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Key recommendations connecting citizen science with policy and practice

• Policy brief

  Achieving Zero Pollution by 2050: The role and potential of citizen science in the implementation of the EU Directive on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe

  The brief presents two main policy recommendations: 1) Enable collaborative and transparent monitoring and feedback mechanisms to support better-informed Air Quality Plans…
• Policy brief

  Cooperation with Citizen Observatories: addressing social and technological barriers

  This policy brief presents a framework for enabling cooperation between government authorities and Citizen Observatories (COs) in urban environmental monitoring and policymaking.…
• Policy brief

  Decision making based on trusted data in the European Data Spaces

  This policy brief presents a framework for integrating Citizen Generated Data into the European Green Deal Data Space, with a focus on…

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Connecting citizen science, policy and practice

• Workshop recording4/08/2025

  European Policy Workshop

  In June 2025, the CitiObs held the European Policy Workshop: Citizen Science & Air Quality, bringing together local, regional, and EU-level actors to explore how citizen science and community-generated data can shape the future of air quality monitoring and support the implementation of the revised EU Ambient Air Quality Directive.
• Workshop recording26/05/2026

  Using Citizen-Generated Air Quality Data for Better Health Outcomes

  This online dialogue brought together air-quality and health experts, citizen scientists and CitiObs cases to examine how citizen-generated data can support healthier cities. Presentations and a roundtable discussion explored data quality and air-quality mapping, personal exposure, school-based monitoring and the use of evidence in policy and decision-making. Participants discussed the importance of clear routes from data to action, collaboration and communicating findings in ways that different audiences can use.