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Citizen Science for Policy across Europe

EU-Citizen.Science is inviting representatives from ministries across Europe and at the regional and local levels to engage in a discussion about citizen science and its benefits for policymaking

The EU-Citizen.Science project - with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the European Commission - is pleased to invite you to the event “Citizen Science for Policy across Europe” to be held online on June 22nd 2021 at 11:00-12:30 PM CEST, as a satellite event of the European Research and Innovation Days 2021.

 

Check out the Agenda & more information

 

Save the date and join us to delve into the possible collaborations among policymakers with citizen science interests.
Specifically, at the event, we will:

  • Explore the current state of citizen science in Europe to enhance synergies across borders.
  • Have open discussions by presenting good practices and success stories about citizen science operating at different levels, highlighting the barriers that affect the development of citizen science and providing solutions to overcome them to produce a powerful policy decision-making tool.
  • Foster collaborations among different countries to promote citizen science, establishing common paths.

 

Two options are available to attend the event and have an opportunity to interact with speakers:

 

We look forward to seeing you on the 22nd of June!

Project

EU-Citizen.Science

Citizen Science is a rapidly expanding and diversifying field of innovation with significant implications for, and potential benefits to, society, policy, and various academic research areas. The ambition of EU-Citizen.Science is to build, fill, and promote a sustainable platform and mutual learning space for providing different tools, best practice examples and relevant scientific outcomes that are collected, curated, and made accessible to different stakeholders, ranging from interested citizens over scientific institutions up to politicians and public media in order to mainstream Citizen Science in Europe.