Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
FP7-KBBE-2007-1
Main participants
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Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
3098/2010-32
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques
Annotation in Czech
PRATIQUE will carry out all the key work listed in the call and address the major challenges for pest risk analysis (PRA) in Europe. This will be achieved through three principal objectives: to assemble the datasets required to construct effective PRAs valid for the whole of the EU, to conduct multi-disciplinary research that enhances the techniques used in PRA and to ensure that the PRA decision support scheme meets its purpose, is efficient and user-friendly. Pest risk analysts, phytosanitary experts,invasive alien species specialists, ecologists, economists and risk modellers from 13 leading institutes in the EU, one from Australia and one from New Zealand will produce the first structured inventory of PRA datasets for the EU and undertake targetedresearch to improve existing procedures and develop new methods for (a) the assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts, (b) summarising risk in effective, harmonised ways that take account of uncertainty, (c) mapping endangered areas, (d)pathway risk analysis and systems approaches and (e) guiding actions during emergencies caused by outbreaks of harmful pests. The results will be tested with a representative range of the major pests and invasive alien species affecting the cultivated and uncultivated habitats of the EU and will be independently validated by phytosanitary experts. The deliverables will be provided as protocols, decision support systems and computer programs with examples of best practice made available to pest risk analysts through modules and direct links to the PRA scheme. The PRA scheme will be web-enabled providing (i) new users with context-sensitive guidance, (ii) experts with a more efficient and user-friendly process and greatly enhanced access to key datasetsand analytical tools, (iii) policy makers with an improved and robust scientific basis for managing risks and (iv)stakeholders with a transparent presentation of the risks.
Scientific branches
R&D category
AP - Applied research
CEP classification - main branch
GF - Diseases, pests, weeds and plant protection
CEP - secondary branch
EH - Ecology - communities
CEP - another secondary branch
DO - Protection of landscape
OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)<br>10618 - Ecology<br>10619 - Biodiversity conservation<br>40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Nov 1, 2009
Realization period - end
May 31, 2011
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Apr 20, 2011
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP12-MSM-7E-U/01:1
Data delivery date
Jul 12, 2012
Finance
Total approved costs
639 thou. CZK
Public financial support
639 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK