From archambeau at gbif.fr Tue Jul 4 11:13:37 2017 From: archambeau at gbif.fr (Anne-Sophie Archambeau) Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 11:13:37 +0200 Subject: [Gbif-europe] Fwd: Preparation of a joint COST project proposal on Invasive Alien Species and citizen science In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89bb8a87-7250-5054-3156-5fdb5b13e601@gbif.fr> Dear EU Node manager, Following the message I sent you in June, I participated by video conference to the meeting of the 23 of June (unfortunately only the morning). For sure, the GBIF nodes could be involved in the WG3 around standards and good practices and at the MNHN in Paris, there is an app INPN species which could fit in the WG2. I will keep in touch if I have new updates Anton: still waiting for an answer around the perimeter. best wishes Anne-Sophie -------- Message transf?r? -------- Sujet : Preparation of a joint COST project proposal on Invasive Alien Species and citizen science Date : Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:31:11 +0000 De : Roy, Helen E. Pour : ana-cristina.cardoso at ec.europa.eu , archambeau at gbif.fr , bernat.claramunt at uab.cat , dcogalniceanu at univ-ovidius.ro , elena.tricarico at unifi.it , emarchante at uc.pt , Gaia.Agnello at mfn-berlin.de , quentin.groom at plantentuinmeise.be , tim.adriaens at inbo.be , zenetos at hcmr.gr , Pocock, Michael J.O. , villaverde at gbif.es , Eugenio.GERVASINI at ec.europa.eu , Konstantinos.TSIAMIS at ec.europa.eu , s.schade at ec.europa.eu , Aletta Bonn , Essl Franz , kelly martinou , Frances Lucy , Turvey, Katharine M.A. Copie ? : melanie.josefsson at naturvardsverket.se , Peter.Brown at anglia.ac.uk , massimo.craglia at ec.europa.eu Dear all Firstly thank you to the JRC for hosting a productive and exciting workshop to begin the process of drafting the proposal for this new COST Action. Thank you also to everyone who contributed to the meeting - we have lots of ideas to now consolidate and advance. For all those who could not attend here are some brief notes and actions. 1. We agreed on the following working group structure (note the titles will change and the names by the WG are the people currently leading the WG and specifically the draft text): WG1: Engaging people in citizen science: from participants to policy-makers (Elizabete Marchante annd Pete Brown) WG2: Approaches to citizen science: embracing innovative advances in tools and technology (Tim Adriaens and Kelly Martinou) WG3: Data management and standards: informing best practise (Quentin Groom and Cristina Villaverde) WG4: Analysis and visualisation: ensuring the best use of citizen science data (Michael Pocock and Franz Essl) WG5: Cross-cutting citizen science initative(s) for IAS across Europe (Gaia Agnello and Bernat Claramunt) Please do let Ana Cristina or I know if you are specifically interested in helping to draft text on any of the above. Meanwhile we have agreed draft text will be complete by 4th July. Noting from the attached document: /3.1.1 Description of Working Groups/ /Provide a detailed description of the different Working Groups. For each WG provide objectives, tasks,/ /activities, milestones and list of major deliverables./ 2. Argyro will develop text for: /2.2.2 Dissemination and/or Exploitation Plan/ /Present a clear and attainable plan for dissemination and/or exploitation of results, including IPR, if/ /relevant./ 3. I have attached the major headings for the proposal text - if you would like to add bullet points to any of the sections then that would be great but please notify the group so we can keep one document in circulation. Ana Cristina, Eugenio, Konstantinos, Sven and I will lead the drafting of these sections. Please let us have your thoughts by 30th June. We aim to have a complete draft of the proposal by the end of July. 4. Everyone to suggest people to contact to involve in the Action noting we can list 21 or more countries but then 8 need to be inclusiveness countries (see attached). Final request - please think of a good title for the Action. Quentin has kindly made a couple of suggestions to begin the discussion: Nature's Guardians: European Citizens guarding of our unique biodiversity from invasive alien species. Nature's investigators of invasive alien species: Resolving problems of invasive alien species with public participation I was thinking of: Innovations in citizen science to inform European observations and monitoring of biological invasions Of course if we can create a good acronym then that can be beneficial for communication! Please do get in contact if you have any queries. Very best wishes to you all and I look forward to our collaborations - Helen Professor Helen Roy NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Crowmarsh Gifford Oxfordshire OX10 8BB 01491 692252 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* ana-cristina.cardoso at ec.europa.eu *Sent:* 21 June 2017 10:21 *To:* archambeau at gbif.fr; bernat.claramunt at uab.cat; dcogalniceanu at univ-ovidius.ro; elena.tricarico at unifi.it; emarchante at uc.pt; Gaia.Agnello at mfn-berlin.de; Roy, Helen E.; quentin.groom at plantentuinmeise.be; tim.adriaens at inbo.be; zenetos at hcmr.gr; Pocock, Michael J.O.; villaverde at gbif.es; Eugenio.GERVASINI at ec.europa.eu; Konstantinos.TSIAMIS at ec.europa.eu; s.schade at ec.europa.eu *Cc:* melanie.josefsson at naturvardsverket.se; Peter.Brown at anglia.ac.uk; massimo.craglia at ec.europa.eu *Subject:* Drafting meeting in preparation of a joint COST project proposal on Invasive Alien Species and citizen science Dear colleagues, Please find enclosed an updated and more detailed agenda of the meeting on the 23^rd June. In addition, take a look at the following links of some recent agreed COST grants: http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15226 COST | Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions www.cost.eu CA COST Action CA15226 Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) integrates the three-dimensions of sustainable development ... http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15219 COST | Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of ... www.cost.eu CA COST Action CA15219 Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe The protection, preservation and restoration of aquatic ... http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15109 COST | European Cooperation for Statistics of Network Data ... www.cost.eu CA COST Action CA15109 European Cooperation for Statistics of Network Data Science (COSTNET) A major challenge in many modern economic, epidemiological, ecological ... To all attending, I look forward to meeting you on Friday. If you will be travelling, have a nice trip. Best regards, Ana Cristina *A**na Cristina Cardoso (Ph.D.)