Cooperation and collaboration

Below is information on the interaction and cooperation aimed at the development of EMA.

Dialogue with national authorities

Operations within SLU's EMA is developed in dialogue with national and regional authorities. The contact surfaces are multifaceted and dialogue are ongoing between executives, in refrence groups and largely through individual contacts.

Collaboration with other performers

SLU collaborates with other performers of EMA. For example, SLU is one of four parts in SMED, toghether with SCB, SMHI and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute. Since 2010 SLU has a collaboration agreement with SMHI.

Collaboration on open data

Through the annual innovation competition Hack for Sweden SLU collaborates with other Swedish authorities to enhance and broaden the use of our open data in society. The collaboration also aims to exchange best practices on open data among the participating authorities and to support the development work within the authorities.

• Hack for Sweden

Internal cooperation

Internally, the ambition is that there should be a close relationship between SLU's research and EMA, as well as cooperation across departmental and faculty boundaries. In order to promote internal cooperation it has been possible to apply for funding support for networks.

• DNA-barcoding (contact Maria Kahlert)
• Invasive species (contact Leonard Sandin)
• Citizen science (contact Kjell Bolmgren)