The ambition of the “Samen voor biodiversiteit” Toolbox
On November 16, 2023, Life IP All4Biodiversity organized a partner meeting with working sessions on, among other things, the ambitions of the "Toolbox Samen voor Biodiversiteit. We as Schuttelaar & Partners are the program bureau of “Het Deltaplan”. The session was how the Toolbox could be linked to the Nature Inclusive Agenda and the National Rural Program (NPLG) was the central issue. Different perspectives on this were shared in a group of eight people. There was also a discussion about what role the Toolbox should have in order to maximize its contribution to more biodiversity.
New additions to the Toolbox
The work session began with a brief explanation of the new additions to the Toolbox and topics that will also become part of it soon. The latest addition is an environment for target groups where important information can be viewed in a few clicks, carefully tuned for each target group. In addition, the new theme "Basic Quality Nature" will be added early next year. Both the target group-specific information and the Basic Quality Nature theme were received positively during the work session.
Ambition of the Toolbox
- We then started the discussion about the ambition of the Toolbox. The main conclusion was that the Toolbox should be a portal for biodiversity for our target groups, namely governments, companies, and private individuals. Here the intention is not to base the Toolbox entirely on the Agenda Natuurinclusief and the NPLG. Both would be too dependent on government policies and could shift with a change of governments. In the end, there was consensus that the Toolbox would start providing three types of info, namely: policy information, practical examples, and background information. In addition, the Toolbox would have the function of having to establish the "new normal. We should achieve this by highlighting practical examples to serve as inspiration for the different target groups.