In October 2016, the Norwegian node of the SIOS Consortium, together with other Norwegian partners, sent an application to the Research Council of Norway in response to their call on new infrastructure of national significance: Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System - Infrastructure development of the Norwegian node (SIOS-InfraNor)
The objectives are to develop, upgrade and renew the Norwegian contribution to the SIOS research infrastructure and together with the international partners systematically construct, develop and maintain an state-of-the-art observational network in and around Svalbard.
Read more: SIOS InfraNor project description
Additional relevant information:
- SIOS statutes (Draft version, to be approved by the extraordinary SIOS General Assembly summer 2017)
- SIOS Memorandum of Understanding (Draft version, to be approved by the extraordinary SIOS General Assembly summer 2017)
- SIOS Data policy (Draft version, to be approved by the extraordinary SIOS General Assembly summer 2017)
- Mehlum 2013
- Norway’s national strategy for research infrastructure 2012-2017
- Svalbard White Paper 2015-2016 (Meld. St. 32 (2015–2016). Stortingsmelding om Svalbard - in Norwegian)
