Training & Education

LifeWatch ERIC fosters training and education opportunities, particularly for young researchers, to ensure user-friendly access to all the data, services and resources available within the LifeWatch ERIC infrastructure consortium, building skills in the bio-informatics domain and involving citizens in biodiversity and ecosystem research.

Powered by the Service Centre, the LifeWatch Training Centre includes a Training Catalogue and a Training Platform.

Who is our training offer for

Researchers and users

We provide tutorials, demonstrations, simulations and guides on how to best use the LifeWatch ERIC resources, tools, services and VREs.
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International project consortia

We bring out expertise to EU projects training activities, contributing to the development and delivery of training catalogues, platforms and programmes.
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University students/post-docs

We offer a true Biodiversity eCampus with a wide selection of university courses, intensive schools and Master’s programmes organised by LifeWatch ERIC and other entities.
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Schools

We create and make available resources, competitions, serious games and educational multimedia for citizen science and education.
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eBiodiversity community

We host webinars, conferences and workshops delivered by top-scientists and aimed at the eBiodiversity community, on scientific developments and new activities of LifeWatch ERIC.
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Who is our training offer for

Researchers and users

We provide tutorials, demonstrations, simulations and guides on how to best use the LifeWatch ERIC resources, tools, services and VREs.
More

International project consortia

We bring out expertise to EU projects training activities, contributing to the development and delivery of training catalogues, platforms and programmes.
More

University students/post-docs

We offer a true Biodiversity eCampus with a wide selection of university courses, intensive schools and Master’s programmes organised by LifeWatch ERIC and other entities.
More

Schools

We create and make available resources, competitions, serious games and educational multimedia for citizen science and education.
More

eBiodiversity community

We host webinars, conferences and workshops delivered by top-scientists and aimed at the eBiodiversity community, on scientific developments and new activities of LifeWatch ERIC.
More

Where you can find our training resources

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LifeWatch ERIC Training Catalogue

Following the FAIR principles and best practices, the LifeWatch ERIC Training Catalogue hosts the metadata of relevant learning resources so that these can be shared, searched, discovered, accessed and reused. The accurate and descriptive metadata set developed by LifeWatch ERIC will allow you to easily find the most appropriate and well-suited educational resources for your learning needs.

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LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform

The LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform hosts targeted contents for a wide range of users. You will find our offer of competitions, serious games and educational multimedia; high-standard university courses, summer schools and Master’s programmes; tutorials, demos and guides on how to best use our tools, services and VREs; and all webinars, conferences and workshops organised by LifeWatch ERIC.

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Events

We have organised and co-organised numerous training events on the topics of biodiversity and ecosystem research, as well as on how to use our tools, services and VREs.
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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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