European project · Citizen science infrastructure

ECS

European Citizen Science network

About the project

Our vision is a globally connected, inclusive and strong citizen science community for social change in Europe.

Building on the work of Eu-Citizen.science (2018–2021), the European Citizen Science (ECS) project continues to consolidate a strong, open citizen science network in Europe.

Highlights of ECS include the creation of a European Citizen Science Academy and a network of 28 ECS Ambassadors, one for each EU member state plus the United Kingdom.

These ambassadors will help activate and support citizen science communities in their own countries.

ECS is a citizen meta-science project. It focuses on supporting citizen science practitioners so that they, in turn, can advance work in the field. Unlike more traditional citizen science projects, it does not work directly with the public.

Project objectives

The main goal of European Citizen Science (ECS) is to enrich and strengthen the citizen science network in Europe, with a particular focus on training researchers, communities and institutions interested in citizen science.

To do this, the project will co-design tools and resources and make them available to the European citizen science community.

The role of Ibercivis

Fundación Ibercivis plays a leading role in developing the European online citizen science platform, leading the work package on its ongoing development.

To achieve this, co-creation workshops are held for researchers and facilitators, who help design and select new services to add to the platform. This co-creation process runs in four cycles, each with a different community, and ends with the selected services being presented at the launch of the updated platform.

The project also has an active communication strategy, led by ECSA, which includes producing and distributing information materials. Ibercivis contributes by adapting and promoting this content through its own communication channels.