Antarctica and the North Sea), Atmosphere and terrestrial and marine ecosystems (including Antarctica and the North Sea) and Transversal Research.

At the moment, 115 research networks are financed including 10 clusters for a total amount of 70 M€. .

Latest news

-	Publication: "20 ans de recherche scientifique en santé / travail / environnement" Bilan et perspective … dialogue entre les parties "20 jaar wetenschappelijk onderzoek inzake gezondheid / werk / leefmilieu" Balans en perspectieven … dialoog tussen de partijen"
-	Belgians at the World’s Poles. The fourth International Polar Year
-	Final reports SSD: phase 1

Agenda and calls

-	Proceedings of the conference: "20 ans de recherche scientifique en santé / travail / environnement" Bilan et perspective … dialogue entre les parties "20 jaar wetenschappelijk onderzoek inzake gezondheid / werk / leefmilieu" Balans en perspectieven … dialoog tussen de partijen" 6 September 2012

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