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European Tracking Network

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    The European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network (ETN) is an initiative to integrate the aquatic animal tracking community in Europe with the mission to track aquatic animals to better understand, protect and manage them.

    It has been endorsed as an EU Mission Ocean action and has two endorsed UN Ocean Decade projects:

    (1) with the Ocean Tracking Network, as a global partnership to develop the scientific infrastructure and data systems needed for researchers to co-design studies to track the movements, survival, distributions, habitat use and migration pathways of valued marine animals critical to food security and socioeconomic wellbeing in coastal communities.

    (2) Digital Twin of the Ocean: Animal Tracking (DTOTrack), which aims to map the movements and distributions of marine life in the North Sea and use that data to create a digital twin of the area. The digital twin can then be used to make more ecologically informed decisions in the blue economy sector and marine spatial planning.

    The European Tracking Network (ETN) is a grassroots collaborative international network of scientists in Europe that share expertise, infrastructure, and knowledge. The network uses telemetry as a tool to gain insights on how to better understand, protect and manage aquatic animals in support of European policy priorities, breakthrough science and cutting-edge technological innovation. ETN aims to be a sustainable, efficient, and integrated pan-European biotelemetry network embedded within the international context.   

    ETN’s vision is achieved through five major principles

    To achieve this vision, ETN focuses on some general principles, translated into specific actions: 

    Collaborate, communicate and disseminate knowledge: ETN develops ways and opportunities for the aquatic animal tracking community within Europe and beyond to gather, develop ideas, train peers and collaborate. ETN fosters the building of bridges between the scientific user community, policy, industry and society on a European and global scale. ETN communicates in an open and inclusive way, and disseminates the knowledge gathered to diverse stakeholders. 

    Implement a Research Infrastructure: The network initiates, implements and supports telemetry Research Infrastructure at strategic locations across Europe, in all aquatic realms. 

    Equipment compatibility: ETN aims to improve the usefulness and inter-applicability of currently available technology, and foster technological advancements.  

    Support FAIR and Open data: The network centralises data in the ETN database. The ETN data platform allows for an efficient data preservation and curation, assures efficient data access through tools and services adopting FAIR data principles. Care: ETN cares for the environment, the animals being studied, and the humans participating.

    Partners

    The network consists on many institutions to be listed here, we would like to mention the core-group members that support the coordination of this lively network: Who we are | European Tracking Network (Flanders Marine Institue (VLIZ), Technical University of Denmark, Loughs Agency, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, University of the Azores, University College Cork, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Spanish National Research Council, Ocean Tracking Network)

    Goal 13

    Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

    Goal 13

    13.1

    Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

    13.1.1

    Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

    13.1.2

    Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

    13.1.3

    Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

    13.2

    Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

    13.2.1

    Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    13.2.2

    Total greenhouse gas emissions per year

    13.3

    Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

    13.3.1

    Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment

    13.a

    Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

    13.a.1

    Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025

    13.b

    Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities


     

    13.b.1

    Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Goal 17

    Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

    Goal 17

    17.1

    Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

    17.1.1
    Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
    17.1.2
    Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

    17.2

    Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

    17.2.1
    Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

    17.3

    Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

    17.3.1

    Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

    17.3.2
    Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

    17.4

    Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

    17.4.1
    Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

    17.5

    Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

    17.5.1

    Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

    17.6

    Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

    17.6.1

     Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

    17.7

    Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

    17.7.1

    Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

    17.8

    Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

    17.8.1
    Proportion of individuals using the Internet

    17.9

    Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

    17.9.1

    Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

    17.10

    Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

    17.10.1
    Worldwide weighted tariff-average

    17.11

    Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

    17.11.1

    Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

    17.12

    Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

    17.12.1

    Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

    17.13

    Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

    17.13.1
    Macroeconomic Dashboard

    17.14

    Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

    17.14.1
    Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

    17.15

    Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

    17.15.1
    Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

    17.16

    Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

    17.16.1

    Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

    17.17

    Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

    17.17.1

    Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

    17.18

    By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

    17.18.1

    Statistical capacity indicators

    17.18.2
    Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
    17.18.3

    Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

    17.19

    By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

    17.19.1
    Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
    17.19.2

    Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

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    ETN organizes collaborative workshops, training courses, events, and scientific missions, widening knowledge and cooperation. So far, this has been achieved by bringing together scientists from across Europe and beyond who work wit
    Support FAIR and Open data
    Staff / Technical expertise
    data management, infrastructure, technology development, communications and virtual research envrionment
    Financing (in USD)
    160000
    In-kind contribution
    internationalisation
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    Flanders Marine Institue (VLIZ)
    SDGs
    Other beneficiaries
    Flanders Marine Research groups and partners globally
    Ocean Basins
    Global
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Scientific knowledge, research capacity development and transfer of marine technology
    Countries
    Belgium
    Belgium
    Denmark
    Denmark
    Ireland
    Ireland
    Netherlands
    Netherlands
    Portugal
    Portugal
    Spain
    Spain
    Headquarters
    Ostend, Belgium
    Contact Information

    Juana, International Liaison Officer on behald of lead project manager Jan Reubens