The Natura 2000 Good Practice Exchange Dr Andrew Sier CEH, UK

Background Stakeholder involvement Sharing of … Extend good practice Knowledge Problems Ideas and solutions Extend good practice Briefly remind people of the need for wide involvement from many different groups in order to achieve the conservation goals of Natura 2000 and to balance conservation with sustainable economic and social use of the sites. Emphasise the need to work together, sharing knowledge, problems and solutions, and the benefits of recognising and disseminating good practice. www.natura2000exchange.eu

Aims of the website To enable stakeholders in Natura 2000 sites to exchange information and best practice … … to help them find and share solutions to Natura 2000-related problems To help build network(s) of people involved in all aspects of Natura 2000 Following on from previous slide, briefly explain the aims of the website as a tool for enabling this exchange www.natura2000exchange.eu

} N2000 GPE concept Free to use / Open to all Easy to use Simple to manage (Plone CMS) Low cost Different degrees of use: ‘Anonymous’ (browse and read) ‘Engaged’ (discussion forum) ‘Very active’ (add content) ‘Manager’ (‘owns’, develops, extends) } Set down some basic design ideals for the website. Points 1-4 should enable the website to be sustainable in the longer term, with flexibility over who hosts and manages the site. With the last point, explain that the site must cater for people with differing levels of web usage. Could also mention that potentially the site could allow for content in other languages than English. Log in www.natura2000exchange.eu

Structure: Main site plus mini-sites Focus on specific sectors Help structure content Attract sectoral practitioners and experts Are open and free Can be developed to meet needs Interlinked – one sector can learn from another Top level Generic information Angling Tourism Forestry Sea-ports Mini-sites Briefly describe the broad structure of the site and highlight the mini-sites idea, as a tool for more directly engaging different sectors but in a more open environment. www.natura2000exchange.eu

This and the next 5 slides show screen shots, enabling me to point out a few features. This is the home page. Emphasise: navigation, search box, news and events lists, features panel and login box

This is the list of tools, run through these very quickly but direct people to the leaflet for more information.

Issue exchange: Example issue An example of an issue posted in the Issue Exchange. Briefly explain: simple form entry (instructions on right), comment button for logged-in users to add a response. Comment button for to replying

Adding a resource Simple instructions An example form, showing how adding content is quite simple. Simple instructions

Standard Google Maps interface Directory – map view Use to illustrate that it is possible to show point-based information, in this case organisation profiles in the Directory Standard Google Maps interface Filter by sector

Ideally set-up with an organisation who can ‘manage’ the mini-site A mini-site Ideally set-up with an organisation who can ‘manage’ the mini-site Shows the home page of a mini-site. This one set up in partnership with an organisation (the Institute for Infrastructure, Environment and Innovation). Point out that structure is similar to top-level (About, Issue Exchange, Case Studies, Directory, Resources & Links, News, Events). Any content added in a mini-site is also visible at the top-level, which aggregates content from across the website. But the mini-site potentially allows people to network with others who share common sectoral interests. Same basic structure as top level – Issue Exchange, Case Studies, etc.

Next steps Promote site Develop more mini-sites, working with users Link from EC website Encourage users to join Develop more mini-sites, working with users Seek feedback and assess possible improvements Briefly explain that the site is online. It’s been developed with some input from potential users, but it has not yet been widely promoted, so the next steps is to encourage greater use. www.natura2000exchange.eu

www.natura2000exchange.eu Andrew Sier: arjs@ceh.ac.uk Point out the leaflet.