ANTENNA’s consortium met for the project’s first Annual General Meeting

On 25 and 26 November 2024, 18 representatives from ANTENNA’s partner organisations met in Seville, Spain, at the Doñana Biological Station - CSIC for the project’s first Annual General Meeting (AGM). The two-day event served as a platform for project members to share progress, discuss challenges, and plan the next steps for the project’s mission to advance pollinator monitoring technologies and to fill key monitoring gaps.

The beginning of the meeting was marked by welcoming words by the local organiser, Ignasi Bartomeus (Spanish National Research Council - CSIC), and the project coordinator, Oliver Schweiger (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ). During the first day of the AGM,  partners provided updates on work package (WP) 1: Co-design and advancing technology readiness levels, and WP2: Enhancing the added value of novel monitoring technologies with special focus on stakeholder needs, field tests and use of drones to assess habitat quality.

First day of ANTENNA's AGM presentations

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The second day commenced with an update on WP3: Integrative monitoring and modelling efforts, WP4: Large-scale implementation of new monitoring approaches, and WP5: Project coordination and communication. Partners discussed the development of robust metrics of insect decline and a framework for an integrative pollinator forecasting and early warning tool. The day concluded with presentations on the project’s data management plan and its communication and impact strategies, emphasising the importance of effective communication and dissemination of results to stakeholders and the public.

Second day of ANTENNA's AGM presentations

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The ANTENNA AGM showcased the partners’ continuous commitment to shaping the future of pollinator monitoring. 

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