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BLUE MED MAPPING – 04 Dec 2014
BLUE MED
A BLUE JOBS AND GROWTH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION INITIATIVE
FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN
ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM MED COUNTRIES THROUGH THE MAPPING TO IDENTIFY:
 GAPS [G] AND RESEARCH & INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES [N/O] FOR OVERCOMING THEM, AND RELATED
JUSTIFICATION [J]
 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL BOUNDARY/FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS FOR THE R&I NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION
BY IT TEAM
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INDEX
ANALYSING GAPS AND RESEARCH & INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERCOMING THEM .......................................................................................................... 4
BIODIVERSITY...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPACTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
DEEP SEA ECOSYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
DEEP SEA MINING, OIL AND GAS SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (FISHERY, AQUACULTURE, ETC.) ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
MARINE HAZARDS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
MARINE POLLUTION ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
MARITIME TRANSPORT .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
MSP-ICZM ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY/OBSERVING SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................................................. 35
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLICY RESEARCH................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
TOURISM .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 43
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL BOUNDARY/FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS FOR THE R&I NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION
(INCLUDING POSSIBLE DRIVERS SUPPORTING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION) .......................................................................................................................................... 44
BIODIVERSITY (INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 45
BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
CLIMATE CHANGE & IMPACTS.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
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DEEP SEA ECOSYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
DEEP SEA MINING, OIL AND GAS SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (FISHERY, AQUACULTURE, ETC.) ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
MARINE HAZARDS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 55
MARINE POLLUTION ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
MARITIME TRANSPORT .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
MSP-ICZM ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60
OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 67
OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY/OBSERVING SYSTEMS & RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES............................................................................................................. 68
INCLUDING NEW TECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 68
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & POLICY RESEARCH ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 74
TOURISM .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 77
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ANALYSING GAPS AND RESEARCH & INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERCOMING THEM
(PROVIDE THE NECESSARY JUSTIFICATION/DRIVERS)
For each thematic area, the inputs have been aggregated in cluster of issues (reported in the first column). Each group of identified gaps and related
justification (in the second column) is associated to a corresponding group of needs/opportunities and related justification (in the third column).
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BIODIVE
RSITY
General
issues
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Knowledge on: biodiversity, from assessment to ecosystem
services; ecosystems, and species adaptation to changing marine
environments (resilience) including coastal pelagic and benthic
environments; role of biodiversity in marine ecosystem functioning
and services (including the interactions between terrestrial and
marine environment); knowledge on ecosystem biodiversity change
dynamics (cycles and trends) over relevant time scales (including
pre-anthropic biodiversity values to discriminate from changes
derived from human activities); factors controlling biodiversity;
taxonomy; microbial (bio)diversity; health status of the ecosystems
and populations based on real information; impact of ocean
acidification on biodiversity: [J] to support biodiversity management
and conservation policies; prerequisite for predicting the impacts of
climate change (on coastal and offshore ecosystems) at regional
(MED) level; to evaluate how populations will adapt to changing
environmental conditions due to climate change and human
impacts and on how they will affect the ecosystem resilience or
changing species interactions; to quantitatively understand how
biodiversity affects food web stability and resilience (and hence
impacts food security); to examine specific aspects like species full
life-cycle, ecological niche and role, population structure and status,
pathogens, symbionts, and interactions with other components of
the ecosystem, including for example the crucial role of plankton
and bacterial in biogeochemical cycles and marine foodwebs.
Because ecosystems can present multiple states that can be part of
natural cycles rather than to trends, only a broad time scale of
observation can provide an unambiguous assessment.
