Guidelines on Best Practice for Citizen Observatories: a Cos4Cloud approach framed by the ECSA 10 Principles of citizen science

This guideline is an output from the Cos4Cloud project which demonstrates best practice for Citizen Observatories (COs), based on the experiences of the COs involved in the project. It highlights COs best practice, developed from implementation, reviewed in the context of the ECSA Ten Principles of Citizen Science which has been applied as a framework. These examples are produced as guidelines for other COs, initiatives and interested stakeholders which if followed, can produce good outcomes

This is one of the best practice guidelines resources highlighting the citizen observatories involved in the development, integration and use of the Cos4Cloud services. These resources demonstrate best practice from these experiences that may be useful for other COs and citizen science initiatives developed and shared by The Open University (OU), in collaboration with project partners, for the Cos4Cloud Toolbox & Evidence Hub.

Best practice guidelines resources designer: Harriett Cornish, OU.

Contact: cos4cloud-toolbox@open.ac.uk