BioAgora's External Researchers and Stakeholders Network
The BioAgora project is developing the Science Service for Biodiversity (SSBD) – a research pillar to the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD) - to ensure that the European research communities and EU-funded projects actively contribute to biodiversity related decision-making.
Are you
a researcher?
“Availability of knowledge” is a central challenge that hinders the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. There are challenges in policy planning and implementation due to the lack of sufficient data or robust scientific knowledge, or simply due to ineffective communication and lack of interaction between science and policy making (Lenti et al. 2023).
BioAgora is creating a European wide research network linking efficiently multidisciplinary European research to support biodiversity policy-making at the EU and Member States (see more in EUBP) levels. You can join as an independent researcher, a representative of an EU-funded project or as a research institution (universities, governmental and independent research organisations). We want to make sure that most relevant research findings, new results and embedded knowledge finds their way to support policy-making and implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy.
Are you a policy-maker or a stakeholder?
The main challenges for successfully implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 20230 can be practical issues and closely linked to on-the-ground biodiversity conservation and management, such as the lack of a systematic approach in spatial planning, the limited effectiveness of management actions, or difficulties associated with stakeholder and citizen engagement in decisions associated with biodiversity (Lenti et al. 2023).
The BioAgora project invites practitioners, decision-makers, business-owners, and other actors who actively contribute to biodiversity decision-making to engage in the Science Service for Biodiversity and ensure that these challenges are identified and seriously considered when developing functions and services for the SSBD.
What do we offer
to researchers?
What do we offer to policy-makers and stakeholders?
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Regular updates about ongoing biodiversity policy actions at EU level
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Opportunity to become an expert in tailored fasts-request policy reports
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Feeding your research information for EU policymakers and diverse stakeholders of EU Member States in the European Biodiversity Platform (EUBP)
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Capacity building activities
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Playing an important role in setting up the new Science Service for Biodiversity and defining its functions
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Regular updates about ongoing biodiversity policy actions at EU level
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Invitations to our events, sometimes directly contacted for consultation (in-depth interviews, focus group meetings, etc.) to better understand current obstacles and levers to engagement in the science-policy interface
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Capacity building training, mentoring programmes, and online courses