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BioAgora’s high-level External Advisory Board
The role of the External Advisory Board (EAB) is to help ensuring BioAgora develops the Science Service for Biodiversity functions and provide independent external advice on BioAgora strategic directions and transformative dimensions of the Science Service for Biodiversity. BioAgora’s EAB is composed of 9 members who have been selected considering their expertise, field of experience,…
Read MoreBioAgora to collaborate with NetworkNature on biodiversity
NetworkNature’s Taskforces cluster meeting In its efforts to build a community of researchers and stakeholders, BioAgora participated in last week’s ‘taskforces cluster meeting’ of NetworkNature. The meeting, attended by some 80 participants, took place in Brussels on 7 June and offered a great opportunity for fruitful cooperation in further developing the Science Service for Biodiversity.…
Read MoreHow BioAgora works with Europe
Close cooperation between BioAgora and the European Union BioAgora develops the Science Service for Biodiversity (SSBD), for it to become the scientific pillar of the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD). The KCBD was established by the European Commission in 2020, in the framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. This Strategy also referred to…
Read MoreBioAgora presents: the CO-OP4CBD project
Alongside BioAgora, there are many other interesting European projects aiming to improve the biodiversity policy landscape. We are pleased to introduce the CO-OP4CBD project as the third entry in our series. CO-OP4CBD: A new Horizon Europe project gathering the European science and policy experts to support the Convention on Biological Diversity The Biodiversity crisis brings…
Read MoreBioAgora presents: the BIONEXT project
Alongside BioAgora, many other interesting European projects aim to navigate the biodiversity policy landscape. We are pleased to introduce the BIONEXT project. BIONEXT: New solutions and tools for nature-centered future BIONEXT is a research and innovation project that joins the fight for nature and biodiversity. The project produces new evidence to better understand biodiversity loss and…
Read MoreBioAgora has nominated observers for the EU Biodiversity Platform
BioAgora has been officially nominated as an observer to the EU Biodiversity Platform (EUBP). The consortium has selected 17 experts and researchers to step in as BioAgora observers in the EUBP and its sub-groups. They will join the EUBP meetings regularly and participate in the discussions. BioAgora is creating an External Research and Stakeholders Network…
Read MoreAchieving better gender equality in BioAgora
The BioAgora consortium has published its initial gender and equality action plan (Deliverable D6.3). Gender Equality Equality and non-discrimination are an essential part of human resources policy and of a good working community at all levels of institutions and projects. The objective of a gender and equality action plan is to achieve better gender equality…
Read MoreBiodiversity boost: A cluster of projects working on transformative change is established
On 17 March 2023, the European Research Executive Agency’s (REA) Unit B.3, Biodiversity, Circular Economy and Environment, in collaboration with the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), Unit B.3, organised an in-person workshop for a number of Horizon Europe projects contributing to Transformative Change for Biodiversity. BioAgora participated as an observer and contributed…
Read MoreBioAgora’s consortium meeting: a productive exchange between project partners
BioAgora’s Consortium Assembly meeting was held on 21 March 2023. This was the third consortium meeting of the project after the initial online Kick-off in July 2022, and the in-person meeting in Helsinki, Finland in November 2022. BioAgora’s work package leaders presented their achievements, including submitted deliverables, a progress update on ongoing tasks and upcoming…
Read MoreEight key challenges for the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
The BioAgora consortium has conducted an evidence-based analysis of the challenges that may hinder the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Eight key challenges categories were identified by our team and reported in BioAgora’s Typology of challenges (Deliverable D1.1). The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 The EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (BDS 2030),…
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