JERICO-NEXT to be funded by the EC

 

We are very pleased to receive the news that JERICO-NEXT has received a score of 14.5/15 during evaluation and shall therefore be funded by the EC under the H2020 call (research and innovation actions).

In the continuity of JERICO (FP7), the objective of JERICO-NEXT consists in strengthening and enlarging a solid and transparent European network in providing operational services for the timely, continuous and sustainable delivery of high quality environmental data and information products related to marine environment in European coastal seas.

The EuroGOOS Office will contribute to a number of WP’s but in particular to the Data Management WP where we are task leaders in the “Data Policy and distribution” and “Linking JERICO-NEXT activities to a virtual access Infrastructure” tasks. The Office is also responsible for the deliverable on providing recommendations on open and free data policy.