The main objective of Germ of Life project, co-financed by the Interreg Euro-MED Programme, is to develop an innovative system of digital technologies to improve preventive management of drought risks.
It’s the initiative of 10 entities from 6 Euro-Mediterranean countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Cyprus) based on data-driven solutions jointly developed and adapted. With monitoring sources and indices commonly defined that will support drought risk prediction for territorial monitoring systems and timely alerts on drought conditions. With pilot tests to apply nature-based solutions and technological solutions aimed at drought risk mitigation challenges specific to the Mediterranean area.
Germ of Life promotes climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, with resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches. Project mission is protecting, restoring and valorising the natural environment and heritage.
The project aims at tackling the identified challenges and opportunities by providing a drought risk management preventive approach based on adapted and newly developed solutions able to support regional stakeholders in:
- Drought Risk Prediction: Preventing drought risks by adopting AI and data-driven early warning systems through remote sensing and exploitation of new data that are potentially useful for drought impact detection and quantification.
- Collaboratively Assess Vulnerability risk: Increase coordination and cooperation in joint management and assessment of the risk and support decision making for example in planning, valuation, sharing results of the nature based solutions (NBS) performance and impact evidence base through data monitoring and evaluation.
- Procuring innovative solutions: by supporting the public authorities in the effective implementation of strategies and plans, by including technologies and NBS suitable to drought impact mitigation.
Project budget
€ 2.998.600,00
Interreg Funds: € 2.398.880,00
Partners
- University of Patras (Greece), Lead Partner
- Region of Western Greece
- Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change – CMCC (Italy)
- Lamoro Development Agency (Italy)
- Ubitel (Spain)
- Atos (France)
- The Development and Infrastructure Company of Alqueva – EDIA (Portugal)
- Junta de Andalucía (Spain)
- Dotsoft (Greece)
- Infotrend Innovations Company (Cyprus)
