Life Watch

Project Information

LIFEWATCH

Grant agreement ID: 211372

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2008

End date 31 January 2011

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Total cost € 6 370 497,80

EU contribution € 4 999 998,74

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

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 sciences › sociology › governance › public services
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• social sciences › sociology › governance › crisis management
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software › software applications › virtual reality

Keywords

• Biodiversity e-science
• European ecosystems
• Interoperable databases
• Modeling
• Sustainable development
• Virtual laboratory

Programme(s)

• FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Topic(s)

• INFRA-2007-2.2-01 - Preparatory phase for the projects in the 2006 ESFRI Roadmap

Call for proposal

FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP-CSA-Infra - Combination of CP and CSA

Coordinator

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM

Administrative Contact

Divyam Steneker (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 1 290 343,00
• Address: SPUI 21 ; 1012WX Amsterdam ; Netherlands
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

Participants (32)

KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW

Netherlands

Administrative Contact

Erwin A. Van De Ridder (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 389 370,00
• Address: KLOVENIERSBURGWAL 29 HET TRIPPENHUIS ; 1011 JV AMSTERDAM
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

STIFTELSEN NORSK INSTITUTT FOR NATURFORSKNING NINA

Norway

Administrative Contact

Tor G. Heggberget (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 32 635,00
• Address: HOGSKOLERINGEN 9 ; 7034 Trondheim
• Region: Norge › Trøndelag › Trøndelag
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

Administrative Contact

Carmen Peñas (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 279 296,00
• Address: CALLE SERRANO 117 ; 28006 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

Germany

Administrative Contact

Marie Gebhardt (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 419 051,75
• Address: KAISERSWERTHER STRASSE 16-18 ; 14195 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV

Germany

Administrative Contact

Nadine Müller (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 431 589,50
• Address: HANSASTRASSE 27C ; 80686 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

Administrative Contact

Alex Hardisty (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 343 022,60
• Address: NEWPORT ROAD 30 36 ; CF24 0DE Cardiff
• Region: Wales › East Wales › Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

NATURHISTORISKA RIKSMUSEET

Sweden

Administrative Contact

Stefan Claesson (Prof.)

• EU contribution: € 508 623,00
• Address: Frescativägen 40 ; SE 114 18 Stockholm
• Region: Östra Sverige › Stockholm › Stockholms län
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

Administrative Contact

Terry Parr (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 140 936,00
• Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue ; SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL

United Kingdom

Administrative Contact

Stephen Hagen (Prof.)

• EU contribution: € 81 081,00
• Address: Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane ; BS16 1QY Bristol
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

COMUNITA AMBIENTE

Italy

Administrative Contact

Oliviero Spinelli (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 300 552,00
• Address: Via della Lungara 1 ; 00165 ROMA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

France

Administrative Contact

Jacques Trouvilliez (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 216 842,00
• Address: RUE CUVIER 57 ; 75005 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

HEALTHGRID

France

Administrative Contact

Helene Ruelle (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 74 900,00
• Address: Rue Charles de Montesquieu 36 ; 63430 PONT DU CHATEAU
• Activity type: Other
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR EN BOSONDERZOEK

Participation ended

Belgium

Administrative Contact

Carlos Goossens (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 50 218,42
• Address: Kliniekstraat, 25 ; 1070 BRUSSEL
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

Administrative Contact

Margareta Ahlqwist (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 63 936,00
• Address: VASAPARKEN ; 405 30 Goeteborg
• Region: Södra Sverige › Västsverige › Västra Götalands län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

VETENSKAPSRADET - SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL

Sweden

Administrative Contact

Magnus Friberg (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 70 220,89
• Address: BOX 1035 ; 101 38 Stockholm
• Region: Östra Sverige › Stockholm › Stockholms län
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS

Finland

Administrative Contact

Maria Vuorinen (Ms.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: LATOKARTANONKAARI 11 ; 00790 Helsinki
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Helsinki-Uusimaa › Helsinki-Uusimaa
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING CENTRUM VOOR WISKUNDE EN INFORMATICA

Netherlands

Administrative Contact

Margriet Brouwer (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 44 000,00
• Address: Science Park 123 ; 1098XG AMSTERDAM
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

United Kingdom

Administrative Contact

Lyanne Wylde (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 32 742,00
• Address: CROMWELL ROAD ; SW7 5BD London
• Region: London › Inner London — West › Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

AARHUS UNIVERSITET

Denmark

Administrative Contact

Inger Juste (Ms.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: NORDRE RINGGADE 1 ; 8000 Aarhus C
• Region: Danmark › Midtjylland › Østjylland
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK

Netherlands

Administrative Contact

Jan Dijkhof (Dr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Laan van Nieuw Oost Indie 300 ; 2593 CE Den Haag
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

Italy

Administrative Contact

Giuseppe Martini (Dr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 ; 00185 Roma
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI

Romania

Administrative Contact

Adrian Albu (Mr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: SOSEAUA PANDURI 90 ; 050663 Bucuresti
• Region: Macroregiunea Trei › Bucureşti-Ilfov › Bucureşti
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

ZNANSTVENORAZISKOVALNI CENTER SLOVENSKE AKADEMIJE ZNANOSTI IN UMETNOSTI

Slovenia

Administrative Contact

Tanja Pipan (Dr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: NOVI TRG 2 ; 1000 Ljubljana
• Region: Slovenija › Zahodna Slovenija › Osrednjeslovenska
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique Scientifique (Belspo)

Belgium

Administrative Contact

Yves Rousseau (Mr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: WTC III Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30 ; 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY - POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Poland

Administrative Contact

Wieslaw Bogdanowicz (Prof.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Wilcza 64 ; 00679 WARSZAWA
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, public research institution

Slovakia

Administrative Contact

Julius Oszlanyi (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 5 136,00
• Address: Stefanikova 3 ; 814 99 Bratislava
• Region: Slovensko › Bratislavský kraj › Bratislavský kraj
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON

Greece

Administrative Contact

Efstathia Kafetzi (Ms.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 6 CHRISTOU LADA STR ; 10561 Athina
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

MTA OKOLOGIAI ES BOTANIKAI KUTATOINTEZETE

Hungary

Administrative Contact

Katalin Török (Dr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ALKOTMANY UTICA 2-4 ; 2163 VACRATOT
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

UMWELTBUNDESAMT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG (UBA GMBH)

Austria

Administrative Contact

Regina Berger (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 36 000,00
• Address: SPITTELAUER LANDE 5 ; 1090 Wien
• Region: Ostösterreich › Wien › Wien
• Activity type: Other
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACAO PARA A CIENCIA E A TECNOLOGIA

Portugal

Administrative Contact

Isabel Figueiredo (Dr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: AVENIDA D CARLOS I 126 ; 1249 074 Lisboa
• Region: Continente › Área Metropolitana de Lisboa › Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

SABANCI UNIVERSITESI

Türkiye

Administrative Contact

Nilay Papila (Dr.)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ORTA MAHALLE UNIVERSITE CADDESI N 27 TUZLA ; 34956 Istanbul
• Region: İstanbul › İstanbul › İstanbul
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK

Belgium

Administrative Contact

Véronique Biunkens (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 189 503,58
• Address: HAVENLAAN 88 BUS 73 ; 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data