Open-Earth-Monitor

The goal of the Open-Earth-Monitor project (2023 -2027) is to build a cyber-infrastructure compliant with the F.A.I.R. principle to accelerate the adoption of environmental information and help build user communities at European and global level.

The key components of the cyber infrastructure are:

1) stakeholder committee and user involvement plans throughout the duration of the project;

2) high-performance computing engine and on-site data services;

3) tools that directly serve EU citizens and governance needs through easy-to-use data portals and applications;

4) provide tools for global management needs.

Participants from LifeWatch Slovenia: Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU & Slovenian Forestry Institute (Task 4.4. –  terrestrial data) and National Institute of Biology (Task 4.5. – marine data)

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ENVRI-FAIR

ENVRI-FAIR is the connection of the ESFRI Cluster of Environmental RIs (ENVRI) to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). 

The goal is that all participating RIs build FAIR data services to enhance researchers’ efficiency & productivity, support innovation, enable data/knowledge based decisions & connect ENVRI Cluster to EOSC. 

LifeWatch ERIC coordinates WP11 (implementation in Biodiversity/Ecosystems subdomain) & co-coordinates WP6 (training). VLIZ (LifeWatch Belgium) participates in and represents the marine domain for LifeWatch ERIC.

ENVRI-FAIR has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824068.

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RI-SI-LifeWatch

What is RI-SI-LifeWatch?

It stands for Research Infrastructure for the international competitiveness of the Slovenian development of research infrastructure space.

Participating partners are: National Institute of Biology (NIB), Slovenian Forestry Institute (GIS), University of Ljubljana (UL), University of Maribor (UM).

RI-SI-LifeWatch

ZRC SAZU is leading institution of the project »DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SLOVENIAN DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE – RI-SI-LifeWatch«. Participating partners are: National Institute of Biology (NIB), Slovenian Forestry Institute (GIS), University of Ljubljana (UL), University of Maribor (UM). Contract number C3330-19-952062 between ZRC SAZU and MIZŠ was signed on 23. 12. 2019.

The operation is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport and the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund. This operation is being implemented within the framework of the Operational Programme for the Implementation of the European Cohesion Policy 2014-2020, under Priority Axis 1: “International competitiveness of research, innovation and technological development in line with smart specialization for greater competitiveness and greening of the economy”; Priority Investment 1.1: “Strengthening infrastructure for research and innovation and the capacity to develop excellence in this area, as well as to promote competent centers, especially those of European importance”; Specific Objective 1.1.1: “Effective use of research infrastructure and development of knowledge/competences for better national and international cooperation in the Knowledge Triangle”.

Operation is part of »Načrt razvojnih programov« (NRP) no. 3330-19-1142. EU contribution is 80%.

More information can be found here: https://www.zrc-sazu.si/en/programi-in-projekti/ri-si-lifewatch.

A short report (in English) on RI-SI-LifeWatch project completion you can read here.

The final report of the RI-SI-LifeWatch (in Slovene) you cand read here.

List of new equipment can be found here.