Networking Activities Within the Networking Activities (NA) we promote common protocols and interoperability, develop and maintain common databases and stimulate the creation of distributed facilities. Our overal goal is to promote the dissemination of earthquake data to a wide research community by creating a comprehensive distributed European cyber infrastructure that facilitates access to observational seismological data. Number Title Description/objectives Institution NA1  Management of the project Day-by-day management of the project, carried out by the Project Office. Responsible for all adminstrative tasks within the project, including reporting to the EC, quality assurance, communication, etc.  KNMI  NA2 Networking real-time seismological data exchange  Network of existing seismological infrastructures throughout the Euro-Med region into a comprehensive sustainable virtual network and integrate into the global earthquake monitoring network. Improve real-time data availability.  ORFEUS, GFZ, INGV  NA3 European integrated waveform data archive (EIDA)  Network for existing seismological data centers into a single data-grid and create a distributed archive and database for all continuous digital waveform recordings of the Euro-Med region and network. Integrate this Euro-Med archive within a world-wide datagrid.  GFZ, ORFEUS, IPGP, INGV  NA4  Distributed archive of historical earthquake data Establish an operational link between the infrastructures collecting historical earthquake data and promote the creation of a sustainable distributed archive of quality controlled histrocial Earthquake data in the Euro-Med region and a homogeneous earthquake catalogue from the year 1000.  INGV, ETHZ, BGS, ITSAK, IGC  NA5  Improving accelerometric data access  Network of existing major strong-motion infrastructures throughout the Euro-Med region and promote standardized distributed access to archived and integrated real-time strong-motion data throughout the Euro-Med region with all seismological data for hazard assesment.  IGC, EMSC, ETHZ, LGIT-UJF, ITSAK, KOERI, IST,  NA6  BB-OBS net  Foster the establishment of the first backbone of European long-term seismic observation system at sea and its integration into Euro-Med seismological infrastructures by pooling resources of key marine operators in Europe.  IPGP, INGV, AWI  NA7  Portal for integrated data access Create a unified single portal to access Euro-Med seismological data. Pooling of all NERIES resources into an integrated users access facility and achieve major land-based component of the GMES.  EMSC, ORFEUS NA8  Technology transfer  Organise the mechanism for integration within NERIES and ensure the transfer of research and technologies both within NERIES and the broader seismological community of the Euro-Med region. Link NERIES developments with those in other geo-fields, notably GMES.  KNMI  NA9  Networking European earthquake data service users Networking the users of the data, which is provided through the portal of the European Seismological Data Access Facility. The objective is to ensure feedback from users, implement specific user services and adapt and tailor our services where possible.  EMSC, ORFEUS Â