Arctic Preparedness Platform for oil Spill and other Environmental Accidents (Q4295473)
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Project Q4295473 in Finland, Iceland, United Kingdom, Norway
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Arctic Preparedness Platform for oil Spill and other Environmental Accidents |
Project Q4295473 in Finland, Iceland, United Kingdom, Norway |
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614,687.76 Euro
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1,414,143.47 Euro
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43.47 percent
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1 May 2017
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30 April 2020
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Oulun yliopisto
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65°3'33.26"N, 25°27'58.86"E
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58°35'41.82"N, 3°31'33.53"W
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60°23'1.32"N, 5°19'55.02"E
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64°8'25.55"N, 21°56'56.54"W
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60°10'43.39"N, 24°54'58.97"E
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APP4SEA is a transnational competence project, which aims to strengthen the preparedness of environmental authorities and the awareness of general public in the coastal areas of the NPA region regarding oil spill response. Combating oil spills in harsh, northern conditions is challenging with current technologies. Oil spills do not recognize national borders, and inefficiencies are brought by different practices and methods, which are used by different countries, as well as the challenges due to different sea and environmental conditions, and the variety of oil types used and transported by ship across the NPA region. APP4SEA will unite coastal authorities, pool their competences and data on oil weathering, share best practices in oil spill response technologies and models. By learning from each other, the authorities can response faster and more efficiently in order to minimize environmental and social impacts of oil-in-water accidents. The project will produce an interactive smart map, which will be an open access platform showing search and rescue centres along the NPA coastline, their equipment and level of preparedness for oil spill accidents, weather conditions in accident zones, as well as information about important ecological areas and species that can be affected by oil spills. The smart application will also have a predictive function to advise in case of accident what equipment of deploy considering the place and scale of spill and environmental conditions. The project will also produce a gap analysis and improvement suggestions to improve OSR infra and preparedeness level in the NPA region. The end users of the project are local authorities responsible for oil spill response; social groups, educational institutions and the general public. APP4SEA will also involve local entrepreneurs, to support northern entrepreneurship and attract interest to environmental issues. In additon the general public will be provided access to illustrative educational tools. (English)
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