Roadmap for technological implementation of the JERICO-RI
Creators: name: Seppälä, Jukka
name: Kuuppo, Katri
name: Frigstad, Helene
name: King, Andrew
name: Blauw, Anouk
name: Mészáros, Lőrinc
Publisher: name: JERICO DS
Year: 2024

description: This deliverable is a “Technology Roadmap” for the JERICO-Design Study (J-DS) Task 2.3 developed in collaboration with the scientific vision created in WP1. It follows the Technology Outlook (JERICO-DS D2.1) and Technology Gap Analysis (JERICO-DS D2.2). The document reviews JERICO-RI Mission and Vision statements as a starting point of Technical Design. The main outcomes of Technology Outlook and Gap Analysis are reviewed, followed by a description of methodologies used in data collection. A key element for Technology Design has been interaction with JERICO-RI Nation Representatives (NRs) who have provided vast amounts of background information from their nations through questionnaires, participation in workshops and other discussions. The Technology Roadmap was constructed first by identifying key technology needs and development proposals identified by NRs. These were balanced with essential elements of JERICO-RI technologies when building a Pan-European coastal marine Research Infrastructure. The long list of development Proposals and related practical Activities were exposed for evaluation and ranking by NRs. Based on NRs evaluations of Roadmap Proposals and Activities, the first shortlist was formulated and some borderline cases were again discussed among NRs.
The final list of Roadmap items included 44 Activities distributed for the timelines “Now” (11 Activities to be done prior ESFRI application, expected in 2025 - i.e. in 1-1.5 years from now), “Short” (10 Activities for JERICO-RI Preparatory Phase) and “Long” (23 Activities during JERICO-RI Implementation Phase). The list of Activities to be performed prior ESFRI application included:
● Create a clear understanding of JERICO-RI, nationally, regionally and pan-Europeanly, indicating which parts of the national observing capacities and which services are part of JERICO-RI ● Map the national state-of-art in coastal observations, including various RIs and other initiatives, and find out what is (and what should be) the JERICO-RI’s position in this national landscape ● Demonstrate the added value of transnational observations in regional seas ● Identify the key thematic areas (incl. Blue Growth -topics) where pan-European technology coordination is a necessity, acknowledging different needs of various Key Scientific Challenges ● Clarify the role of JERICO-RI in using those platforms and technologies, which are also used by other RIs ● Make the catalogue of SOPs and Best Practices easily available ● Perform an in depth analysis of PSS and IRS work done, in terms of transnational technology collaborations ● Participate in marine industry events for promotion of JERICO-RI technologies and opportunities ● Agreement which are the core JERICO-RI variables and how they are measured ● Agree which platforms are supported by JERICO-RI ● Provide a high-level illustration of JERICO-RI variables and platforms, for dissemination purposes
Monitoring of the realisation of Roadmap must be conducted in concert with JERICO-RI Nation Committee, JERICO-S3 project, ESFRI proposal writing team, dedicated teams for certain Activities and, after all, JERICO-RI as structured after JERICO-DS and JERICO-S3 projects.