D4.3 Enagement with citizen science trainers and educators (interim report)

This deliverable is an interim report of engagement activities carried out by the European Citizen Science Academy (ECS Academy) coordinators, Université Paris Cité, in relation to its network of citizen science educators and trainers. The ECS Academy is a work package within the European Citizen Science project, that seeks to promote citizen science within various stakeholder spheres, countries, by being a point of reference for training material and by regrouping a community of practice around citizen science training and education to develop training needs. This network is an integral part of the ECS Academy. It regroups 80 members, that provides  both formal and/or informal education to participants in the area of citizen science and community science. This report splits network engagement activities between its first year of creation June 2023- December 2023 and its second year of activities between January 2024-January 2025. During its first year the network was engaged in developing the Roadmap to the European Citizen Science Academy and the network framework for dialogue. In its second year of engagement, network activities varied between co-design sessions, events and information sessions, resources were built and a mailing list was launched.