LIFESTYLES

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Joint Research Centre
Communication at ACCENT NetworkPublic
Information and Policy Supporthttp//www.accent-n
etwork.orghttp//alba.jrc.it/blog/accent
T. Pedrosa
JRC - 20.04.07
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summary

• DG Joint Research Centre
• ACCENT Network
• Outreach task
• Urbino questions
• Science Shops
• PIPS Portal

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JRCs Mission
to provide customer-driven scientific and
technical support for the conception,
development, implementation and monitoring of EU
policies

• EU Policy support
• Scientific-technical reference systems
• Research partnerships
• Specific actions

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ACCENT Network - goals
Atmospheric Composition Change, The European
Network of Excellence

• promote a common European strategy for research
  on atmospheric composition change
• develop means of communication and collaboration
  within the European scientific community
  (facilitate the research)
• optimise two-way interaction with policy-makers
  and the general public outreach tasks

• Training and education
• Integration of scientific activities with
  policy-making and public participation Public
  Information and Policy Support

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ACCENT is funded by the European Commission under
6th Framework Programme 6, in the area Global
Change and Ecosystems. It runs from 2004 till
2009.
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Public Information and Policy Support (PIPS)

• Answers to the Urbino Questions - interaction
  with policy-makers
• Science shop - interactions with the general
  public
• Public Information and Policy Support portal -
  interaction with policy-makers, society and media
• Awareness among the research community -
  courses, science cafes

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Answers to the Urbino Questions
Answers to the Urbino Questions is ACCENTs first
policy-driven synthesis report Summarises the
answers by the atmospheric chemistry and air
pollution research community to questions posed
by the policy makers regarding the robustness of
the analysis leading to the European Commissions
2005 Thematic strategic on Air Pollution.
written by scientists for and to some extent in
collaboration with policy-makers
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the process
2005 2006 2007
Preparation work with DG ENV 1st ACCENT
Symposium at Urbino (September) Discussion
session between scientists and Policy-makers Formu
lation of Urbino Questions Set up of ACCENT Study
groups (January) Workshop with lead authors to
prepare the report (May) Answers to Urbino
Questions (June) Support document with more than
40 pages Booklet published (October) Information
used on the new models employed to access the
strategy
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contributors
editors Frank Raes, DG JRC, European
Commission Jens Hjorth, DG JRC, European
Commission lead authors Isabelle Bey, EPFL,
Lausanne (CH) Peter Builtjes, TNO, Apeldoorn
(NL) David Fowler, CEH, Edinburgh (UK) Gerard
Jennings, University of Galway (IRE) Paul Monks,
University of Leicester (UK) Colin ODowd,
University of Galway (IRE) David Stevenson,
University of Edinburgh (UK) contributors with
text and/or comments Markus Amann, IIASA,
Laxenburg (AU) Peter Borrell, PPB Consultants,
Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK) Fabrizia Cavalli, DG
JRC, European Commission Kees Cuvelier, DG JRC,
European Commission Frank Dentener, DG JRC,
European Commission Richard Derwent, rdscientific
(UK) Maria Cristina Facchini, ISAC/CNR, Bologna
(IT) Johannes Feichter, MPI, Hamburg
(DE) Caroline Forster, NILU, (NO) Sandro Fuzzi,
ISAC/CNR, Bologna (IT) Peringe Grennfelt, IVL
(SE) Hans-Christian Hansson, University of
Stockholm (SE)
Roy Harrison, University of Birmingham (UK) Nick
Hewitt, University of Lancaster (UK) Jan-Eiof
Jonson, MET.NO, Oslo (NO) Maria Kanakidou,
University of Crete, Heraklion (GR) Nicolas
Moussiopoulos, University of Thessaloniki
(GR) Eiko Nemitz, CEH, Edinburgh (UK) Spyros
Pandis, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburg
(USA) Joseph Prospero, University of Miami, Miami
(USA) Jean-Philippe Putaud, DG JRC, European
Commission Xavier Querol, Instituto de Ciencias
de la Terra, Barcelona (SP) Michel Rossi, EPFL,
Lausanne (CH) Guenther Seufert, DG JRC, European
Commission David Simpson, MET.NO, Oslo (NO) Douw
Steyn, University of British Columbia
(Canada) Andreas Stohl, NILU, Oslo (NO) Martin
Schultz, FZ Julich (DE) Rob Swart, MNP, Bilthoven
(NL) Philippe Thunis, DG JRC, European
Commission Rita Van Dingenen, DG JRC, European
Commission Wilfried Winiwarter, ARC Systems
Research, Vienna (AU) Karl Espen Yttri, NILU,
Oslo (NO) Andre Zuber, DG ENV, European Commission
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Urbino Answers Survey
More open process

• Suggestions
• Organisation of more workshops with scientists
  with policy-makers (participatory methods)
• Use of internet (platforms)
• Involve more policy-makers

• Functions
• To trigger discussion
• To inform about the next research steps
• To educate (pedagogical function)
• As a source for policy making

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All answerers want to participate in future
activities
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ongoing
Gothenburg Questions First meeting at March 2007
with EMEP policy makers Second ACCENT
Symposium Questions July 2007
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Science Shop

• contact point between science and society
• (usually) based on university research groups
• free or very-low cost access to scientific
  knowledge
• help to achieve social and environmental
  improvement
• Public results

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(EC, 2005 KI-72-05-572-EN-D)
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Science Shop at ACCENT

• the development of methods for co-operation and
  dialogue between civil society organisations and
  research institutions
• recommendations for future research and research
  strategies in analysis, abatement and prevention
  of air pollution developed through dialogue and
  interaction between research institutions and
  civil society

• Examples
• Air borne exposure from pesticides citizen
  group
• Air pollution caused by traffic national
  cyclist organisation
• Particle pollution from stoves citizen group

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PIPS Portal
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PIPS structure

Policy

Society

Dialogue
Press

Science

Library
Public Information and Policy Support
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Main features

• Press Releases Database - including template and
  guidelines
• World Blog News and News from the world
• Library - upload of documents and possibility to
  comment
• Multimedia content - images, animations,
  narratives or interviews
• Questions and Answers with role selection
• Live chatting - e2FocusGroup

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Public Information and Policy Support (PIPS)
http//alba.jrc.it/blog/accent
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world news (blogs press)
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Multimedia content
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library comments
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questions and answers roles
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e2FocusGroup
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