BiodivERsA

Launched in 2005, BiodivERsA's major goal is to build a dynamic,
sustainable platform to identify the most pressing strategic issues
for biodiversity. It supports and promotes excellence in
biodiversity research that is relevant to biodiversity policy and
management, at a European transnational scale. Every year, the
network determines its own research agenda based on already
existing national, European and international agendas, ensuring
that the most relevant topics are prioritised. Based on its common
agenda, BiodivERsA launches calls for research proposals
emphasizing scientific excellence and policy relevance. Funding for
biodiversity research projects are awarded on a competitive
basis.
The collaborative structure of BiodivERsA's joint calls not only
facilitates effective transnational research projects, but also
allows national agencies to close gaps in certain areas of
expertise, as well as avoid the kind of wasteful overlaps in
project content that can occur when national teams work
independently. To further strengthen the European
Research Area on biodiversity and ecosystem services, BiodivERsA is
involved in several other activities, ranging from research
mapping and programming, to stakeholder engagement, dissemination
of project outputs and knowledge brokerage.
JNCC is a partner within BiodivERsA, and was a Task Leader
for Work Package 2 (The European biodiversity research landscape
and science-policy integration), during the second phase of
BiodivERsA. Specifically, JNCC led on Task 2.1: 'Develop
guidelines to support research project teams in stakeholder
engagement', and produced the BiodivERsA Stakeholder
Engagement Handbook in 2014. To help inform the
Handbook, JNCC organised and hosted a BiodivERsA
workshop on stakeholder engagement in April 2013. Further details
can be found on the BiodivERsA Stakeholder Engagement Workshop
web page.
Further information can be found on the BiodivERsA website and in the
BiodivERsA movie.