* ** *European Commission* DG Joint Research Centre Directorate D- Sustainable Resources Unit D.02 Water and Marine Resources Via E. Fermi 2749, Building 27 (TP 270) I-21027 Ispra (VA)/ Italy Tel: +39 0332 785702 Email: ana-cristina.cardoso at ec.europa.eu http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://mcc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* CARDOSO Ana-Cristina (JRC-ISPRA) *Sent:* 08 May 2017 17:56 *Subject:* Contact for preparation of a joint COST project proposal on Invasive Alien Species and citizen science Dear Colleagues, We are contacting you about the preparation of a joint project proposal on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and citizen science (CS) to be submitted to the COST Association under the currently open call. It is widely recognised that the effective management of biological invasions, including the implementation of legislation such as the EU Regulation on IAS, requires accurate, detailed, and timely information on occurrences and distribution of IAS for their efficient prevention, early detection, rapid response, and also for evaluating the effectiveness of management measures. In recent years, the contribution of citizens in the context of IAS monitoring has escalated worldwide, in association with the development of supporting telecommunication tools and the internet. A recent Communication of the Commission (COM(2017)198 final) acknowledges the benefit that nature protection can obtain from engaging citizens in the implementation of environment legislation. Engaging citizens entails knowledge exchange, training, awareness raising and involvement in monitoring and implementation of control measures. In addition, awareness raising and educational aspects of engaging citizens in scientific research can also positively affect behavioural change. The workshop on ?Citizen Science and Open Data: a model for Invasive Alien Species in Europe?, held in Brussels on 8^th February 2017, delivered key recommendations for researchers, policy makers and implementing authorities, indicating future research and policy directions/ opportunities regarding CS and IAS: In the project proposal we would develop, we suggest to give a follow up to these key recommendations: *Organisational and governance issues* - Ensure the long-term sustainability of CS projects, e.g. by identifying and acknowledging local ?IAS champions?, providing feedback to participants to maximize their involvement, developing reward systems, anticipating technological advances, and refining the CS projects to the users? needs. - Promote reuse and sharing of interoperable CS data, avoiding duplication by enhancing the use of standards in CS data (e.g. Darwin Core) and licensing, at least at EU level. - Encourage dissemination of existing tools, by promoting free and open IAS smart apps, re-usable source code, ease translation into multiple languages (e.g. as in JRC?s Invasive Alien Species Europe), and aligning and coordinating CS efforts within Europe and beyond. *Technical issues* - Enhance timely CS data flows, in particular for issuing alerts on IAS of Union concern to MS competent authorities. - Improve quality assurance and decrease bias of CS data about IAS through a) automated mechanisms where possible, b) exploit trends in filtering systems to select data with specified confidence level, c) use of dedicated training, including guidance on validation criteria for the IAS of Union concern coming from CS initiatives. - Coordinate and aggregate validated CS data about IAS to open repositories, such as GBIF and EASIN, where managers can find all data in one place and analyze them through web services *Strengthening interactions between citizens, scientists and policy-makers * - Tackle the scepticism of governmental authorities in relation to CS data by highlighting successful showcases. - Promote available expertise and share guidelines about the use of CS for IAS related matters across all MS. - Increase public participation in targeted IAS field campaigns that use good experimental designs and appropriate methods and tools, including the smooth use of smart apps (e.g. collecting as less personal information as required). - Address legal and ethical issues by clearly stating the terms of participation, and following data protection obligations. The next deadline for collection of proposal is the 7^th September 2017, for instructions on participation see http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call We have roughly 4 months, including the summer holiday period, to complete and submit a proposal. This entails the development of the compilation of a technical annex, establishing the participant?s network and completion of e-COST profiles. Therefore, and to guide the preparation of the proposal, we suggest the following schedule: 9^th May: 1^st contact, request of participation intent and propose timetable of proposal development 16^th May: feedback on email of 9^th May, including interest participating to the proposal and to the drafting meeting at JRC 9^th June: Draft proposal shared 21^st June (indicative date): Drafting meeting at JRC ? 31^st August: final draft proposal I am looking forward to receiving your feedback. With best regards, Ana Cristina *A**na Cristina Cardoso (Ph.D.)* ** *European Commission* DG Joint Research Centre Directorate D- Sustainable Resources Unit D.02 Water and Marine Resources Via E. Fermi 2749, Building 27 (TP 270) I-21027 Ispra (VA)/ Italy Tel: +39 0332 785702 Email: ana-cristina.cardoso at ec.europa.eu http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://mcc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Drafting notes IAS and CS.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 15538 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: COST_Open_Call_SESA_guidelines.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 241673 bytes Desc: not available URL: