sustainable development, global change and ecosystems november 2002 1 edit kick-off meeting...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS November 2002 1

EDIT kick-off meeting

• congratulations!

• high visibility project

• potential high policy and political impact

• unsurpassed opportunity to structure European taxonomic future

• major contribution to global effort

• builds on many years work by previous successful projects

• deliverables should have lasting impact


“Network of Excellence”

• A “new instrument” of FP6“instrument”

“means of achieving an objective of the EC’s research policy” Integrated Project

Project of excellenceNetwork of Excellence

Network of integration

Objectiveachieve lasting improvements in the way

research is done


NoE: the premise

• Research in Europe could be more effective

• Currently fragmented and un-coordinated

• The NoE is designed to achieve integration between participating institutes

Strategic (policy and philosophy)Administrative (management decisions)Scientific (objectives, methods, resources)Enduring after the EU funding ends

• Research results are not the main outcome


One organisation, many topics

organisation

significantcompetence

limitedcompetence

No organisationis equally goodat all the areasin which it hascompetence


What we have and what we want

RationalisedcollaborationRationalisedcollaboration

Innefficientcompetition


NoE: the players

• integration between participating institutes StrategicAdministrativeScientificEnduring

Director wants integration

Managerial level agrees

Scientists see + feel benefit

Buy-in by all staff


EDIT seen from over here

• a very important flagship project

• a great deal depends on its successscientificallyfor implementation of environmental policyfor success of European research policyfor GBIF


ecology of FP6

ALTER-NetALTER-Net

MARBEFMARBEF

EDITEDITALARMALARM

marinemarinegenomicsgenomics

FRAPFRAPDAISIEDAISIE

IntraBioDivIntraBioDivGlochamoreGlochamore

SoBioSoBioEUMonEUMon


ALARM

ATEAMEcosystem modelling

EPIDEMIEMediterranean islands

GIANT ALIENGiant hogweed

MOSESATLANTIS

Sea level change

BIOMANShallow lakes

ACCELERATESagroecosystems

Chemicals

GREAT-ERRisk modelling

Climate change

BABEbees

Invasives

Pollinators

MACMANMaculinea butterflies

Social and economic

SUSTRASustainability strategies

VALSEvaluation

ERBICBiocontrol introductions

DIABROTICAWestern corn rootworm

CONTROCAMHorse chestnut leafminer

GREENVEINSagroecosystems

AVECVulnerable ecosystems

Species distribution

GLORIA

EURO+MED Plantbaseplants

FAUNA EUROPEAENBI

LEDA

FLORA EUROPEA

EuroCat

ALARM-o-centricALARM-o-centricHistoryHistory


ALARM

Chemicals

Invasives

Pollinators

Social and economic

DAISIEinvasives

protocolsBioStrat

strategy

BioAssessindicators and monitoring

Greenveinshabitat fragmentation

ALTER-Netmonitoring

EuMonmonitoring

Risk assessmentEnRisk

NoMiracle

GREAT-ER OSIRIS

Modelkey

COCONUThabitat fragmentation

BioScorespecies index

BiolFlor

EDITtaxonomy and systematics

EcoChangemodelling

RUBICODEconservation strategies

Climate change

ENSEMBLESclimate modelling

MACISclimate change


NoE performance indicators

• If NoEs are designed to overcome fragmentationHow do we measure progress?

• key requirement: a set of verifiable indicators

• Progress of NoE assessed against expected durable integration at the end of EC fundingexpected intermediate steps at the end of each

implementation period

• indicators of the progress achieved are quantitative goals easily checked at the end of each yearor qualitative goals which need analysis


What do we want from EDIT?

• Greater capacity for better researchLong term taxonomic research networkshared protocols including metadatashared data and data structures

• Integration is the key aimfunctional and effective inter-institutional

agreements and decision-making processno un-necessary overlap, no avoidable gapsstrategy for continued collaboration


vision

• what will you be able to do in 5 years time that you cannot do today?

• are there obstacles to achieving that goal?

• what do we do about those obstacles?


EDIT and FP7

• FP7 should include opportunity for taxonomy

• EDIT partners could form consortium to make proposal

• Would provide scientific objective to help consolidate integration


examples of results to be achieved

• Communications inside the network

• Common management of infrastructure

• Common management of human resources

• Common knowledge management

• Network management

• Common methods

• Assured continuation after the end of EC funding


communications inside the network

• Fast electronic connections among participants

• Compatible and harmonised software

• Common data classification

• Common data coding

• Common data base, directly accessible to all participants


common management of infrastructure

• Shared installations and equipment

• Agreements for use of infrastructure

• Access conditions more favourable to members than others outside network


common management of human resources

• Mobility programmes among participants

• Common training programmes for personnel

• Training programmes for students and researchers outside partnership

• Harmonised working conditionssalariessocial protectionetc.


common knowledge management

• Participants share pre-existing knowledge

• Intellectual property rights over results generated by network fairly distributed

• Common patents


common tools

• Establishment of common methods

• All participants use common tools


network management

• participant organisations in legal structure

• participants share management principles

• partners participate in decisionsperhaps weighted using objective criteria

• Steering Committee of decision-making staffof all partnersmeets regularly and frequently


continuation after EC funding

• all participants work on a shared portfolio of projects

• Search for external funding sources

• Decreasing dependence on EC funding


Myths • DG Research is just a funding agency

• NoEs are about doing better research

• Curiosity-driven research is different from policy-relevant research


DG Research - a funding agency?

• Initiating and implementing research policy

• Building a European Research Area

• Supporting other EU policies with science

• Funds research to implement this policy

Myth 1


NoEs - about better research?• Helping institutions to collaborate to

establish conditions for better researchefficiencies of scaleachievement of critical massshared objectives and programme of work

• Integration of institutionsnot primarily a research issueneeds involvement of directors

• Research may contribute to the integrationalways keeping objective in mind

Myth 2


Curiosity - not policy relevant?• Almost all research may have relevance to

policy

• How are the results communicated, and to whom?knowledge management

within the projectoutside the project

develop structure to deliver

Myth 3

sustainable development, global change and ecosystems november 2002 1 edit kick-off meeting...

Documents

global change

sustainable development

competence slide

global effort

centrichistory slide

gbif slide

lasting impact slide

main outcome slide