Action Group on Infrastructure

This group was initially formed to finalise the European Polar Infrastructure Catalogue and Database. Following the Autumn 2018 Plenary Meeting, the Action Group was renewed with a mandate to focus on improving access to polar infrastructure for the European research community.

Aims and Objectives

• European Polar Infrastructure Database 
• • Increased functionality and add additional information and features, including automation of updates
  • Improved synchronisation with other databases
  • Sharing of scientific metadata
• Accessibility to polar research infrastructure
• • Increasing accessibility – gathering data on requirements for access to polar research infrastructure
  • Identify opportunities to harmonise requirements between EPB Members
• Scoping study on mobile and interchangeable infrastructure in the polar regions
• • Currently existing examples of such infrastructure with EPB Members, potential benefits of such facilities to complement existing infrastructure 
  • Feasibility of developing a network of such infrastructure

Polardex, a new online platform for polar infrastructure, logistics discovery and planning, developed by the AG on Infrastructure and partners, has launched in April 2022. Read more here.

Workshop report: 'Towards harmonisation of polar infrastructure access' 1st August 2019

The EPB, incollaboration with partners ARICE, EU-PolarNet, FARO, GEO-CRI and INTERACT, held the workshop 'Towards harmonisation of polar infrastructure access' in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on the 1st August.

Participants in the workshop 'Towards harmonisation of polar infrastructure access', August 2019

A report and copies of presentation slides are available below.