Basic Information:
Long Title/Main question:
KCB Focal Point:
Secretariat Focal Point:
Reference Code (e.g. CfR2/2017/2):

Major Timelines:
Date of receiving the request:
Date of selection by KCB:
Date of finalizing DOW:
Release date of Call for Knowledge:
Release date of Call for Experts:
Date of expert selection:
Date of first EWG meeting:
Publication date meth. protocol (after review process):
Publication date final report/product (after review process):

Information Request & Requester:
Requester(s) (names/institution):
Type of requester:

• EU-Body (EC/DGs, EP/MEP)
• National Body (EU member state level)
• regional or municpal body (sub-national level)
• Association
• Civil Society Organisation
• Business Corporation
• Academic Institution
• Other (specify):

Aim of the request process (categorizing the intention of the requester) [describe or cite DoW]:
Aim of the request process (categorizing the intention of the requester):

• gain an overview of a topical area that is new to the requester
• provide background information to support specific requester activities (negotioations, positioning, publications)
• provide a framework with arguments for developing new policies
• Increase awareness and dialogue on the topic
• other (specify):

Type of request (categorizing the procedure):

• Knowledge Synthesis (along the EKLIPSE process)
• Horizon scanning (identify research needs)
• "societal engagement (identifying knowledge demand or gaps in the general public)"
• develop tailored support activities (specify):
• capacity building for requester's target groups
• Other (specify):

Information on EWG:
No. of applications:
No. of experts selected:
No. of experts without formal selection procedure:
No. of resignations during the term:
Fields of expertise :
Scientists:

• Natural Sciences
• Engineering
• Social Sciences
• Humanities
• Medical Sciences
• Other (specify):
• Total No. of Scientists:

Practitioners:

• Admin/public sector
• environmental services
• business representatives
• communication
• other (specify):
• Total No. of Practitioners:

Other experts:

• Fields of expertise of those other experts:
• Total No. of other experts:

"feedback loops with requesters to EWG [describe shortly the interactions]":

Specifics of the Procedure:
specialties of the scoping phase:

• stakeholder workshop
• substantial reframing of the main question
• merging with other requests
• other (specify):

special support of EWG:

• other formats than an EWG (specify):
• support of experts with an assistant
• other support means (specify):

methods applied:

• Systematic review
• Solution scanning
• Synopses and summaries
• Meta-analysis
• Rapid evidence assessment
• Scoping review
• Systematic map
• Vote counting
• Non-systematic literature reviews
• Expert consultation
• Multiple expert consultation + Delphi
• Causal criteria analysis
• Bayesian belief networks
• Focus groups
• Discourse analysis
• Joint fact finding
• Scenario analysis
• Structured decision-making
• Collaborative adaptive management
• Participatory mapping
• Multi criteria decision
• other (specify):

Final Products and Disseminations:
type of final products:

• Report
• Workshop with documentation
• Conference/conference session
• Policy Brief
• science café or dialogue
• Other (specify):

dissemination activities: [please add no. of ...]

• News item on EKLIPSE website:
• Twitter :[interactions]
• Facebook:[interactions]
• Press release:[media coverages]
• Launching event (organized by EKLIPSE)
• Personal communication with Requester(s)
• Presentations by EWG, EKLIPSE Team during external events :[talks]
• Other (specify):

Feedback & Responses:
No. Of citations in scientific publications:
No. of inquires for presentations, poster etc. addressed to the secretariat (on spec. requests and/or the EKLIPSE Mechanism):
No. of presentations, posters etc. on this spec. request:

Overall impression:
What went particularily well within this request process?:
What went wrong during facilitating the request? :