1. 2 nd Meeting „ Historical and Recent Earthquakes In central and Eastern Europe“ – HAREISEE 10 to11 July, 2014 in Trieste Aspects to EU - ESFRI projects in particular to the EPOS project A brief summary by Peter Melichar peter.melichar1@aon.at

2. At the start of our second HAREISEE meeting I like to tell you: Together we have a chance ! Developing new ideas based on successful old European Union Projects Italy - Austria, like: INTERREG IIIA - 2003 to 2006 and HAREIA - 2009 to 2012

3. Based on the first project meeting October 24, 2013 in Klagenfurt, we should proceed in the implementation of the collaboration among seismological institutions with old and new partners as well as with the civil protection centers in Central and Eastern Europe.

4. Our first Meeting „ Historical and Recent Earthquakes In central and Eastern Europe“ – HAREISEE in Klagenfurt October 24, 2013

5. Our first Meeting „ Historical and Recent Earthquakes In central and Eastern Europe“ – HAREISEE in Klagenfurt October 24, 2013

6. Our first Meeting „ Historical and Recent Earthquakes In central and Eastern Europe“ – HAREISEE in Klagenfurt October 24, 2013

7. All together at the first Meeting „ Historical and Recent Earthquakes In central and Eastern Europe“ – HAREISEE in Klagenfurt October 24, 2013

8. The question of funding is ultimately crucial for the realization ! So I want to give you a brief introduction regarding the ongoing EU initiative: EPOS – European Plate Observing System

9. http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/pdf/esfri/home/implementation_report_2009_en.pd f

10. http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/pdf/ESFRI_projects_for_impl_7_april_2014.pdf#view=fit&pag emode=none

14. EPOS is in the first row of the three priority Projects for implementation !

16. http://www.epos-eu.org/

18. EPOS is aimed at a broad stakeholders community including European and Mediterranean countries. There are identified the following stakeholders categories: 1.) Geoscience data providers. 2.) Scientific user community – including Academia etc... 3.) National research organisations and funding agencies. 4.) Data and services providers and users outside the research community - including Industry, civil Protection, etc... Several thousands of researchers in Earth sciences will benefit from the services provided by EPOS, fostering major advances in the understanding of the processes occurring in the dynamic Earth.

24. Thank you for your attention!