Empowering Knowledge for Biodiversity: Discover the LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform

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The LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform continues to evolve as a central resource for learning, capacity building, and citizen engagement in biodiversity and ecosystem research. As part of its mission to support open science and the next generation of researchers, LifeWatch ERIC provides training resources tailored to a wide range of users, from advanced researchers and research infrastructure users to school students and citizens interested in environmental challenges

What you will find on the Platform

The platform offers targeted, easy-to-access learning content through a user-friendly interface. It is thought for you different users,such as scientist developing bioinformatics skills, or educator seeking material for students, even for citizen curious about ecosystem sustainability. Here some insights:


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The platform also welcomes contributions from the research community. If you have developed training materials relevant to LifeWatch ERIC’s mission, you can share your resources through the Researcher section and reach a broad, international audience. LifeWatch ERIC actively promotes new content, helping increase the visibility and impact of your work.

The platform also features updates on training events, news, and initiatives, keeping you informed about upcoming workshops, capacity building efforts, and citizen science opportunities.

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Building Biodiversity Skills for the Future: Discover the LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform

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As biodiversity loss and climate change intensify, the call to protect our ecosystems grows louder. But action starts with knowledge, and today, that means combining ecological awareness with digital skills. From data-driven research to citizen science, building ecological literacy is essential for creating a sustainable future.

The LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform answers this need by offering free, high-quality resources for researchers, educators, students, and citizens. This platform is a cornerstone of LifeWatch ERIC’s mission: to support biodiversity and ecosystem science through cutting-edge technology and inclusive learning.

Who is the Training Platform for?

The LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform is tailored to multiple audiences:

  • Researchers and Infrastructure Users – Learn how to work with LifeWatch Virtual Research Environments (VREs) and data services.
  • University Students and Post-Docs – Access academic courses, summer schools, and specialized biodiversity programs.
  • School Teachers and Students – Bring ecosystems into the classroom with interactive learning tools.
  • Lifelong Learners and Citizens – Discover biodiversity through citizen science, multimedia content, and games.

Explore the Platform Sections

• Education and Schools: Discover interactive resources, games, and competitions designed to bring biodiversity into classrooms and communities.

• Biodiversity eCampus: Access high-quality university courses, summer schools, and short programmes focused on ecosystem and biodiversity science.

• User Manuals and Tutorials: Get step-by-step guides, simulations, and demos on how to use LifeWatch ERIC’s VREs and digital tools.

• Webinars and Conference: Browse live and recorded events on data, tools, and biodiversity research trends.

• International Projects: Explore LifeWatch ERIC’s contributions to EU and global projects, including project-specific training platforms and catalogues.

Education is key to solving the biodiversity crisis and the LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform is a vital part of that mission. Whether you’re an expert, educator, or simply curious, you can access free, high-quality resources that connect science, society, and sustainability.

👉 Visit training.lifewatch.eu and start exploring.

Together, we can build a more informed, empowered, and environmentally conscious future, one learner at a time.

Fostering Environemntal Research: Boost your Biodiversity skills with LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform

LifeWatch ERIC has launched a brand-new online training platform to support researchers, students, and environmental practitioners in strengthening scientific capacity in the field of biodiversity and ecosystem research, not just in Europe, but globally.

Available now at https://training.lifewatch.eu, the platform offers free, open-access training resources designed to make complex scientific tools and concepts more accessible to a wide range of users.

The user-friendly interface allows learners to browse by topic, level of difficulty, or format, making it easier than ever to strengthen digital skills and deepen understanding of today’s key environmental challenges.

Whether you’re just starting now or looking to update your knowledge, the LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform is your gateway to quality education in the e-Science ecosystem.

👉 Start learning today: https://training.lifewatch.eu

Road to a FAIR ENVRI-Hub: Designing and Developing Data Services for End Users

Organised by ENVRI-FAIR and LifeWatch ERIC, ENVRI’s Community International Summer School 2022 “Road to a FAIR ENVRI-Hub: Designing and Developing Data Services for End Users“, will be held from 10 to 15 July 2022, in Lecce, Italy.

The school has established itself as an unmissable opportunity for IT architects, Research Infrastructure (RI) service developers and user support staff, as well as RI staff, to learn about FAIRness in the framework of Research Infrastructures. ENVRI’s Community International Summer School 2022 will involve twenty students and focus on The ENVRI-Hub for Scientists: Designing and Developing Services, Tools and Applications. The themes that will be tackled will include: the Data FAIRness, user interfaces, packaging of services, reusability and validation of services, and building and supporting networks.

The school will take place over a week, and on top of the time spent with experienced trainers, it will also include optional excursions and social events.

Developing Data Services Summer School in Puglia

A great opportunity for IT architects wiIll take place in Lecce in July: the ENVRI Community International Summer School 2022 “Road to a FAIR ENVRI-Hub: Designing and Developing Data Services for End Users“.

IT architects, Research Infrastructure (RI) service developers and user support staff will have the opportunity to reseach totgheter to analyze topics such as user interfaces, packaging of services, reusability and validation of services. In the meantime the grupo, made up of 20 students, will give its contibution in building and supporting networks through the lens of the ENVRI-Hub approach.

The Summer School is organized by ENVRI-FAIR project with LifeWatch Eric as Local Organizer. So far the School has established itself as an unmissable opportunity to learn about FAIRness in the framework of Research Infrastructures. Having gone into depth on data FAIRness and data management.

The school will take place in Lecce, in the heart of worldwide known Puglia, from 10-15 July, and on top of the time spent with experienced trainers, it will also include optional excursions and social events.

ENVRI FAIR School in Lecce, How to Apply

In order to apply for ENVRI FAIR Summer School, please fill in the form at this link within the 26th of June.

ENVRI Community
is a community of Environmental Research Infrastructures, projects, networks and other diverse stakeholders interested in environmental Research Infrastructure matters. The community also includes e-infrastructures supporting the Research Infrastructures in data solutions.

LifeWarch Eric
is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium providing e-Science research facilities to scientists investigating biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in order to support society in addressing key planetary challenges.

Review of Summer School 2022:

IT architects, data scientists, and research infrastructure developers from around the world have shared lessons and perspectives while developing awareness of the potential for shared scientific resources at the The ENVRI Community International Summer School 2022.

Headlined “Road to a FAIR ENVRI-Hub: Designing and Developing Data Services for End Users”, the event took place in Lecce, Italy, from 10–15 July. It covered topics such as user interfaces, the packaging of services, the reusability and validation of services, and the building and supporting networks through the lens of the ENVRI-Hub approach.

The FAIR approach refers to the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets. The principles emphasise machine-actionability (i.e., the capacity of computational systems to find, access, interoperate, and reuse data with none or minimal human intervention) because environmental scientists increasingly rely on computational support to deal with data.

(Feedback from different people in the video: “makes it possible for data and metadata to be interoperable across different systems..:”)

Conclusion: Feedback from a participant detailing the tangible and intangible benefits, then a look forward to the expected outcomes, and the expected theme of the next conference.