ETC DI - European Topic Centre on Data Integration and Digitalisation
Supporting EEA assessments to create seamless European wide information
Project summary
The multiannual objective of the ETC DI consortium in which ETC-UMA takes part is to contribute to the activities of the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) by supporting the digitalisation process of EEA including the harmonisation and enhancement of data reporting and management flows, and increasing relevant capacities across EIONET, the European Environment Information and Observation Network, from 2022 to 2026.
The ETC/DI supports mainly the EEA/Eionet Strategic Objective 4: Making full use of the potential of data, technology and digitalisation and collaborates with EEA and all the other ETCs in several areas of work, particularly related to:
- Biodiversity and ecosystems
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Human health and environment
- Sustainability trends, prospects and responses
Our role
The involvement of ETC-UMA in this consortium builds on the work developed in the past years through its participation as partner in the European Topic Centre on Urban, Land and Soil Systems (ETC/ULS). The ETC/ULS is a follow-up of the European Topic Centre on Spatial Analysis and Information (SIA), which the University of Malaga joined in 2011. Our team participates in several key activities of the ETC/DI, providing technical and thematic expertise, particularly related to:
- E-REPORTING: Data management training and Dataflow optimisation services
- SUPPORT FOR THEMATIC DATA INTEGRATION: Spatial data management support across EEA; assisting EEA in data integration, based on geospatial indicators and land use analysis and in in providing transversal soil data
- DATA INTELLIGENCE: Data engineering, analysis, processing, products and communication, and capacity building.
- COPERNICUS SUPPORT: Copernicus Land Monitoring Services products quality assessment, application, and user uptake.
- ETC MANAGEMENT: Consortium management, documentation, and reporting.
Main outputs
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More about it
Emanuele Mancosu
emanuele.mancosu@uma.es
Strong interests and curiosity about environment subjects and informatics technology. The academic career was orientated in natural science finished in 2004 with highest honors with particular attention on GIS...
Dania Abdul Malak
daniaabdulmalak@uma.es
Dania Abdul Malak is a senior environmental researcher and Director of the European Topic Centre at the University of Malaga (ETC-UMA). She has over 15 years’ experience in environmental assessment and management...
Our partners
European Environment Agency (EEA), Denmark
Environment Agency Austria (EAA) - Umweltbundesamt GmbH (UBA), Austria
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain
Epsilon Italia srl, Italy
Gisat s.r.o. (GISAT), Czechia
Lechner Nonprofit Kft, Hungary
Norsk institutt for luftforskning, Norway
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway
Sinergise, Slovenia
space4environment (s4e), Luxembourg
Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Netherlands
European Environment Agency
ETC-UMA Advances Mediterranean Ecosystem Restoration at COP24 Through Coastal, Marine, Forest and Wetland Action
As climate pressures intensify across the Mediterranean, the need for coordinated action to conserve and restore ecosystems across the spectrum has never been more urgent. Wetlands, forests, coastal or marine ecosystems host habitats that strengthen the region’s adaptability and resilience, ...
Insights from the RESTORE4Cs Autumn School 2025: Bridging Science and Policy for an Enhanced Resilience of Coastal Wetlands
From 3 to 6 November 2025, experts, researchers, students as well as practitioners and decision makers from across Europe and beyond gathered at the ETC-UMA premises in Málaga, Spain, for the RESTORE4Cs Autumn School 2025: “Modelling, Policy and Practice for ...
RESTORE4Cs 2nd Policy Brief: Unlocking Potential of Coastal Wetlands in Europe: Integration into National Restoration Plans
The second RESTORE4Cs Policy Brief of RESTORE4Cs, “Unlocking Potential of Coastal Wetlands in Europe: Integration into National Restoration Plans“, highlights the critical role of National Restoration Plans (NRPs) under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation in enhancing the restoration and resilience of coastal wetlands. The brief outlines how ...
Back in Lebanon with BioConnect: Witnessing nature protection and socioecological resilience in action
As part of ETC-UMA’s role as the external evaluator for the EU-funded BioConnect project, the Centre’s Director, Dania Abdul Malak, carried out a site visit to Lebanon from July 8 to 12 to assess the project’s progress in its third ...
Boosting Climate Resilience: Wetland4Change Project Advances Flood Management Solutions for Mediterranean Coastal Zones
The Mediterranean coastal zone´s combination of multiple severe climate hazards – rising temperatures, water scarcity, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events – makes it a hotspot for highly interconnected climate risks for the ecosystems and societies. Recent catastrophic floods in ...
RESTORE4Cs 1st Policy Brief: How can coastal wetlands help achieve EU climate goals?
The first RESTORE4Cs Policy Brief of RESTORE4Cs, “How can coastal wetlands help achieve EU climate goals?“, highlights the importance of European coastal wetlands for reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions. The key messages of the first RESTORE4Cs Policy Brief include: Coastal wetlands are important natural carbon stores, ...
Mapping the Impact of Blue Tourism in the Mediterranean
The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation with the support of ETC-UMA in the framework of the Blue Tourism Initiative, has released a comprehensive report entitled “Mapping the Impact of Blue Tourism in the Mediterranean: Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal and Marine ...
StrategyMedFor Presented at Annual Medforval Meeting 2024
StrategyMedFor was prominently featured at the Annual Medforval Meeting 2024, held from June 5-7 in Fontecchio, Italy. The event brought together 25 practitioners from national parks and natural reserves across 9 Mediterranean countries, providing a valuable platform for StrategyMedFor to ...
Celebrating leadership in environmental management: an interview with Dania Abdul Malak
From designing integrated ecosystem assessments in Europe and the Mediterranean to transforming outcomes into evidence-based recommendations for regional stakeholders, the European Topic Centre on Spatial Analysis and Synthesis (ETC-UMA) stands as a flagship for territorial cooperation. At the forefront of ...
Save the date! Unlocking solutions for coastal conservation in Europe
How can coastal wetlands respond to major European Union objectives such as climate neutrality, biodiversity protection, and pollution reduction? What key role do coastal wetlands play in achieving EU commitments for climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation? The European Topic Centre ...
Towards a Strategy for the Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Forests (StrategyMedFor)
The StrategyMedFor project, co-financed by the Interreg Euro-MED programme, was launched at the University of Malaga during a two day meeting that took place on March 18 and 19, 2024. The European Topic Centre on Spatial Analysis and Synthesis (ETC-UMA), ...
Collaborative science for forests by ETC-UMA showcased in Slovenia during the COP23
As UNEP MAP partner organization, ETC-UMA recently engaged in the organization of a session with Mediterranean institutions under the topic of climate change, entitled: From COASTAL to FOREST ecosystems: Mediterranean Nature-based Solutions to tackle climate change and ensure the Resilience ...
Tools for conserving the Spanish coast
On the initiative of the Instituto Universitario Hábitat Territorio y Digitalización (iHTD) of the University of Malaga, around 70 representatives of Spanish public administrations, researchers, architecture and environmental science players and civil society signed up to the second debate on ...
GreenEye System: a cloud-based system to monitor wetlands in Andalusia
Developed in the frame of the LifeWatch INDALO project cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the study of biodiversity and global change in Andalucia, GreenEye System, this new cloud-based monitoring system, provides useful tools for wetlands’ assessment, ...