1.0weobservehttps://www.weobserve.euNikoletta Karitsiotihttps://www.weobserve.eu/author/nkaritsioti/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.weobserve.eu/fostering-citizen-observatories-to-address-environmental-challenges/">Fostering Citizen Observatories to address environmental challenges</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/fostering-citizen-observatories-to-address-environmental-challenges/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Fostering Citizen Observatories to address environmental challenges” — weobserve" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://www.weobserve.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/weobserve-brief_ecosystem.jpg464439European Commission highlighted the WeObserve efforts to consolidate knowledge collected from Citizen Observatories, Communities of Practice and other initiatives in the two recent policy briefs. Read below the article that was published in European Commission website.   Citizens Observatories are initiatives that engage citizens and other stakeholders in community-based environmental monitoring. The connection between citizens and the policy communities is often limited to data gathering. Active partnership in policy and governance are missing. In addition, the relevance of Citizen Science […]