B. [G] Long-term research projects and programmes; coherent
network of Med observatories and research surveys, including data
management and e-science facilities/virtual laboratories: [J] to allow
a coordinated long-term and large-scale monitoring of marine
biodiversity changes obtaining adequate information on temporal
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Coupling taxonomy with new technologies for biodiversity
assessment, e.g. assess genetic diversity also via new genomic tools;
wide-spreading of big complex data production through Next
Generation Sequencing (NGS) and -omics methods (e.g. genomics,
transcriptomics, metabolomics) and technologies; new ways of
taxonomy with dedicated cruises/observatories in data-poor areas
(also to help producing new/updated monographs of marine taxa) and
taxonomic inventory, analysis and modelling of the relationship
between diversity and functions of the main biological compartments
(thanks to the availability of new tools, metagenomics, DNA
barcoding), allowing to go faster in the knowledge of species,
including microbial species; links of microbial diversity of ecosystem
functioning; obtain and use of long data series from paleobiological
archives to study long term biodiversity changes in the ecosystems;
studies on the pathologies that affect species: [J] to catch the
opportunity offered by technological developments for collecting
complex big data sets, in order to study biodiversity in a holistic and
in-depth way, at very fast time scales (e.g. networks of cabled marine
observatories); to establish reference data, follow the evolution of
and compare the data, and evaluate the vulnerability of organisms
communities and of ecosystem services; to improve the
understanding of organism ecophysiology and plasticity as well as the
scales of connectivity and the spatial and temporal modelling
capabilities; to take the opportunity of new technological and feasible
developments; to take preventive actions for biodiversity
conservation; to value data series for ecosystem management (preanthropic status, trends, cycles, resilience, natural vs anthropic
impacts, and ecosystem resilience including rate of perturbations,
time for recovery, etc.).
B. [N/O] Formal agreement, supported by governments and funding
agencies, between marine stations and institutes to support the
development of a coordinated and sustained system of biodiversity
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and spatial changes, their causes and associated risks to be used for
future research planning.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
observatories combining biological, physical and chemical
measurements (build on EMODNET Med check-point, LifeWatch and
to GEO-BON initiatives), and including virtual labs: [J] to develop an
integrated long term research plan for Med marine biodiversity
science, enhancing collaboration, younger generation training,
scientific findings, and funding opportunities.
Applicat
ions
A. [G] Marine biodiversity for human well-being: [J] central issue
requiring multidisciplinary approaches, and to take into
consideration societal needs and awareness.
B. [G] Development of automatic instruments (e.g. biosensors) for the
measure of biodiversity changes and reliable indicators to
contribute to MSFD GES: [J] to further develop and standardize a set
of biodiversity indicators for proper monitoring of biodiversity
changes and support the ecosystem-based approach to
management.
C. [G] Public participation (stakeholders, citizens involvement, citizens
science): [J] maximize the contribution of the general (nonscientific) public by promoting citizen science interest and initiatives
for biodiversity observation NEW and monitoring.
A. [N/O] Development of innovative socio-ecological approaches,
enhancing interdisciplinarity (e.g. linking marine related socioeconomic issues): [J] to achieve a genuine ecosystem approach to the
management of marine resources, and apply knowledge generated
through biodiversity research in areas that may deliver sustainable
economic opportunities.
B. [N/O] Identify and set up new indicators (under ECAP) and metrics: [J]
to monitor biodiversity changes, and measure functional biodiversity
and determines its role.
C. [N/O] Enhancement of public participation in reporting and surveying
(e.g. sea birds, marine mammals, and jelly-watch, invasive species,
species geographical shifts, etc.) + development of projects for school
and University students, fishermen, divers and amateur scientists: [J]
to enhance ocean literacy/marine culture and at the same time
contribute to accessible knowledge pool of species occurrence and
abundance.
Focus
on
biologic
al
invasion
A. [G] Knowledge on biodiversity and the related ecosystem services,
highlighting the links between biodiversity, marine pollution and
biological invasions (also in relation with climate change) and
particularly of pathways (especially for the eastern Mediterranean,
in case of the Red Sea invasive species) and of alien&invasive
species (including periodically invasive native species) impacts
on/alterations of ecosystem functions: [J] the Med sea is a hot spot
of biodiversity and despite a rich scientific history, lack of
knowledge on the issue is important, particularly in relation with the
A. [N/O] Combination of studies including genetic techniques and
traditional monitoring of invasive species, also to identify their origin:
[J] for management purposes; assessing ecosystem changes due to
biological invasions, including studies on their impacts in given areas
and on mechanisms and impacts of native species outbreaks; to
quantify ecosystem changes due to biological invasions and potential
adaption measures and to assess/quantify any possible economy shift
for species of commercial interest
B. [N/O] Molecular/genetic studies of bioinvasions in the Mediterranean
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invasive species question; recognizing the significant threats posed
by NIS (MWFD, Biodiversity Strategy); while observed, the rate of
change and trophic relations are poorly known.
