Knowledge Coordination Body

Call for Knowledge Coordination Body (KCB) members (KCB.3/2020) 

Two calls for nomination of experts in April and May 2020 (resulting in 27 applications) formed the basis for the selection by the Strategic Advisory Board of the third EKLIPSE KCB. 
 
The members of the third KCB (running from June 2020 to March 2022) are:

  • Ute Jacob (Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, University of Oldenburg (HIFMB)) - KCB Chair
  • Philip Roche (l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)) - KCB Chair
  • Flore Jeanmart (Independent expert)
  • Onno Knol (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL))
  • Ana Lillebø (University of Aveiro (CESAM))
  • Sala Rantala (Finish Environment Institute)
  • Carla-Leanne Washboume (University College London)
  • Vincenza Ferrara (Azienda Agricola "Dora")
  • Simo Sarkki (University of Oulu)
  • Agnes Zolyomi (Ecosystem Evaluation)

 

Call for Knowledge Coordination Body (KCB) members (KCB.2/2018) 

A call for nomination of experts in May 2018 (resulting in 28 applications) formed the basis for the selection by the Strategic Advisory Board of the second EKLIPSE KCB. 
 
The members of the second KCB (running from August 2018 to October 2019) are:

  • Allan Watt (CEH Edinburgh Fellow) – KCB Chair
  • Rania Spyropoulou (ATEPE-Ecosystem Management Ltd)
  • Estelle Balian (FEAL (Facilitation for Environmental Action and Learning) consulting)
  • Flore Jeanmart (Independent expert)
  • Ute Jacob (Helmholtz Institute for Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB))
  • Claudia Basta (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL))
  • Lynn Dicks (University of East Anglia) – ex officio as Chair of the Methods Expert Group

The KCB will be supported by: 

  • Barbara Livoreil (FRB)
  • Riikka Paloniemi (SYKE)
  • Isabel Sousa Pinto (Ciimar and University of Porto)
  • Dimitra Manou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Law)
  • Lili Ilieva (Independent expert)
  • Maria Ojanen (University of Helsinki)
  • Horst Korn (German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation)

 

Call for Knowledge Coordination Body (KCB) members (KCB.1/2016) 

A call for nomination of experts in August/September 2016 selected five new external members:

  • Valerie Kapos (UNEP-WCMC),
  • Petr Petřík (Institute of Botany of the CAS),
  • Rania Spyropoulou (ATEPE-Ecosystem Management Ltd),
  • Esther Turnhout (Wageninen University) and
  • Sebastian Villasante (University of Santiago de Compostela).

This new group completes the EKLIPSE KCB, which includes:

  • Heidi Wittmer (UFZ) (Chair),
  • Barbara Livoreil (FRB),
  • Lynn Dicks (University of Cambridge),
  • Jorge Ventocilla (RBINS) and
  • Eeva Furman (SYKE).

Read our two guidance notes to find out more about the KCB and how its members were selected.