THE IASON PROJECT Fostering sustainability and uptake of
THE IASON PROJECT Fostering sustainability and uptake of research results through Networking activities in Black Sea & Mediterranean areas Prof. Petros Patias Coordinator IASON project is co-funded by the European Commission under the Grant Agreement 603534; Theme [ENV. 2013. 6. 5 -4] IASON / GEO-X Geneva, 14 January. 2014 1
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13 countries No. 5 Universities 2 Research Institutes 3 Agencies Partner organization 4 SMEs Short name Country 1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki AUTH Greece 2 National Research Council of Italy CNR-IIA Italy 3 Univerzitet u Novom Sadu UNS Serbia 4 University of Geneva UNIGE Switzerland 5 HCP International HCP Netherlands 6 Geo. Imaging GEO Cyprus 7 Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale ISPRA Italy 8 International Centre on Environmental Monitoring CIMA Albania 9 Centre Regional Africain des Sciences et Technologie de l’ Espace en Langue Francaise, affilié à l’ONU CRASTE-LF Morocco 10 University of Split Uo. S Croatia 11 Ekinoks Surveying Software Engineering Ltd EKINOKS Turkey 12 Geographic GIS&RS Consulting Center GEOGRAPHIC Georgia 13 Technical University of Cluj-Napoca UTCN Romania 14 Coastal Protection Agency APAL Tunisia
Concept Land use, land cover and land monitoring are amongst the most important geographic information issues today. Their use is essential for : climate variables, climate change monitoring, resources monitoring and estimation, detection of possible mining and drilling sites, detection and monitoring of environmental implications of mining and drilling activities, along with numerous other uses and applications. These had lead different organizations at regional, national, continental and world level to launch various Land Use and Land Cover information programmes: Corine Land Cover, GMES Land services, Globcove, to name but a few.
In a context were environmental threats , ie: climate change in the form of sea level rise, water pollution, water and soil management, mining environmental implications, biodiversity loss, food security become more and more global, there is a need for better integration of various sources of information at different scales. Many activities producing information from global to local scale, as well as different research approaches to tackle these problems, are addressing specific requirements along with regional needs. This has resulted in a suite of different data and information that are not always compatible with each other.
ENV. 2013. 6. 5 -4 Work Knowledge platforms, networking and uptake of research Program results for strengthened international R&I cooperation Climate Action Resource Efficiency Raw materials Management Black Sea region Mediterranean region q EO in coastal monitoring q EO in water and soil resources management q EO in mining and mineral exploration
Project Objectives q Record, map, and categorize thematically and geographically scientific output achieved by regional and EU funded research creating a portfolio of existing prominent results. q Capacity Building through data integration and interoperability. q To asses projects results and their applications in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions under the three thematic nodes (coastal monitoring, water and soil resources management, and mining and mineral exploration). q Establish an EO network covering the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. q Engage in activities that will foster cooperation between the network’s members/countries and in particular between the EU and the non-EU members/countries on recorded gaps. q Provide consultations to and develop firm links with regional and local institutions, stakeholders and policy makers bridging research agendas with EU priorities for 2020. q Develop a toolkit for fostering and promoting access of regional research institutions to funding opportunities towards a sustainable and market oriented uptake of research results. q Create and maintain thematic nodes of stakeholder communities that will act as focal points for future research interactions.
OBSERVE No. Partner organization 1 EGIDA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2 National Research Council of Italy 3 Univerzitet u Novom Sadu 4 University of Geneva Balkan. GEONet enviro. GRIDS Geo. Net. Cab 5 HCP International Other partners PEGASO
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IASON main deliverables -1 No. Deliverable name D 2. 2 Report on Existing Thematic Networks in the Black Sea Region D 2. 4 Report on Finished and Ongoing research efforts in the Black Sea Region D 2. 5 Stakeholders Database D 2. 6 Multilevel assessment and Gap Analysis D 2. 7 The IASON refined version of the EGIDA methodology for the Balkan and Mediterranean regions Short description 3 focal areas : costal monitoring soil and water management mining & mineral exploration Database with: stakeholders cases studies sustainability of results capitalization detect strengths & weakness Identify countries' potentials for future cooperation Roadmap for capacity building and technology transfer, applying o. EGIDA Methodology o. GEONet. Cab capacity building strategy IASON | The Aristotle University, GR | JRC on DRDSI, Novi Sad, Serbia, Sept. 21, 2013 13
IASON deliverables -2 No. D 3. 1 Deliverable name Twinning and Training material toolkit D 3. 2 EO applications information package and toolkit D 4. 1 Funding Organizations and Institutes Database D 4. 2 D 4. 3 Research and Funding agendas Watch Sustainable Funding Toolkit Short description A virtual meeting place for stakeholders, research institutes Information package and toolkit with respect to EO applications and tools regarding 3 focal areas Informative publications, and best practice guidelines Identify funding opportunities for climate change, raw materials and resource efficiency Database of possible regional and European funding organizations Liaison with funding organizations Identify common interest between national authorities Map national research agendas Success stories and marketing toolkits IASON | The Aristotle University, GR | JRC on DRDSI, Novi Sad, Serbia, Sept. 21, 2013 14
IASON deliverables -3 No. D 5. 1 D 5. 2 D 5. 3 Deliverable name Short description Methodology toolkit for helping assess regional needs and priorities A methodology toolkit to assess regional societal and economic needs wrt. H 2020 A common platform enabling methodologies and regional assessment of projects results Uptake of results linked to enviro. GRIDS (Soil and Water Assessment) Toolkit for integration and harmonization of datasets with GEOSS Uptake of results linked to PEGASO (Coastal Zone Management) Uptake of results linked to IMPACTMIN (mining and mineral exploitation) Integration and harmonization of data sets by adopting the Euro. GEOSS brokering approach IASON | The Aristotle University, GR | JRC on DRDSI, Novi Sad, Serbia, Sept. 21, 2013 15
IASON Databases -4 No. Deliverable name D 2. 5 Stakeholders Database D 4. 1 Funding Organizations and Institutes Database D 4. 2 Research and Funding agendas Watch D 5. 1 Methodology toolkit for assessing regional needs and priorities D 5. 3 Toolkit for integration and harmonization of datasets with GEOSS IASON | The Aristotle University, GR | JRC on DRDSI, Novi Sad, Serbia, Sept. 21, 2013 16
Synergies with other on-going projects Many common partners EOPOWER SUSTAIN EU-ASEAN RECREATE Collaboration in creation of Knowledge Platform ENSOCIO-LA MEDINA MEDSPRING Dr Lamaddalena Prof. R. Pastres Collaboration in Euro. Mediterranean Expert Group Exchange: Distribution lists Leaflets/digital material e-Newsletters WS material
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