News

11. December 2024.

State Secretary Vuković opened the 5th Meeting of the project’s Advisory Board

On December 10th and 11th, 2024, the joint 5th meeting of the LIFE CROLIS project’s Advisory Board and the first meeting and workshop for fine-tuning the CROLIS data concept and model from project activity C1 is being held, with the participation of three experts from Poland, Slovenia, and Germany. The meeting was opened and the attendees were greeted by Mr. Željko Vuković, State Secretary in the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition.

18. October 2024.

The Normalized Digital Surface Model of Croatia is available for use

On the State Geodetic Administration website, it is possible to obtain information and submit a request to download the Normalized Digital Surface Model (nDSM) of Croatia. This data can be useful to architects, spatial planners, public officials and employees, surveyors, and the academic community in their daily work.

25. September 2024.

LIFE CROLIS at the “LIFE Projects Fair”

The LIFE CROLIS project presented its current results at the LIFE Program conference held on September 17, 2024, at the Sheraton Hotel in Zagreb. Around one hundred participants from various sectors attended to learn about the achievements and potential of the LIFE Program in financing the green transition in Croatia.

26. July 2024.

Requirements for Georeferencing and Digitalization of Spatial Data in the New EU Legislation on Climate, Environment, and Biodiversity

On the second day of the International Conference on Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS (ICERS) held at the National and University Library in Zagreb from July 11 to 12, 2024, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition, as the coordinating beneficiary of the LIFE CROLIS project, presented the results of their work on the development of the National Land Information System in the Republic of Croatia.

22. July 2024.

Advancing Land-Cover Classification in Croatia: Implementation of a Pilot Project for ARKOD+ and CROLIS LU Initial Layer Creation

During the first day of the International Conference on Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS (ICERS) held at the National and University Library in Zagreb from July 11 to 12, 2024, Sinergise Solutions Ltd. as developer and the Agency for Payments in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, as partner in the LIFE CROLIS project, presented the results of their work on LIFE CROLIS project. This involved presenting the results and experiences gained from the pilot project within the development of the Croatian Land Information System.

15. July 2024.

Development of the Croatian Land Information System

During the first day of the International Conference of Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS (ICERS) held at the National and University Library in Zagreb from July 11th to 12th, 2024, Ekonerg d.o.o., as a partner in the LIFE CROLIS project, presented the results of their work on the development of the National Land Information System in Croatia.

11. July 2024.

International Conference of Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS (ICERS)

The International Conference of Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS (ICERS), organized by the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Geodesy, will take place on July 11th and 12th, 2024, at the National and University Library in Zagreb, Croatia. During the conference, three papers developed within the LIFE CROLIS project will be presented.

9. July 2024.

LIFE CROLIS project presented at the “Wood Trade” conference

The LIFE CROLIS project was presented to participants at the “Wood Trade” conference held on July 4, 2024, at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb. The conference was a good opportunity for meeting, conversation, and exchange of experiences with private forest owners and entrepreneurs in the wood processing industry sector.

20. June 2024.

LIFE CROLIS project presented at the EU Green Week in Brussels

On June 13th, at the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union in Brussels, a conference titled ‘A Path for a Resilient Future’ was held as part of the 2024 European Green Week. During the conference, the LIFE CROLIS project was presented with a ten-minute video within the panel on ‘Governance solutions for integrated intelligent territorial management for energy, soil and water.’

29. May 2024.

LIFE CROLIS project presented on Days of SDI 2024

On May 28th, 2024, the State Geodetic Administration organized the Days of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) 2024 at the National and University Library in Zagreb. The conference program included the 14th National Infrastructure for Spatial Information (NIPP) and INSPIRE Day, where the LIFE CROLIS project was presented.

29. March 2024.

Happy Easter!

Dear all, Hope your basket is overflowing with goodies and your day is overflowing with blessings. Happy Easter!

9. February 2024.

Online Networking with similar EU projects

As part of Activity E.2. Networking with other projects on February 7th, a webinar was held with representatives of two EU projects – the Spanish SIOSE and the Slovenian LIFE IP CARE4CLIMATE project.

13. December 2023.

Introducing LIFE CROLIS Advisory Board Members

We are happy to introduce the members of Advisory board of LIFE CROLIS project. They are well known and experienced scholars who have research interest in land cover, land use, remote sensing and related fields.

19. October 2023.

LIFE CROLIS project experts participated in the InCoNaDa project webinar

As part of the Activity E2 Connecting with other projects, on October 17, 2023, members of the project team and experts of the project partners of the Paying Agency in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and Croatian Forests participated in the webinar of the InCoNaDa project.

19. October 2023.

The 3rd Advisory board meeting held in Zagreb

The two-day, third in a row, meeting of the Advisory Board of the LIFE CROLIS project was held on July 3 and 4, 2023 in Zagreb. As part of the meeting, members of the advisory board participated in the presentation of the LIFE CORLIS project at the National and University Library on October 3, 2023, while on the second day of the meeting, numerous technical and professional issues were discussed.

4. October 2023.

LIFE CROLIS Visibility event held in Zagreb

In the National and University Library in Zagreb, on October 3, 2023, a presentation of the LIFE CROLIS project was held for representatives of the scientific, professional and other interested public.

12. September 2023.

LIFE CROLIS project workshop (Type 1) held in Vukovar

LIFE CROLIS project workshop (Type 1), as the first of the two provided by the Grant agreement for the representatives of local authorities and Croatian experts in the field of land monitoring, was held on September 5, 2023 in Vukovar.

13. July 2023.

The 2nd meeting of the LIFE CROLIS project Advisory Board

The second two-day meeting of the LIFE CROLIS project Advisory Board was held on 12th and 13th July 2023 in Zagreb. With the participation of experts from the Republic of Austria, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Croatia, the project partners reflected on the activities carried out so far on the project to establish the Croatian Land Information System – CROLIS.

26. May 2023.

LIFE CROLIS prsented at the 1st European GREEN Conference

From 23th to 26th May 2023, the 1st European GREEN Conference – EGC 2023 was held in Vodice, Croatia. The 1st European GREEN conference was launched with the aim of exchanging knowledge and connecting scientists and experts and emphasizing the necessity of applying a multidisciplinary approach in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development.

20. May 2023.

LIFE CROLIS presented at the EU Joint Research Center workshop

On 18th May 2023 the LIFE CROLIS project was presented as an example of good practice at the workshop of the Joint Research Center of the European Union on the topic of improving reporting on the sector of land use, land conversion and forestry (LULUCF).

25. May 2022.

LIFE CROLIS project presented at LIFE INFO Day

The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, as the National Contact Point for the EU LIFE Program in cooperation with the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment (CINEA) organized the LIFE Info Day on May 25, 2022.

7. May 2022.

1st Meeting of the LIFE CROLIS Project Advisory Board

The first meeting of the LIFE CROLIS project Advisory Board was held on 5th and 6th May 2022 in Zagreb. At the beginning of the meeting, experts from the Republic of Austria, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Croatia were welcomed by Višnja Grgasović, Head of the Climate Policy Sector of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

14. December 2021.

Presentation of the Questionnaire results within Action C1

On 14th December, 2021, as part of Action C1 – CROLIS data Concept and Model, experts from the Institute for Environmental and Nature Protection held a presentation on “Results of the questionnaire on the needs of users”