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Mainstreaming GEOSS Data Sharing and Management Principles in support of Europe’s environment

Creaf leader

We will performing inter alia promotion and/or implementation of data sharing and management activities (e.g. data gathering, metadata creation, analysis of licenses, data accessibility and usability), collection, description, management and validation of data requirements, development of standard methodologies, gap analysis, best practices and recommendations, drafting of technical reports, organisation of workshops and consultations, and supporting EEA.

Main tasks of the project are:

Task 1: Improving the value of sharing GEOSS data

The objective of this task is to coordinate, harvest synergies, and facilitate knowledge exchange across GEO, EuroGEO, and Copernicus’ data sharing and management activities to create the basis for efficient data access solutions. Focus is on promoting free, full, open and timely access to in situ data, foster cooperation with national data providers, and raise awareness of the technical, organizational, and resource implications of the implementation of the GEO Data Sharing and Management principles. The implementation of the task should involve stakeholders such as the GEO Data Working Group (Data-WG), Eionet, and other key in situ data providers in Europe as well as GEO community members involved in GEO Work Programme activities.

Task 2: Interoperability and quality requirements

The purpose of this task is to provide support and consultancy as regards “Interoperability and quality requirements”. The objective of this task is to collate, analyse and store information with a common methodological approach on in-situ data quality requirements as expressed by the showcases, as well as requirements arising from EuroGEO selected applications and GEO Flagships, Initiatives and Community Activities.

Task 3: Developing standard processes to facilitate the re-use of the data

The objective of this task is the development of standard processes to facilitate the discovery, re-use, manage and curate relevant in-situ data (i.e.: ground, sea and airborne measurements from relevant observation networks, non-satellite geospatial data or campaign data produced by relevant Horizon 2020 projects and citizen science initiatives) through the development of a series of relevant showcases. Following the GEOSS Data Sharing and Management Principles, the showcases will address both technical issues and legal and governance barriers as well as legacy preservation aspects where relevant. Innovative data management activities should be explored (e.g.: integration with statistical socio-economic data and new data sources, analysis, reprocessing).