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This Thematic Report provides a summary on the Mutual Learning Exercise on Maximising the Relevance and Excellence of Citizen Science. The Report presents the challenges of each factor, recommendations for Member State authorities to overcome these challenges and inspiring Citizen Science examples discussed during the MLE meeting in Ljubljana. The Report concludes with some key reflections.
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This power point presentation includes all of the presentations from the Topic 5 Meeting held in Berlin, given by Silke Voigt-Heucke, Anne Overbeck, Antonella Radicchi, Johannes Wolters, Valerie Knapp, Philip Ackermann, Sarah Kraus, Meritxell Abril, Ana Catarino and Margaret Gold.
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This Thematic Report focuses on enabling environments and the institutional and governance arrangements that can support Citizen Science, with a particular focus on the role of different stakeholders, including research institutes, funding bodies, public authorities, businesses and civil society organisations in promoting Citizen Science.
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The purpose of this Discussion Paper is to introduce Topic 5 “Scaling up citizen science” to the participants in the Mutual Learning Exercise Citizen Science Initiatives – Policy & Practice (MLE CSI-PP) and provide inputs for discussion in advance of the Topic 5 meeting that will take place in Berlin (Germany) in November 2022.
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This PowerPoint Presentation includes all of the presentations from the Topic 3 meeting held in Ljubljana, given by:
- Mateja Grego,
- Dr Andrej Srakar,
- Dr Ana Slavec,
- Jaka Cibej,
- Marzia Mazzonetto,
- Karen Soacha,
- Dr Dilek Fraisl,
- Antonella Ficorilli
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The purpose of this Discussion Paper is to introduce Topic 3 to the participants in the Mutual Learning Exercise and provide inputs for discussion in advance of the Topic 3 meeting that will take place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) in October 2022.
This present Paper presents the three factors that have been identified as those that could ensure the relevance and excellence of Citizen Science and an understanding of the importance of maximising the relevance and excellence of Citizen Science.
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Part II meeting 12-13 September 2022 presentations:
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Part I Meeting 7 and 8 June 2022. This PowerPoint Presentation includes all of the presentations given during Part I of Topic 4 Meeting held in Vienna, namely:
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This Thematic Report provides a summary on the Mutual Learning Exercise on Good Practices on Citizen Science and their Impact.
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An increasing number of citizen science projects and initiatives are being implemented across Europe. This rapidly emerging mode of research and innovation shows substantial potential in terms of achieving greater societal impact and increasing trust in science, by leveraging collective societal capabilities, by enlarging the scope of the R&I, and by increasing relevance, responsiveness and transparency.