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EPBRS in a nutshell

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EPBRS secretariat

EPBRS Secretariat
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Rue Vautier 29,
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Phone : +32 2 627 4319
Fax : +32 2 627 4113
e.balian@biodiversity.be

Steering Committee

During an electronic procedure in December 2011, the EPBRS delegates partly renewed the Steering Committee.

The following persons are now members of the Steering Committee:

Horst Korn (Chair), Louise Scally (Vice-chair), Jurgen tack (Vice-Chair), Carsten Neßhöver (Secretary)

Country	Name	E-mail
NO	Backe-Hansen Per	PBH(at)RCN.NO
DE	Korn Horst	horst.korn(at)bfn-vilm.de
DE	Neßhöver Carsten	carsten.nesshoever(at)ufz.de
ES	Santamaria Luis	luis.santamaria(a)uib.es
IE	Scally Louise	lscally(at)biodiversityresearch.ie
AT	Schindler Stefan	stefan.schindler(a)univie.ac.at
PT	Sousa Pinto Isabel	ispinto(at)cimar.org
UK	Stott Andrew	andrew.stott(at)defra.gsi.gov.uk
BE	Tack Jurgen	Jurgen.tack(at)inbo.be
HU	Török Katalin	kati(at)botanika.hu
UK	Watt Allan	adw(at)ceh.ac.uk
FI	Weissenberg Marina	marina.weissenberg(a)ymparisto.fi
Ex officio members
BiodivERsA	Leroux Xavier	xavierleroux(a)fondationbiodiversite.fr
EC	Peres Adrian	Adrian.Peres(at)ec.europa.eu
DIVERSITAS	Prieur-Richard Anne-Hélène	anne-helene(a)diversitas-international.org

Secretariat EPBRS: Estelle Balian : e.balian@biodiversity.be (Belgian Biodiversity Platform)

EPBRS official delegates

EPBRS meetings are only open to invited participants. Invited participants are official country delegates nominated by their FP7 Programme Committee Members, Biostrat members (more information on Biostrat can be found below), the EPBRS secretariat, interested members of the European Commission, FP6 and FP7 project coordinators (biodiversity related projects), representatives of major biodiversity science organisations (e.g. DIVERSITAS and GBIF) and representatives of major environmental organisations (e.g. CBD, IUCN,...). The organisers are free to invite additional experts.
The official nominated country delegates are:

