EO4GEO

Towards and innovative strategy for skills development and capacity building in the space geo-information sector supporting Copernicus user uptake

Description:

EO4GEO is an Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliance gathering 26 partners (and initially 22 associated partners, looking forward to new adhesions), most of the from the Copernicus Academy Network, from 16 countries from academia, private and public sector, active in the education/training and space/geospatial sectors. It is coordinated by the Association GISIGExterner Link and will run over four years, starting from January 2018.

Duration:

01.01.2018 - 31.12.2021

Partner:

Please see the Press ReleaseExterner Link

Tasks at the Department for Earth Observation:

In the project, the Department for Earth Observation, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, contributes the experience developed within Remote Sensing Education Initiative SAR-EDU as well as its new Earth observation education platform EO CollegeExterner Link. The FSU Jena team will focus on the extension of an existing knowledge database (Body of Knowledge) with the concepts and methods related to Earth observation and the Copernicus program. Moreover, the FSU team will develop tangible training actions to teach future users of Earth observation data.

Contact:

Homepage:

http://www.eo4geo.eu/Externer Link

Funding:

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
Project number: N° 591991-EPP-1-2017-1-IT-EPPKA2-SSA-B