[Gbif-europe] Fwd: Preparation of a joint COST project proposal on Invasive Alien Species and citizen science
Anne-Sophie Archambeau
archambeau at gbif.fr
Tue Jul 4 11:13:37 CEST 2017
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
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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. <hele at ceh.ac.uk>
Pour : ana-cristina.cardoso at ec.europa.eu
<ana-cristina.cardoso at ec.europa.eu>, archambeau at gbif.fr
<archambeau at gbif.fr>, bernat.claramunt at uab.cat
<bernat.claramunt at uab.cat>, dcogalniceanu at univ-ovidius.ro
<dcogalniceanu at univ-ovidius.ro>, elena.tricarico at unifi.it
<elena.tricarico at unifi.it>, emarchante at uc.pt <emarchante at uc.pt>,
Gaia.Agnello at mfn-berlin.de <Gaia.Agnello at mfn-berlin.de>,
quentin.groom at plantentuinmeise.be <quentin.groom at plantentuinmeise.be>,
tim.adriaens at inbo.be <tim.adriaens at inbo.be>, zenetos at hcmr.gr
<zenetos at hcmr.gr>, Pocock, Michael J.O. <michael.pocock at ceh.ac.uk>,
villaverde at gbif.es <villaverde at gbif.es>, Eugenio.GERVASINI at ec.europa.eu
<Eugenio.GERVASINI at ec.europa.eu>, Konstantinos.TSIAMIS at ec.europa.eu
<Konstantinos.TSIAMIS at ec.europa.eu>, s.schade at ec.europa.eu
<s.schade at ec.europa.eu>, Aletta Bonn <aletta.bonn at idiv.de>, Essl Franz
<franz.essl at umweltbundesamt.at>, kelly martinou <af.martinou at gmail.com>,
Frances Lucy <lucy.frances at itsligo.ie>, Turvey, Katharine M.A.
<kattur at ceh.ac.uk>
Copie à : melanie.josefsson at naturvardsverket.se
<melanie.josefsson at naturvardsverket.se>, Peter.Brown at anglia.ac.uk
<Peter.Brown at anglia.ac.uk>, massimo.craglia at ec.europa.eu
<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
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*From:* ana-cristina.cardoso at ec.europa.eu
<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
<http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15226>
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 ...
<http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15219>
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 ...
<http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15109>
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
<mailto:ana-cristina.cardoso at jrc.ec.europa.eu>
http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
http://mcc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
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*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
<mailto:ana-cristina.cardoso at jrc.ec.europa.eu>
http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
http://mcc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
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