Objective
The Life Watch e-Science and Technology Infrastructure for biodiversity data and observatories will be a large-scale European research infrastructure bringing together: -a system of marine, terrestrial and freshwater observatories; -common access to a huge amount of interlinked, distributed data from databases and monitoring sites; -computational facilities in virtual laboratories with analytical and modelling tools; -targeted user and training support and a programme for public services. The biodiversity research infrastructure will open up new and exciting research opportunities, and will help to enhance the understanding and sustainable management of our natural environment. This preparatory project brings together the interested EU Member and Associated States with the objective to prepare a cooperation agreement on the construction and maintenance of the Life Watch research infrastructure. In addition, the leading networks in biodiversity science and stakeholder institutes are preparing the organisation and logistics for the following construction phase. The current project delivers the technical, legal and financial preparations required for entering and managing the Construction Phase. A range of policy issues are resolved with respect the organisation of the distributed infrastructure, its legal implications, construction logistics, user service, cost analysis and planning. In addition the project makes the necessary preparations in the domain of risk management and quality control. The project is planned to take three years. A Policy and Science Board, populated by the representatives of fourteen potentially interested partner countries and eight cooperating scientific networks, oversees the progress of the preparations. The individual members of the Board act as the liaison with their political domains and the research communities, respectively.
Fields of science
- social sciencessociologygovernancepublic services
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationsvirtual reality
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Call for proposal
FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1
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Funding Scheme
CP-CSA-Infra - Combination of CP and CSACoordinator
1012WX Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Participants (32)
1011 JV AMSTERDAM
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7034 Trondheim
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28006 Madrid
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14195 Berlin
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80686 Munchen
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CF24 0DE Cardiff
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SE 114 18 Stockholm
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SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
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BS16 1QY Bristol
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00165 ROMA
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75005 Paris
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63430 PONT DU CHATEAU
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1070 BRUSSEL
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405 30 Goeteborg
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101 38 Stockholm
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00790 Helsinki
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1098XG AMSTERDAM
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SW7 5BD London
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8000 Aarhus C
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2593 CE Den Haag
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00185 Roma
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050663 Bucuresti
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1000 Ljubljana
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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00679 WARSZAWA
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814 99 Bratislava
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10561 Athina
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2163 VACRATOT
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1090 Wien
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1249 074 Lisboa
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34956 Istanbul
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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