Germ of Life

Germ of Life is the innovative initiative of 10 entities from 6 countries (Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Portugal, France, Spain) in order to create a digital technological platform with monitoring indicators and concerted data that allows addressing mitigation and adaptation to drought for the balance of ecosystems in the Euro-Mediterranean area, very sensitive to climate change. Germ of Life system is based on solutions developed and adapted together using commonly defined data. With information sources and monitoring indices, establishing alerts of drought conditions. The partnership is led by the University of Patras (Greece). The other partners are: The Region of Western Greece, Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Lamoro Development Agency, Ubitel Ingeniería, Atos, The Development and Infrastructure Company of Alqueva (EDIA), Rediam (Junta de Andalucía), Dotsoft and Infotrend. European Commission, through the Interreg Euro-MED Programme, supports Germ of Life.