Article 1, Paragraph 2. · Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/901

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2.The projects to be financed by the Union shall support:

(a)maintenance of certified auxiliary seismic stations, part of the CTBTO IMS;

(b)engagement with State Signatories, including technical system validation and testing using Cloud technology for phase 3 of the IDC Reengineering;

(c)development of the Enhanced High Resolution Atmospheric Transport model;

(d)a study on possible performance improvements of FLEXPART simulations through Graphics Processing Unit acceleration;

(e)development of a background estimator tool to quantify radio xenon contributions to detections at IMS stations;

(f)development of a source-term estimator tool;

(g)provision of helpdesk and upgrading support to the virtual exploitation data centre platform;

(h)continuation of the radio xenon mobile measurement campaigns in different regions of the world;

(i)provision of technical assistance including integrated capacity building and outreach such as enhancement of seismic, hydroacoustic and infrasound (SHI) automatic processing capabilities in NDC-in-a-Box and simplified, standards compliant IDC products and services access for National Data Centres (NDCs);

(j)support training, workshops and follow-up for emerging NDCs in developing countries worldwide, and acquisition and maintenance of capacity building systems for the NDCs;

(k)support the evolution and homogenisation of the multi-waveform technology processing and interactive system;

(l)organisation of open source seismic impact regional introductory courses for two CTBT geographical regions;

(m)conduct of outreach to non-signatories and non-ratifying countries, including States whose signature and ratification are required for entry into force of the CTBT, and capacity building for youth, parliamentarians, journalists and scientists in developing or emerging countries.