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PROJECT FICHE

BASIC INFO

Acronym
CASPINFO
Full Project title
Caspian environmental and industrial data & information service
Start Date
09/01/2008
Ending Date
28/02/2011
Research Area
ENV.2007.2.2.1.8
Aims & Objectives
CASPINFO is aiming at improving of cooperation between marine scientists, oil & gas industry and governments in the Caspian Sea region through: · Initiation and establishment of a co-operative Caspian Sea, trans-national partnership (Data & Information Network consisting of representatives of marine environmental data & information centres/services, governmental stakeholders, oil & gas industries and commercial oriented data brokerages), that will strengthen the quality, service and overall performance of marine environmental and industrial data & information management, both on regional, national and international level. · Development and establishment of an Internet based Caspian Data & Information Service to improve the implementation of integrated (environmental, industrial and administrative) management information, and to provide a tool for effective exchange of information, accessibility of data & and information, and communication · Development of marketing and business opportunities and strategies for commercial industrial and environmental data for sustainable exploitation of these partly commercial and partly non-commercial data: the extra challenge of the project is to deal with a mix of commercial and non commercial data. CASPINFO will result in: · Improved and sustainable data & information exchange between (public and private) environmental, industrial and governmental stakeholders within the Caspian Sea region · Direct involvement of the main data and information stakeholders.
Contact Information
Reinier VAN DER VAART (Mr) KONINGIN JULIANALAAN, VOORBURG, NETHERLANDS
Web-page URL
http://www.caspinfo.net/
Regions Involved
Caspian Sea
Scope
National waters; Coastal; Deep Sea

ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Funded by
EU Commission
Funding programme
FP7- ENVIRONMENT
Total Budget (€)
940.784
EU Contribution (€)
800.697

LEADERS AND PARTNERS

Main Leader
MARIENE INFORMATIE SERVICE "MARIS" B.V.
Nº of partners
17
Countries of Partners
NETHERLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; KAZAKHSTAN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; FRANCE; AZERBAIJAN; GREECE; TURKEY; ITALY

OUTCOMES

Type of outcome
Posters; Fact Sheets; Papers; Datasets
Link to outcome
http://www.caspinfo.net/content/content.asp?menu=0020000_000000

OTHER INFO

Source
CORDIS; Milieu
INSPIRE Themes
Environmental monitoring facilities
GEMET keywords
environmental sata; information service; research; socio-economic data; legal data
MSFD Descriptors
Multiple