NBN Strategy 2015 – 2020 now published
Written by John Sawyer, CEO, NBN Trust
E: j.sawyer@nbn.org.uk
Twitter: @_JohnSawyer
Over the last 12 months more than 500 people have helped create the NBN’s new five-year strategy that has just been published. That strategy provides the basis for our partnership to grow and expand. It is a launch pad for collaboration to deliver the evidence base for all environmental management and decision-making in the UK. Success will mean Network members have become indispensible to knowledge creation about our natural world.
The Network’s new vision is that: “Biological data collected and shared openly by the Network are central to the UK’s learning and understanding of its biodiversity and are critical to all decision-making about nature and the environment.”
Network members have agreed on the five aims of our new strategic direction. These cover the broad range of our Network’s interests and activity including the recording, mobilising and using data, engaging people about nature and biological recording, building data management infrastructure that meets our growing needs, and supporting the growth of our Network and its constituent members.
Strategy implementation will rely on the support of all Network members working together towards shared goals. This strategy provides us with the opportunity to move our Network beyond informal discussions and common interests to agreed actions and shared decision-making.
The NBN Secretariat is now busy processing feedback and expressions of commitment on the draft NBN Action plan. A work programme is being drafted that will involve the creation of working groups, made up of Network members, to tackle actions that we collectively see as priorities (see more on this in the latest news item).
Thanks go to each and every one of our Network members that have helped create this new Network strategy.
The NBN Secretariat team is excited about the next steps, turning our strategy into tangible outputs and outcomes for the benefit of us all.
Download the NBN Strategy 2015 – 2020 (5MB PDF)
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