Coordination of Austria's contribution to eLTER (European Long-term Ecosystem, Critical Zone and Socio-ecological Research Infrastructure)
Abstract
LTSER 5 supports the implementation of the European eLTER infrastructure. The eLTER RI is to be formally established as the ERIC in 2026. The operating institutions of the national eLTER sites and eLTSER platforms and their financial funder (largely the federal ministries) are required to contribute concerted Austrian positions to the ongoing eLTER RI detailed planning and its implementation and to consolidate their network of sites to such an extent that it can be incorporated into the eLTER RI. To make this possible, the organization of the national eLTER RI process was embedded in LTER Austria in 2020 and defined by statutes. This pursues the following key objectives: ● Structuring the formation of opinions on eLTER design and services in the areas of responsibility of the ministries concerned (bottom-up, site-responsible expert view) ● Coordination of (1) the technical contributions of site-operating institutions and scientific teams with (2) strategic aspects from the institutional management level (top-down, management, directorates, rectorates) ● Creation of a platform for national opinion and strategy formation ● Interface between opinion and strategy formation of the site coordinations and their institutional representatives with the formal representation of Austria in the European eLTER ESFRI process ● Time- and cost-efficient representation of Austria in the eLTER Interim Council as the central decision-making body for the design and implementation of the eLTER RI
Project staff
Veronika Gaube
Mag.rer.nat. Dr.phil. Veronika Gaube
veronika.gaube@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73721
Project Leader
01.05.2025 - 31.12.2027
Bastian Bertsch-Hörmann
Mag. Bastian Bertsch-Hörmann
bastian.bertsch-hoermann@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.05.2025 - 31.12.2027