Objective The project SWITCH-ON addresses water concerns to thoroughly explore and exploit the significant and currently untapped potential of open data. Water information is highly sought after by many kinds of end-users, both within government and business as well as within civil society. Water touches virtually all societal and environmental domains and the knowledge domain is largely multidisciplinary. New water information and knowledge can thus lead to more efficient use of environmental services and better handling of environmental problems, including those induced by climate and environmental change. SWITCH-ON will show the benefits achieved through the whole process chain by re-purposing (re-using under different context) open data products into more dedicated and refined water products, which have high value and a broad impact on society.The vision is to improve public services, and to foster business opportunities and growth, by establishing new forms of water research and facilitating the development of new products and services based on principles of sharing. The SWITCH-ON objectives are to use open data for implementing: 1) an innovative spatial information platform with open data tailored for direct water assessments, 2) an entirely new form of collaborative research for water-related sciences, 3) fourteen new operational products and services dedicated to appointed end-users, 4) new business and knowledge to inform individual and collective decisions in line with the Europe’s smart growth and environmental objectives. While focusing on water, the project is expected to inspire a much broader environmental and societal knowledge domain and many different end-users. The SWITCH-ON project will be one trigger in a contemporary global movement to better address environmental and societal challenges through openness and collaboration. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancepublic servicessocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2013.6.5-3 - Exploiting the European Open Data Strategy to mobilise the use of environmental data and information Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2013-two-stage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator SVERIGES METEOROLOGISKA OCH HYDROLOGISKA INSTITUT EU contribution € 1 426 388,00 Address FOLKBORGSVAGEN 1 601 76 NORRKOEPING Sweden See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Östergötlands län Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Monica Wallgren (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA Italy EU contribution € 352 640,00 Address VIA ZAMBONI 33 40126 Bologna See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alberto Montanari (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL United Kingdom EU contribution € 346 446,00 Address BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD BS8 1QU Bristol See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bristol, City of Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Julie Coombs (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CISMET GMBH Germany EU contribution € 512 893,50 Address IM KLEEGARTEN 6 66636 THOLEY See on map Region Saarland Saarland St. Wendel Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sascha Schlobinski (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 350 739,00 Address STEVINWEG 1 2628 CN Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maarten De Groot Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING DELTARES Netherlands EU contribution € 736 306,00 Address BOUSSINESQWEG 1 2629 HV Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gerben Boot (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOLOGIC INSTITUT gemeinnützige GmbH Germany EU contribution € 329 811,00 Address Pfalzburger Strasse 43-44 10717 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Sigrid Schulze (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI Italy EU contribution € 152 800,00 Address CORSO MAGENTA 63 COMPLESSO IMMOBILIARE LE STELLINE 20123 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Monica Eberle (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GECOSISTEMA SRL Italy EU contribution € 259 200,00 Address PIAZZA MALATESTA 21 47900 Rimini Rn See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Rimini Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alberto Pistocchi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DIPL.-ING. GÜNTER HUMER GMBH Austria EU contribution € 200 700,00 Address FELD 16 4682 GEBOLTSKIRCHEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Günter Humer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HKV LIJN IN WATER BV Netherlands EU contribution € 325 745,00 Address BOTTER 11 29 8232 JN Lelystad See on map Region Oost-Nederland Flevoland Flevoland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Kees De Gooijer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 156 960,00 Address BROUGHTON HALL GILLON HOUSE BD23 3AE SKIPTON See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rob Lamb (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN Austria EU contribution € 338 191,00 Address KARLSPLATZ 13 1040 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Guenter Bloeschl (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 253 042,50 Address CAMPUS VALLA 581 83 Linkoping See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Östergötlands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Annika Arvidson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EMVIS SYMVOULOI MICHANIKOI ANONYMI ETAIREIA Greece EU contribution € 256 440,00 Address ODOS PAPARRIGOPOULOU 21 15343 Agia Paraskevi Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Apostolos Tzimas (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data