IBERCIVIS

HISTORY AND PATRONAGE

Ibercivis is a leading foundation in the implementation of citizen science methodologies in Spain and Europe.

Established in Zaragoza (Spain), it has become a meeting point for citizen communities, scientists and institutions that wish to contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge in an open and inclusive way. With a clear international vocation, Ibercivis develops, promotes and studies projects that promote its vision of a more participatory and democratic science.

HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION

Ibercivis was born as a distributed computing platform, based on BOINC, which allowed internet users to participate in scientific projects by donating computing cycles that were used to perform simulations and other scientific tasks. The tasks of the different projects were designed in science and technology centres all over Spain.

The predecessor of the Ibercivis platform, the Zivis Project, was launched in 2007. Zivis was a pioneering distributed computing project carried out in Spain in collaboration with the National Nuclear Fusion Laboratory of CIEMAT and the Zaragoza City Council.

The official presentation of Ibercivis as a distributed computing platform took place on 20 June 2008 in Madrid (RTVE news). The research areas of the first three Ibercivis projects were nuclear fusion, protein folding and materials simulations.

Ibercivis began to expand its activity by incorporating very diverse methodologies and was set up as a foundation at the CSIC headquarters in Madrid on 14 November 2011.

The founding entities of the Ibercivis Foundation were the University of Zaragoza, the CIEMAT, the CSIC, the Government of Aragon, the Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation (ZCC), the Ikerbasque Foundation, the public business entity Red.es, and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.
Zaragoza Ciudad del Conocimiento (ZCC), the Ikerbasque Foundation, the public business entity Red.es, and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.

Ibercivis continues to lead, promote and/or support citizen science projects in many different areas of knowledge, together with many people and entities, at local, national and international levels.

In addition, we work together with public administrations designing objectives and outlining roadmaps that incorporate citizen science in universities, research institutes, local institutions and in the media and scientific dissemination, presenting it as a catalogue of tools and methodologies that bring citizens closer to the scientific development of the country.

HISTORIA DE LA FUNDACIÓN

Ibercivis nació como una plataforma de computación distribuida, basada en BOINC, permitiendo a usuarios de internet participar en proyectos científicos donando ciclos de computación que se emplean para realizar simulaciones y otras tareas. Las tareas de los distintos proyectos se diseñaron en diversos centros científicos y tecnológicos de toda España. El predecesor de la plataforma Ibercivis, el proyecto Zivis, arrancó en el año 2007. Zivis fue un proyecto pionero de computación distribuida realizado en España que se llevó a cabo con la colaboración del Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión Nuclear del CIEMAT y el Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza. La presentación oficial de Ibercivis como plataforma de computación distribuida tuvo lugar el 20 de junio de 2008 en Madrid (noticia de RTVE). Los ámbitos de investigación de los tres primeros proyectos de Ibercivis fueron fusión nuclear, plegamiento de proteínas y simulaciones de materiales.

Ibercivis comenzó a ampliar su actividad incorporando metodologías muy diversas y se constituyó como fundación en la sede del CSIC en Madrid, el 14 de noviembre de 2011. Las entidades fundadoras de la Fundación Ibercivis fueron el la Universidad de Zaragoza, el CIEMAT, el CSIC, el Gobierno de Aragón, la Fundación Zaragoza Ciudad del Conocimiento (ZCC), la Fundación Ikerbasque y la Entidad pública empresarial Red.es, y el Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad.

Ibercivis continúa liderando, promoviendo y/o apoyando proyectos de ciencia ciudadana en muy diversas áreas de conocimiento, junto a múltiples personas y entidades, en los ámbitos local, nacional e internacional.

OUR MISSION

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Conducts and promotes research in many different areas of scientific knowledge at local, national and international levels.

It provides technical support, dissemination and training so that anyone can participate in scientific research, according to their interests and ever-dynamic capabilities.

Activity

We share resources and experience derived from our own citizen science activity.

We conduct our own research by developing our own citizen science projects in which we theorise, prototype, model, assess impact, measure, develop technology and publish results.

We promote the dissemination of the concept of ‘citizen science’ through the development of projects and local, national and international events, exhibitions, publications, reports, awards, training, among other activities.

NUESTRA MISIÓN

Ibercivis es una fundación privada sin ánimo de lucro que tiene como objetivos realizar, promover y visibilizar la ciencia ciudadana. Para la consecución de sus objetivos, y en colaboración con diversos agentes científicos y sociales, la Fundación Ibercivis:

Realiza y promueve investigaciones en muy diferentes áreas de conocimiento científico en los ámbitos local, nacional e internacional

Proporciona apoyo técnico, difusión y formación de modo que cualquier persona pueda participar en la investigación científica, en función de sus intereses y capacidades siempre dinámicas.

Actividad

Compartimos recursos y experiencia derivados de nuestra propia actividad en ciencia ciudadana.

