If you are interested in using the App in your country for invasive species monitoring, an onboarding and cost-sharing procedure is in place that allows the effective and sustainable usage of the digital toolkit in your area. Within the project, it is possible to set up country-based Data Administration access and provide data export and data connectors to work independently with the App and co-use the project. The App toolkit is also able to integrate experts like entomologists for species ID confirmation and is capable of sending automated reports to national plant health authorities for confirmed species sightings.
Furthermore, a range of interaction, communication and community-building tools are already integrated into the CS App Toolkit for working with the local population, disseminating news and updates, and building and maintaining an active digital-social community.
Hummer, P., Sgherri, I., Boschi, S., & Ortner, D. (2025). Vademecum Popillia Japonica, A New Threat To European Agriculture. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/records/17536538
We can also add your monitoring targets of other invasive species directly in the App Toolkit. To co-use the App as a national sub-partner, please get in contact with our project's Monitoring App and Citizen Science team, and we will proceed from there with an informal introduction meeting.
Download the IPM App Monitoring Toolkit Presentation
Our partner SPOTTERON has compiled a short presentation as an invitation for stakeholders, plant health services, and research groups to co-use the IPM App Toolkit for invasive species monitoring and citizen science. Download and access the PDF right here: IPM_InvasiveSpecies_AppToolkitCoUse_2026.pdf
And get in contact with SPOTTERON directly regarding co-use of the toolkit:
GET IN CONTACT WITH SPOTTERON FOR CO-USE
