BIRDIE Project The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is leading a consortium of research institutions on a new biodiversity data pipeline project nicknamed the ‘BIRDIE Project’ (September 2020 – August 2023), funded by JRS Biodiversity Foundation. The project aims to develop a wetlands and waterbirds data-to-decision pipeline that will

Study for Reporting Obligations for Ocean Observation This tender responds to the call launched by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), acting under the powers delegated by the European Commission. The subject for this call is “Study for Reporting Obligations for Ocean Observations (CINEA/EMFAF/2021/3.4.9)” (acronym: AllOceanObs) with the reference

EDITO-Infra The main aim of the “EU Public Infrastructure for the European Digital Twin” project (EDITO-Infra) is to build the EU Public Infrastructure backbone for the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) by upgrading, combining and integrating key service components of the existing EU ocean observing, monitoring and data programmes Copernicus Marine

GREAT Funded by Digital Europe program, the “Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) foundations and Community of Practice” (GREAT) project (September 2022 – March 2024) will establish: The Minimum Viable GDDS for the first implementation phase of the data federation of the future GDDA. The reference blueprint of the GDDS technical

Ocean Biodiversity Information System Strategic Consultant Advice The overarching objective of the assignment ‘Consultant Strategic Advice for the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)’ was to gain insight on the current and future needs of key OBIS stakeholders, assess OBIS nodes’ capacity to support those needs and identify gaps and opportunities

EMOD-PACE The EMODnet PArtnership for China and Europe (EMOD-PACE) project (EuropeAid/139904/DH/SER/CN) (February 2020 – December 2022) is funded through the Foreign Policy Instruments (Directorate-General FPI, Partnership Funding Instrument (PI)). EMOD-PACE is a complex multi-partner marine science & data project with 18 European partner organisations. The project started officially in February 2020 and ran

Blue-Cloud Blue-Cloud is a European H2020 project with the overarching aim of federating and piloting innovative services for Marine Research & the Blue Economy as a core contribution to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). EOSC aims to provide a virtual environment with open and seamless services for storage, management, analysis and

iAtlantic The European Horizon 2020 Project iAtlantic (June 2019 – November 2023) takes an interdisciplinary scientific approach to collect Atlantic deep and open-ocean ecosystem data and integrate it with ocean circulation and connectivity models linked with climatic data and forecasts. By bridging ocean observing systems, exchanging data, researchers, and equipment from across the

Economic impact of Maritime Spatial Planning The objective of the contract (September 2018 – Febuary 2020) was to conduct a study on the economic impacts of maritime spatial planning (MSP), assessing its role in the blue economy. The study evaluated how MSP benefits specific blue economy sectors, feeding results and

Seas, Oceans & Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) This European Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action (CSA) brings marine and environmental scientists together with medical and social scientists, public health and other experts to foster interdisciplinary research on the interconnections between Oceans had Human Health in Europe. The project is