A brief introduction to the vision and objectives of the EU-Citizen.Science project, to build a knowledge base platform for the Citizen Science community in Europe

1. Share, initiate and learn – citizen science in Europe
EU-Citizen.Science has received funding from the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant
Agreement no. 824580.

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OUR VISION
is that Citizen Science becomes an appreciated and
widely established means for the democratization of science in Europe
OUR CORE MISSION
is to become the European reference point for CS through cross-
network knowledge sharing for citizen science participants,
practitioners, researchers, policy makers and society across Europe
OBJECTIVE 1 : ESTABLISH
EU-Citizen.Science as the community hub
for high-quality CS exchange and learning
Europe
OBJECTIVE 2 : CONSOLIDATE
the CS knowledge base and celebrate
outstanding practices and start of the art in
CS in Europe
OBJECTIVE 3 : EMPOWER
diverse stakeholders to become citizen
scientists, start CS initiatives, & CS
approaches professionally
OBJECTIVE 4 : EXPLORE
new pathways for participatory
governance, by strengthening links
between CS and policy making
OBJECTIVE 5 : ADVANCE
CS into the mainstream of public engagement, science communication and education

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6. Short Description
Lead
Partner
WP 1 Coordination and Management
Ensuring a well-planned, cost-efficient project
management MFN
WP 2 Platform, Community and Network
Building
Establishing the platform as central hub for
sharing, exchanging and discussing CS ECSA
WP 3 Content - Framework, Quality
Assurance and Curation
Consolidate the CS knowledge base IIASA
WP 4 Awareness and Engagement-Public
and Policy Makers
Exploring new pathways of participatory
governance by strengthening the link between
policy makers and CS
Earthwatch
WP 5 Training Needs Assessment,Creation
and Delivery
Delivering an innovative new training programme
for different stakeholders and user UCL
WP 6 Dissemination, Exploitation and
Strategic Communication
Advancing CS into the mainstream of public
engangement, science & communication ECSITE
WP 7 Evaluation and Impact Assessment Internal Evaluation ZSI
WP 7 Ethic requirements MFN

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eucitsci@mfn.berlin
katherin.wagenknecht@mfn.berlin
marzia.mazzonetto@mfn.berlin
margaret.gold@mfn.berlin
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