Mutual learning exercise – Citizen science initiatives – Policy and practice – Final report

This Final Report describes a strategic vision for Citizen Science at the national level based on the thematic topics discussed throughout the MLE and presents an approach to achieving those aims via ‘backcasting’. Recommendations for actions to be taken towards establishing an enabling environment for supporting, sustaining and scaling up Citizen Science are drawn from the Challenge Papers, Discussion Papers and Thematic Reports produced by this MLE. Rather than suggest one linear route for embedding Citizen Science in mainstream research, innovation and policy making processes, this Report recommends a more flexible, co-created, and context-specific - but also ambitious - approach that builds on the substantial foundation for cross-national learning and inspiration that this MLE provided.