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To achieve the main objective described in this MoU, the following specific objectives shall be accomplished:

Research Coordination

  1. The Action will identify pressing challenges for image-based insect AI early on and shape the research agenda over its 4 years to address existing bottlenecks (WG1-4).
  2. The Action will create opportunities for the side-by-side assessment of image collection technologies, AI models, and training datasets (WG1 & 2).
  3. The Action, by bringing together the key stakeholders in the image-based insect AI community, will build agreed data standards for image-based insect AI technologies (WG1-4) as legacy by the end of the Action.
  4. The Action will deliver a toolbox of analytical methods updated throughout the action (WG4) including combined analysis of image-based data and traditionally collected data, and integration with other technologies, such as acoustics, radar, and molecular methods.
  5. The Action will produce good practice guides to support the sustainable uptake of image-based insect AI technologies by the key stakeholders and the scientific community to understand and counteract widespread insect declines (WG1- 4) and which will be widely disseminated by the end of the Action.

Capacity Building

  • The Action will bring together stakeholders (from the national government to local community groups) and technologists to ensure societies’ needs are at the center of the research agenda (WG1), in a co-creation practice to be promoted throughout the entire Action.
  • The Action will build a programme of knowledge exchange that will support innovation and capacity building around image-based insect AI technologies (WG1-4) to be implemented early on and promoted during the whole Action.
  • The Action will ensure inclusiveness to its activities and within the Core Group, with a target of 50:50 gender balance, 50% young researchers and innovators (YRIs), and >50% participation from ITC countries, promoting collaborative activities and mentoring support where needed during its entire duration.