Task Force 1: Data and Knowledge Sharing

• Develop metadata standards for key NbS indicators to improve the measurement and understanding of NbS effectiveness.
• Promote knowledge exchange by sharing lessons learned and best practices across EU-funded projects.
• Support Oppla, the EU Repository for NbS, in cataloguing and disseminating project outputs and case studies for greater impact.
• Collaborate with the EU Science Service and related initiatives to meet policy needs for high-quality NbS and biodiversity data.
• Explore emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, and help projects anticipate and benefit from future innovations.

• Metadata templates for NbS indicators: Developing standardised templates to guide the collection and reporting of NbS monitoring data.
• TF1 Hackathon: An annual collaborative event where members co-create solutions to real-world data and knowledge-sharing challenges.
• Learning events: Webinars and workshops led by TF1 members and guest experts, sharing insights on data and knowledge management.
• Horizon scanning: Monitoring new projects, tools and technologies to keep the community informed and future-ready.
• Resources and case studies: Supporting projects in sharing their outputs with the Oppla and NetworkNature repositories.
• PERENNIAL: a PERsistent, Evolving, REpository for Network Nature’s Impact-modelling, Analytics and machine-Learning.

Facilitator: Paul Mahony, Oppla

Email: paul@oppla.eu