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The Citizens4Water platform has gone live in pre-launch (www.citizens4water.org). By the conference, the platform should be tested and filled with input. In this workshop we would like to hightlight the platform to the community, and gather input on the long term vision for the platform.

Abstract

The Flemish knowledge center for citizen science, Scivil, is developing a global repository of citizen science initiatives in freshwater management and hydrology. This repository will (a) allow policy makers to consolidate knowledge from existing water management and hydrology projects from around the world, (b) facilitate researchers and project initiators to develop new or optimize current citizen science projects in water management and hydrology, and (c) identify gaps in current citizen science water management and hydrology practices.

The repository will be in the form of an online platform created for and by the community of actors working citizen science and water and will be embedded in the UNESCO IHP-IX program. It is created using a co-creative approach to make sure it offers an added value for those that will be using it. Throughout a series of workshops, different needs from the community have been captured and are used as a basis for the development of the platform.

With our participation in the workshop, we would like to showcase the platform to the European citizen science community. Additionally, if possible we can take this opportunity to gather input from the community on their projects and on potential opportunities and barriers they see to benefit from the platform on the longer term.