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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. } 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

5. 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.

6. 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

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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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.

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