Project Workplan

The activity of the network is developed according to nine work-packages:

• two of them related respectively to the functioning of the project (Network Management) and to the assessment and evaluation of the project results.
• four technical workpackages for assessing user needs, data requirements functional requirements and for addressing how to access to information and GI technology
• three workpackages devoted respectively to produce technical guidelines to disseminate the project results and to develop and setting up a pan European network for protected areas.

Altogether the working packages are:

• WP1: Network management
• WP2: User needs assessment
• WP3: Data requirements and policy
• WP4: Functional requirements
• WP5: Access to information and GI technology
• WP6: Technical guidelines for data infrastructures for protected areas
• WP7: Assessment and evaluation
• WP8: Dissemination
• WP9: Nature-GIS towards a pan-European network for protected areas

according to a functional project structure that is: