BiodivERsA Stakeholder Engagement Workshop

Organised and hosted by the Joint Nature Conservation Committe (JNCC), Peterborough, UK, 23–24 April 2013

As BiodivERsA project partners, JNCC is organising and hosting a 2-day workshop on stakeholder engagement for BiodivERsA researchers. The workshop is by invitation only, and will be held at the JNCC offices in the UK, on 23–24 April 2013.

In April 2012, JNCC prepared draft guidance on best practice in stakeholder engagement as a contribution to the ongoing development of the BiodivERsA partnership’s approach to enabling effective pan-European biodiversity research (see Executive Summary (PDF, 277 kb) for information).  The guidance is intended to be a support tool for research teams that are developing an application for funding from BiodivERsA and for those that have been granted funding and are undertaking a project.  BiodivERsA is exploring how to gain greater impact from its research, including using criteria on stakeholder engagement approaches in its funding application evaluation process; the guidance will help in developing the draft criteria. 

The workshop aims to gather experience on stakeholder engagement from BiodivERsA-funded projects and to both test and develop the draft guidance.  The workshop will also explore how research teams develop their understanding of the policy relevance of their research concepts.  A draft agenda (PDF, 136 kb) has been prepared with further details on the workshop.

JNCC is looking for diversity in participation at the workshop and is keen to have representatives from many of the BiodivERsA-funded projects from different countries.

If you have any questions of would like more information please contact BiodivERsA@jncc.gov.uk