In the Kune-Vain-Tale region in Albania, the project works on RRI issues Public Engagement and Governance, using in particular citizen science.
The region is characterised by its high vegetation and biodiversity and a high potential for sustainable tourism. The lagoon is administered at central and regional level, by the National Agency of Protected Areas, and the respective Regional Administration of Protected Areas. It is one of the several located along the Albanian coast and the respective model of governance, if successful, robust and resilient could be replicated to the whole coastal area. The knowledge produced thorough the intervention should inform common pool governance of the resources.
The R&I ecosystem of the region and knowledge among the actors on ecosystem services is small. Initiatives are going on in relation to industrial and digital innovation and less on environmental and ecological sustainability. The S3 process has started since 2017, but no mapping results or policy documents have been published to date.
Citizen science activities piloted in WBC-RRI.NET refer to the participative assessment methods on the ecosystem services and shall increase cooperation between the public, decision-makers and a variety of stakeholders, enhancing the quadruple helix network in the Qark of Lezha. The anchor initiative directly contributes to science education, public engagement, and open, good governance.
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10 recommendations for more inclusive and improved STE(A)M education
The recommendations are result of the Mutual Learning and Open Dialogue workshop with students and professors from WBC on their perspectives on RRI and STE(A)M, facilitated by Dalibor Drljaca, HRTD Cluster, held on April 27, 2023 during the WBC-RRI.NET event “Engaging Science with and for Youth” in Banja Luka. How to make lectures in STE(A)M…
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POLICY BRIEF Co-creating Responsible Research and Innovation activities: Experiences from the Western Balkans
Initial WBC-RRI.NET policy brief.
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Update on the activities of the Working Group 3 Open Access and Open Science
A brief overview of what has been done by our WG3 members in the previous period.
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Update on the activities of the Working Group 2 Public Engagement and Science Education
A brief overview of what our WG2 members have been up to in the previous period and the future plans.
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Update on the activities of the Working Group 1 Gender and Ethics
A brief overview of what our WG1 members have been up to in the previous period.
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Co-design of anchor initiatives: form needs to vision
Brief summary of the visions each WB territory wants to pursue according to the realised co-design workshops.
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Gender Equality Plans in the Western Balkans
Mapping Gender Equality Plans in the Western Balkans.
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Event review: 2nd co-design workshop in Kune-Vain-Tale Lagoon
This event focused on co-creation of activities for assessing the ecosystem services in the lagoon, as part of the implementation of the future scenario vision for 2024.
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Event review: 1st co-design workshop in Kune-Vain-Tale Lagoon
This co-design workshop brought together representatives from national and local quadruple helix actors, to discuss the future scenario for the development of the ‘RRI’ anchor initiative in Albania, in the Kune-Vain-Tale lagoon.
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