AGENDA accommodates heterogeneous datasets from legacy archives to modern digital outputs and aligns them under a unified, interoperable structure ready for long term use.
Standardised workflows, metadata rules and validation steps ensure data consistency and scientific reliability, regardless of the source or contributing institution.
Clear guidance, structured processes and scalable data entry workflows make it easy for laboratories, field teams and institutions to contribute, verify and apply data confidently.
AGENDA is a research project focused on digitising and systematising geotechnical and environmental data generated within the Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering. It develops an interactive, georeferenced digital database that brings together datasets from Geotechnical Laboratory [ GL], Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory [EGL ]and Environmental Engineering Laboratory [EEL] using the SAS model for structured storage, access and search.
Although the system initially integrates GFV datasets, its architecture is designed for future expansion into a broader national geospatial platform capable of accommodating geotechnical, geophysical, geochemical and related environmental data. This foundation supports interdisciplinary research, spatial analysis and open science principles aligned with national digital infrastructure development.
The AGENDA project is structured into three progressive phases that guide its development from initial validation to large scale implementation and long term national integration, ensuring a clear pathway from concept to sustainable digital infrastructure.
The AGENDA project defines a set of clear scientific and operational targets supported by measurable results that reflect its contribution to open science, digital data systematisation and interdisciplinary research development.
We maintain project visibility through transparent communication and open science principles embedded in AGENDA. Progress and key outcomes are shared through institutional channels and the project website, ensuring accessibility of information to the academic community, industry partners and the general public. The project supports openness by providing access to metadata, tools and selected datasets in line with open science standards.
Agenda Web application is currently under development
Project management, coordination, setup, infrastructure, baseline structure.
Digital records (2006–2024): mapping, ingestion, validation.
Historical archives (1976–2006): scanning, OCR, standardisation, QC.
Current research data: continuous and structured data input.
Search, filtering, API, map views, environmental indicators.
User testing, dissemination, long‑term sustainability planning.
On 22 December 2025, the Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering formally signed the Institutional Project Agreement under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO), securing dedicated funding for the implementation of Project AGENDA: Acquisition of GeoEnvironmental Read more
On 10 January 2025, the Geotechnical Laboratory of the Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering held an initial meeting with Hibourg d.o.o., marking the beginning of a strategic collaboration on the early development phase of Project AGENDA. Read more
The Geotechnical Laboratory of the Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering presented the AGENDA project at the 20th anniversary international conference ‘Competence of Laboratories – CROLAB’, held in Zadar in 2025. On Friday, 14 November, the team Read more
Univesity of Zagreb, Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, Hallerova aleja 7, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia
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