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BalkanGEONet
| Inclusion of all Balkan countries into the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and their contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) is of great importance, since only a comprehensive Earth Observation (EO) framework
can lead to a better understanding and more intelligent utilization of environmental resources, increased quality of life and faster economic
development. Importance and benefits from the participation in global EO
initiatives have already been recognized by several Balkan countries.
However, a great number of Balkan countries are still not members of
the GEO. |
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| BalkanGEONet is a project funded by the Euroepean Commission within the FP7 scheme under the Grant Agreement No. 265176. The project aims to identify the existing EO-data providers and users
in the wider Balkan region, to determine their status, potentials and
needs, and to coordinate the EO players by establishing a proper interface
and networking between them. A broad analysis of gaps and
complementarities of the EO activities in the region will be performed,
with an emphasis on the user needs in the specific context of the
Balkan region. |
| The consortium is carefully constituted to include key players
both from EO-data provider and EO-data user communities from all Balkan
countries. Participants from other EU countries are also included to
allow for a straightforward identification of mechanisms for leveraging,
developing and coordinating the EO capacity building initiatives in the
region, and to ensure that the Project outcomes will be in line with the
currently designed Shared Environmental Information System and with
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe. |
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| Main outcomes of the BalkanGEONet project will be the creation of the permanent
web-based networking facility (PNF), and the design of the roadmaps and
recommendations for an active, coordinated and sustained participation
of all Balkan countries in global EO initiatives. These outcomes will
also present a contribution to the GEO task CB-09-03 „Building Institutional
Capacity to Use EO” and specifically to subtask CB-09-03b „Establishing
Regional Capacity Building Networks“. |
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National PNF Days
- Tirana, Albania
March 1st, 2013
- Skopje, FYRoM
March 29th, 2013
- Podgorica, Montenegro
April 9th, 2013
- Split, Croatia
May 25th, 2013
- Novi Sad, Serbia
May 28th, 2013
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 5th, 2013
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