CAMERAS Work Programme 2012-13

CAMERAS WORK PROGRAMME 2012-13

The CAMERAS work programme has been separated into three categories to allow a proportionate project management approach to be taken.

Core Projects

  • These workstreams make up the core work required for the key objectives of the initiative to be released and as such a full project management approach will be taken. The workstreams for the coming year are:

1 Core Project Workstreams

Lead

1.1 Rural Affairs and Environment Evidence Strategy production and implementation

Rebekah Widdowfield/RESAS

1.2 Freshwater Science Focus Paper implementation

Richard Allan/Scottish Water

1.3 Marine Science Strategy implementation

Colin Moffat/MSS

1.4 Scottish Environmental Monitoring Strategy implementation

James Curran/SEPA

1.5 National Biodiversity Network (NBN) - customer needs analysis

Gordon Machray/SASA

1.6 Ecosystems approach - making it real

Phil Balls/RESAS

1.7 Programme evaluation - impact and cost-effectiveness

Chief Scientific Adviser, Rural Affairs and the Environment

Events

  • These are events that have been initiated by the CAMERAS Board and include things such as scoping workshops and conferences. The events for the coming year will include:

2 Events Workstreams

Lead

2.1 Resource management in the food sector workshop (Date: TBA)

Charlotte Maltin/FSAS

Anna Whyte//QMS

2.2 CAMERAS conference 2012 (Date: 18 April 2012)

Ian Bainbridge/SNH

2.3 Behaviour science insights workshop (Date: TBA)

Rebekah Widdowfield/RESAS

Watching Briefs

  • These are relevant, ongoing pieces of collaborative work that are of importance to the CAMERAS initiatives, would benefit from Board level oversight, but do not require programme management by the Board. By being kept abreast of developments in these areas the Board will be able to feed in a strategic steer. The watching briefs include:

3 Watching Brief Workstreams

Lead

3.1 Coordination and Engagement Group (CEG)

Rebekah Widdowfield/RESAS

3.2 Environmental monitoring innovation group

James Curran/SEPA

3.3 Collaborative research project pilot

David Howat/FCS

3.4 Science engagement/citizen science

Ian Bainbridge/SNH

James Curran/SEPA

3.5 Biodiversity data forum establishment

Ian Bainbridge/SNH

3.6 Horizon scanning contract - Centre of Excellence for Environmental Risk and Futures (CERF)

James Curran/SEPA

3.7 Skills development for scientists - competency framework

Gordon Machray/SASA

Page updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011