The European Commission- General Directorate for Research and Innovation and the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) organised a workshop, April 11- 12 in Brussels, on:“ Investing in Innovative Research for Nature and our livelihoods: Strengthening the research strategy to reinforce the ERA on Biodiversity”
The aim of the workshop was to identify ways forward to consolidate the ERA on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and to explore what are the research priorities in the current research and environment policy context.
The specific objectives of the workshop were to:
- Explore current priorities for the biodiversity research agenda in relation to Horizon 2020,
- Review the strategic functions of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) and its added value to support the research strategy development,
- Identify links between the biodiversity research agenda and the broader European policies e.g. EU 2020 Agenda.
You can download the programme
Outputs of the workshop
Download the workshop report and annexes
Some preliminary results on identified biodiversity research priorities were presented at the Alter Net conference on April 15-16 2013. The pdf of the presentation is now available
The workshop 's recommendations will serve as the basis of discussions to reshape EPBRS, develop its strategy and action plan and decision on EPBRS will be made at the EPBRS Irish Presidency meeting on May 15-17 2013. In addition the biodiversity research priorities identified at the workshop will serve as basis of discussions for the EPBRS Irish meeting sessions.
A position paper was produced to address the stakeholder consultation organised by DG-RTD: "Horizon 2020 stakeholder workshop on climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials" – Brussels, 19 April 2013.
Presentations:
Plenary Session I –Policy foundations for the future research strategy on biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Horizon2020 – ANDREA TILCHE, Director (acting), DG RTD
- Marine policy – MATHEW KING, HoU, DG MARE
- Common Agricultural Policy –IMAN BOOT, deputy HoU, DG AGRI
- EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 –THOMAS KOETZ, DG ENV
- Oucomes from the Workshop 'Towards a Roadmap for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Infrastructures in Europe' (Alberto Basset, Lifewatch)
- A BiodivERsA perspective on a European research strategy for biodiversity (Xavier Le Roux, BiodivERsA)
- Development of a national research agenda (Barbara Livoreil, FRB, France):
- International Research agendas: DIVERSITAS (Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard) and LERU (Luc Demeester)
- The research strategy function as part of a EU Mechanism to improve Science Policy Interface (Heidi Wittmer, UFZ)
- Lessons learned from EPBRS: Results from the survey on Strengths and weaknesses of EPBRS (Jurgen Tack INBO-EPBRS)
- Nature-based solutions for Environment, (Chantal Van Ham, IUCN)
- Natural Capital & Innovative Governance, (Thomas Koetz, DG ENV)
- JRC innovative research priorities, Ole Ostermann (EC JRC)
- Urban biodiversity: opportunities for new technologies (Thomas Elmqvist, Stockholm Resilience Centre)
- Emerging issues for Conservation research related to new technologies, (Adrian Peres, DG RTD)
- Introducing the background document: potential biodiversity research priorities (S. Vandewoestijne DG RTD / E. Balian, EPBRS)