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ENDURE Workplan
ENDURE is managed and coordinated by a permanent scientific bureau composed of the coordinator, Antoine Messéan, and scientific officer, Marco Barzman, both from France’s National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). ENDURE has four working groups, which are further divided into specific tasks. You can find details of these below. To contact the task leaders, use the standard ENDURE contact form.
| Working Group 1: ENDURE R&D Strategy | ||
| Task 1.1 Identify and promote R&D priorities | Leader: Antoine Messéan, INRA, France | Objectives: To refine R&D priorities and needs at the European and Member State level through internal discussions, the Stakeholder Group and invited experts using the Foresight Study as a supporting tool. To promote the priorities identified at the European and national levels. |
| Task 1.2 Foster international collaboration | Leader: Jean-Louis Sarah, CIRAD, France | Objective: To develop and strengthen links with partners outside Europe by including them in common research projects, education and training sessions and fostering two-way mobility of scientists. |
| Working Group 2: Develop and connect research resources | ||
| Task 2.1 ENDURE Resource Centre | Leaders: Per Kudsk, Aarhus University, Denmark and Ian Denholm, Rothamsted Research, UK | Objectives: Developing the ENDURE Resource Centre, pooling ENDURE research resources and offering services to the research community. |
| Task 2.2 IPM education | Leader: Camilla Moonen, SSSA, Italy | Objectives: Contribute to the structure and content of higher education (Masters and PhD) on IPM and disseminate related educational material targeting young scientists (PhD and post-doc). Establishing links with vocational agricultural schools. |
| Task 2.3 Mobility | Leader: Maurizio Sattin, CNR, Italy | Objectives: Promoting opportunities for mobility among ENDURE members and facilitating the aggregation of institutions to implement common mobility plans. |
| Working Group 3: Scientific support to policy | ||
| Task 3.1 Support implementation of Thematic Strategy | Leaders: Piet Boonekamp, WUR, The Netherlands and Bernd Hommel, JKI, Germany | Objectives: Establishing ENDURE as a recognised major source of scientific support on crop protection and as a favoured contact point of the EC for questions of national or EU policy relevance. |
| Task 3.2 Network of Experts | Leader: Silke Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, JKI, Germany | Objectives: To strengthen ENDURE as a European reference point and position it as a provider of services producing assessments based on the knowledge and expertise available in ENDURE and within relevant partners. |
| Working Group 4: Support to extension | ||
| Task 4.1 ENDURE Information Centre | Leader: Huub Schepers, WUR, The Netherlands | Objectives: Establishing ENDURE as a major source of documentary support on practical IPM solutions. To enrich and update the ENDURE Information Centre through a demand-driven approach and strengthen the sense of adviser ownership of the ENDURE Information Centre. |
| Task 4.2 ENDURE Network of Advisers and training material | Leader: Jens Erik Jensen, VFL, Denmark | Objectives: The ENDURE Network of Advisers facilitates knowledge-sharing and a collective reflection within the agricultural extension community across Europe. It also serves as a link between ENDURE and that community. |
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