Country	Name	E-mail

AT	Wrbka Thomas	thomas.wrbka(at)univie.ac.at
AT	Stefan Schindler	stefan.schindler(a)univie.ac.at
BE	Herman Rudy	rudy.herman(at)ewi.vlaanderen.be
BE	van der Werf Aline	vdwe(at)belspo.be
BU	Dimitrova Dessislava	desco(at)bio.bas.bg
BU	Zafirov Ivaylo	nnps(at)moew.government.bg
CH	Martinez Sylvia	sylvia.martinez(at)unibas.ch
CH	Scheidegger Christoph	christoph.scheidegger(at)wsl.ch
CY	Georgiou Kyriakos	georgiou.k(a)unic.ac.cy
CZ	Petrik Petr	petrik(at)ibot.cas.cz
DE	Henle Klaus	henle(at)pro.ufz.de
DE	Korn Horst	horst.korn(at)bfn-vilm.de
DE	Begemann Frank	frank.begemann(at)ble.de
DK	Martin Schneekloth	MASCH(a)nst.dk
EC	Adrian Peres	Adrian.Peres(at)ec.europa.eu
EE	Kull Tiiu	tiiu(at)zbi.ee
ES	Pugnaire Francisco I.	fip(at)eeza.csic.es
ES	Santamaria Luis	lsantamaria(a)imedea.uib-csic.es
FI	Niemelä Jari	jari.niemela(at)helsinki.fi
FI	Von Weissenberg Marina	marina.weissenberg(at)ymparisto.fi
FR	Millot Murièle	Muriele.MILLOT(a)developpement-durable.gouv.fr
FR	Herbinet Benedicte	benedicte.herbinet(a)fondationbiodiversite.fr
GR	Troumbis Andreas	atro(at)aegean.gr
HU	Török Katalin	kati(at)botanika.hu
HU	Kovács-Láng Edit	lange(at)botanika.hu
IE	Scally Louise	lscally(at)biodiversityresearch.ie
IE	Ciaran O'keeffe	Ciaran.OKeeffe(a)ahg.gov.ie
IL	no official delegate appointed	no official delegate appointed
IS	no official delegate appointed	no official delegate appointed
IT	Pannacciulli Federica	pannacciulli(at)santateresa.enea.it
LT	Budrys Eduardas	ebudrys(at)ekoi.lt
LU	no official delegate appointed	no official delegate appointed
LV	Spungis Voldemars	adalia(at)lanet.lv
LV	Busa Vija	vija.busa(at)vidm.gov.lv
MT	Vella Adriana	avel(at)cis.um.edu.mt
NL	Van Opstal Alexander	a.j.f.m.van.opstal(at)minlnv.nl
NO	Backe-Hansen Per	PBH(at)RCN.NO
NO	Saether Bernt-Erik	bernt-erik.sather(a)ntnu.no
PL	Olech Wanda	wanda_olech(at)sggw.pl
PL	Slaweta Roman	roman.slaweta(at)nauka.gov.pl
PT	Freitas Helena	hfreitas(at)ci.uc.pt
PT	Sousa Pinto Isabel	ispinto(at)
RO	no official delegate appointed	no official delegate appointed
SE	no official delegate appointed	no official delegate appointed
SI	Skoberne Peter	Peter.Skoberne(a)gov.si
SK	Oszlányi Julius	Julius.Oszlanyi(at)savba.sk
TR	no official delegate appointed
UK	Stott Andrew	andrew.stott(at)defra.gsi.gov.uk
UK	Watt Allan	adw(at)ceh.ac.uk

Biostrat

BioStrat is a Specific Support Action (SSA) funded by the EU Sixth Framework Programme starting on the 1st of November 2006 and coordinated by the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The project invoves 34 partners from 32 countries and aims to further develop the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy making wise use of the existing structures. To achieve its objective, the project will take over a part of the tasks addressed by Bioplatform, an FP5-funded project in the period 2002-2005: the financial and management charges associated with the organization of the biannual meetings of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) and its publications; and the establishment and support of National Biodiversity Platforms. On the other hand, it will carry out an intensive networking activity to harmonize the Strategy with other FP5 and FP6 projects and other international initiatives (such as BIOTA cluster, ERA-Nets, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), DIVERSITAS, Global Biodiversity Information Facility /GBIF/, Global Taxonomy Initiative /GTI/, Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), Global Environment Observation System of Systems /GEOSS /, etc.). Further, a main duty of BioStrat is to promote the production of national reviews related to the topic of EPBRS meetings, in which National Biodiversity Platforms have a key role. These national reviews will provide excellent opportunities to promote scientific and policy results in certain topics in the given country. Biostrat website.

National Biodiversity Platforms

The effectiveness of the EPBRS increases when it can collaborate with national platforms whose aims are similar - to develop a national research strategy in biodiversity and to promote research that responds to policy requirements. National Platform websites:

Bioplatform

The European Platform for Biodiversity (Bioplatform) is a Thematic Network (EU FP5) aiming to improve the effectiveness and relevance of European biodiversity research, to contribute to European Research Area for Biodiversity and to promote the dissemination of current best practices and information regarding the scientific understanding of biodiversity conservation. The BioPlatform thematic network supported the "European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy" (EPBRS) up to the beginning of 2005. The website contains a lot of relevant information linked to EPBRS. It is also the gateway to the national biodiversity platforms. Bioplatform website