B. [G] Develop ecosystemic approaches to understand the reasons of
biological proliferations and management plans of invasive species
(especially in fisheries), including surveillance programmes for
marine NIS; joint programme to investigate and prevent the
introduction of harmful algae and other exotic species through
ballast water (see also Marine Hazards): [J] the EU Biodiversity
Strategy (EC 2011) aims that by 2020, Invasive Alien Species (IAS)
and their pathways are identified, prioritized and managed to
prevent the introduction and establishment of arriving IAS and that,
where practicable, negative impacting species are controlled or
eradicated.
will be helpful in determining their identities, as well as their sources,
routes of invasions, and the genetic make-up of founding populations:
[J] to document the full extent of the bioinvasion of the EU Seas,
providing information for the development of effective conservation
policies and competent management (also in fishery).
Focus
on endto-end
marine
ecosyste
ms
A. [G]Concerted observation and modelling approach to understand
sustainability of marine ecosystem (from plankton to fish): [J]
Numerical models have not yet integrated this new potential which
requires new approaches adapted to spatio-temporal sampling.
B. [G] Sustainable exploitation of Med Sea ecosystems: [J] Med Sea is
threatened by human activities combined with effects of climate
change.
A. [N/O]Build databases equipped with new advanced functionalities
(e.g. multiple information cross analysis, analysis of weaknesses and
strengths of different simulations, event detection...): [J] to better
analyse data, using the opportunities offered by recent technological
developments (observations and super computers) and models
predictability.
B. [N/O] Preserve and sustainable exploit Med Sea ecosystems: [J] Good
environmental status and capacity to provide food, goods and services
(touristic and leisure activities, maintain water quality) is in danger.
Focus
on
Marine
Protecte
d Areas
A. [G]A joint programme of research for future Marine Protected Areas
in the Mediterranean Sea including deep-sea ecosystems;
contribution to support the management of MPAs and coherent
networks of MPAs: [J] to protect the marine biodiversity of the
Mediterranean Sea; the MSFD requires the setting up of coherent
networks of MPAs.
B. [G] Implementation of paleobiology conservation approaches in
A. Increase research to focus on the localization and identification of
vulnerable ecosystems for their designation as MAPs. Research on the
connectivity mechanisms between vulnerable ecosystems to develop
coherent networks of MPAs in the Mediterranean Sea. [J] MPAs are
an effective tool to protect and preserve marine biodiversity from the
direct impact of human activities. It will allow to comply with the
requirements of the MSFD.
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protected areas or in hot spots of ecosystem services: [J] to help
establishing proper long-term management programmes.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
B. N/O] Development of new approaches for the study of the changes of
biodiversity in the ecosystems at their multiple time scales. [J] There is
a need to discriminate between natural and anthropic drivers of
diversity change in the ecosystems. Providing an
alternative/complementary method to costly long-term monitoring
programmes.
Note: EMODNET, LIFEWATCH, GEO-BON initiatives
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BLUE BIOTECH
General issues
(including
marine
biomimetic
technology)
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] (Deeper) development of biotechnologies and better
knowledge of biomolecules from marine algae, bacteria and
macro-organisms for producing biofuel, cosmetics, drugs,
fine chemicals: [J] exploitation now feasible, and in particular
microalgae and cyanobacteria represent prominent
candidates for sustainable fine chemicals and biofuel
production, and are efficient in carbon capture; bacteria,
marine fungi and macro-organisms produce numerous biocompounds (antibiotic, immune system modulators,
pigments, collagen, chitin...); aquatic biomass as source of
new biobased products.
B. [G] Development of new methods and technologies to
culture new species (from microorganisms to higher
organisms) and ensure the supply of bioproducts of a wide
range of products (e.g. pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals,
cosmetics, etc): [J] to satisfy the industry and market
demands, thus contributing to develop a sustainable
European marine bluebiotech industry.
C. [G] Exploring the deep Mediterranean Sea (macro and micro
biota): [J] availability of robotic technologies (ROV and AUV)
for the exploration and collection of samples from the
mesophotic zone to the deep sea.
