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Scivil – citizen science centre in Belgium

We connect people, projects, and expertise to strengthen citizen science in Flanders (Belgium) and beyond. Discover resources, best practices, and inspiring initiatives.
🌐 www.scivil.be/en
#CitizenScience #Citsci
Webinar:

🌊Discover the launch of Citizens4Water, the global platform for #CitizenScience projects on hydrology & water management: buff.ly/oCtM20w

🎤Do you have your own project on this topic? Present it in a 2-min pitch: buff.ly/vUBEQdw
Join our webinar: Launch Citizens4Water 🌍

💧Discover citizen science projects on water worldwide
💧Learn about #Citizens4Water, the global inventory of citizen science projects on water

✅ Register! buff.ly/oCtM20w
📢 Want to pitch your own project? Apply before Jan 8: buff.ly/vUBEQdw
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Make connections during the CS-NL Network Day 2026! 🌟

Meet citizen science colleagues, do workshops and get updates on the national NL network during this inspiring event in the Netherlands!

📅 29 Jan 2026 |🕰️ 09:30–17:30 |🏫 Bibliotheek Neude, Utrecht

🚀 Registrations now open: buff.ly/ZOP2DGt
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📣 Workshop: Getting Started with Citizen Science

Would you like to apply #CitizenScience to your project or research? 💡

Join us on 19 February in Leuven for a hands-on workshop and turn your initial idea into a project plan!

👉 Info & registration: buff.ly/wfUlXa0
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
ECSA 2026 Conference
Early Bird registration now open📝🐦

Scivil is excited to join @ecsa.ngo from 3–6 March 2026 in the snowy and inspiring Oulu, Finland

✅ Early Bird until 27 Jan
👉 Register here: buff.ly/oXRJQyU

Will we see you there? 👀 Drop a comment below 👇
Registration
ECSA2026 Registration and fees All participants (convenors, authors, chairs, discussants, organisers, keynotes, plenary speakers, guests, volunteers and attending committee members) must register via…
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December 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Want to know more about the latest EU funding opportunities for public engagement?

👇 Join this online event by EUSEA: Understanding the New European Commission Funding Landscape

📅 Tue. Dec. 16 | 🕐 12:30–14:00 CET
🎁 Competitive Edge: Understanding the New European Commission Funding Landscape

📅 Date: December 16
⏰ Time: 12:30–14:00 CET
🔗 Online

Find out more here:
eusea.info/news/competi...

#publicengagement #scicomm #sciencecommunication #funding #EUprojects
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🎧Podcast Bits & Atomen: Scivil presents #Maarallee (NL)

In the latest episode of Bits & Atomen, @anneliesduerinckx.bsky.social (Scivil) presents Maarallee, our new Citizen Science project

🤖 Maarallee’s mission is to help AI understand Flemish. Want to know why & how?👉 Listen here: buff.ly/iQWI9cp
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🎁 Competitive Edge: Understanding the New European Commission Funding Landscape

📅 Date: December 16
⏰ Time: 12:30–14:00 CET
🔗 Online

Find out more here:
eusea.info/news/competi...

#publicengagement #scicomm #sciencecommunication #funding #EUprojects
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 & 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

If you work at topics relevant to citizen science for evidence-based policy and decision-making promote the call or consider submitting an abstract.

Find out more: participatorysciences.org/2025/10/15/c...
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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💧💻 Webinar: Turning Water Quality Data into Action

Join this webinar by Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences and discover how citizen science data on water quality can lead to real change in your community!

📅 December 4, 2025 | 7 PM CET

👉 Register: buff.ly/Hu0YbBH
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🎙️ Interview

Belgium’s first Citizen Science Fair showcased 30+ projects in the garden of @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social🦖

It brought together policymakers, researchers & citizens! 👐

Learn more about this event in our interview with Carolina Doran (@ecs_ngo) & Steve Bers (Scivil) 👉 buff.ly/R4PjeG9
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📢 Call for Contributions
Festival “Transforming Public Action” by OpenLab.brussels (📅 April 22–23, 2026)

Got a #CitizenScience project, game, artwork, or research that can inspire and transform public policy and action?

