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Circulaire economie en duurzaam materialenbeheer. Principes van circulaire economie. Commons Abundance Network. Imagine if i . . . read the good news. Peer-to-Patent is a pilot project in collaboration with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

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It was established in 2007 and recently extended/expanded to June 15, 2009. It is focused on helping the patent office perform high-quality examinations of pending patent applications by enlisting the public to help find and explain prior art.... Peer-to-Patent uses social software features to facilitate discussion amongst groups of volunteer experts. Users can upload prior art references, participate in discussion forums, rate other user submissions, add research references, invite others, and more. This helps the examiners focus their attention on the submission(s) of prior art that have the highest relevance to an application.

Weblog - The Dandelion Project. MindMapping: Mind Maps, PDF Management and Reference Management Combined. Academic reference management software for researchers. Citizen Science Toolbox. Citizen juries aim to draw members of the community into participative processes where the community is distanced from the decision-making process or a process is not seen as being democratic.

Citizen Science Toolbox

More details Collaborative Research: Linking communities, scientists and decision-makers The Citizen Science Toolbox is a free resource of principles and strategies to enhance meaningful stakeholder involvement in decision-making. Stakeholders include not only communities, but also scientists and decision-makers. Meaningful involvement of all stakeholders occurs through a commitment to social learning - learning on the part of communities, other stakeholders and institutions.

BELIEF II — BELIEF-II. Kanaal van EuropeanGrid. Groundwork London. Stockholm Resilience Centre. Ecology and Society. Learning for Sustainability - a clearinghouse for resources that help people collaborate and innovate. Forum: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development - Publications. Author(s): Will Allen Citation: websiteURL: This guide to on-line resources is designed for government and agency staff, NGOs, researchers and other community leaders working in community development, public health and natural resource management sectors.

Forum: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development - Publications

It acts as a gathering point for resources that have been developed in these separate sectors, and supports the sharing of ideas across sectors. The site structure highlights a number of activity areas or strands that are prerequisites for social learning, and points to how these strands are woven together in practice. These strands include networking, dialogue, adaptive management, knowledge management and evaluation.