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This report contributes further to the Survey, Deploy and Monitor policy guidance, acting as a guide for users wishing to apply a risk-based approach at a Member State level. To this end, it undertakes a review and further development of the three main pillars on which such an approach is based: environmental sensitivity of the site, the risk profile of the technology and the scale of the proposed project. This comes as part of the RiCORE project, which aimed to promote the use of offshore renewable energy projects in the EU by streamlining consenting processes.

This report reviews the state of the art of the Survey, Deploy and Monitor Licensing Policy Guidance in order to set the basis for its further development to all relevant technologies in the offshore renewable energy sector, including the adaptation of the policy as new technologies emerge. This comes as part of the RiCORE project, which aimed to promote the use of offshore renewable energy projects in the EU by streamlining consenting processes.

Este artículo introduce de forma somera el Learning Analytics como disciplina y campo de investigación, incluyendo sus principales características, potenciales beneficios de cara a la sociedad, retos y tendencias actuales. A su vez, este manuscrito presenta la Red de Investigación SNOLA (Spanish Network of Learning Analytics, Red Española de Analítica de Aprendizaje), reconocida por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad del Gobierno de España. Sobre esta red, se comentan sus objetivos, retos, áreas de trabajo y actividades. En cuanto a SNOLA, se destaca su carácter participativo y abierto hacia la colaboración con distintos actores dentro del área LA, como son las instituciones, usuarios, educadores o los tecnólogos. [This article briefly introduces Learning Analytics as a discipline and field of research, including its main features, potential benefits for the Society, as well as the current challenges and trends. On the other hand, this manuscript presents the SNOLA Research Network (Spanish Network of Learning Analytics), recognized by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government. Regarding this research network, the paper discusses its goals, challenges, working areas and activities. Also, is featured the SNOLA participative and open culture towards collaboration with different actors within the LA area, such as institutions, users, educators or technologists.]

AbstractIntegrative passive samplers, such as DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films), are identified in European Technical Guidance Documents as promising tools to improve the quality of the assessment, in the context of the WFD (EU Water Framework Directive). However, DGT results cannot yet be used directly in a regulatory framework to assess the chemical status of water bodies, as DGT labile concentrations cannot be directly compared to the metal AA-EQSmarine water (Annual Average Environmental Quality Standard) established by the WFD, which are defined in the dissolved concentration. Therefore, prior to using DGT results in a regulatory context, for cadmium, nickel and lead, an adaptation of existing AA-EQSmarine water for DGTs should be pursued, ensuring at least the same level of protection. In this sense, in the framework of the MONITOOL project, a robust database of dissolved and labile metal concentrations in transitional and coastal waters, for adapting the existing AA-EQSmarine water for DGT technique, was obtained. Building on these results, this study proposes a methodology and provides values and equations for using DGT results for the chemical status assessment of marine waters, by adapting the EQSmarine water to adapted EQSDGT or predicting dissolved concentrations from DGT results. Based on available dataset, a first simulation of "chemical status" assessment per MONITOOL sampling site using DGT measured labile concentrations was carried out and the results were compared to an assessment based on dissolved concentration to check their compliance. These results demonstrate that the use of DGT passive samplers is appropriate for the metal concentrations level encountered in the marine environment. Further work is recommended to test the effectiveness of the methodology proposed in this study under WFD conditions on more sites and to establish common strategy guidelines for the use of DGT passive samplers in monitoring.