Structure

Objectives
To provide a roadmap to set-up physical and virtual (national) reference collections, deployment of hybrid (physical and virtual) frameworks for generating and curating reference collections of specific taxonomic or functional groups and implement the mentioned collections for pollinators.

Deliverables
D1. A roadmap to set-up reference collections
D2. Species level online access to European reference collections and virtual reference collections of selected groups linked to pollination systems

Objectives

• To provide a cross-cutting CETAF Taxonomic Resolution Engine (TRE) for linking taxonomic resources and to allow
  cross-domain data integration.
• To provide workflows for synchronising local taxonomies with the taxonomic backbone.
• To integrate the TRE in the landscape of European and global linked biodiversity data infrastructures.

Deliverables
D3. Functional optimised EU Nomen processes and services up and running
D4. Functional workflow for mapping local taxonomies established and documented

Objectives

•  Consolidate the service landscape facilitating development, and application of taxonomic knowledge.

• Improve the FAIRness of available online tools and services for taxonomy.

• Improve access to taxonomic expertise and their services, serving different categories of users.

• Create a marketplace for connecting demand and supply of expertise and services in taxonomy.

Deliverables

D5. A pilot implementation for a taxonomic e-services and resources marketplace

D6.  Guide for marketing of indexed taxonomic expertise

Objectives

• Create a digital training knowledge database of already implemented, tested, validated, and standardised training materials, activities, courses, platforms, and technologically innovative tools on taxonomy.

• Make a digital network of skilled trainers on taxonomy, acting as a “multiplier task force” under the “Training of Trainers” (ToT) model, in biodiversity hotspots and protected areas.

• Develop a framework for training courses (online and face-to-face), facilitating interlinkage and knowledge transfer by expert taxonomists to taxonomy-related occupations in order to build taxonomic knowledge, behaviours, skills and capacities in biodiversity hotspots and protected areas.

Deliverables

D7. Development of the training framework

D8. First draft design of pilot trainings

Objectives

• Foster career development by identifying relevant opportunities in the public and private sectors, opening an inclusive graduate school to engage the new generation, and empowering taxonomists to further engage in multidisciplinary initiatives.

• Develop pathways to sustainable funding by writing the business case for a European Agency of Taxonomy.

Deliverables

D9. A Landscape analysis on taxonomic expertise needs and gap analysis on academic taxonomic training

D10.  The European Agency for Taxonomy business case

Objectives

• To evaluate innovative species identification and delimitation tools to create best practice on their use.

• To support third party projects that want to use innovative techniques within their projects.

• To use technology to guide capacity building and prioritisation in taxonomy from an infrastructural and human resources perspective.

Deliverables

D11. The infrastructure for creation of shared image & sound recognition algorithms online is available

D12. Free, user-friendly web-platform for integrative species delimitation analyses, incl. video tutorials

Objectives

• Support, guide and supervise the establishment of adequate facilities in a pilot number of local nodes: 

  •       enable the transfer of knowledge from educators, fundamental research and collections holders to people working in practice in biodiversity conservation in local nodes, hotspots, and protected areas 
  •       activate mechanisms to engage taxonomy related participation in the field.
• Design and deploy a cascade funding mechanism to third party projects (3PP) to test the implementation of the developments under WP1, WP4 and WP6.
• Based on 3PP results and other data, make recommendations on building capacity in taxonomy and ensuring long-term sustainability of the novel networks developed under the 3PP.

Deliverables

D13. Documentation package for the Call for proposals for 3PP

D14. Blueprint for Taxonomic Capacity Building

Objectives

• Provide communication tools and mechanisms.

• Disseminate and outreach the outcomes of the third-party projects and the pilot activities.

• Secure uptake of the project results.

• Highlight the importance of taxonomic work and the need to spread and widen up its reach.

• Promote the work of taxonomists towards different societal agents.

• Engage with the targeted audiences for the transfer of knowledge.

• Develop knowledge transfer mechanisms between taxonomic experts to citizen scientists.

Deliverables

D15. Internal Communication Strategy

D16. Plan for Dissemination and Exploitation of Results

D17. Update on Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PDER)

D18. Policy brief 1

D19. Policy brief 2

Objectives

• Enable a secured reliable space for collaborative work across partnership.

• Set-up and operate the key-project governance and management bodies, ensure quality, identify risks, and implement mitigation actions as needed.

• Define adequate planning and ensure effective and compliant implementation of the project.

• Provide administrative and financial management and overall coordination of the project.

• Ensure that project’s deliverables are produced on time, in high quality and within budget.

Deliverables

D20. Data Management Plan

D21. Update  (1)

D22. Update (2)

Objectives
The objective is to ensure compliance with the ‘ethics requirements’ set out in this work package. 

Deliverables

D23. Final reports from the independent Ethics Advisor