Monitoring plan (including guidelines for CSS characterisation and stakeholder's involvement via the MAPs)

D23 Monitoring plan including guidelines for CSS characterisation and stakeholders involvement via the MAPsThis task will produce guidelines for comprehensive and standardized assessment of the environmental status and socioeconomic dimension at all CSSs The plan will specify what will be monitored with which methods and indicators how often including replicates at which scale and by whom Task 23 will compile standardized methods to assess baseline and a minimum data set to assess soil quality chemical physical and biological properties and site characteristics as well as soil biodiversity In addition Task 23 will provide the necessary information on the plastics to be used for field and lab experiments eg type amount concentration supplier in collaboration with plastic experts within and beyond the MINAGRIS project Baseline indicators will be selected from the WOCAT questionnaire as well as the iSQAPER LANDMARK and SoilCare H2020 projects The outlined methods will enable the assessment of the environments vulnerability to plastic pollution as well as the sources flows and distribution of plastics provided by WP3 and included in the monitoring plan and facilitate the comparison between all sites of different pedoclimatic conditions to ensure representativeness at a larger scale The monitoring plan will be used for all activities regarding the assessment of environmental and socioeconomic dimensions WP37 The monitoring plan will also provide guidelines and tools to involve and engage stakeholders in the activities occurring at the CSS level during all steps of the project according to the participatory approach based on MAPs defined in T21 Using the monitoring plan soil quality and site characteristics will be assessed together with the relevant stakeholders to ensure the applicability of project outcomes The results will serve to evidence activities impact enabling dialogue with policymakers WP8