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Description

WeObserve is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) focused on the improvement of the Citizens Observatories (COs) capacities. The project aims at increasing the coordination between existing Citizen Observatories and related regional, European and international activities, in order to address the environmental challenges and help to move citizen science into the mainstream.

The specific objectives can be summarised as follows:

  • Develop communities of practice around key topics to assess the current CO knowledge base and strengthen it to tackle future environmental challenges using CO-driven science;
  • Extend the geographical coverage of the CO knowledge base to new communities and support the implementation of best practices and standards across multiple sectors; 
  • Demonstrate the added value of COs in environmental monitoring mechanisms within regional and global initiatives such as GEOSS, Copernicus and the UN Sustainable Development Goals; 
  • Promote the uptake of information from CO-powered activities across various sectors and foster new opportunities and innovation in the business of in-situ earth observation.

The project includes a wide range of open access tools developed by WeObserve’s partners.

 

ECCA 2021 - Climate Adaptation solutions video - WeObserve

Project information

Lead

International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA), Austria

Partners

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE-DELFT), The Netherlands;

Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Spain;

Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece;

University of Dundee (UNIVDUN), UK;

European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), Germany;

Alto Adriatico Water Authority (AAWA), Italy.

Reference information

Websites:
https://www.weobserve.eu/

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Feb 7, 2022

Date of creation:

2022

Keywords:
ECCA e-library, Public engagement tools, citizen observatories, citizen science
Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Observations and Scenarios

Sectors:

Non specific

Funding Programme:
HORIZON 2020
Duration:
2017 - 2021
Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Countries:

Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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