In May 2025, the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission published a brochure singling out EU-funded projects dedicated to facilitating transformative change for biodiversity. More than 40 initiatives were featured in the showcase, with BioAgora presented as a cross-cutting endeavour of significance to the European science-policy interface.
By way of background, the document discussed transformative change as a key objective on the road to global biodiversity commitments laid out in agreements such as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Those are complemented by the ambitions of the EU’s own Green Deal and Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, necessitating a substantive push towards tangible results on the ground. Scientific input is considered essential in this context, a conclusion at the heart of the varied multitude of research projects that the brochure sheds light on.
The full list encompasses the following initiatives:
In the case of BioAgora, the output recognised the central role of the project in facilitating dialogues between researchers, other knowledge holders and decision-makers. The Science Service for Biodiversity (SSBD), BioAgora’s core contribution to Europe’s biodiversity science-policy interface, was also refereed to in this showcase as a framework set to address “present gaps and future needs” in this field of interaction.
The full brochure can be accessed via this link. For more on the SSBD, you can visit BioAgora’s dedicated page on its essence and development.