D. [G] Industrial issues like science-to-industry communication
synergies between robotics, biotechnology, and aquaculture
production; access to risk capital for startup and SME: [J]
niche markets, dedicated and targeted to specific
biotechnological solutions ready to be exploited.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Specific research on isolation and description of algae and
bacterial strains (must be robust, fast growing, and demonstrate good
adaptation to the planned bioprocess); on photosynthesis, including
effects of environmental parameters; and on reduction of processing
costs and up-scaling: [J] huge potential of marine biological diversity
(i.e. unusual and extreme habitats easily accessible) for discovering
new genes, new molecules (especially of prokaroytic and protistan
microorganisms), for biotechnological applications. By using the
appropriate modern technological developments important
applications in the area of bioprospecting (production of
pharmaceuticals, bioactive substances, etc) can be achieved.
[note: these topics have partially been covered by FP7 and the 2014 DG calls]
B. Research and development of technologies to optimise culture
conditions for new species of organisms (including biology, physiology
of organisms, diseases, etc) in order to provide the industry with a
sustainable source of marine organisms to produce bioproducts.
C. [N/O] Development of specialized robotic technologies: [J] to improve
the exploration and collection of samples from the deep part of the
marine ecosystem.
D. [N/O] Development of new and more robust biotechnology tools to
produce new market niches, promoting the creation and the survival in
the pre-industrial phase of new dedicated start-up (for example
automated high-resolution biosensing technologies; prediction and
detection of human health hazards (e.g. Harmful Algal Blooms) and for
automated and remote monitoring of physico-chemical parameters in
wild and farmed sentinel fish; modelling; cost-effective and non-toxic
antifouling technologies), stimulating synergy and participation in joint
projects between research institutions and SME. [J] As reported by the
Global Strategic Business Report (GSBR) analyzing the worldwide
market for marine biotechnology products (GSBR Marine
Biotechnology, 2013), developing blue technologies is important to:
increase basic knowledge on marine biodiversity in order to protect it
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and to preserve still unexplored services that marine organisms can
provide; develop environmentally friendly processes; reduce
environmental impact of existing activities; produce predictive models
of human health hazards; sustainably cope with food requirements
enhancing population well-being; foster technology transfer between
research institutions and enterprises, enhancing their competitiveness
at the international level.
[sample sectors: aquaculture, including Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture
(IMTA); development of food from waste technologies; bio-prospecting of
marine bioactive molecules of interest for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical,
medical and industrial applications; innovative culture methods for harvesting
natural marine compounds and materials; food products and ingredients of
marine origin (algae, invertebrates, fish) with optimal nutritional properties
for human health].
Note: link ‘blue biotech’ to bio-refineries (Med specificities to be still ensured) and highlight the enabling technologies (multi kets) for blue biotech application.
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AND IMPACTS
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
General issues
A. [G] Development of models to improve
(regional) climate change impacts scenarios
and inter-comparison exercise for
cc&impacts, like climate and ecosystem
model (not physical): [J] they are necessary
for planning and adaptation policies
purpose, e.g. cc impacts on fisheries
(migration routes, spawning regions,
recruitment, etc.).
B. [G] Performing climate models (including
ocean/solid earth processes) at local and
sub-basin scale: [J] although climate
models are qualitatively reproducing
overall environmental properties at the
basin scale, they do not satisfactorily
reproduce the processes at local and subbasin scale.
C. [G] Long term multidisciplinary
measurements, observations, and data: [J]
well-constrained models are essential for a
long-term remediation actions to
mitigate/adapt to the impacts of climate
changes.
D. [G] Intensification of the use of paleoarchives for paleo-environmental
reconstructions: [J] Need to study detailed
data series of relevant periods of time to
assess with the sufficient time resolution
the role of human activities in the global
change observed and validate models.
A.
Specific issues
A. [G] Assessment of climate change impacts
[N/O] Downscaling modelling from the global scenarios (IPCC) to the Med regional seas
and subregional areas, and Mediterranean Models Intercomparison Program (Med
MIP), from Atmosphere-Ocean-Land regional coupled climate models, to coupled
model including end-to-end marine ecosystems models: [J] to aware planning and
programming policies mitigating/adapting CC impacts in coastal areas (also making
profit of robustness of the inter-comparison and multi-models approaches as for the
global earth problem); to assess impacts on sub-regions set up in MSFD for the
assessment of the GES.
