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The Network has been set up according to three levels of partnership to meet the need for a large participation, guaranteeing an effective management of the project and of resource allocation at the same time. 1) the Coordinator, GISIG, is in itself a net-work and, as such, is taking the responsibility of most of the “networking” work packages foreseen by the project, taking support from 2) Core partners, identified to satisfy specific requirements of the project, responsible of specific tasks according to their main expertise; 3) the other Members of the Network, the “Associated partners”, contributing to the networking training activity towards transfer of skills, methodology and tools in a wider transnational context, according to their specific interest. Please, find below short presentations of the Coordinator and the Core Partners, together with a complete list of Associated Partners. Project co-ordinator  1. GISIG (Project Co-ordinator), a Sectoral European Association, constituted in 1992 as a COMETT UETP (University-Enterprise Training Partnership). GISIG has a long experience in promoting and managing large trasnational partnerships, devoted to networking, innovation and technology transfer in the GI field, including training and mobility initiatives within Leonardo and, previously, within COMETT. Among its Members, some major GI technology vendors guarantee a close follow-up of technology development, also through the possibility to access their catalogues of courses; some others are also committed to ensure a better impact of the initiatives promoted by the Association on a regional/national level. Moreover, the Association promotes thematic networks to pull expertise in GI applications domains (e.g NATURE-GIS (www.gisig.it/nature-gis).
On this base, the VESTA-GIS project has been set-up to deal with pan-European training needs and it is expected that the VESTA-GIS results will be disseminated across Europe and to various types of stakeholders. The "Core" partners, that are represented (in addition to GISIG) within the project Steering Committee:  | 2. HiG, the GIS Institute at the University of Gävle is a multi-disciplinary research and innovation centre, recognised as a national focal point of GIS-related research and development in Sweden. It has a long lasting experience in managing on-line courses and takes care of the implementation of the VESTA Training Framework and the related tools. |  | 3. Z_GIS, the “Centre for GeoInformatics” at Salzburg University is a centre of competence active in research, continuing education and industry cooperation. The experience of the Centre is precious to coordinate the need analysis and to give fundamental inputs to the definition and evaluation of the courses metadata |  | 4. LabSITA, at the University of Rome La Sapienza that performs research studies, applications and education on advanced applied techniques of Geographical and has developed jointly with AICA (Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico – http://www.aicanet.it) the programme and the syllabus of GIS certification - endorsed by ECDL Foundation core level (http://www.ecdlgis.com), in order to offer a programme for professional skills recognition in GI. |  | 5. SADL , the Spatial Applications Division Leuven, R&D division of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) that guarantees the link with the INSPIRE implementation and training needs evaluation, in particular concerning the suitability of the training material with regard to the INSPIRE provisions and the cross check of the INSPIRE thematic data (Annexes) towards the evaluation of the training modules for the Thematic application domains. |  | 6. IRIDE the Water management Utility branch of the IRIDE Group and 7. ICCOPS Landscape, Natural and Cultural Heritage Observatory, a Non-Governmental Organisation of the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan, leading the activities of two of the thematic sub-network considered in VESTA-GIS, for the Water Resource Management and Coastal Management and Landscape application domain, respectively. The third one, Natural Environment Protection, is leaded by GISIG, former co-ordinatior of the IST project “Nature-GIS” and promoter of the homonymous SDIC Spatial Data Interest Community, within INSPIRE. |  |
The Associated partners Most of the involved partners have a long record of experience in GI projects and within EU-funded programmes, inter alia in the Training and Education field, and are consequently familiar with the valorisation requirements to be applied towards the VESTA-GIS target groups. The partnership has a sound scientific and technical knowledge that, through co-operation among the various stakeholders involved in the project, will be shaped into the collection, selection and availability of training material, with the related added value, in order to suit the training needs assessed in the first phase of the project. Moreover, the European coverage of the project allows to cross-relating different situations in the different Countries. In this way the project outcomes can work in different contexts and are as well able to support the process of training standardisation and certified comparison in this field that is one challenge of training at the European level. As overall the project, by enhancing training of end-users, should also contribute to the definition of sectoral standards for competence certification according to the principles stated by the Copenhagen Declaration and to the forthcoming ECVET system. N. | Partner | Sector of interest | 8 | Aalborg University | GIS technology GI applications for Coastal management and landscape, land management and urban planning | 9 | AGISEE – Association for Geospatial Information in South-East Europe | GIS technology | 10 | Aristotle University Thessaloniki | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape, Solid Waste Management | 11 | Autorità di Bacino del Fiume Po | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, soil defence | 12 | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 13 | CEMAGREF | GI applications for Nature conservation, Landscape ecology | 14 | Central European University | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 15 | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | GIS technology | 16 | CSI Piemonte | GIS technology | 17 | Ege (Aegean) University | GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 18 | ENEA | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation | 19 | Epsilon International SA | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape, civil protection, natural disasters | 20 | Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) | GI applications for Coastal management and landscape | 21 | Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation | 22 | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 23 | Grad Rijeka | GIS technology | 24 | Hellenic Centre for Marine Research | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 25 | IGN France International | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape, Cartography, Geoportals | 26 | IH Cantabria | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 27 | INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung | GIS technology | 28 | Instituto Geografico Portugues | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape, Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Remote Sensing applications | 29 | IRENAV – Institut de Recherche de l'Ecole navale | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape, Maritime GIS, Web and Wireless GIS | 30 | ISEGI – Universidad Nova de Lisboa | GI applications for Nature conservation | 31 | Macedonian Ecological Society | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 32 | Masaryk University | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, emergency management | 33 | National TechnicalUniversity of Athens | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 34 | Pamukkale University | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Natural hazards, hazard assessment for urban areas | 35 | PAP/RAC – UNEP-MAP Priority Action Programme / Regional Activity Centre | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 36 | Politechnika Opolska (OpoleUniversity of Technology) | GIS technology | 37 | Provincia di Vercelli | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 38 | Regione Piemonte | GIS technology | 39 | Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography (VGTK) | GIS technology | 40 | SEMIDE-EMWIS | GI applications for Water resources | 41 | Technical University of Denmark | GIS technology | 42 | UNEP/GRID Warsaw | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, Natura 2000, INSPIRE, Environmental Reporting | 43 | UNESCO IHE, Institute for Water Education | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape, Urban Water Management | 44 | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 45 | Università Ca' Foscari – Interdepartemental Centre IDEAS | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 46 | Università degli Studi di Cagliari – Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio (DIT), Sezione Urbanistica (SU) | GI applications for Nature conservation, urban / regional planning, EIA, VAS | 47 | Università degli Studi di Cagliari – Dipartimento Scienze della Terra | GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 48 | Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca | GI applications for Nature conservation, Natural hazards and risks | 49 | Università degli Studi di Pavia | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 50 | University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Early warning and crisis management, 3D cartographic visualization, educational GIS and cartography | 51 | University of Girona | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 52 | University of Munster | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 53 | University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 54 | University of Seville | GI applications for Coastal management and landscape | 55 | University of West Hungary | GIS technology GI applications for Land Management, Cadastre | 56 | USRIEP Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Ecological Problems | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 57 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 58 | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | GI applications for Water resources | 59 | VSB TechnicalUniversity of Ostrava | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Public administration, labour market |
New Associated Partners after project approval
60 | Provincia di Bologna (IT) | GIS technology GI applications for Cadastral services | 61 | Petroleum - GasUniversity of Ploiesti (RO) | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation | 62 | ESRI-Europe (NL) | GIS technology | 63 | Intergraph Italia LLC (IT) | GIS technology | 64 | Institute of Water Problems - BAS (BG) | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 65 | Technical University of Sofia (BG) | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation | 66 | Distance Learning University (PT) | GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 67 | University of Trieste (IT) | GIS technology GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 68 | University Ca Foscari (IT) | GI applications for Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape, Marine Archaelogical and Geophysical Prospection | 69 | Scientific InformationCenter of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (UZ) | GIS technology GI applications for Water resources, Nature conservation, Coastal management and landscape | 70 | UNAVE - Association for professional training and research of the University of Aveiro (PT) | GIS training, services and knowledge to municipalities and other organizations | 71 | Agricultural University of Gembloux (BE) | GIS technology Hydrology and Agricultural Hydraulic courses | 72 | LAIS - Fraunhofer Institute Intelligent Analysis Information Systems (DE) | GI and related technology Business intelligence, geomarketing, data analysis services | 73 | Markinfo Bt (HU) | GI and related technology | | 74 | Universidad de a Coruna - Grupo de Recursos Marinos y Pesquerias (ES) | GI and related technology GI applications for Water resources, Environmental Protection, Coastal management and landscape | | 75 | National Research Council - Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IT) | GI and related technology GI applications for Water resources and for Environmental Protection | | 76 | Technical University of Munchen - Institute for Geodesy, GIS and Land Management (DE) | GI and related technology GI applications for Water resources, and for Environmental Protection | | 77 | geomer GmbH (DE) | GI and related technology GI applications for Water resources, Geodata, Business Intelligence |
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