About the project
About HIGH-LEVEL
European Coal in Transition: a series of high-level events to spread knowledge from recent and ongoing RFCS projects, encourage new players to join the RFCS community and foster policy dialogue.
Project overview
Turning research knowledge into shared action
HIGH-LEVEL creates a European platform where research results, regional experience and policy priorities can be examined together and translated into practical pathways for coal regions in transition.
Building on the results of RFCS coal research
HIGH-LEVEL is designed to leverage the knowledge generated by recent and ongoing RFCS coal projects.
In cooperation with the European Research Executive Agency, the project brings selected research results into three high-level events.
These events connect researchers, companies, institutions, policymakers and regional stakeholders around the practical challenges faced by coal regions.
Select and connect RFCS knowledge
Relevant results are organised around thematic priorities linked to the transition of European coal regions.
Bring stakeholders into the dialogue
Researchers, companies, institutions and public authorities exchange experience and identify shared priorities.
Turn dialogue into future action
Event outcomes support policy guidance, collaboration and wider participation in the RFCS community.
Project objectives
From European research to regional impact
HIGH-LEVEL combines thematic events, structured consultation and policy-oriented reporting to make RFCS knowledge more visible, useful and accessible.
Organise three high-level events
Deliver three events in different European countries, each focused on a defined transition challenge and aligned with RFCS research priorities.
Thematic European eventsStructure stakeholder dialogue
Engage industry, academia, European institutions, national and regional authorities and the RFCS research community throughout the project.
Inclusive participationDocument outcomes and policy guidance
Capture the conclusions of each event and translate them into reports and policy guidance on high-impact research and innovation activities.
Evidence-based guidanceBuild new European collaborations
Encourage cross-border and cross-sector initiatives, create new partnerships and widen participation in the RFCS research community.
Cross-border cooperationHow HIGH-LEVEL works
A structured pathway from research to policy dialogue
HIGH-LEVEL combines research mapping, stakeholder engagement, thematic events and policy-oriented reporting in a coordinated European process.
A European platform connecting RFCS knowledge,
regional priorities and future collaboration.
Four connected stages support the project’s objectives
HIGH-LEVEL does not treat its events as isolated conferences. Each event is part of a wider process that begins with the identification of relevant RFCS results and ends with documented conclusions and policy-oriented outputs.
The process enables research evidence to be discussed alongside industrial experience, regional priorities and European policy needs.
Identify relevant RFCS knowledge
Recent and ongoing coal-related RFCS projects are mapped and organised around the themes of the three high-level events.
Engage stakeholders and regions
Researchers, industry, public authorities, European institutions and regional actors contribute their priorities and experience.
Deliver thematic European events
Three international events examine distinct transition challenges in Germany, Romania and Spain.
Document outcomes and future priorities
The conclusions are converted into event reports, communication materials and policy-oriented guidance.