Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories - Design Study

General Information

Exerted pressures on the ocean and more particularly on the coastal and shelf seas increasingly disturb coastal regions and ecosystems, and will strongly impact our future. To improve the understanding of underlying processes, the series of EU-funded JERICO (Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories) projects have consisted, since 2007, in continuously improving observations in European coastal marine areas where most of the world population lives, with the objective to build a pan-European Research Infrastructure (RI) providing high-quality marine data, expertise, services, facilities and observation systems. The data produced in this long-term framework are multidisciplinary, standardized, quality-controlled, sustained, interoperable, and free for access and use. However, to better serve the scientific community and address societal and policy needs, JERICO has to progress towards a structured operational European RI supported by the EU Member States (and associated members) and the European Commission, and endorsed as a high-value RI at EU level as part of the ESFRI roadmap. JERICO-DS will thus analyze the needs and propose a design for a state-of-the-art, fit-for-purpose, visionary and sustainable observational European RI providing expertise and high-quality data on European coastal and shelf seas, supporting world-class research, high-impact innovation, and visibility of European excellence worldwide. JERICO-DS will conceptually design the entire picture of the JERICO RI, covering both hardware and software components, and including cutting edge technologies from the sensor level to the information and service distribution to users, hence contributing to the Smart Ocean. JERICO-DS will build on nations’ will and involvement to co-construct the JERICO RI, from the scientific and technical design to the business plan and governance strategy, supporting future engagement during the ESFRI process.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	H2020-INFRADEV-2018-2020
Project Type	Research and Innovation Action
Contract Number	Grant Agreement 951799
Co-ordinator	IFREMER (FR)

Funding for the Project (€)	Funding for Hereon (€)
2,555,531	169,875

Contact Person at Hereon

Dr. Holger Brix, Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Global Coast, KDG, Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-1523 E-mail contact

Participants

Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (IT), Consorcio para la construccion, equipamiento y explotacion del Sistema de Observacion Cost (ES), EuroGOOS AISBL (BE), Finnish Environment Institute SYKE (FI), Havforskningsinstituttet (NO), Hellenic Center for Marine Reearch (GR), Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer IFREMER (FR), Instituto Hidrográfico (PT), Marine Institute (IE), Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (BE), Ruder Boskovic Institute (HR), Stichting Deltares (NL), Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SE), Tallinna Tehnikaulikool (EE)

Last Update: 10. October 2023