ICAERUS

About ICAERUS Innovation and Capacity building in Agricultural Environmental and Rural UAV Services ****European strategic alignment**** Drones as multi-purpose vehicles can make an important contribution to a number of the European Commission’s strategies that ensure food security, address climate and environmental challenges and reverse biodiversity loss including: - Farm to fork - Shaping Europe’s Digital Future - EU biodiversity strategy - European Green Deal **The ICAERUS platform** A one-stop web-based interactive platform to be used as the central node for information dissemination, communication and collaboration to increase the use of drones for sectoral and societal purposes. **Drone Market Landscape** An inventory of current drone market intelligence, including actors, needs and innovations, standards, regulations, and risks. **Drone Data Analytics Library** An open-access repository of the most significant existing and emerging drone data analytics models and algorithms according to the requirements of the end-users **Socio-economic and environmentalimpact assessment** An assessment of the factors influencing the decision-making process for adopting drone technologies, the economic benefits of the multi-purpose use of drones, and the environmental impacts associated with their uptake. **Inclusive business andgovernance models** Develop and make accessible, inclusive business and governance models that empower people to explore the opportunities of using drones and facilitate better informed decision-making processes, as well as helping to shape future policy design. **The ICAERUS vision** Explore drone based opportunities and provide a more complete and interconnected account of their potential and impacts as multi-purpose vehicles in EU agriculture, forestry and rural areas