{"id":587,"date":"2019-03-27T07:50:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T06:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lesprojekt.cz\/?p=587"},"modified":"2019-03-27T07:50:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T06:50:48","slug":"eovalue-call-for-innovative-apps-in-the-environmental-and-social-domains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesprojekt.cz\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":"EOVALUE: Call for Innovative Apps in the environmental and social domains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Context and challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

EOVALUE<\/a>\u00a0is launching an open call for development of innovative applications integrating openly available datasets (incl. space and on site observations) and\/or on-line services, adding value by creating new variables or indicators to support the\u00a0EuroGEOSS initiative<\/a>\u00a0and in particular the\u00a0Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk\u00a0<\/a>Reduction, or the\u00a0Paris Agreement on Climate Change<\/a>. Other areas of application will be considered providing they address broad environmental or social themes across geographic scales.<\/p>\n

Conditions for entry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any legal entity from the 28 EU Member States plus the countries associated to\u00a0Horizon 2020<\/a>\u00a0can participate.<\/p>\n

The Evaluation Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n

The entries will be evaluated by an international panel co-chaired by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Directorate General Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and including representatives of the public and private sectors and academia. Criteria for evaluation for the application include support to European policy, and\/or the\u00a0Group on Earth Observation (GEO)<\/a>\u00a0engagement priorities (Sustainable Development Goals or the Sendai Framework for Risk Reduction, or the Paris Agreement on Climate Change), use of European capacity including European data, computing infrastructure, knowledge such as models, algorithms, or code.<\/p>\n

Applications that make use of public APIs to access open data or services, and\/or integrate existing open datasets through APIs, or build bridges across existing open datasets, APIs, and projects, or publish data through public APIs will be given more favourable consideration.<\/p>\n

Applications developed using the Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) or the European Open Science Cloud, and \/or making use of Artificial Intelligence techniques to add value to the data will also be given greater consideration.<\/p>\n

Applications that already have an identified user community will also be given greater consideration.<\/p>\n

All applications need to address clearly the following four questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. What is the proposed application going to do?<\/li>\n
  2. Which data sets or service will it use?<\/li>\n
  3. If parts of the app are already developed, how does the proposal add value?<\/li>\n
  4. Which are the advantages of the proposed app compared to already existing ones?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The 20 best applicants will be awarded contracts by the JRC for a maximum of \u20ac 13.500 to develop the applications further, and take them to the stage of first public release within 3 months of signing the contracts. The winners will also be invited to present their applications to a dedicated international event co-organised by the European Commission. This will give visibility to the winning teams and provide opportunities for further development. Travel and daily allowance will be supported by the European Commission for 1 person from each winning team.<\/p>\n

    Ownership of the Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The application product and their documentation delivered to the European Commission (EC) at the end of the contract must be made available to the European Commission for reuse without restrictions and will be published by the EC as an open resource.<\/p>\n

    To ensure reuse, the successful applicants who sign a contract with the JRC to develop their application must agree to transfer the full ownership of the results to the European Union (EU), including copyrights and other intellectual property rights. Due acknowledgement of the developers names and logos will of course be provided.<\/p>\n

    Sample Data<\/strong><\/p>\n

    GEOSS Data CORE resources<\/a>\u00a0can be accessed through APIs documented and available for testing at\u00a0http:\/\/api.geodab.eu\/dab\/api-rest-docs\/\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n