Today is the #InternationDayOfPotatos set up by Food and Agriculture Organization to celebrate one of the most important source of sustenance in all the world. There are some 5,000 potato varieties worldwide, 3000 of them in the Andes alone.
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PATAFEST

ECS and European Citizen Science Association will be at the Ecsite conference next week, one of the biggest public engagement event in Europe. #citizenscience is one of the hot topics. See you there if you are in Ljubljana. ecsite.wildapricot.org/Conference

Join the European Citizen Science Association team for this informal meetup to celebrate the #WorldEnvironmentDay and tall about #citizenscience .
Not yet an ECSA member? There's still time to join! 😀 More info here: ecsa.ngo/2024/05/02/res…

#GenerationRestoration

And don't forget the legal side! #CitizenScience principle 10: The leaders of citizen science projects take into consideration legal and ethical issues surrounding copyright, intellectual property, data sharing agreements, confidentiality, attribution, and environmental impact.

𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
4 June to discuss how to build resilience to natural ACCTING
ProtCivComuneFirenze
Info and registration 🔗accting.eu/accting-webina… #EUGreenWeek

#𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝟗: Citizen science programmes are evaluated for their scientific output, data quality, participant experience and wider societal or policy impact.
European Citizen Science Association

There is not research without the communication of the results. This is why the #𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝟖 'Citizen scientists are acknowledged in project results and publications' is so important.
European Citizen Science Association

The ECS citizen science ambassador in #Slovakia will make #citizenscience more visible in her country and connect the local with the European levels.

𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆 | 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆
On the eu-citizen.science platform you can find 60 project, 22 resources and 3 trainings on #biodiversity .
eu-citizen.science/projects?keywo…

#𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝟳 concerns data and how to share them.
#FAIR #OpenAccess
@EUCitSci

The ECS #citizenscience ambassadors are the key to connect the local level with the European level. Meet Jasmin from #Germany and get to know the others here:
eu-citizen.science/ecs_project/am…
Jasmin Pfeifer

Today we join UNESCO to celebrate the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development: we value the richness of the world's #cultures , and the essential role of intercultural #dialogue for achieving #peace and sustainable #development .
shorturl.at/cvuzW

EU Sparks for Climate (The SPARKS Project) is seeking participants for 22 local virtual #hackathons from May-June 2024. Needed are teams of #CitizenScientists + #researchers from EU member states & 6 assoc. countries interested in tackling climate challenges: eusparks.eu

The ECS #citizenscience ambassadors are the key to connect the local level with the European level. Meet Lotta from #Sweden and get to know the others here: eu-citizen.science/ecs_project/am…
Vetenskap & Allmänhet (Public & Science Sweden)
Medborgarforskning

Let's continue to explore the #citizenscience principles.
Principle #6: Citizen science is a research approach like any other with limitations and biases. Unlike traditional approaches, it provides opportunity for greater public engagement and democratisation of science.

The 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 took place on May 7, 1824 in Vienna's Kärntnertortheater.
The Ode to Joy represents the triumph of universal brotherhood against war and desperation. Since 1972 it is the Europe's anthem.

50+ people joined us at the ECS cluster event! Here are the main data needs of #CitizenScience practitioners

✅More guidance on data ethics & management
✅More training, not tools, for data analysis & viz
✅Exploring the potential of data altruism strategies

Full report soon😉