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Marine knowledge in integrated maritime policy

Marine knowledge in integrated maritime policy. Iain Shepherd European Commission. General Objective.

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Marine knowledge in integrated maritime policy

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  1. Marine knowledge in integrated maritime policy Iain Shepherd European Commission Eurocean November 2009 1/14

  2. General Objective To create the optimal conditions for the sustainable use of the oceans and seas, as well as the sustainable growth in maritime sectors and coastal regions through the promotion of coherent and integrated decision making in relation to the seas coastal regions and maritime industries. Eurocean November 2009 2/14

  3. Indicators • GDP in maritime industries • meeting requirements of Marine Strategy Framework Directive • Unemployment in coast Eurocean November 2009 3/14

  4. Specific Objective 1 To drive forward the shift from sectoral to holistic decision making in maritime affairs at sea basin, Member state regional and international level, through the promotion of integrated governance and spatial planning . • Plans for • Arctic • Baltic • Mediterranean Eurocean November 2009 4/11

  5. Specific Objective 2 To increase operational efficiency, stimulate innovation and reduce uncertainty for those working on marine and maritime matters by developing tools which cut across sea or coastal related sectoral policies, including the integration of cross-border and cross-sectoral surveillance activities through a common information sharing environment and facilitating the sharing, re-use and dissemination of marine data and knowledge to industry, public authorities and the research community. Eurocean November 2009 5/14

  6. spending on marine monitoring EIONET, Guy Fawkes 2009 6/19

  7. What do they use it for? EIONET, Guy Fawkes 2009 7/19

  8. why marine data is underused • Discovery of Data. • Especially difficult outside your own community • Access to data. • Confidentiality • Desire of owners to exploit added-value themselves • Use of data. • Often restricted to “research” • Cost of data. • Landsat fiasco • Coherence of Data. • Especially cross-disciplinary and cross-border • Quality of Data. • Data unaccompanied by precision estimates is useless • Quantity of Data. • Are we undersampling? EIONET, Guy Fawkes 2009 8/19

  9. Marine Knowledge Objectives • to reduce operational costs • private industry • public decision-making • marine scientific research • to increase competition • to reduce uncertainty Eurocean November 2009 9/14

  10. what is going on now GMES MyOcean 6 November 2009 10/9

  11. tentative architecture EIONET, Guy Fawkes 2009 11/19

  12. impact Eurocean November 2009 12/14

  13. Next steps Eurocean November 2009 13/14

  14. objectives • raise awareness • forge sea-basin identity • clarify spatial dimension of EU policies • web-based • first version April 2010 Eurocean November 2009 14/11

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