The European DIGITAL SME Alliance is conducting the following survey: Supporting Specialised Skills Development: Big Data, Internet of Things and Cybersecurity for SMEs. This survey is part of an initiative, funded by the European Commission, that addresses skills needs of small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with regards to cybersecurity, big data and IoT – with the aim to support sustainable growth of SMEs. […]
Baveno+20: From GMES to Copernicus and Beyond is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Baveno Manifesto – the birth of the Copernicus Programme. We will look back to see the road travelled – the Copernicus story and achievements, and we’ll look into the future of the Programme – how Copernicus takes part in the future of environmental protection, the EU economy and safety & security of the EU citizens. […]
Take action on climate change through entrepreneurship Join the Climate-KIC InnoSpace Journey: summer school for climate innovation in partnership with Copernicus using Earth Observations and GIS data. The Journey brings together students and professionals from all over the world. […]
Space applications – 05/04/2018Awarding outstanding Earth Observation ideas and applications to tackle challenges faced by business and society, the Copernicus Masters 2018 competition is now open for submissions.The deadline for submission is 30 June 2018. […]
Castellón (Spain), 30 May 2018. The EO4GEO project is happy to announce its Workshop and Project meeting to be held in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, from May 30th until June 1st. The meeting will be hosted by project partner Universitat Jaume I (UJI), GEOTEC Research group. The project, which is now in its first steps (Preparing the space/geospatial sectors skills strategy), intends to identify gaps and shortages between GI and EO training offer. This workshop, the first of a series that will take place every 6-months, will discuss the (intermediate) findings of the demand survey and will provide an [...]
The Earth observation (EO) and Geoinformatics (GI) sector is rapidly evolving due to technological advances, growing collections of open data (e.g. Copernicus), and a broader user base. This evolution requires the adaptation of EO/GI training for matching the demanded skills on the market. EO4GEO invites all organisations operating in the space/geospatial sector to participate in the following surveys on supply and demand of education and training in EO/GI. By participating in the surveys you will contribute to the delivery of a detailed skills intelligence in the space/geospatial sector and to the definition of the long term sector skills strategy. The online survey [...]
The EO4GEO kick-off meeting took place on January 16th to 17th 2018 and was hosted by Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) and led by the GISIG-international group in Milan, Italy. At least 60 participants had the opportunity to discuss the first strategic and practical actions of the project with several partners involved in the 10 work packages and to present the work objectives and outlines for each work package. On the first day, after the Copernicus overview presented by Emanuele Barreca from DG GROW, the Erasmus+ Blueprint Skills by Milva Carbonaro and the ESA (education) activities by Francesco Sarti. [...]
