Thank you for your question.
The objective of the Réseau francophone international en conseil scientifique is to expand the capacities for giving scientific advice to elected representatives and senior officials all over the francophone world, in the francophone countries of Europe and Africa and in Canada, including Quebec, of course. By expanding those capacities and the connections between the academic world and elected representatives and senior officials, we are indirectly facilitating everything associated with citizen science or participatory science.
Elected representatives, parliamentarians, will hear more about science and scientific advice. Since they will be familiar with citizen science, they will be able to discuss it with the people in their ridings, to find out what should be done.
In addition to Quebec and Canada, we would also like to have comparisons at the international level, in particular regarding climate change, sustainable development and the global pandemic we are all familiar with.