Realizamos investigación propia al elaborar nuestros propios proyectos de ciencia ciudadana propios en los que teorizamos, prototipamos, elaboramos modelos, evaluamos el impacto, realizamos mediciones, elaboramos tecnología y publicamos resultados.

Promovemos la diseminación del concepto “ciencia ciudadana” a través del desarrollo de los proyectos y de eventos locales, nacionales e internacionales, exposiciones, publicaciones, informes, premios, formación, entre otras actividades.

patronage

The Board of Trustees of the Ibercivis Foundation is made up of the University of Zaragoza, CSIC, CIEMAT, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Government of Aragon and the Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation. Since its constitution as a Foundation, the President of the Board of Trustees has been the Rector of the University of Zaragoza. The Rectors who have chaired the Board of Trustees to date have been: Felipe Pétriz, Manuel López (q.e.p.d) and currently José Antonio Mayoral.

patronato

El Patronato de la Fundación Ibercivis está formado por la Universidad de Zaragoza, CSIC, CIEMAT, el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España, el Gobierno de Aragón y la Fundación Zaragoza Ciudad del Conocimiento. Desde su constitución como Fundación, el Presidente del Patronato ha sido el Rector de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Los rectores que han presidido el Patronato hasta la fecha han sido: Felipe Pétriz, Manuel López (q.e.p.d) y actualmente José Antonio Mayoral.

Milestones, projects, highlights

2006

Desktop Grid

Ibercivis was born as a computing project using the Desktop Grid paradigm.

2006

2007

Zivis

Zivis, Spain’s first volunteer computing project, is born

2007

2008

Ibercivis

Zivis becomes Ibercivis, a national volunteer computing project. Three projects are being implemented: nuclear fusion, protein folding and materials simulation.

2008

2009

Boinc multi-server

An agreement is established with the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, the Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular of the University of Coimbra and the Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas in Portugal for the incorporation of new applications to Ibercivis.

2009

2010

Participatory experiments

It incorporates the paradigm of participatory experiments beyond volunteer computing: human behaviour, environmental monitoring, social sciences and complex systems.

2010

2011

Foundation

Ibercivis is officially constituted as a private non-profit foundation.

2011

2012

Socientize

The Socientize project, the first European project (FP7) on citizen science, is launched. New participatory experiments are incorporated

2012

2013

Green Paper

Green Paper on Citizen Science published

2013

2014

White Paper

Experiments in collective intelligence. White Paper on Citizen Science for Europe is published.

2014

2015

CESAR Open Innovation Labs

CESAR Citizen Laboratories in Etopia-Science, Art and Technology set up by the University of Zaragoza, the BIFI University Research Institute, the Ibercivi Foundation, Zaragoza City Council and the Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation.

2015

2016

Citizen Science Observatory

I Open Call CESAR-Etopia. Start of the Observatory of CC in Spain with the collaboration of FECYT-Ministry of Science and Innovation.

2016

2017

National CC Plan

The National Citizen Science Plan is developed together with FECYT-Ministry of Science and Innovation.

2017

2018

CC Promotion in Spain

Promotion of QC with FECYT-Ministry of Science and Innovation

1st Ibercivis Call for Science and Technology Projects.

Third Millennium-Heraldo Award ‘Science and Society’.

FECYT Projects: OdourCollect, CanSat

H2020 Project: D-NOSES

ERASMUS+ BRITEC Project

2018

2019

1st International CC Forum

1st International QC Forum co-organised with FECYT – Ministry of Science and Innovation

Observatory of QC in Zaragoza in collaboration with the City Council of Zaragoza.

II Ibercivis Call for CC Projects

FECYT Projects: Vigilantes del aire, Cities At Night, Cansat, Make it Special

H2020 Project: EU-Citizen.Science

2019

2020

Covid-Phym

FECYT Projects: Birds in the cloud, Airwatchers II, Challenge below Zero, Make it Special II

COVID-PHYM Project with CSIC

H2020 Project: NEWSERA

2020

2021

Citizen science, social sciences and humanities

1st National Meeting on QC in Humanities and Social Sciences

FECYT Projects: Interfungi, Servet

H2020 Projects: COESO, DECIDO

2021

2022

Citizen science at the University

Citizen science promotion strategy with the Ministry of Universities

Common Identities II

FECYT Projects: InterFungi, AulaCheck, Servet, FUENAragon, Flebocollect

H2020 Socio-BEE Project

Horizon Europe Project: ECS

2022

2023

Citizen science and climate change adaptation

New national and European projects to face the challenges of climate change.

FECYT projects: AulaCheck+, Servet IX and X, CC Impacts, Soil Watchers.

Other national projects: RadoHow, Flood2Now.


Horizon Europe projects: Greengage, Echo, Agora.

2023

2024

European projects: ProCOAST, Plan B.

2024