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Harmonised European Land Monitoring

Start date:2011-01-01

End date:2013-12-31

Project Acronym:HELM

Project status:Execution

Coordinator

Organization name:UMWELTBUNDESAMT GMBH
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Georg REBERNIG (Mr)	Spittelauer Laende 5 WIEN ÖSTERREICH Region:OSTÖSTERREICH WIEN
Tel:+43-1313045424
Fax:+43-1313045400
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.umweltbundesamt.at	Organization Type:

Description

Objective: The land surface is a decisive factor regarding the state of the environment and human well-being. To manage it well, regularly obtained up do date information on land use and land cover is needed. Land monitoring provides this information through thematic maps based on the interpretation of areal photography, satellite imagery and further sources. These maps aid spatial planning, nature protection, agricultural policy, forestry, water catchment area management, etc. In spite of its importance, land monitoring in Europe is quite inefficient owing to lacking coordination between the national, sub-national, and European levels. Efforts are duplicated and given opportunities for mutual support are not utilised which means a substantial waste of resources. HELM is a network of authorities concerned with land monitoring across Europe.
It will initiate a move to increase the maturity of European land monitoring along five sequential steps:
(1) mutual interest in achieving reciprocal knowledge,
(2) shared visions and planning for the future,
(3) joint activities by taking on tasks collectively,
(4) alignment of national systems involving the mutual adaptation of data interpretation methods and of the timing of data gathering,
(5) lasting integration and combining data across all administrative levels.

HELM envisions a coherent European land monitoring system characterised by high quality data and efficient productivity. This system will combine the broad range of specific expertise and resources of relevant authorities in the member states. Their work will be supported through targeted centrally supplied measures fulfilling common requirements for raw data and data processing. Through a continuous flow of knowledge from the local to the European scale and the other way round, future information needs regarding land use and land cover will be met as an essential basis for managing the land surface in the framework of European sustainable development.

Achievements:

General information:

