Training courses

Our introductory course is designed for policy officers across all Directorate-Generals who want to or are already applying behavioural insights to their work.

This course is highly interactive and covers common methods, principles, and findings from the behavioural sciences. Of course, it puts particular emphasis on its relevance for policymaking. Participants will learn to identify behavioural aspects of policy problems and apply behaviourally informed solutions through group work, examples, and exercises.

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Introductory Course

For managers and directors, we offer a targeted 90-minute crash course with an interactive training session. This course provides a concise, fact-based introduction to behavioural insights in the context of policymaking.

It emphasises the Better Regulation toolbox published in November 2021. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of the vocabulary, strengths, weaknesses, tools, and timelines essential for adopting a behavioural approach. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped to identify opportunities to enhance policy outcomes using behavioural insights.

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Crash course for managers
 

Practitioner networking

The CCBI maintains its own network of behavioural insights champions within the European Commission. In addition, we support the interlinkage between practitioners at various policy levels.

Behavioural Insights Applied to Policy - 2024 Workshop

On 23-24 September 2024, the CCBI organised a "Behavioural Insights Applied to Policy" workshop in Brussels.

The workshop gathered policymakers, academics, and practitioners from a range of government bodies and international organisations, to explore the value of applying behavioural science to policymaking. Key discussions addressed behavioural strategies for individual and systemic behaviour change across various domains, including public health, environmental policy, and migration.

Despite the increasing demand for using behavioural evidence in policy, there is awareness that this requires early involvement in the policy process, oftentimes a fruiful collaboration with design (for policy) experts and should not be seen as an easy substitute for more structural/system interventions. The breadth of topics highlighted the critical need for integrating behavioural insights into policy design and implementation, reinforcing the importance of cross-country exchanges among behavioural experts to enhance policy impact.

Behavioural Insights Applied to Policy

This report summarises key insights from the 'Behavioural Insights Applied to Policy' workshop organised by the Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights (CCBI) on 23-24 September 2024, in Brussels. The workshop gathered policymakers, academics, and practitioners from a range of government bodies and international organisations, to explore the value of applying behavioural science to policymaking. Key discussions addressed behavioural strategies for individual and systemic behaviour change across various domains, including public health, environmental policy, and migration. Despite the increasing demand for using behavioural evidence in policy, there is awareness that this requires early involvement in the policy process, oftentimes a fruitful collaboration with design (for policy) experts and should not be seen as an easy substitute for more structural/system interventions. The breadth of topics highlighted the critical need for integrating behavioural insights into policy design and implementation, reinforcing the importance of cross-country exchanges among behavioural experts to enhance policy impact.

JRC139824_01.pdf