EU_COF_ERA-Planet_NP_THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR OBSERVING OUR CHANGING PLANET (DTA.AD004.069)

Thematic area

Earth system science and environmental technologies

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Institute of Atmospheric pollution Research (IIA)

Project manager

NICOLA PIRRONE
Phone number: +39 06 90672831
Email: pirrone@iia.cnr.it

Abstract

ERA-PLANET aims to bring together and strengthen the European, national and regional R&I programmes in the domain of Earth Observation. The overarching goal of ERA-PLANET is the development of a Transnational Environmental Observation System in Support of European & International Policies through the Integration of real-time monitoring data from various platforms, modelling tools and advanced global cyber-infrastructure for data sharing and interoperability.
ERA-PLANET will strongly contribute to the ERA open space by making more effective national research systems in the domain of Earth Observation by allocating funding through open calls for proposals and assessing the quality of research-performing organisations and teams and their outputs as a basis for institutional funding decisions. Cross-border cooperation and competition will provide grand challenges for an effective investment in and use of research infrastructures, for exploiting synergies between national and international programmes and strategically aligning different sources of national and other funds at EU level.

Goals

Specific objectives of ERA-PLANET are:
1. To prepare and launch a two-stage joint transnational call structured along the following Strands:
Strand 1 Smart cities and resilient societies.
Strand 2 Resource efficiency and environmental management
Strand 3 Global change and Environmental treaties
Strand 4 Polar areas and natural resources
pressure from increasing anthropogenic activity in areas with sensitive ecosystems.
2. To fund projects according to a priority list set by external experts.
3. To monitor funded projects and to report progress accordingly.
4. To develop a strategic research agenda to reinforce the ERA and to coordinate the cross- and inter-cooperation of European and national programs in key and selected EO domains.
5. To coordinate initiatives with the aim to improve the interoperability among the existing and future projects on EO and links to the GCI.

Start date of activity

01/02/2016

Keywords

Earth Observation, Global change, Environmental Management

Last update: 03/06/2025