Project Details

Start date:2011-01-01

End date:2013-12-31

Duration:36 months

Project Reference:261562

Project cost:1207913 EURO

Project Funding:1000000 EURO

Programme Acronym: FP7-SPACE

Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme

Subprogramme Area:Coordination of national activities for land monitoring

Contract type:Coordination (or networking) actions

URL:http://www.fp7helm.eu/ms/fp7helm/

Subject index:Environmental Protection, Coordination, Cooperation
 

Other participants

Organization name:INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE DELTA DUNARII
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Diana BOTA (Ms.)	BABADAG ST 165 TULCEA ROMANIA Region:SUD-EST Tulcea
Tel:+40-240524550
Fax:+40-240533547
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.ddni.ro	Organization Type:
Organization name:EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Kirsi LOISA (Ms.)	Torikatu 34 JOENSUU SUOMI/FINLAND Region:MANNER-SUOMI ITÄ-SUOMI Pohjois-Karjala
Tel:+358-107734325
Fax:+358-107734377
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.efi.int	Organization Type:Research,Other
Organization name:EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH & FINANCING LTD
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Zohar BEN-ASHER (Professor)	HAMARVA STREET 2 BINYAMINA ISRAEL Region:
Tel:+972-36202255
Fax:+972-36202255
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.eu-crf.net	Organization Type:
Organization name:REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION CENTRE - RESAC
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Ljudmila MILENOVA (Ms.)	Tzar Assen Str. 61 SOFIA BULGARIA Region:YUGOZAPADEN Sofia stolitsa
Tel:+359-29800731
Fax:
E-mail:Contact
URL:	Organization Type:
Organization name:ACCADEMIA EUROPEA PER LA RICERCA APPLICATA ED IL PERFEZIONAMENTO PROFESSIONALE BOLZANO (ACCADEMIA EUROPEA BOLZANO)
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Marc ZEBISCH (Dr)	Viale Druso 1 BOLZANO ITALIA Region:NORD EST TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE Bolzano-Bozen
Tel:+39-0471055372
Fax:+39-0471055399
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.eurac.edu	Organization Type:
Organization name:UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Veronica COLOMBO (Ms.)	Campus UAB -BELLATERRA- s/n CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES ESPAÑA Region:ESTE CATALUÑA Barcelona
Tel:+34-935814862
Fax:+34-935813331
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.uab.es	Organization Type:
Organization name:SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Anna-lena Marita HALLIN-PIHLATIE (Ms.)	Mechelininkatu 34a 140 HELSINKI SUOMI/FINLAND Region:MANNER-SUOMI UUSIMAA
Tel:+358-404871478
Fax:+358-954902690
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.environment.fi/syke	Organization Type:
Organization name:FOTEC FORSCHUNGS- UND TECHNOLOGIETRANSFER GMBH
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Gerhard PRAMHAS (Dr)	Viktor Kaplan-Strasse 2 WIENER NEUSTADT ÖSTERREICH Region:OSTÖSTERREICH NIEDERÖSTERREICH Niederösterreich-Süd
Tel:+43-2622903330
Fax:+43-26229033399
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Organization name:EIDGENOESSISCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT WSL
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Tel:+41-447392342
Fax:+41-447392215
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.wsl.ch	Organization Type:
Organization name:ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA PROTEZIONE E LA RICERCA AMBIENTALE
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Valter SAMBUCINI (Dr)	Via Vitaliano Brancati 48 ROME ITALIA Region:
Tel:+39-0650072074
Fax:+39-0650072221
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.isprambiente.it/site/it-it/	Organization Type:
Organization name:CENIA,CESKA INFORMACNI AGENTURA ZIVOTNIHO PROSTREDI
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Jana PETRUCHOVA (Ms.)	LITEVSKA 1174/8 PRAHA CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA PRAHA
Tel:+420-267225332
Fax:+420-271742306
E-mail:Contact
URL:	Organization Type:
Organization name:STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Gerard HAZEU (Mr)	DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 WAGENINGEN NEDERLAND Region:OOST-NEDERLAND GELDERLAND Arnhem/Nijmegen
Tel:+31-317481928
Fax:+31-317419000
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.wageningenur.nl/nl.htm	Organization Type:
Organization name:FEDERAL DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORTS ENERGY AND COMMUNICATION
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Tom KLINGL (Dr)	Bundeshaus Nord BERN SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA Region:ESPACE MITTELLAND Bern
Tel:+41-313247103
Fax:+41-313239254
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.uvek.admin.ch	Organization Type:
Organization name:SPECTO NATURA LIMITED
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Name:Geoffrey SMITH (Dr)	COLLEGE ROAD 9 IMPINGTON CAMBRIDGE UNITED KINGDOM Region:EAST ANGLIA Cambridgeshire
Tel:+44-7986178837
Fax:
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.specto-natura.co.uk	Organization Type:
Organization name:GISAT S.R.O.
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Tomas SOUKUP (Mr)	MILADY HORAKOVE 1523/57A PRAHA 7 CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA PRAHA
Tel:+420-270003735
Fax:+420-271741936
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.gisat.cz	Organization Type:
Organization name:GEOVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SARL
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Stefan KLEESCHULTE (Mr)	Z.I. BOMBICHT 3 NIEDERANVEN LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHÉ) Region:
Tel:+352-26714135
Fax:+352-26714554
E-mail:Contact
URL:	Organization Type:
Organization name:AGENTSCHAP VOOR GEOGRAFISCHE INFORMATIE VLAANDEREN
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Jo VAN VALCKENBORGH (Mr)	GEBROEDERS VAN EYCKSTRAAT 16 GENT BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:VLAAMS GEWEST OOST-VLAANDEREN Gent (Arrondissement)
Tel:+32-92615226
Fax:+32-2615299
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.agiv.be	Organization Type:
Organization name:BUNDESAMT FUR KARTOGRAPHIE UND GEODASIE
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Andreas BUSCH (Dr)	RICHARD STRAUSS ALLEE 11 FRANKFURT DEUTSCHLAND Region:HESSEN DARMSTADT Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
Tel:+49-696333312
Fax:+49-696333441
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.bkg.bund.de	Organization Type:
Organization name:INSTITUTO GEOGRAFICO PORTUGUES
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Ana Cristina ANDRADE GOMES (Dr)	RUA ARTILHARIA UM 107 LISBOA PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa
Tel:+351-213819600
Fax:+351-213819697
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.igeo.pt/	Organization Type:
Organization name:INSTITUT GEOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL*
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Clotilde MOHSEN (Mrs)	Avenue de Paris 73 SAINT-MANDE FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Val-de-Marne
Tel:+33-143988559
Fax:+33-143988448
E-mail:Contact
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Organization name:INFORMUS GMBH
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Frank FELL (Dr)	Prinzessinnenstrasse 30 BERLIN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BERLIN
Tel:+49-3070086711
Fax:+49-3070086713
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.informus.de	Organization Type:
Organization name:NORSK INSTITUTT FOR SKOG OG LANDSKAP
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Geir-harald STRAND (Professor)	Raveien 9 115 ÅS NORGE Region:
Tel:+47-64948000
Fax:+47-64948001
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.skogoglandskap.no	Organization Type:
Organization name:NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF ICELAND
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Kolbeinn ÁRNASON (Dr)	Stillholt 16-18 AKRANES ÍSLAND Region:
Tel:+354-4309000
Fax:+354-4309090
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.lmi.is	Organization Type:
Organization name:FOLDMERESI ES TAVERZEKELESI INTEZET
Administrative contact	Address
Name:György BÜTTNER (Mr)	BOSNYAK TER 5 BUDAPEST MAGYARORSZAG Region:KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Budapest
Tel:+36-14604177
Fax:+36-12527288
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.fomi.hu	Organization Type:
Organization name:CENTRO NACIONAL DE INFORMACION GEOGRAFICA
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Nuria VALCÁRCEL (Mrs)	GENERAL IBAÑEZ DE IBERO 3 3007 MADRID ESPAÑA Region:COMUNIDAD DE MADRID
Tel:+34-915979538
Fax:+34-915979770
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.cnig.es	Organization Type:
Organization name:UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA
Administrative contact	Address
Name:Jose Antonio RUIZ MOLINA (Mr)	CALLE EL EJIDO S/N MALAGA ESPAÑA Region:SUR ANDALUCIA Málaga
Tel:+43-952132591
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URL:http://www.uma.es	Organization Type:

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