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.
Author/Contact:
Juliette Young, jyo@ceh.ac.uk
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.
Partners:
- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (NERC-CEH): contact Allan Watt and Juliette Young
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ): contact Marie Vandewalle or Heidi Wittmer.
- Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE): Contact Riikka Paloniemen
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS): Contact Estelle Balian or Hilde Eggermont
- Institut fur sozial-okologische Forschung (ISOE): Contact Marion Mehring or Alexandra Lux
- Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversite (FRB): Contact Barbara Livoreil
- Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG): Contact Eszter Kelemen
- Foundation for Applied Information Technology in Environment, Agriculture and Global Changes (TIAMASG): Contact George Cojocaru
- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigacao Marinha e Ambiental - Universidade do Porto (UPORTO): Contact Isabel Sousa Pinto
- University of East Anglia: Contact Lynn Dicks
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Early access - beta phase
Quality assurance:
- Scientific peer review