Project name: EnviroGRIDS (Building Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System supporting Sustainable Development)

Grant Agreement Number: 226740

Implementation period: 2009-2014

Objectives and tasks: The main objective of Project was to build capacity in the Black Sea Basin to construct, maintain and use modern Earth observation systems in order to contribute to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The EnviroGRIDS project aimed to gather, store, distribute, analyze, visualize and disseminate crucial information on the environment of the Black Sea catchment.

Organization-Coordinator:UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE, Rue du General Dufour 24, GENEVE 4, 1211, Switzerland, Website: http://www.unige.ch/international/presentation/structures_en.html

EnviroGRIDS Coordinator: Anthony Lehmann, Tel : + 41 22 379 75 25, Fax : + 41 22 379 11 80

Partners (Consortium members):

Ukraine (6 organizations):

UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, KHARKIV, Ukraine Melitopol State Pedagocical University; DANUBE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY OF STATE HDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF MINISTRY OF UKRAINE OF EMERGENCIES AND AFFAIRS OF POPULATION PROTECTION FROM CONSEQUENCES OF CHORNOBYL CATASTROPHE; A.O. KOVALEVSKIY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF SOUTHERN SEAS, SEVASTOPOL; ODESSA NATIONAL I.I.MECHNIKOV UNIVERSITY; TAURIDA NATIONAL V.I. VERNADSKY UNIVERSITY, SIMFEROPOL

Switzerland (3 organizations):

ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCHCERN; EIDGENOESSISCHE ANSTALT FUR WASSERVERSORGUNG ABWASSERREINIGUNG UND GEWAESSERSCHUTZ; arx iT Consulting, Geneva

Romania (4 organizations):

INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE DELTA DUNARII, TULCEA; INSTITUTUL DE GEOGRAFIE, Bucharest; INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE HIDROLOGIE SI GOSPODARIRE A APELOR, BUCURESTI; UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA

Bulgaria (2 organizations)

BLACKSEA REGIONAL ENERGY CENTRE, SOFIA; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY OF THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SOFIA

As well as organizations from the following countries:

Czech Republic: Ceske centrum pro vedu a spolecnost,

Georgia: GIS and RS Consulting Center GeoGraphic, Tbilisi,

Netherlands: UNESCO-IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION, DELFT,

Spain: UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA,

Belgium: SoresmaNV, ANTWERPEN,

Russian Federation: SAINT PETERSBURGSTATE UNIVERSITY,

Turkey: TECHNICALUNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL,

Hungary: VITUKI KORNYEZETVEDELMI ES VIZGAZDALKODASI KUTATO INTEZET NONPROFIT KOZHASZNU KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG, BUDAPEST,

Italy: CENTRO DI RICERCA, SVILUPPO E STUDI SUPERIORI IN SARDEGNA, CAGLIARI,

And 2 International organizations: PERMANENT SECRETARIAT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE BLACK SEA AGAINST POLLUTION, ISTANBUL; International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, VIENNA.

Head of the ONU Research Group and His Contacts:Dr. Volodymyr I. Medinerts
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