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The EKLIPSE EU support mechanism

Author/Contact:

Juliette Young, jyo@ceh.ac.uk 

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Resource description:

The goal of the EKLIPSE mechanism is to bring scientists, policy-makers and others together to ensure that decisions that affect the environment are made with the best available knowledge. This is a long-term goal, not one limited to the life of the four year EKLIPSE project. We therefore aim to create a mechanism that will be sustained after the EKLIPSE project is finished. This self-sustaining mechanism will be created and developed during the project. To ensure the mechanism's sustainability we will work with the wider community in developing a business plan. Our vision is to create and flexible, durable but innovative, challenging but ethical mechanism for evidence-informed decision-making affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Once established, the self-sustaining mechanism will be handed over to the wider community of institutions, knowledge holders and stakeholders.

Advantages:

  • Robust, ethical and credible process of answering policy requests
  • Enagaging with the best experts to address policy relevant needs
  • Answering directly to policy needs

Constraints:

  • EU scale relevance of requests
  • In-depth and rigorous processes to answer policy requests

Uses of this resource:

The EKLIPSE project follows a robust and ethical process that allows for a reactive response to the needs of policy-makers and societal actors. This results in relevant, credible and legitimate products that build on the best expertise across the EU. 

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Licence:

  • Free, no licence

Development stage:

  • Early access - beta phase

Quality assurance:

  • Scientific peer review
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