The Ecoports Foundation continues its involvement within European research and development projects and initiatives aiming towards the development of new practicable tools for port environmental management. New selected initiatives where the Foundation is involved are outlined below:
Projects in Development
a. Support - Security Upgrade for Ports
4 year FP-7 collaborative project that intends to deliver the basis for the next generation of port security systems and is therefore aiming at enhancing security in European seaport areas by integrating legacy port systems with new surveillance and information management systems. It offers also a possibility for efficiency in the sense that existing similar quality systems for the chain could be used that need input of similar information. Support successfully passed the first evaluation round (final decision expected shortly).
b. PHARO - Ports and Harbours data service based on Earth Observation (EO)
3 year FP-7 project aiming at creating a downstream service for port authorities and at integrating EO data meaningfully for its use by ports in combination with ground-based observations. PHARO successfully passed the first evaluation round (final decision is expected by September 2009).
c. SuPorts - Sustainable managements for European local ports
3 years INTERREG IVC project aiming at assisting small ports to design better environmental strategies and to have easy access to suitable environmental management tools such as the Ecoports SDM and PERS systems. SuPorts successfully passed the first evaluation round (final decision is expected by September 2009).
d. Air quality Management in port areas
This initiative emerges as a follow up of the NoMEPorts project on port area noise mapping and management and aims at maintaining a similar approach to tackle air quality management in seaport areas. The proposal is under development and appropriate funding schemes are being investigated.
If you want to know more on Ecoports projects, or be a part of them, please contact the Projects Secretariat
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