IASON

Fostering sustainability and uptake of research results through Networking activities in Black Sea & Mediterranean areas

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'IASON Project has the ultimate goal to establish a permanent and sustainable Network of scientific and non-scientific institutions, stakeholders and private sector enterprises belonging in the EU and third countries located in two significant areas: The Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions. The main focal points of the project will be the usage and application of Earth Observation (EO) in the following topics: • climate change • resource efficiency • raw materials management

IASON aims to build on the experiences gained by 5 FP7 funded projects, OBSERVE, enviroGRIDS, GEONETCab, EGIDA, and BalkanGEONet. All of the above projects focused on enhancing EO capacities, knowledge and technology in the EU and in neighborhood countries. During their execution time they managed to establish links with a critical mass of research institutions, organizations, public organizations, stakeholders, and policy makers in the Balkan region, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea Basin. IASON intends to create the proper conditions for enhancing knowledge transfer capacity building, and market opportunities in using EO applications and mechanisms in specific research fields that are addressing climate actions resource efficiency and raw materials management. In order to achieve its goal IASON will engage in • Visible and effective capacity building and knowledge transfer activities with Third countries' research institutes and organizations, stakeholders and policy makers through the organization of two training workshops (one in each region). • Demonstration of market opportunities through uptake of results from three projects (PEGASO, enviroGRIDS, and IMPACTMIN), best case scenarios and success stories. • Identification of projects and networks, using the regional partners’ contacts in the Third Countries, along with input from training workshops, and Advisory Board Members in the thematic fields that have potential for future cooperation. • Liaise and coordinate dissemination activities with other projects dealing with research and innovation cooperation for the Societal Challenge 5 of Horizon 2020 • Creation of an innovative web based common information platform with information regarding clustering projects that demonstrate synergy potential, networking tools that will enhance communication between interesting parties.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU initiative is developing a sustainable network involving scientific and non-scientific institutions, stakeholders and the private sector for the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions. The network will facilitate the integration of environmental information.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

As environmental threats such as sea-level rise, water pollution and biodiversity loss become more global there is a greater need for effective integration of information. However, many activities producing data from the global to the local scale and using different approaches can result in information that is not always compatible.

This challenge is being addressed by the EU-funded http://iason-fp7.eu/ (IASON) project. Members of the consortium belong to the EU and third countries located in the regions of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and are focusing on Earth observation (EO). The results will be applied to the fields of climate change, resource efficiency and raw materials management.

Project partners are building on the experience of previous projects that focused on EO and developed links with researchers, stakeholders and policymakers in the Balkans, Black Sea Basin and Mediterranean. They are also creating the proper conditions for knowledge transfer capacity building with third countries through the organisation of training workshops. In addition, they will create a web-based common information platform that demonstrates the potential of networking tools for enhancing communication between interested parties.

The consortium is mapping the scientific output from regional and EU funding and building capacity through data integration and operability. It is also developing a toolkit that can facilitate the access of regional research institutions to funding opportunities to ensure the market uptake of research results.

IASON has already defined the current status of research in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, and created a database of stakeholders and existing networks. It has also conducted a gap analysis and a roadmap for capacity building and technology transfer for the two regions.

A critical mass of EO knowledge for the environment is currently being generated thanks to training and capacity building for local stakeholders and academics. Furthermore, coordination activities are developing the basis for the creation of a permanent stakeholder community, combined with policy briefs and action plans. As such, the IASON project will create the necessary conditions for extended and sustainable use of EO tools for the environment.