The WeLaR team convened on 24 May 2024 in Leuven, Belgium, to discuss and summarise the project’s development over its first year and a half. The meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the outcomes thus far and plan the second phase of WeLaR.
Project Coordinator Karolien Lenaerts (HIVA-KU Leuven) welcomed all participants. Next, each work package leader gave a brief update on the progress of their package.
The second part of the meeting was a dynamic brainstorming session, where we focused on how to best translate our research findings into policy advice. Work package leaders provided preliminary results of each package, and we sought to link them to ongoing policy initiatives at the EU and member state levels. This led to a presentation of the main takeaways. Our WeLaR partners from OSE, specialising in policy advice, shared some reflections on potential linkages to policy debates.
Lastly, we discussed our final conference and planned workshops, webinars and virtual cafés.
