European platform for sharing knowledge and experience in coastal science, policy and practice

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ENCORA
European platform for sharing knowledge and
experience in coastal science, policy and practice
Sustainable Development Policies for Islands
Europe, Mediterranean, Greece Networking and
Cooperation 3 5 July 2008 Corfu
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Bottom-up process of sharing coastal knowledge
and experience
www.encora.eu

• Take advantage of EU-scale
• Bridge science-policy-practice
• Overcome fragmentation

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NATIONAL NETWORKS
www.encora.eu
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Hellenic National Network

• 30 member-institutes from various coastal zones
  disciplines (economy, biology, engineering,
  spatial planning etc) and more that 100
  member-individuals
• Dynamic website with continuous updating a
  virtual communication platform for HENCORE
  members
• Organization of coastal related events with
  participants from the broad coastal community
• Establishment of communication channels with
  policy organizations (Greek Ministry of
  Environment) and NGOs
• Information material for dissemination purposes
  (HENCORE leaflet poster)

More info at www.hencore.gr
More info at www.hencore.gr
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THE NETWORKING SERVICES
www.encora.eu
ENCORA
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www.encora.eu
Coastal WIKI
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Coastal WIKI
Online encyclopaedia with articles on coastal
issues created and updated by the communities of
coastal policy, practice and science
www.encora.eu

• Free access
• Categorised in themes
• Help forum
• Linked information layers for experts and
  non-experts
• Science-practice-policy links
• Continuous updates

A few statistics 914 information
pages 786,737 page views 285 registered
users
URL http//www.encora.eu/coastalwiki
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COASTAL WIKI
CATEGORIES

• Natural environment
• Human activities
• Issues and impact
• Areas and locations
• Coastal management
• People and Organizations

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COASTAL WIKI
CATEGORY COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Find how, in each article, different aspects of
coastal management have been explained or put
into practice.

• ASPECTS MAY BE
• Information
• Capacity building
• Participation
• Policy making
• Evaluation
• Regulations

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COASTAL WIKI
TARGET GROUPS

• Policy makers e.g. a coastal mayor,
  EuropeanCommission staff, or managers of
  influential NGOs etc
• Public stakeholders with particular interest in
  coastal and marine information, e.g. water
  sports practitioners, amateur fishermen, seaside
  visitors, etc.
• Practitioners e.g a marine protected aera
  manager, an expert working foradministration, a
  planner or consultant at administrative levels
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• Scientists
• Students and trainees

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Contact details
www.encora.eu
ENCORA Central Coordination Office Waterdienst 820
0 AA Lelystad The Netherlands info_at_encora.eu www.e
ncora.eu
HENCORE Hellenic Coordination Office Aristotle
Univercity Campus Thessaloniki -
Macedonia Greece papatsi_at_civil.auth.gr www.hencore
.gr
ENCORA
1 Feb 2006 1 Feb 2009
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