Euro-AEGIS
Euro-AEGIS, European Agro-Environmental health GIS
associates EEIG, is a European Economical Interest Grouping (EEIG) founded by
Avia-GIS (Zoersel, Belgium) and ERGO (Oxford, UK) in 2004.
The general objective of Euro-AEGIS is to assist in the development of and promote GIS and RS products and applications and training in agro-environmental monitoring, disease surveillance and environmental assessment for sustainable development.
To achieve this the services provided by Euro-AEGIS include: independent, professional advice on agro-environmental monitoring, disease surveillance and environmental assessment; remote sensing applications and GIS development; compilation, mapping and dissemination of standard, area-wide thematic products: agricultural resources, vegetation and land use, livestock distributions, greenhouse gas emissions, disease risk, nutrient excess, pollution risk, protected areas and wildlife habitats etc.; the development of web-based archiving and thematic information systems, capacity building; and websites.
The members of Euro-AEGIS have a well established track record of collaboration with national governments and international agencies; GIS and remote sensing applications expertise; desk-top-publishing and website development; close contacts with the European research community.
List of Euro-AEGIS projects
EPOC3 – Scientific input into the selection and processing of datasets for the European Environment and Epidemiology (E3) network. Time-frame: 2009-2010 (1 year). Funding Agency: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. Executing Agency: Euro-AEGIS, with input from associated consultants, is in charge of conducting four proof of concept studies enabling ECDC to promote the added value of the E3 network. Geographical keyword: Europe. General Keyword: Spatial data management, Information Systems, Proof of Concept. Specific Keyword: Dengue, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Leptospirosis, Salmonellosis.
DMT3 – Audit of Data stored in EDEN Data Archive and Maintenance of EDEN Data Archive during Transition Period. Time-frame: 2009-2010 (1 year). Funding Agency: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. Executing Agency: Euro-AEGIS is in charge of maintaining the EDEN DMT information system to bridge the gap between EDEN and EDENext, as a basis to prepare for the ECDC E3 spatial data network. Geographical keyword: Europe. General Keyword: Spatial data management, Information Systems. Specific Keyword: Environmental data, Epidemiological data.
VBORNET – European network for arthropod vector surveillance for human public health. Time-frame: 2009-2013 (4 years). Funding Agency: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. Executing Agency: Euro-AEGIS is leading a consortium of 11 partners and is in charge of coordination, the development of the network, as well as the development of the network databases and web-based mapping tools. Geographical keyword: European Community, European Overseas Territories. General Keyword: Vector-borne disease network, Vector distribution maps. Specific Keyword: Mosquitoes, Ticks, Phlebotomines.
V-borne – Assessment of magnitude and importance of vector-borne diseases in Europe. Timeframe: 2007-2008 (9 months). Funding Agency: ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden. Executing Agency: Euro-AEGIS is part of a consortium of 16 partners led by CIRAD (Montpellier, France) conducting this six month study and is in charge of operational management and spatial modelling. Project Type: Short term RTD. Geographical keyword: Europe, Overseas Territories. General keyword: Vector borne diseases, Emerging diseases Disease risk assessment, Priority identification, Action plan development. Specific keyword: Mosquitoes, Ticks, Phlebotomines, Rodents (and a list of 20+ diseases).
EDEN – Emerging diseases in a changing European environment - Time-frame: 2004-2010 (5 years + 9 month extension). Funding Agency: European Commission - FP6 (Brussels, Belgium). Executing Agency: Euro-AEGIS is part of a consortium of 49 partners led by CIRAD (Montpellier, France) in charge of spatial data management and disease information systems. Project Type: Long Term RTD. Geographical Keyword: Europe, Northern Africa, Western Africa. General Keyword: Operational management, Training, Data-management and Information systems. Specific Keyword: Emerging diseases, Environmental Change, Human health.
See also: http://edendatasite.com