CEMEPE Special Session: ENFORCE Advancing Environmental Compliance through Digital Innovation

ENFORCE successfully organised a special session at the 13th International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE 2026), jointly convened with SECOTOX and LIFE–FROSTDEFEND project. 

 The conference took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 12–16 July 2026, with the ENFORCE special session taking place on 14 July, chaired by Prof. Chrysi Laspidou and Dr. Anna Aseeva.  

ENFORCE Special Session 

The special session showcased the latest outcomes of the ENFORCE project, highlighting innovative approaches to and tangible results of environmental compliance through organisational design, direct participation of citizens and stakeholders in environmental litigation, citizen science, Earth observation, machine learning, and stakeholder engagement. Presentations covered conceptual and organisational frameworks, strategic litigation, legal and governance perspectives, data integration, AI-driven environmental evidence, practical compliance toolkits, and real-world applications, demonstrating how digital technologies can strengthen evidence-based environmental governance. 

 

 

The session featured the following presentations: 

• Building the conceptual foundation for environmental compliance innovation: Insights from the ENFORCE project
  G. Tseva, A. Berti Suman, M. Christofakakis, S. Gourgouliani, C. Laspidou 

• Organising for environmental compliance through multi-stakeholder engagement: from NEXOGENESIS evidence to ENFORCE practice, an organisational design perspective
  S. Klessova, C. Laspidou 

• The judicialisation of climate change: a case-based study of the evolving direct participation of citizens and stakeholders
  A. Aseeva 

• Enhancing environmental compliance through the integration of Earth observation and citizen science data
  L. Wiesner, F. Piatto 

• From compliance objectives to modelling: A reverse-engineered framework for environmental evidence
  D. Kofinas, N. Mellios, G. Tseva, S. Gourgouliani, C. Laspidou 

• From citizen observations to regulatory evidence: The ENFORCE plaza toolkit for environmental compliance
  N. Monios, A. Papanikolaou, B. Pross, L. See, A. S. Chen, R. Velioglu 

• Uncovering the drivers of river turbidity: A machine learning approach using Earth observation and citizen science
  F. Gibson, A. S. Chen, L. S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, D. S. Savic, F. Rowney, N. Rogers, A. Martin, I. Watkins 

• LIFE Themis Application: A tool that is used within the ENFORCE project for collecting and assessing data in the Case Study on land clearing issues in Heraklion, Crete, Greece
  M. Probonas, C. Georgiadis, M. Kantzaridou, K. Baxevani, M. Christofakakis 

 

More about CEMEPE 2026 

 CEMEPE 2026 provided an excellent platform for dialogue across the environmental science, engineering, planning, SSH, governance, and management communities, fostering collaboration and the exchange of ideas on current environmental challenges and emerging solutions. 

For more information about the conference, visit: https://cemepe13.civil.auth.gr/