Project description DEENESFRITPL Citizen science initiatives for aquatic ecosystems sustainability The EU Water Framework Directive promotes the protection of aquatic ecosystems and sustainable water use. Citizen science (CS) initiatives can contribute to and accelerate strategies’ codesign and implementation. The EU-funded OTTERS project will encourage and scale up successful CS initiatives in the marine and freshwater domains. The project will accelerate the cocreation of standards in data collection, semantics, data quality, and data management in line with all ethical and legal standards and cluster them under codesigned Spring-to-Sea campaigns to foster agency and increase ocean literacy. The project will connect the citizen-generated data to other EU-funded projects and portals to ensure the accessibility and reuse of the data and will demonstrate the CS effectiveness. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective OTTERS will aim at promoting and scaling up successful citizen science (CS) initiatives in the marine and freshwater domains via 1) accelerating the co-creation of standards in data collection, semantics, data quality, and data management making sure to abide by all ethical and legal standards; 2) promoting and scaling up successful water-related CS initiatives by clustering them under co-designed Spring-to-Sea campaigns to foster agency and increase ocean literacy; 3) connecting the citizen-generated data to other EU-funded projects and portals, including the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) and Digital Twins of the Ocean (ILIAD) to ensure the accessibility and reuse of the data and abide by all FAIR principles; 4) demonstrating the effectiveness of citizen science in participatory research, environmental monitoring and changing people’s behaviors to ensure the sustainability of water ecosystems and reach the goals of the EU Water Framework Directive and UN Decade of the Ocean. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksdata networksnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Programme(s) HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Main Programme HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space HORIZON.2.3 - Civil Security for Society HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Topic(s) HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-05-03 - Piloting citizen science in marine and freshwater domains Call for proposal HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-05 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA FOUNDATION Net EU contribution € 152 500,00 Address Baghramyan avenue 40 0019 Yerevan Armenia See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all AGORA P.S.V.D. Israel Net EU contribution € 86 750,00 Address Hamapiliemstreet 17/3 92545 Jerusalem See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ASSOCIATION ECO OCEAN Israel Net EU contribution € 62 500,00 Address Hayarkon street 113 63573 Tel aviv yaffo See on map Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 NUCLIO NUCLEO INTERACTIVO DE ASTRONOMIA ASSOCIACAO Portugal Net EU contribution € 98 125,00 Address Largo dos topazios 48-3fte 2785817 Sao domingos de rana See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ODESKIY NACIONALNIY UNIVERSITET IMENI I.I. MECHNIKOVA Ukraine Net EU contribution € 46 875,00 Address Dvoryanskaya str 2 65026 Odessa See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 VEREIN DER EUROPAEISCHEN BURGERWISSENSCHAFTEN - ECSA E.V. Germany Net EU contribution € 126 250,00 Address Invalidenstr. 43 10115 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA Israel Net EU contribution € 62 500,00 Address Abba khushy blvd mount carmel 31905 Haifa See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 RAMANI B.V. Netherlands Net EU contribution € 51 815,00 Address Klarendalseweg 281 6822 GM Arnhem See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 DIMOKRITIO PANEPISTIMIO THRAKIS Greece Net EU contribution € 85 625,00 Address Panepistimioupoli rectorate building 691 00 Komotini See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Aνατολική Μακεδονία Ροδόπη Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO PERLO SVILUPPO DEI SISTEMI A GRANDE INTERFASE Italy Net EU contribution € 79 375,00 Address Via della lastruccia 3 50019 Firenze See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI SCHOLI PANAGEA SAVVA AE Greece Net EU contribution € 73 310,00 Address Dimitriou panagea sttr 15351 Pallini See on map Region Αττική Aττική Ανατολική Αττική Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partners (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all 21C CONSULTANCY LIMITED United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address The work place, ladbroke grove 105 W11 1PG London See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region London Inner London — West Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
