BalticSatApps – Speeding up Copernicus innovation for the BSR environment and security
Duration: 1.10.2017 – 31.12.2020
Project partners: University of Turku, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Tartu Teaduspark AS, Tartu Observatory, Cracow University of Technology
Funding: Baltic Sea Region Interreg 2014 – 2020. Total budget: EUR 2.8 million (European Regional Development Fund 1.8 million and ENI/Russian co-financing 0.4. million)
Project in a nutshell: Project aims to increase the market uptake of open satellite data by 1) increasing the awareness and accessibility of the open satellite data; 2) facilitating the open innovation ecosystem that satellite data providers, developer community (ICT professionals and SMEs) and end user community; 3) increasing capacities of local busines development organizations to support most promising busines ideas to develop into mature and sustainable economic activity; and 4) contributing to policy making processes that ensure the accessibility and usability of open satellite data and favor the business development support.
Further information:http://balticsatapps.eu/
Contact person in Turku Science Park Ltd: Timo Huttunen