Workshop WG3: Recommendations for the development of (national) Citizen Science Strategies

Workshop WG3: Recommendations for the development of (national) Citizen Science Strategies

Type: Working Group Meeting
Location: Vienna, AT
Date: 4th November, 2019
Duration: 1 day
Status: registration in progress
Contact: Daniel Dörler, Florian Heigl
Deadline for applications: 29th September, 2019

Aim

Continue and deepen work on the relationship between citizen science and policy; compare the different approaches throughout Europe with regard to strategies and platforms for Citizen Science.

Target

Targets of this workshop are to

1. Reflect scientifically on the outcomes of the questionnaire on Citizen Science strategies and policies, and link it to the overview of citizen science in Europe;
2. Develop operational resources for future re-use;
3. Formulate policy recommendations; and
4. Decide on the finalization of this work within the COST Action, the publication of the results, and possible hand-over (e.g. to ECSA (EU-Citizen.Science); JRC,…).

The proposed agenda is there as follows:

Time	What	Who	Input (2-3 weeks before to all participants)	Output
9:00	Welcome and introduction	Vize rector Christian Obinger (BOKU), Katrin Vohland
9:30	Improved idea of the diversity and institutional development of CS in Europe	Marina Manzoni, Daniel Dörler and Florian Heigl (for the platform part)	Scientific outputs from survey as draft Technical Report	Reflection and some fillings to finalize the report
11:00	Break		Coffee	;-)
11:30	Country Sheets	Marina Manzoni, Daniel Dörler and Florian Heigl (for the platform part)	Draft country sheets (examples at least)	Reflection on structure and content, publication plan
13:00	Break
14:00	Recommendations for the national and European policy makers for Citizen Science in Europe	Sven Schade, Marina Manzoni, Katrin Vohland	Draft recommendations gathered from different reports	Reflection on relevance, coherence, and content of recommendations
15:00	Conclusion and next steps	Sven Schade Katrin Vohland		Publication plan; roadmap until closure of the COST Action; responsible persons
16:00	Closing of Meeting

 

Presentations	Name
Technical Report of thepan-European Survey on Citizen Science strategies and Initiatives: Preliminary outcomes Technical Report of thepan-European Survey on Citizen Science strategies and Initiatives: Preliminary outcomes 1.46 MB	Marina Manzoni Sven Schade Daniel Dörler Florian Heigl
National networks and initiatives_results National networks and initiatives_results 1.28 MB	Florian Heigl Daniel Dörler
CS Country Fact Sheets CS Country Fact Sheets CS Country Fact Sheets 302.16 KB	Marina Manzoni
Country Fact Sheets – publication offer Country Fact Sheets – publication offer 698.67 KB	Sven Schade Marina Manzoni
Recommendations for national and European policy makers on Citizen Science in Europe Recommendations for national and European policy makers on Citizen Science in Europe 565.61 KB	Sven Schade Marina Manzoni Katrin Vohland
Conclusions and Next Steps Conclusions and Next Steps 526.74 KB	Sven Schade Katrin Vohland

 

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Hotel Arragements

The hotel deals negotiated by our local contact persons for the participants are valid for bookings from 03 - 05 November 2019 (minimum stay 2 nights).
Breakfast is included. For cancellation costs and other information the regulations on the hotel pages apply.

Hotel	Category	Price
Hotel Ibis Styles Wien City*** only with CODE: "COST Vienna" until 2019/09/20	Single Room	90€/night
	Double Room for one Person	105€/night
Hotel Parkvilla**** only with CODE: "COST Vienna" until 2019/08/12	Single Room (x3)	88€/night
	Double Room foP (x9) street view	98€/night
	Double Room foP (x9) garden view	108€/night

How to Apply

Applicants are requested to:

• Fill out the application form 
• Prepare and upload a 250-word motivation letter, expressing their interest in the workshop.
• Prepare and upload a short CV - max 2 pages. In the same document containing the CV, if applicable, describe also their role/contribution in/to the COST Action 15212 (e.g., Working Group Member, contributor to a publication, etc.).
  Please upload your CV and motivation letter in the application form!

The organizing committee will assess the eligible contributions following these criteria:

• Expertise relevant to this workshop (max. 5 score points).
• Interest of the submitted contribution to the WG and Action goals (max. 5 score points)

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