Objective ECOPAS (European Consortium for Pacific Studies) is an innovative, ambitious multidisciplinary project designed to provide coordination and support to research and policy communities on issues connected to climate change and related processes in the Pacific Islands region, in order to define better options for sustainable development. The Pacific is notable for the discrepancy between the contribution of its small economies to global climate change, and the severity of climate change effects experienced by its peoples. Linkages between research networks and policy interfaces will contribute to more context-sensitive EU external action, and will set a future research agenda for social science and humanities in the Pacific. From an initial 3-year duration ECOPAS is the first-ever network to develop extensive, durable collaboration between European and Pacific scholarly institutions, as well as between research institutions and local, national and international political agencies. The project will have lasting effects on the ways in which research is undertaken in the social sciences and humanities and beyond in the Pacific, and on the efficacy of development efforts in and for the region. While the emphasis of ECOPAS is on developing a long-term strategy for SSH research on the Pacific, strong links are also forged with climate research in the natural sciences. Built on seven interrelated and complementary Work Packages, ECOPAS aims to define and strengthen the potential of European research in the Pacific by creating a platform and portal for knowledge exchanges, a long-term plan for capacity building, and a strategic plan for Pacific state and non-state involvement. ECOPAS is hosted by four recognized European university centres of excellence on Pacific research, in Norway, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands (Bergen BPS, Aix-Marseille CREDO, St. Andrews CPS and Nijmegen CPAS), and by two major Pacific institutions (University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and the National Research Institute, Papua New Guinea). While ECOPAS is coordinated from the University of Bergen, the project’s seven interconnected Work Packages are directed by the participating centres, thus guaranteeing maximal efficiency and feasibility of work programme and deliverables. ECOPAS will grow to be the premier research network in the field of Pacific Studies, and will progressively involve additional associate researchers with strong track records and international visibility. During the project’s stages, the collective networks of the six participant institutions throughout Europe, in the Anglophone and Francophone Pacific, and in North America will lead to near complete participation of the world’s community of Pacific scholars. A final outcome of the project will be the delivery to the European Commission of a comprehensive, forward-looking, long-term social sciences and humanities research policy agenda for the Pacific Islands region. Fields of science humanitiesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changessocial sciences Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH.2012.2.2-4 - Climate change uncertainties: policymaking for the Pacific front Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2012-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN EU contribution € 424 826,00 Address Museplassen 1 5020 Bergen Norway See on map Region Norge Vestlandet Vestland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Liv-Grethe Gudmundsen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE France EU contribution € 250 380,00 Address Boulevard charles livon 58 le pharo 13284 Marseille See on map Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Céline Damon (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS United Kingdom EU contribution € 349 925,00 Address North street 66 college gate KY16 9AJ St andrews See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Clackmannanshire and Fife Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Trish Starrs (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC Fiji EU contribution € 220 420,00 Address Laucala bay campus N/A Suva See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anjeela Jokhan (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Papua New Guinea EU contribution € 150 121,00 Address Po box 111 Boroko ncd See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Nalau Bingeding (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands EU contribution € 104 325,00 Address Houtlaan 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Toon Van Meijl (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data