Organisation: Environment Agency
Location: National
The Evidence Sharing Platform Project aimed to test online platforms to facilitate multi-way information sharing within the Environment Agency and between EA and the rest of the CaBA partnerships.
In addition, through workshops and discussions, the Task & Finish Group established protocols, recommendations and guidance to enable community groups to more effectively input to River Basin Management Planning, an area where the EA and Defra have previously been taken to judicial review. Sharing of near real-time field work and monitoring plans to enable better coordination between CaBA partners will allow everyone involved to collaboratively deliver the updated river basin management plan in the most efficient fashion.
This was a rapid trial of online platforms to facilitate multi-way information sharing within the Environment Agency and between EA and CaBA partnerships. Outputs included the development of protocols, recommendations and guidance for facilitating community groups to more effectively input to River Basin Management Planning and sharing of field work and monitoring plans to enable better coordination between CaBA partners.
Click below to download a template two-way data sharing agreement drafted in consultation with the Environment Agency’s licensing team. This sets out principles to guide information sharing for both sides, sets out a license for CaBA partners to share their data with others, and also provides guidance for EA staff on which datasets are governed by different licensing agreements.