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ACTRIS PPP - Aerosols, Clouds and Trace Gases Preparatory Phase Project

ACTRIS PPP (Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure Preparatory Phase Project) is a European Project supported by the European Commission Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action (INFRADEV-02-2016) from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019.

The Research Infrastructure (RI) ACTRIS – Aerosols, Clouds and Trace Gases - is the pan-European RI that consolidates activities amongst European partners for observations of aerosols, clouds, and trace gases and for understanding of the related atmospheric processes, to provide RI services to wide user groups. ACTRIS is composed of 8 connected elements: distributed National Facilities (observation platforms and exploratory platforms) both in Europe and globally, and 7 Central Facilities (Head Office, Data Centre and 5 Calibration Centres). ACTRIS provides access to its facilities, open-access data, research support, instrument calibration and development, and training to various user groups. By providing data and access ACTRIS enhances science, but it also generates and disseminates knowledge, boosts technological development, and creates human capital and jobs for the benefit of the society.

ACTRIS will positively impact on e.g. human health, climate resilience, and protection from environmental hazards and reduction of air pollution. ACTRIS has been selected to the ESFRI roadmap in 2016 as mature enough to be implemented within the next ten years. ACTRIS Preparatory Phase Project (PPP) will have a significant role in enabling the transition from a projectbased network of research facilities to a centrally coordinated integrated pan-European RI. ACTRIS PPP brings together a wide community of research performing organizations, research funding organizations and ministries needed to take the decisions and actions to move forward in the implementation of the ACTRIS.

The main objectives of ACTRIS PPP are to develop the organizational, operational and strategic frameworks of the RI. The work includes legal, governance, financial, technical, strategic, and administrative aspects carried out in 9 work packages. The main outcomes of PPP are signature-ready documents for establishment of a legal entity with well-defined operations and a sound business plan.

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 The Project is funded by the European Union


Contact:
Prof Jean Sciare, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tel. +357 222 08700     +357 222 08 675

 

Additional Info

  • Acronym: ACTRIS PPP
  • Center: EEWRC
  • Funding Source: European Union/ Horizon 2020
  • CyI Funding: 55.625€
  • Funding Period: 36 months
  • Starting Date: January 2017
  • End Date: December 2019
  • Coordinator: ILMATIETEEN LAITOS (HELSINKI , FI)
  • Partners: AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    CESKY HYDROMETEOROLOGICKY USTAV
    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY
    NORSK INSTITUTT FOR LUFTFORSKNING
    AARHUS UNIVERSITET
    LUNDS UNIVERSITET
    EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
    CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
    KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
    PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT
    THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE
    NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS
    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
    EESTI MAAULIKOOL
    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS
    UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
    Instytut Geofizyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
    INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS METEOROLOGISCH INSTITUUT-KNMI
    JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
    HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
    THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
    INSTITUT ROYAL D'AERONOMIE SPATIALE DE BELGIQUE
    LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FUER TROPOSPHAERENFORSCHUNG e.V.