Projects of International expert services

Ongoing and recent projects can be viewed in this page. Projects in bold are ongoing. Please note that the projects are in reverse chronological order (newest first).

• Global
• Asia & Caucasus
• Africa & Middle East
• European countries
• Latin America
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Global

• Water Cooperation and Peace - Finnish Water Way 
  (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, Ministry of the Environment of Finland, 2021-2024)

• UNEP - IRP Financing and Sustainability Transitions
  (UNEP, 2021-2023)

Asia & Caucasus

• Consolidating Institutional Capacities for National Surface Water Quality Monitoring in the Kyrgyz Republic (KGZ-Water III)
  (ICI, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2021-2024)

• Towards arsenic safe drinking water in Nepal (NeAs)
  (ICI, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2020-2024)

• Development of Tajik surface Water Monitoring by Quality Management and Collaboration (TJK Water Quality II)
  (ICI, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2021-2025)

• Programme for Finland's Water Sector Support to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan FinWaterWEI II
  (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2014-2019)

More information on completed projects can be viewed here.

Africa & Middle East

• Increasing Climate Change Resilience of Zanzibar with Integrated Marine Management and Sustainable Blue Economy (BLUE-ZAN)
  (ICI, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2023-2027)

• National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Integrated Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in Zanzibar (ZAN-SDI)
  (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2016-2019)

• Aquatic Monitoring for Sustainable Dredging in Northern Lakes of Egypt (Egypt ICI - Dredging)
  (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2017-2019)

More information on completed projects can be viewed here.

Latin America

• Strengthening water quality monitoring and assessment in Colombia (COFI water)
  (ICI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2019-2023)

• Regional Andean Programme to Enhance Weather, Water, Climate Services and Development, the Andean Region - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  (ICI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2013-2016)

• Planning of environmental reference center in Chile (2017)

More information on completed projects can be viewed here.

European countries

EMODNET projects

• EMODNet - Seabed habitats: Operation, development and maintenance of a European Marine Observation and Data Network
  (EU/CINEA, 2023-2025, 2021-2023, 2019-2021, 2017-2019)

• EMODNet - Biology: Operation, development and maintenance of a European Marine Observation and Data Network
  (EU/CINEA, 2023-2025, 2021-2023, 2017-2021)

• EMODNET - Chemistry: Operation, development and maintenance of a European Marine Observation and Data Network
  (EU/CINEA, 2023-2025, 2021-2023, 2019-2021, 2017-2019)

CMEMS projects 

• CMEMS2 - Copernicus In-Situ Ocean Observations: Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), Provision of In-Situ Ocean Observation Products
  (EU/Copernicus, 2022-2024, 2018-2021)

• CMEMS2 - Copernicus Ocean Colour Observation: Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service, Provision on Ocean Colour Observation Products
  (EU/Copernicus, 2022-2024, 2018-2021)

Projects for ESA

• ESA - Snow Climate Change Initiative (Snow_cci)
  (ESA, 2022-2024, 2018-2021)

• ESA - EO4Diversity:  Biodiversity Precursors Project, Theme 1 – “Terrestrial Ecosystems”
  (ESA, 2021-2024)

• ESA - SnowPEx: Satellite Snow Product Intercomparison and Evaluation Exercise
  (ESA, 2020-2023)

• ESA - BalticAIMS: BALTIC REGIONAL INITIATIVE - APPLICATIONS EXPRO+ RE-ISSUE
  (ESA, 2021-2023)

• ESA-SEOM-S1-4SCI Land: Scientific Exploitation of Operational Missions
  (ESA, 2016-2019)

Other

• Copernicus HR-WSI validation – Copernicus Land Monitoring Service – Validation of High Resolution Water, Snow, and Ice (Lot2)
  (EU/EEA, 2023-2024, 2025)

• Knowledge support for European climate risk assessment (EUCRA)
  (EU/EEA, 2022-2023)

• CoPaLo - Framework Contract for Copernicus Land Monitoring Services
  (EU/EEA, 2017-2021)

• Lot 2 Natural Capital Accounting - Framework Service Contract for providing services in the area of natural capital and ecosystem assessment
  (EU/EEA, 2018-2019)

• Strengthening the capacities for effective implementation of the acquis in the field of nature protection in North Macedonia
  (EU Twinning, 2017-2019)

• EU- Copernicus Land FWC Lot 2 - Operation of the Global Land component, thematic domain cryosphere and water, participation in several assignments under the contract 
  (EU/Copernicus, 2016-2020)

More information on completed projects can be viewed here.

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Tea Törnroos
Head of International expert services
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)