Communication Package Towards other Infrastructures!
EUROFLEETS+ has successfully delivered a Communication Package Towards other Infrastructures! Where you can find all the resources that might be of interest to the management of your infrastructure and support you through the experience gained through the several EUROFLEETS projects. Access Guide – How to organise and evaluate Transnational Access Programmes; Exploring The Unknown – Dive into the ways EUROFLEETS+ is advancing the development of new tools for European research vessels enhancing t
EUROFLEETS was present at two major events this year!
We had a stand at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 Anneli (AWI) and Andrea (OGS) were at stand 434 presenting EUROFLEETS+ exciting opportunities! The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. As we approach the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, beginning in 2021, it is increasingly important to gather as a scientific community to raise awareness of the truly global dimension of the ocean, address env
EUROFLEETS+ Strategic Workshop Milan
A collaboration has been established with the University of Milano-Bicocca and the Executive Master in Management of Research Infrastructure (EMMRI) to develop a Eurofleets+ strategic programme, customized to help/facilitate project beneficiaries in developing a long-term sustainable coordination system, thinking in terms of strategic issues. The strategic programme has consisted of: A brain-storming session, held in Milan on 17 December 2019; the session was attended by an “ad-hoc” working grou
EVIOR Rebrand
The EVIOR platform is a product form the earlier EUROFLEETS initiatives. As part of the EUROFLEETS+ project it has been decided to continue and upgrade the following existing components: Research Vessel Cruise Programme database, containing planned cruises per research vessel and owner / operator; Research Vessel database, containing characteristics of each research vessel, owner / operator details and, if available, a link to the ship’s web page; Cruise Summary Reports (CSR) database, containin
ROV Workshop
The first of two planned ROV Lab courses took place from the 19th-21st of November 2019. 11 applications were received and 7 participants from Greece, Germany and Sweden were considered as suitable and invited. As the course was designed for 8 people, a MARUM member was invited to fill the last open place. The participants received a training lesson in using a 7-function manipulator and a scientific dive in a virtual “Black Smoker ventfield” environment was carried out in the QuestSIM simulator.
AUV Workshop
The first Workshop took place from the 20th of August 2019 at the Robotics Lab workshop of Gothenburg University (UGOT) in collaboration with the Swedish Marine Robotics Centre (SMaRC) including participation of industry (Marine Mätteknik, MMT) and focus on AUV and Sea-Glider operations. Course elements included technical preparation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, mission planning preparation, integration of scientific payload, data acquisition and post-processing of various types of sensors
Eurofleets+ Floating Universities have begun
Eurofleets+ held its first Floating University on hydrographic surveying on board the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Voyager in Cork Harbour (19th – 23rd February 2020). The seven-day training programme attracted postgraduate students from Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Iceland and Brazil. The EuroFleets+ Floating University introduced students to the principles and methods applied to hydrographic surveying, through lectures and workshops at the University College Cork and three days of
SEA-Call “REGIONAL” Preliminary Results
The call closed at 28th of February and twenty-two proposals were submitted to the SEA Programme Call “REGIONAL”. Applications had the PI’s coming from 10 nations:
SEA-Call “OCEANS” Results
Thirty-four proposals were submitted to the SEA Programme Call “OCEANS”, having all passed the eligibility criteria. These proposals involved 253 applicant’s applicants based in 30 different countries, reflecting a high international collaboration. The proposals covered the following regional distribution: A total of 570 external evaluators were contacted for the evaluation process, with a success range of 3-5 external evaluations per proposal. As a result of the logistic evaluation, 10 hig
Toolkit for Course Directors developed
The EUROFLEETS+ ‘Research Vessel Training Toolkit’ represents a further step towards a higher level of marine researcher training, improving and consolidating the organization and development of Floating University courses by: defining common procedures and templates, to ensure a standardised approach to course development providing information on how to produce module descriptors, learning outcomes, organize pre- and post-cruise workshops developing digital learning resources identifyin
