Welcome

Welcome to the CitiObs Leave-No-One-Behind (LNOB) Toolkit. This toolkit contains practical guidance and resources from across Europe’s citizen science community to help Citizen Observatories (CO) and Citizen Science (CS) initiatives consider ways that they can reach and engage with a more diverse, inclusive, and representative group of participants and stakeholders.

The aim of the LNOB Toolkit is to help you to:

• Consider issues of inclusion, diversity, equity, and justice in the context of your initiative and its activities,

• Reflect on what communities and groups of people may be left behind in your context, and explore ways to include them in your activities,

• Identify ways you might reach and engage a broader range of participants and communities, and groups who may be under-represented,

• Create an inclusive environment to involve people with a stake in the issue you're investigating, or those disproportionately impacted by it.

• Consider ethical issues when you are planning your outreach and engagement activities, such that they are respectful and supportive of diverse communities.

Unsure of what a 'Citizen Observatory' is, or what 'Citizen Science' is? Head to our Glossary for definitions of a range of terms we use in this Toolkit