SWITCH-ON Opening Europe to the World to Achieve Sustainability

Publication: Policy Brief
Citation: Lorna Little et. al. 2017: SWITCH-ON Opening Europe to the world to achieve sustainability. SWITCH-ON Policy Brief No.4.

This policy brief illustrates how SWITCH-ON supports globally-connected science, digital innovation, and the use of open data to help citizens, governments, and businesses in Europe and across the globe move towards a sustainable future. It shows how the 14 SWITCH-ON products are closely aligned to the SDGs by addressing several EU environmental policy objectives. The SWITCH-ON Policy Brief No.4 is available for download.

The SWITCH-ON Market Analysis Framework

support to European innovators on commercialising water information products

Year 2016

Publication:Policy Brief

This policy brief introduces the SWITCH-ON Virtual Water Science Laboratory, a digital platform for scientific research and collaboration built upon the principles of transparency, community and open access. The Virtual Lab implements Open Science by encouraging collaborative experiment definition and by facilitating the search and upload of open datasets. The SWITCH-ON Policy Brief No.2 is available for download.

The SWITCH-ON Virtual Water Science Laboratory

Facilitating collaborative and reproducible Open Science

Year 2017

Publication:Policy Brief

This policy brief illustrates how the SWITCH-ON project has provided proof-of-concept of how product development based on Open Innovation and Open Data can foster environmental and economic benefits in the European Union. This was achieved by transforming Open Databased hydrological science outputs into useful products and services for water managers, researchers, businesses and authorities at multiple levels. The SWITCH-ON policy brief is available for download.

SWITCH-ON – Making Open Innovation a Reality

Year 2017

Publication:Report

The purpose of the SWITCH-ON Market Analysis Framework (MAF) is to provide developers with guidelines and supplementary resources to support the analysis of new and existing markets for SWITCH-ON products and services. The framework will equip developers with the necessary tools to critically evaluate the potential of identified markets for their products and services and will set the foundations for the development of an appropriate market entry strategy.

Framework for Judging Market Potential of Information Products

Year 2014

Event:Workshop

The SWITCH-ON workshop brought together developers and end-users of a variety of open data based water information products from all over Europe to test these tools hands-on and to discuss their opportunities and challenges. The goal of the 1.5-day workshop was to identify the potential and operational needs of water-related information tools and services based on open data. SWITCH-ON develops state-of-the-art information products and services for water management and environmental awareness.

Exploiting the Potential of Environmental Information Products for Flood Forecasting and Water Quality Monitoring - 1st SWITCH-ON Workshop

7 - 8 October 2014
Berlin, Germany

Project:FP 7

Water touches virtually all societal and environmental domains. The knowledge domain is largely multidisciplinary. New water information and knowledge can thus lead to more efficient use of environmental services and better handling of environmental problems, including those posed by climate and environmental change. The project SWITCH-ON explores and exploits the currently untapped potential of open environmental data to address water issues. Water information is of interest to many kinds of end-users, both within government and business as well as within civil society. SWITCH-ON will show the benefits achieved through the whole process chain. The project aims at re-purposing (re-using under different context) open data products into more water-dedicated and refined products. Those are considered to have high value and a broad impact on society.

Sharing Water-related Information to Tackle CHanges in the Hydrosphere – for Operational Needs (SWITCH-ON)

Nov 2013 - Oct 2017

Language: English
Authorship: Gerardo Anzaldúa

Hugh McDonald

Lorna Little (SMHI)

Berit Arheimer (SMHI)

Lotta Andersson (Linköping University)
Credits: with contributions from the SWITCH-ON consortium
Layout: Beáta Vargová
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Year: 2017
Dimension: 4 pp.
Project: Sharing Water-related Information to Tackle CHanges in the Hydrosphere – for Operational Needs (SWITCH-ON)
Project ID: 2732
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SWITCH-ON: driving innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
From Europe to the world: Supporting achievement for the SDGs through implementation of EU environment policy
SWITCH-ON: Opening the EU to the world
Further Information
Acknowledgment & disclaimer
Authors
Keywords: EU

Water

Open data, water, global change, application (apps), research, GIS, Policy analysis, SDGs, 2030 Agenda

Europe, Global

Policy Brief

Further Links

PublicationPolicy BriefThe SWITCH-ON Market Analysis Framework

Marchiori Pacheco, Larissa; Gerardo Anzaldúa; Hugh McDonald et. al. 2016: The SWITCH-ON Market Analysis Framework: support to European innovators on commercialising water information products. SWITCH-ON Policy Brief No.1.

PublicationPolicy BriefSWITCH-ON – Making Open Innovation a Reality

Ulf Stein et. al. 2017: SWITCH-ON - Making Open Innovation a reality. SWITCH-ON Policy Brief No.3.

PublicationPolicy BriefThe SWITCH-ON Virtual Water Science Laboratory

McDonald, Hugh; Gerardo Anzaldúa; Lotta Andersson et.al. 2017: The SWITCH-ON Virtual Water Science Laboratory: Facilitating collaborative and reproducible Open Science. SWITCH-ON Policy Brief No.2.