EBP-BIOSOC Juin 2007 Biosoc general framework Agenda of the meeting and expected results Practical information Introduction of WP1 discussion

Schedule EBP-BIOSOCC. Laurent Feb. 07 Inception seminar. WP1. Direct access to scientific knowledge by the designers of intervention measures. June 07. WP1 / WP2 seminar. Plenary meeting Nov 08 WP2. Internal analysis of the content of the knowledge mobilized and the limits of their empirical validity (epistemology of disciplines and of interdisciplinarity) Feb. 08 Interdisciplinarity seminar in RSA Feb 08 WP2 / WP3. Plenary seminar. WP3. Analysis of the way in which the limits of scientific knowledge are taken into account in the economic and political regulation of cohesion/environment contradictions. M18 S3. Seminar WP3. D. Perraud (economist), A. Trouvé (economist), MJ. Carneiro (political anthropologist), B. Cousin (political anthropologist) Seminar PEBP and agricultural and rural policies. Brazil. WP4. Synthesis. M30 S4. Final seminar. J. Baudry (agro-ecologist), C. Laurent (economist), A. Ricroch (conservation biology) +

Major objectives f EBP-BIOSOC and agenda of the meeting To build an analytical framework to study how the empirical validity of scientific knowledge that is used for policy making is explicitly specified, assessed and taken into account To take this opportunity to better understand and assess the approaches in terms of «Evidence based policies »  Critical assessment of EBD methodology WP1. Monday, WP2 Tuesday, first discussion on WP3 on Wednesday To test the hypothesis that there is a specific affinity of policy decision for a certain kind of knowledge (generating consensus, etc.)  to share reflections on different kinds of knowledge. Links with WPs Tuesday morning.

Agenda of the meeting Monday. Work package 1. + dinner Tuesday. “Post normal science” issues and starting work package 2. Wednesday. June the 20th. Open discussions.

Agenda of the meeting Monday. Work package 1. French case studies (methodological issues and first results) A regulation with a technical content involving many stakeholders: CAD biodiversité A regulation with zoning issue : Natura 2000 Differences in the way institutions deal with knowledge within a region Lunch Brasilian case study South African case study Synthesis of methodological issues and proposals for further processing of the data Planning of further activities of work package 1 (calendar of activities, reporting, publications....) Dinner

Agenda of the meeting Tuesday. Work package 2. Evidence based policy and post normal science: two opposite visions of the relationship between science and action General framework of work package 2 To be more familiar with the notion of “Research programme (Lakatos)” and first attempt to map scientific landscapes. Parallel workshops Lunch Synthesis and planning activities for WP2. Overall discussion regarding the “research programme” exercise. WP2 seminar on interdisciplinarity in RSA. States of the art. First proposal for implementing the work Planning WP2 activities for the next period Wednesday. June the 20th. Open discussions (WP3, etc.)

WP1 in France Direct access to scientific knowledge by people in charge of writting up the regulation involving both agriculutre and biodiversity conservation Three regulations, corresponding to diverse dimensions of EU policies 1.« Contrats Agriculture Durable (CAD) » (Sustainable farming agreement) with biodiversity objectives (2 nd pillar of CAP) 2.“Bonnes Conditions Agricoles et Environnement (BCAE)” : environmental grass strip (1 st pillar) 3.« Natura 2000 » (environmental measure, managed by the Ministry in charge of ecology, regulation with a zoning) 1.Ille-et- Vilaine 2.Loir-et- Cher 3.Vendée 4.Ardèche Surveys and interviews in 4 départments and at regional, national and EU levels