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1. Physical address
2. How to get the EMWIS Technical Unit
3. Postal address
4. Time table (local time)
5. Fax number
6. People of the Technical Unit

1. Physical address

CICA
2229, route des crêtes
Parc International d'Activités Valbonne Sophia Antipolis
06560 VALBONNE
FRANCE

2. How to go to the EMWIS Technical Unit

2.1. Cartographical information

See Table 1 and  map

Table 1 Cartographical information

More information at: http://www.ign.fr/ 

Map

2.2. By plane

You will land at Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport located at 21 km from Sophia Antipolis (about 20 minutes by car). From there to go to the EMWIS Technical Unit:
- you can take a taxi (see 2.4 by car)
- or you take the bus Sophia Express to the Sophia Antipolis main bus station "Les Messugues". From there you will take the JOCARI shuttle up to the CICA stop (for further information: S.T.C.A.R. Tel: +33 493 206 057/+33 492 389 638)
 

2.3. By train

We recommend you  to stop at the Antibes train station located at 10 km from Sophia Antipolis (about 15 minutes by car). From there to go to the EMWIS Technical Unit:
- you can take a taxi (see 2.4 by car)
- or you take the bus 2VB (Sillages STGA company) to the Sophia Antipolis main bus station "Les Messugues". From there you will take the JOCARI shuttle up to the CICA stop.

2.4. By car

You must take the exit 44 on Highway A 8-E 80 Esterel Côte d'Azur (ESCOTA) . After the tollgate, follow the direction Vallauris / Golfe Juan puis Grasse./ Sophia-Antipolis / Valbonne. And then the direction Valbonne (D35).

On the road "route du parc", take the 3rd entrance "carrefour des Bouillides". At the next traffic circle "carrefour des Dolines", take the "route des crêtes". You will go near the buildings of Thales, World Trade Center, Air France. At the next traffic circle, you must stay in the "route des crêtes"  that goes down on the right. The CICA entrance is located at further 300 meters on the left.
 

3. Postal address

U.T. SEMIDE/EMWIS T.U.
BP23
06901 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
FRANCE

4. Time table (local time)

08:30 to 17:30 (Monday to Thursday)
08:30 to 16:30 (Friday)
Local summer time(1) :Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)+2; winter time UTC+1

5. Fax number

+ 33 4 92 942 295

6. People of the Technical Unit

The  Technical Coordinator and manager :

• Is in charge of the relations between the Technical Unit (TU), the Steering Committee and the funding organizations
• Coordinates the activities of the members of the TU and of various external experts;
• Ensures the liaison between the TU and National Focal Points (NFP);
• Participates to technological and organizational choices for EMWIS;
• Controls the quality of TU's activities and the relevance of services provided according to users' expectations;
• Contributes to the management of the web site and to EMWIS promotion.
• Is in charge of the financial and administrative management of the TU;
• Is the only person entitled to commit expenses for the TU.

Therefore, he participates in all activities.

The Webmaster and Information  manager is in charge of organizing, managing and coordinating data collection and sharing within EMWIS framework. He is more especially responsible for :

• The content of the EMWIS web site;
• The everyday management of the web site in close collaboration with the technical coordinator;
• Undertaking the tasks of International Focal Point ;
• Coordinating the information provision by the NFP;
• Checking the reliance and integrity of information provided as well as the respect of ethical rules (monitoring and warning when available information is not up to the purpose that led to the creation of EMWIS).

The Information Technology manager is in charge of :

• Developing the EMWIS web site (web pages, search engines, interface with existing systems, pushing, etc.);
• Data base management;
• Managing Internet communication tools, the TU's local area network (LAN) and videoconference tools.

The Multilingual Assistant works  under the coordinator supervision. She is in charge of :

• the T U's office operation ;
• the practical organization of seminars and meetings ;
• accounting records and preparing financial reviews;
• updating the TU's data bases.

(1) The summer time goes from the last Sunday of March  to the last Sunday of October