Project description
A global look at Earth systems
Understanding how the Earth works as a system is important to modern society. Floods, earthquakes and global climate change are Earth phenomena impacting society. Depleting natural resources can also impact the sustainability of the environment and hurt economies. In response, the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) facilitates the integrated use of data and integration of the existing national and transnational research infrastructures. Its aim is to foster worldwide interoperability in the Earth sciences and services for a broad community of users. The EU-funded EPOS SP project will ensure the long-term sustainability of the EPOS Research Infrastructure. It will create effective synergies among diverse actions dedicated to securing governance and financial sustainability through the entire research infrastructure life cycle.
Objective
The future and security of humankind dwelling on Planet Earth depend on our ability to live and cope with the complex Earth system in all its dimensions. Our ability to monitor the surface and subsurface of the Earth and to forecast catastrophic events and their impacts on society is increasingly pertinent as our society develops. Earth system processes transcend national boundaries and the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) brings the solid Earth networks in Europe into a single distributed research infrastructure. EPOS has been designed with the vision and the mission of creating a pan-European infrastructure for solid Earth science relying on novel e-science concepts to provide virtual access to data and services as well as physical access to facilities for a broad community of users. The innovation potential of the EPOS infrastructure involves enabling the use of multidisciplinary solid Earth science data, data products and services relying on national research infrastructures distributed across the whole Europe. The overall objective of the EPOS Sustainability Phase (EPOS SP) project is to ensure the long-term sustainability of the EPOS Research Infrastructure. This will be done by creating effective synergies among diverse actions dedicated to: (i) secure governance and financial sustainability through the entire research infrastructure lifecycle; (ii) secure technical sustainability and develop innovation to fully exploit data and service provision; (iii) establish and maintain excellence by preserving and reinforcing the trust and awareness of users; (iv) exploit economic and societal benefits to keep stakeholders engaged. The EPOS SP project is timely in the EPOS RI lifecycle because it will consolidate the long-term operational perspective of EPOS ERIC and the EPOS Delivery Framework. EPOS SP is addressing all aspects of sustainability to tackle the challenge of moving from technical and financial viability to long-term sustainability.
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Participants (30)
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00143 Roma
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SN2 1FL Swindon
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45060 Orleans
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01-452 Warsaw
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8092 Zuerich
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5020 Bergen
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75794 Paris
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67081 Strasbourg
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75238 Paris
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38058 Grenoble
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6201 001 Covilha
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1749 077 Lisboa
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4200 465 Porto
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3810-193 Aveiro
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1180 Bruxelles / Brussel
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00185 Roma
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1000 Ljubljana
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971 87 Lulea
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3732 GK De Bilt
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1350 Kobenhavn K
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14473 POTSDAM
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28006 Madrid
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108 Reykjavik
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11810 Athina
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3584 CS Utrecht
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077125 Magurele-Bucuresti
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1000-043 Lisboa
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31 112 KRAKOW
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30-059 Krakow
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34010 Sgonico-Trieste
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