New Technical Working Groups established:

The Technical Working Groups represent the 3 main areas of COWRIE Ltd work:

• Generic environmental research
• Data and information management, archiving and dissemination
• Education and communication

The Technical Working Groups comprise invited experts and developer representation. Each group is Chaired by a Director reporting back to the Board.

Technical Working Groups are responsible for:

• Technical advice
• Identifying and implementing a programme of work,
• Liaising with each Technical Working Group through the Programme Management Team
• Reviewing interim and final reports for publication
• Reporting the outputs of the Group and project progress back to their own organisation(s) and other interested parties
• Ensuring that outputs are published and widely disseminated in a variety of formats

Secretariat and Administrative Support

The COWRIE Board and Technical Working Groups are supported and facilitated by a Secretariat (Nature Bureau) who also provide Programme Management to bring forward each research project. The Board has appointed Geodata Institute as the Data Advisory Team and E-Bloc are responsible for website development.