1.0weobservehttps://www.weobserve.eunikoletta karitsiotihttps://www.weobserve.eu/author/karitsioti/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.weobserve.eu/find-here-the-citizen-observatories-policy-brief/">Α Citizen Observatories policy brief is now available</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.weobserve.eu/find-here-the-citizen-observatories-policy-brief/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Α Citizen Observatories policy brief is now available” — weobserve" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://www.weobserve.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/policy-brief.png393556A Voice for citizens in environmental monitoring Citizen science has a long tradition, the establishment of Citizen Observatories (COs) is recent. It is the big data, the fast developments in Information and Communication technology (ICT) that led in this evolution. The idea behind Citizen Observatories, is to use citizen-powered science in order to address key issues in environmental monitoring. European Union is strongly supporting this endeavor within the FP7 and H2020 programmes, aiming to overcome the obstacles and encourage citizen […]