Tackling Sustainable Development Goals with Earth observation data November 2019 saw G-STIC 2019 organised by our partner VITO take place in Brussels – the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference. As part of this event, Copernicus, the EU’s Earth Observation programme, organised the Sustainable Development Goals Copernicus Hackathon. […]
Three post-doctoral and two placement research projects have been selected in the RawMatCop 2018-2020 Programme second call for projects! Five EIT RawMaterials partners have been selected to execute 12-month research projects where they will develop innovative new skills, expertise and applications of Copernicus data and services for the raw materials sector. […]
Copernicus for Raw Materials, discover the potential! The 2019 edition of the RawMatCop Academy, the flagship series of short courses delivered by the RawMatCop Programme, took place on 17-20 June 2019 in Bologna, Italy. The RawMatCop Academy provides targeted training on the use of Earth Observation for the extractive sector. The [...]
RawMatCop Call for Applications – Uncover the power of Copernicus for raw materials solutions! Apply for the call by 5 July 2019! In December 2017, as a result of the call – Copernicus Building Skills Actions – from the European Commission/DG GROW, EIT RawMaterials was awarded a three-year action, the RawMatCop 2018-2020 Programme. […]
CopX – part of the EIT RawMaterials supported RawMatCop project – addresses the challenge of increasing transparency and the equalisation of information at mining sites through its integration of Copernicus satellite acquisitions with the MapX platform – an impartial mapping platform for natural resources developed by UN Environment and GRID-Geneva. While raw materials are essential [...]
Earth observation for the raw materials sector Innovative decarbonising technologies, as well as resource-efficient products and goods, require a variety of materials for their functionality, many of them critical raw materials. Copernicus can be a powerful supply strengthening tool when applied to primary and secondary raw materials challenges, which EIT RawMaterials is investigating [...]
On 24 September and 25 September, the Kickoff Workshop for the five new RawMatCop 2018-2020 projects selected for funding in the 1st Call for proposals took place at the EIT House in Brussels on the 24th and 25th of September. The workshop was attended not only by the individual post-doctoral and placement project researchers, but [...]
