A training workshop on methodologies for conducting pest risk analysis for invasive alien plants will be held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In the two-days conference, 26 and 27 November, issues concerning Invasive alien species assessment, monitoring and management will be examined/discussed.

JRC IAS-EU Proof of Concept Project and COST Alien-CSI Action Workshop Strengthening the link between IAS apps data and policy: Development of an appropriate governance framework

Jointly organized by the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM); through the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ); the General Directorate for Health Agricultural Production of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment (MAPAMA);

Local and international policy and decision makers, academics, think tanks, and practitioners in a wide range of socio-economic fields learn from best practices and showcase their capacity to inform policies through the use of indicator systems that summarise multidimensional concepts from social rights and social trust to innovation and competitiveness.

BES Invasion Science Group meeting, on 1- 2 November in Charles Darwin House London, UK.