TeRN

General Information

Organisation Logo:

The date when the cluster organisation was established:

Friday, 30 December, 2005

Number of staff in the management team of the cluster organisation :

6-10

Legal form of the cluster organisation:

Non-Profit

Regions:

Basilicata

Cluster Excellence Label:

Other

Membership to European Strategic Cluster Partnerships (ESCP-4i, ESCP-S3 or ESCP-4x):

SPACE2ID

SPACE2IDGO

Membership to other networks/partnerships:

Name	Website
APRE	http://www.apre.it
RCO NEREUS	http://www.nereus-regions.eu/DORIS_NET

Cluster Management Team:

Name	Surname	Position	Telephone	Email
Antonio	Colangelo	Cluster Manager	(+39) 0971 427408	segreteria@tern.it

Languages spoken:

Italian

Sectoral and Industrial Focus

Sectoral Industries:

Environmental Services

Information Technology and Analytical Instruments

Technology fields:

Space Exploration and Technology

Natural Disasters

S3 EU priority areas:

Space

Composition of the cluster

Total number of members:

Number of SME members:

Number of start-ups among SME members:

Number of larger company members:

Number of research organisations/universities/technology centres:

Number of other ecosystem actors :

Entrepreneurship and scale-up support facilities in the cluster's ecosystem (see "Organisation type"):

Name and link of major players:

Name	Website	Type
CNR IMAAA	http://www.imaa.cnr.it	Research Organisation
UNIVERSITÀ DELLA BASILICATA	http://portale.unibas.it/site/home.html	University
ENEA	http://www.enea.it	Research Organisation
ARPAB	http://www.arpab.it
e-GEOS	http://e-geos.it	Larger Company
RELUIS	http://www.reluis.it	SME
CREATEC	http://www.createc.basilicata.it	SME

Cluster Strategy

Mission/Objectives:

TeRN (Tecnologie per le Osservazioni della Terra e i Rischi Naturali) is a public/private consortium founded on the basis of a Framework Program Agreement between the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Basilicata Region Authority with the aim of creating the regional technological cluster on Earth Observation for Natural risk prevention and mitigation. The main objective of the Cluster is to promote the development and integration of different Earth Observation technologies and methodologies (sensor synergy) from ground, aircraft and satellite to monitor and mitigate natural hazards, with particular focus on climatic, hydrogeological and seismic risks. These added value products, advanced methodologies and integrated technologies can be also easily used in other application fields such as security, monitoring and preservation of cultural heritage and monuments and natural resource management (water, agricultural, forest and environmental resources). The deployment of such integration chains is also strictly connected to the development of ICT technologies necessary for location-based services design and implementation (especially data interoperability, web sensors and web services, grid middleware).

Do you have a formalised strategy?:

Do you have a specific strategy focus that addresses internationalisation ?:

Yes

Link:

http://www.nibs.tern.it

Services

Support services provided:

Access to public support (regional/national programmes, innovation vouchers, etc.)

Facilitation of collaboration between members

Enabling Facilities sharing

Facilitation of cross-sectorial cooperation

Support of knowledge transfer

Details of support services:

Development and/or design of advanced Earth observation technologies; capability of managing all the satellite, airborne and ground-based observation technologies for Earth’s surface and atmosphere characterization; development/improvement of retrieval algorithms of physical parameters from remote sensing data; integration chains of multi-platform data with existing databases for added value products tailored to demand; developing ICT technologies for the deployment of location-based services, such as data interoperability, web sensors and web services, grid middleware for Real Time and Near-real Time applications.

Cooperation Activities

International Cooperation

The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation:

None

Trans-national Cooperation

The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation:

Belgium

France

Greece

Poland

Spain

Our cluster organisation undertook the following trans-national activities to support our members:

Support to collaborative activities/etc.

Which clusters do you collaborate with?:

Aerospace Valley

SKYWIN WALLONIE ASBL

MPAE - ASOCIACION MADRID PLATAFORMA AERONAUTICA Y DEL ESPACIO

CORALLIA

K-ITS - Klaster Inteligentnych systemow transportowych

MREC - SOSTENIBILIDAD Y ENERGIAS RENOVABLES ASOCIACION

LiW - Logistics in Wallonia

FPTP - Fondazione Parco Tecnologico Padano

Support Programmes

Participation in Funded Support Programmes:

European Programmes	Project Name	Link	Name & Description (Regional/National)	Link (Regional/National)
FP7 H2020 CIP/COSME	ISTIMES - Integrated System for Transport Infrastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing DORIS - Ground Deformations Risk Scenarios: an Advanced Assessment Service DORIS_NET - Downstream Observatory organized by Regions active in Space network WALL - Combating Desertification: Local techniques for efficient use of water resources and soil; sustainable use of groundwater and involvement of local actors in the best use of resources (Tunisia) HYDRO-ZEN - Census and characterization of critical environmental accidents on water and support to the definition of a strategy of management of waste water resources in the city of Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) CAB Jagodina - Environmental characterization and preliminary design for the remediation of the industrial site KABLOVA FKS Jagodina (Serbia) TeRN2 - Technologies for Earth Observation Techniques and Natural Risks. SESAMO - Integrated information system for the acquisition, management and sharing of environmental data for decision support. ALADIN - Recycling of water and energy dispersed in the integrated water cycle. Environmental protection through Innovation, Monitoring and Optimization. CIRCE - Coast Risk Surveillance and Monitoring TeRN - Earth Observation and Natural Risk techniques IMPRESAMBIENTE - Competence Centre in the field of environmental risks and the promotion of technological innovation and enterprise competitiveness NIBS - Networking and Internationalization of Basilicata Space technologies SMARTBASILICATA - Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation	http://www.tern.it/comunitari/	Basilicata Regional ESIF programme Sicily Region ERDF programme Italian National Ministry of Research and Education Italian Spatial Agency announcement for competition	http://www.tern.it/nazionali/

Promotion

Success Story / Achievements:

Project FP7 ISTIMES "Integrated System for Transport Infrastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing" The project FP7 ISTIMES "Integrated System for Transport Infrastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing" was selected among the 34 best initiatives presented at the exhibition '100 EUrban Solutions', at the Committee of Regions, as part of the OPEN DAYS 2013 European Week 11th of Regions and Cities (7-10 October 2013). The exhibition '100 Urban solutions' presented good practices transferable in intelligent urban development, sustainable and inclusive. The ISTIMES project, coordinated by TeRN Consortium has designed, evaluated and developed a protipale system and ICT-based, using local and distributed sensors for monitoring electromagnetic non-destructive strategic transport infrastructure. The success of ISTIMES is also evidenced by the fact that the project has been reported as a "success story", "high-visibility project, and with a "substantial character of research and development" by the European Commission.

For more information, please visit the web site ISTIMES: www.istimes.eu

Why should partners choose you for cooperation?:

The main activities Tern Consortium relate to both industrial research and pre-competitive development covering the following areas:

Development and integration of observation technologies from the ground, airborne and satellite for the forecasting, environmental monitoring and mitigation of natural hazards;
Development of innovative technologies for the preservation of monumental and architectural heritage, and the control of civil infrastructure of strategic interest in high seismic risk areas and hydrogeological particularly with regard to building earthquake resistant and non-destructive diagnostic techniques;
Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Science Systems.