➡️ Submit your proposal by Dec 12: buff.ly/ANfEZTU
💬 NL & FR
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📢 Event: BeCoDigital

#BeCoDigital explored how digital technologies and AI can enhance citizen co-creation in a government context

In this closing event, KULeuven, UNamur & UAntwerp share the results of the project

🔗Register: buff.ly/JAbhMmE

🗓️ Tue 9 Dec |🕒13h30–16h |📍Brussels
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
At Dag van de Wetenschap (Day of Science), we saw how #CitizenScience sparks curiosity & excitement in visitors of all ages. This is what citizen science is all about! 🍃🌠🔬

Thank you to everyone who passed by, and to @dagvandewetenschap.bsky.social for an amazing day! 🩵

#DvdW2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📚Online workshop: Citizen Science in Education
📅1 Dec | 14:00–15:30 CET

@oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social wants your input:

❓Which tools and services can help integrate citizen science into education?

Interested? Email 📧 elisabeth.schauermann@oead.at
Workshop is part of @riecs-concept.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🎓@au.dk is organising 2 workshops on #CitizenScience
🌐Online, English, open to all

1️⃣Introducing citizen science: Fundamental principles & interactive cases (🗓️27/11/25)

2️⃣Participant recruitment & community engagement (🗓️4/12/25)

🔗Info: buff.ly/6MOpNIn

The workshops are part of PATTERN (EU-funded)
27 Nov & 4 Dec 2025: Citizen Science Workshops (online)
Aarhus University logo
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November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Step into the world of citizen science!🚶🌇🍂

Explore a free, interactive citizen science trail in Louvain-la-Neuve, created by UCLouvain and Scivil

Discover:
🪧Posters showcasing UCLouvain’s projects
🧩Fun hands-on activities

👉Info (FR): buff.ly/YQ7b3HO

️ℹ️17-21 November, between 9 AM and 5 PM, FR
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you an archaeologist, (art) historian or heritage professional? 💼📜

Curious about #CitizenScience but not sure where to start?

📣Join our #workshop with FARO and turn your ideas into concrete citizen science projects in the heritage sector

Info: buff.ly/zCqYP5h

🗓️ 9 Dec. 2025 |📍 Brussels | 💬NL
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
💧 Interested in #CitizenParticipation in water research?

CIW is organising an💡inspiration session

Get inspired by 5 projects and a keynote by Uta Wehn (IHE Delft) on international trends in citizen science & water

ℹ️Info: buff.ly/m8unU8a

🗓️Mon 8 Dec | 🕒 13:30–17:00 | 📍Leuven |💬 Primarily in Dutch
Inspiratiesessie: Burgerparticipatie in wateronderzoek
Het platform burgerwetenschap van CIW nodigt je uit voor voor een inspirerende namiddag rond burgerparticipatie in watergerelateerd onderzoek in Leuven op maandag 8 december van 13:30 tot…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢 Event by VITO: We Are Days

#WeAre is an online platform that enables #citizens to collect, connect, and share health data from various sources

Network, explore practical tools, and discover the technology behind the platform

🗓️ 25–26 November 2025 |📍Antwerp

🔗 Register:
We Are Days
We Are: your data, your story Locatie: KAVA Congres Centrum, Consciencestraat 41, 2018 Antwerpen. Lees hier meer over de bereikbaarheid. Tijdens dit tweeda...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Join this 💻 webinar on #Citizens4Water and discover how #CitizenScience can make a meaningful impact in hydrology and water management 💧

Register ➡️ buff.ly/HNLkNmo

Organised in the framework of Acting4Water, an EU-funded project addressing water scarcity
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📣#Survey shout-out!

What makes citizen science trustworthy?

Fill in the survey by AfricaMuseum, designed with IIASA:

🔍 Rate trustworthiness of hypothetical citizen science projects
✅Open to all! Regardless of previous experience with citizen science

The survey: conjointly.online/study/622299...
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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🌎Citizens4Water is a global inventory of #CitizenScience projects about:

💧Hydrology
💧Water management

Are you involved in a project?
Would you like to learn more?

️Go to www.citizens4water.org and join the community!

C4W is a project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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💧 Citizens4Water is live!

C4W is a global platform for citizen science projects in #hydrology and #water management 🌎

🌊Submit your project on www.citizens4water.org

🪲Any bugs on the platform? Share your feedback: buff.ly/zAXrKfz

Project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🌟Online Inspiration Session: Inclusive Citizen Science

How to make #CitizenScience inclusive? Learn tools & insights during this free session, organised by Citizen Science Contact Point at @VUB

📅 10 Nov | 13:00–14:00

✅ Examples from UrbanReleaf, Engage SDG & CitiObs

👉 Register: buff.ly/rXP8c6y
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October 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM