May 18, 2020 Our second formal collaboration agreement is with the consortium for the EMPIR-funded TiFOON project. The overall objective of that project is to advance fibre-based frequency transfer capabilities in Europe towards a sustainable, universal tool for time and frequency metrology, matching the unprecedented accuracy of modern optical clocks. Of particular interest to the ROCIT consortium is their work to improve the technology used for optical clock comparisons over fibre, which will reduce the need for human intervention to maintain operation.