The RICC directive is to
- Organise the operational relations between the SIOS activity programme and the partner facilities.
The RICC work programme for 2024
- Contribute to the optimisation call and provide ongoing support to successful applicants.
- Contribute to the Access Call and provide ongoing support to successful applicants.
- Work towards better coordination of logistical services for SIOS members and strengthen cross-institutional collaboration on safety training for fieldwork in Svalbard via information gathering, meetings, workshops and shared training.
- Enhance the Observation Facility Catalogue - by updating all data but also sharing data between platforms.
Associated task forces
- Safety and Logistics Task Force
Key achievements in 2023
- 2 Access Calls: 12 successful applications, working with NORCE (Dornier), UiB (ocean glider), Ny-Ålesund Zeppelin, Sverdrup, Dirigible, AWIPEV and Longyearbyen Norwegian Polar Institute.
- Supported Optimisation Call evaluation, and successful projects.
- Supported Innovation Award evaluation.
- 5 completed Access projects.
- Logistical cooperation between SIOS member institutions.
- Organised a successful workshop on Safety and Logistics (part I).
- Information campaign for the Observation Facility Catalogue.
