GEORGE aims to enhance the skills and competencies of marine RI staff and support them in the adoption of new observing technologies and data management practices. The project offers both face-to-face and online training courses on topics such as data collection, processing, and reporting. The project will also foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among scientists and technicians from the three RIs, as well as with industrial partners such as sensor and platform providers.
The project will host three face-to-face trainings aimed at technicians of Research Infrastructures. The first training session, taking place in the town of Villefranche Sur Mer in France in 2024, focused platforms.
The second on-site training session, hosted by VLIZ in Ostend, Belgium in 2025, focused on the sensors developed in the project. The session included the deployment of the sensors at the tank facility at the Marine Station Ostend.
The third on-site training session will be organised in between 28 September and 2 October 2027 in Helsinki, Finland. The workshop gathers insight from the three ERICs on how to handle jointly produced field data. The purpose of the session is to work on jointly produced data and to develop processes for data quality assurance and quality control.
The in-person sessions are supplemented by webinars, that provided an overview of how data is produced, processed, stored, and made accessible within that organisation. The webinars were organised in May-June 2026 and their recordings are available on the GEORGE Youtube channel.
In addition to on-site training sessions, GEORGE will provide online learning materials for participants of the training sessions and for anyone wanting to learn more about sensors. The materials will be offered as a massive open online course (MOOC). The online training platform will include videos, 3D models of the instruments and other interactive learning materials to help RI staff get educated about the new technologies and ensure the sustainability of the project’s results. The online training platform is scheduled to be published in early 2027.
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