Netherlands

Contacts

LifeWatch Netherlands

  • j.l.konijn[at]uva.nl
  • +31 61 35 38 282

University of Amsterdam,
Faculty of Science Science Park 904
1098 XH Amsterdam The Netherlands

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the largest and one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. The LifeWatch-ERIC national node is hosted by the Faculty of Science. The faculty covers all natural sciences, Information Technology and Mathematics. It has over 6000 students and 1300 staff.

The main institutes servicing LifeWatch Netherlands are the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Dynamics and the Informatics Institute.

Organisation

Currently UvA acts as the main representative of LifeWatch-ERIC in the Netherlands. It has developed strong ties with the Naturalis Natural History Museum in Leiden to jointly operate and lead national projects contributing to the LifeWatch-ERIC infrastructure. UvA acts as host for the ‘Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre’ ERIC Common Facility.

Besides this, several Dutch partners expressed an interest in LifeWatch-ERIC by signing a Memorandum of Understanding in 2011.

UvA has a longstanding relationship with LifeWatch-ERIC. It acted as a founding partner for the Research Infrastructure in 2008 and since then has been involved in several projects related to LifeWatch-ERIC, tackling issues such as technical development, policy, global cooperation, organisational setup and contributions to science.

Activities

The Netherlands hosts the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre, one of the main Common Facilities of LifeWatch-ERIC. Besides this, a number of national projects contribute to the European LifeWatch-ERIC community and technical facilities.

Projects

ENVRIplus

ENVRIplus is a Horizon2020 project bringing Environmental & Earth System Research Infrastructures, projects & networks together with technical specialist partners to create a more coherent, interdisciplinary and interoperable cluster of Environmental Research Infrastructures across Europe.

GLOBIS-B

The mission of the GLOBIS-B project is to foster the global cooperation of biodiversity research infrastructures and biodiversity scientists to advance the implementation and calculation of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs). The project aims to identify the required primary data, analysis tools, methodologies, and legal and technical bottlenecks to develop an agenda for research and infrastructure development to compute EBVs.

LifeWatch Preparatory Project

The UvA coordinated the preparatory project for LifeWatch. The project consisted of 30 partners, mostly representing the major Networks of Excellence in the field of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Research.

ENVRI
ENVRI Project

ENVRI was the first cluster project for the Environmental Research Infrastructures. UvA coordinated this project in which 10 RIs collaborated for the first time.

CReATIVE-B

The EU-funded CREATIVE-B (Coordination of research e-infrastructures activities toward an international virtual environment for biodiversity) initiative was established to bridge the gaps between national life sciences research infrastructures.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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