Statutory Seat

The Statutory Seat and ICT e-Infrastructure Offices of LifeWatch ERIC are located in Seville, Region of Andalusia, Kingdom of Spain.

The Statutory Seat and the ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Offices jointly assist the functioning of the infrastructure, the former being the coordinator of all legal, administrative and institutional activities, and the latter responsible for managing the distributed ICT e-Infrastructure operations and implementation.

Activities

The Statutory Seat and the ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office are responsible for the coordination and management of the day-to-day institutional relationships, administrative, legal, and financial issues, technology transfer and distributed ICT infrastructure operations.

Specifically, they coordinate procurement and IPR matters, formal agreements with external data and e-Services suppliers, and Service Legal Agreements (SLA) with local, regional, national and international entities, including decision-makers and environmental managers.

In addition, they coordinate and manage the construction, maintenance and deployment of the distributed ICT e-Infrastructure, including coordination of the design and implementation of the e-Services required by the Service Centre and the Virtual Laboratories and Innovations Centre, as well as the other Distributed Facilities.

Contact details

Statutory Seat

Chief Executive Officer
Christos Arvanitidis

Email
ceo[at]lifewatch.eu

Postal address
Plaza España SN, SECTOR II-III
41071 Seville (Spain)

ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office

Email
cto[at]lifewatch.eu

Postal address
Pabellón de Italia
Planta 2 NO – SO
C/ Isaac Newton 4,
Isla de la Cartuja
41092 Seville (Spain)

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the  Agricultural University-Plovdiv.

To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Spain

The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities). 

To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Slovenia

The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.

To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Portugal

The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.

To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Netherlands

The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.

To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Italy

The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.

To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Greece

The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.

To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Belgium

The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.

To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.