Transcript EMODnet: next steps

Marine
Knowledge
2020:
Integrated
Maritime
Policy
cost of
ocean
observation
in EU
space data
in-situ data
€400 million per year
> €1 billion per year
MARITIME
AFFAIRS
Maria Damanaki,
Commissioner for Maritime
Affairs and Fisheries
(..) the data collected
through these observations
can only generate
knowledge and innovation if
Europe's engineers and
scientists are able to find,
access, assemble and
apply them efficiently and
rapidly. At present this is
often not the case.
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tree of knowledge
tree of marine
knowledge
researchers
civil society
users
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public
authorities
industry
data
physics
habitats
biology
chemistry
geology
human activity
European Marine
Observation and Data
Network
Data Collection
Framework in fisheries
Global Monitoring for
Environment and
Security
INSPIRE Directive
Public Sector
Information Directive
Preparatory Actions 2008-2010
•€6,450,000 spent
•six portals now
operational
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prototype method
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Phase 1 – limited sea basins
Phase 2 - low resolution
Phase 3 - multi-resolution
allows users to assess and
improve product by trying
it out rather than relying
on description
Participation in second phase of EMODnet
Third phase
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Phase 1 – limited sea basins
Phase 2 - low resolution
Phase 3 - multi-resolution
• Consultation
• vision?
• governance?
• role of private sector?
2020
240 replies
Vision for 2020
• A seamless multi-resolution digital seabed map of
European waters by 2020.
• highest resolution possible in areas that have been surveyed;
• free of restrictions on use;
• topography, geology, habitats and ecosystems;
• accompanied by timely information on
• physical, chemical and biological state of the overlying water
column
• oceanographic forecasts;
• together with a process that helps Member States maximise
the potential of their marine observation programmes
Are there any reasons why there should be exceptions, to the
Commission’s policy of making marine data freely available
and interoperable?
private
sector
civil
society
public
bodies
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endangered species
valuable wrecks
movement of ships
publishing rights
legal responsibility
income for trading funds
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"incorrect interpretation"
researchers
Are the seven thematic groups of the European Marine
Observation and Data Network the most appropriate? Should
some be combined? (e.g. geology and hydrography) or should
some be divided?
private
sector
civil
society
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public
bodies
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need to ensure that the
groups meet regularly to
avoid divergence
provide a portal giving
access to data and data
products from all groups
was emphasised.
researchers
What should be the balance in EMODnet between providing
access to raw data and developing digital map layers derived
from the raw data across seabasins?
civil
society
private
sector
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public
bodies
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need to leave room
for the private sector
raw data provides
reassurance of quality
depends on
complexity
researchers
Should an internet portal similar to those for EMODnet be set up to
provide access to fisheries data held by Member States,
civil
society
private
sector
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public
bodies
build on efforts by JRC
or ICES
fish are a public
resource
researchers
Should control data, such as that derived from the Vessel Monitoring
System that tracks fishing vessels, be made more available?
civil
society
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public
bodies
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most in favour provided
commercial secrecy
maintained
some fishermen's
organisations against
can help Marine
Strategy Framework
Directive
private
sector
researchers
What should be the focus of EU support to
new marine observation technologies? How
can we extend ocean monitoring and its cost
effectiveness? How can the EU strengthen its
scientific and industrial position in this area?
•quality not quantity that counts
•novel sensors that can measure
parameters automatically
•Marine Strategy Framework Directive
provides a useful framework
•Europe lags behind the US where funding
is available to develop new technologies
and to take them through to market
Should there be an obligation for research projects to include a
provision ensuring the archiving and access to observations
collected during the research project?
civil
society
private
sector
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public
bodies
nearly unanimous
not necessarily a legal
obligation
researchers
Should the ‘push’ process whereby marine environment reports are
delivered be progressively replaced by a ‘pull’ process?
civil
society
private
sector
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public
bodies
good long-term aim
efficiency and speed
who vouches for
accuracy?
researchers
Are any additional measures required, over and above existing
initiatives such as EMODnet and GMES, to enable Europe to support
international initiatives on ocean data such as GOOS and GEOSS?
civil
society
private
sector
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public
bodies
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Engage with WMO
European offshoots
EuroArgo, EuroGOOS
etc
ESFRI
researchers
What criteria should be used to determine EU
financial support of observation programmes
other than those that it already supports?
Can you provide examples? Could the Joint
Programming Initiative for European Seas
and Oceans play a role?
•Suppoprt depend on length of coastline
•Caribbean Sea, the western and eastern
coasts of Africa and the Polar Regions are
poorly surveyed
•Relevance to Marine Strategy
Framework Directive, blue growth etc
•JPI could help define priorities
How could the governance of EMODnet and GMES evolve
to better accommodate the need for long term
sustainability?
•Need stable funding
•Not closed to new entrants
•Governance board including private companies
What mechanism could be envisaged to
manage the evaluation and assessments
needed to inform the Commission, Member
States and Parliament on priorities for EU
support?
•External expertise and permanent
committee
•Academia, Public Bodies and Commercial
Organisations with clear targets and
metrics
•Marine Strategy Framework Directive can
help
Should data provided by private companies for licensing purposes
be made publicly available?
civil
society
private
sector
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public
bodies
Not geophysical
surveys
Detrimental for
safety?
researchers
Should licenced offshore private sector actors be obliged to
contribute to wider monitoring of the sea where this is feasible?
civil
society
public
bodies
• the industry (..)
remains positive (..)
if sampling from
existing structures
can help realising
that and if it does
not interfere with
the function and
operation of the
structures
private
sector
researchers
What public-private partnership models can maximise
incentives for industry to share data and investments in data
as well as benefits to all stakeholders?
•Already happening in UK and Netherlands
•Need public support in early phases
•Hydrographic organisations defensive
next steps
•finalise summary document
•impact assessment