About WP8

Training and Public Awareness

Leader : Thierry Backeljau (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)

Training the next generation of taxonomists is of paramount importance. We need to avoid the loss of expertise, of specific skills, as well as disseminate the new technologies and methodologies of taxonomy. EDIT supports large-scale and one-on-one training, and integrates the partners’ powerful public awareness resources.

Activities:

1. Assess the training resources for taxonomy in Europe

Catalogue of training resources

2. Mobilisation of European training providers into the Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST)

3. Establishment of pilot schemes for integration in DEST

4. Set-up of the Distributed European School of Taxonomy

EDIT Summer Schools

Expert-in-training Programme

Modern Taxonomy Programme

5. Public Awareness for the promotion of taxonomy

Biodiversity Year Schedule of Events

Taxonomy Success Stories