About the Cluster
The EU Polar Cluster.
A strong, well-connected ecosystem of European Polar projects and organisations operating together to substantially increase their combined impact and legacy.
Mission of the EU Polar Cluster
- To connect EU Polar Cluster Members, further developing the European polar research, observation, infrastructure and/or modelling community network.
- To organise joint activities by Cluster Members for greater impact than possible individually, while minimising duplication, sharing workload, and avoiding stakeholder fatigue.
- To support the sustainability and accessibility of large-scale EU-funded Polar projects’ selected legacy outputs after their official end.
- To share advice and best practices among EU Polar Cluster Members.
- To promote the European polar research community, especially the strength, excellence, integration and best practices of EU-funded polar research.
- To provide a single contact point to all EU Polar Cluster Members for external partners and stakeholders, including Indigenous and local communities.
Added value of clustering activities
- Higher impacts than single project’s outputs
- Upscale collective projects’ efforts
- Increased knowledge sharing
- Less but better engagement with stakeholders
- Greater visibility
- Better use of citizen’s money
Vision of the EU Polar Cluster
A strong, well-connected ecosystem of European Polar projects and organisations operating together to substantially increase their combined impact and legacy.
Mission of the EU Polar Cluster
- To connect EU Polar Cluster Members, further developing the European polar research, observation, infrastructure and/or modelling community network.
- To organise joint activities by Cluster Members for greater impact than possible individually, while minimising duplication, sharing workload, and avoiding stakeholder fatigue.
- To support the sustainability and accessibility of large-scale EU-funded Polar projects’ selected legacy outputs after their official end.
- To share advice and best practices among EU Polar Cluster Members.
- To promote the European polar research community, especially the strength, excellence, integration and best practices of EU-funded polar research.
- To provide a single contact point to all EU Polar Cluster Members for external partners and stakeholders, including Indigenous and local communities.
Added value of clustering activities
- Higher impacts than single project’s outputs
- Upscale collective projects’ efforts
- Increased knowledge sharing
- Less but better engagement with stakeholders
- Greater visibility
- Better use of citizen’s money