building collaboration to enable social innovation in biosecurity systems
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biosecurity built on science
Building collaboration to enable social innovation in biosecurity systems
Dr Cathy Robinson
Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre
biosecurity built on science
Why?
- Detecting, diagnosing and responding to biosecurity threats require that
community, government, and industry have a shared knowledge base,
motivation and commitment to their biosecurity responsibilities
- Innovative partnerships between industry, government and community
exists but can be challenging
Social innovation for better biosecurity
Effective biosecurity surveillance relies on social innovation as well as technical innovation
biosecurity built on science
Social innovation for better biosecurity
Maclean et al, In review. Building social resilience around biological invasions, Biological Invasions
biosecurity built on science
Social innovation relies on knowledge that is trusted
Different stakeholder groups trust and use different kinds of information and information sources to assess biosecurity risk
Stakeholder Engagement
Robinson CJ, Maclean K, Hill R, Bock E, Rist P. 2016. Participatory mapping to negotiate Indigenous knowledge used to assess environmental risk. Sustainability Science.
Farbotko, C.J., K. Maclean and C.J. Robinson. 2016. Performing a plant biosecurity emergency: The generation of disease absence and presence in Northern Australia banana plantations. Environment and Planning A, 48, 4,771-788.
biosecurity built on science
Stakeholder engagement for building collaboration
Stakeholder engagement • drives collaborative partnerships• key mechanism for assessing and managing biosecurity risks• needs to occur across all decision-making levels• needs to be tailored to suit different stages of biosecurity operations• requires time to build relationships, mutual learning and trust
biosecurity built on science
Strategic stakeholder engagement - critical to guide change in complex situations
ANDProgram logic Local realities
biosecurity built on science
Stakeholder engagement for collaboration toolkit
Stage 1
Stage 2
Evaluate the performance of
stakeholder engagement
strategies
Identify key stakeholders
Develop desired objectives for stakeholder engagement
Build consensus on which engagement strategies will give the best return on
investment
Create a suite of stakeholder engagement
strategies
Who to engage? – Identify key stakeholders
Why engage? – Develop desired objectives for stakeholder engagement
How to engage? – Create a suite of appropriate stakeholder engagement strategies
Success? – Evaluate the performance of each stakeholder engagement strategy
Bang for buck? – Build consensus on which engagement strategies will give the best return on investment
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Stakeholder engagement toolkit - applications
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• Which stakeholder engagement activities will enable biosecurity knowledge and responsibility to be shared ?
• Which stakeholder is engaged, disengaged or un-engaged in a biosecurity issue (and why?)
• How can we create or refine partnerships to allow community, industry and government to work together better across multiple decision-making scales?
biosecurity built on science
Stakeholder engagement toolkit applications
The how, what and why aspects of NAQs efforts to improve reporting and response to biosecurity risks
How
Expand surveillance capacityof Ranger groups
Enhance career opportunities via fixed term employment and training
Better align fee-for-service payments
Establish an Indigenous Ranger biosecurity network
Why (Impact)
NAQS rangers can make informed surveillance decisions
Wider Indigenous community supports NAQs efforts and activities
Visitors / non-Indigenous partners collaborate with NAQS efforts and activities
Pathways for Impact (What)
Building awareness measures
Integrated surveillance system measures
Training and employment pathway measures
Networks for information sharing measures
Promoting health and well-being for those involved in NAQSsurveillance work measures
Measures of biosecurity risk response effectiveness that could be used by NAQS Indigenous ranger program
biosecurity built on science
Stakeholder engagement applications
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The how, what and why aspects of
community gardener engagement
with biosecurity in north-eastern
Queensland
Curnock, M, Robinson, C, Fabatko, C. 2017. Factors that
influence why community gardeners are engaged,
disengaged and unengaged in biosecurity in Northern
Queensland, Geographic Research
biosecurity built on science
Stakeholder engagement applications
The how, what and why aspects of stakeholder
engagement during an emergency outbreak in the
NT & Qld
•Farbotko, C.J., K. Maclean and C.J. Robinson. 2016. Performing a plant biosecurity emergency: The generation of disease absence and presence in Northern Australia banana plantations. Environment and Planning A, 48, 4,771-788.
McAllister, RRJ, CJ Robinson, A.Brown, K. Maclean, S. Perry, S. Liu. 2017. Balancing collaboration with coordination: contesting eradication in the Australian plant pest and disease biosecurity program, International Journal of the Commons, 11(1) [online]
biosecurity built on science
Building collaboration to enable social innovation in biosecurity
Across programs
Across industries and
regions
Across responses and
scales
biosecurity built on science
Thank you
Dr Cathy Robinson
M: 0437 170 024http://www.pbcrc.com.au/research/project/4004
http://www.pbcrc.com.au/news/2016/pbcrc/working-together-plant-biosecurity