B. [N/O] Assessing and projecting climate changes and impacts at local scales: [J] towards
a better knowledge and effective exploitation, through man power and cooperative
approach, of high-quality performance of (local scale) climate models. [For instance, with
particular regard for coastal areas, study of the vulnerability of the coastal zone and future
developments have to be addressed through combination of the (operational) prediction of the
sea level rise and the erosion and flooding of coastal areas, the economic-social-environmental
impacts and the possible adaptation strategies, while optimizing its real-time measurements of
meteorological-oceanographic parameters by combined use spot measuring devices and
improvement of reliability and resolution of satellite data to address coastal issues (coastal
satellite oceanography)].
C. [N/O] Field and experimental research to better understand for example the single and
combined effects of ocean acidification and warming on marine ecosystems, at the
level of ecosystems, habitats, biodiversity, communities, populations and organisms;
better understand and model of e.g. the thermohaline circulation in the
Mediterranean: [J] to develop reliable models to forecast the effects of acidification on
marine ecosystems from coastal to offshore environments; to assess the possible
changes caused by climate change and the consequences on the Med basin (e.g. the
salt, nutrient and heat balance) as well as the possible consequences on the circulation
in the Atlantic.
D. [N/O] Explore new paleo-archives and develop new techniques and proxies to retrieve
information from them: [J] need to refine and augment the potential to obtain
information from the paleo-archives to provide reliable paleo-data series.
A. [N/O] Organized study of the various parameters and database update: [J] because of
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on coastal ecosystems biodiversity and on
the need to compare data consistently and well organized. [Specific ideas of interest:
biogeochemistry: [J] biodiversity assumes
common, easy access data set, clear data policy, interdisciplinary cruises, integration
different ecosystem services, provisioning,
and collaboration with coastal guard and navy (also in order to set up a large Ship-ofregulating, supporting and cultural: climate
Opportunity program), quantify the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and
change is expected to affect seawater
feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere under multiple
temperature, the stratification pattern, sea
climatic/environmental/anthropogenic drivers and stressors.
level, surface and thermohaline circulation B. [N/O] Better assessment of sea-level rise impacts; different strategies approach (long(increase of stratification, change in wind
term monitoring programs/programs aimed at deepening the larger risks to the
atmospheric circulation patterns, etc),
ecosystem and the human environment/a particular focus on climate change in the
terrestrial inputs, light radiation, upwelling
other programs that focus on different goals) plus specific ideas of interest (e.g.
and extreme events frequency and
combined use of geodetic, use of geomorphic and historic markers and ocean/solid
intensity, atmospheric deposition.
earth modelling techniques); investigation into the causes and the effects of extreme
events of the recent past; evaluating the change taking place in the marine food chain
B. [G] Sea level rise & weather extremes (that
(from viruses to mammals) and simulating future scenarios; complex models simulating
can also potentially increase the risk of
past climates to find confirmation of future scenarios; evaluating strategies for
flooding and intrusions of salt water in
adaptation and mitigation considering the real economic value of the natural system;
coastal areas): [J] highlighted by the V IPCC
strategic decisions for ICZM and MSP and for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture to
Report (2013-14: WG1, WG2, WG3)
be adapted to future impacts; networking of existing MPAs, the creation of new ones,
considering Southern Europe and noneven in deep areas, and a common protocol for monitoring]: [J] protection of Med
European Mediterranean countries high
economies; fast growing of the risk of disasters (sensu UNISDR) in the MED area, due to
vulnerable to climate change.
the acceleration of climate-related changes (increasing the probability of extreme
C. [G] Coastal risks, erosion phenomena
events), as well as by the intrinsic vulnerability of MED ecosystem (see the V IPCC
status and evolution, subsidence in deltaic
Report, (which is increasing due to the biodiversity loss) and by the increase of possible
zones; impacts of climate change and water
consequences, due to the growing presence of hundreds of millions of people along the
scarcity on saline intrusions in coastal
coasts and the socio-economic value of the basin (tourism, recreation, fishery, maritime
aquifers, and possible management of
transport and energy, cultural heritage).
these issues: [J] quantitative assessment of
coastal risks is needed in order to
C. [N/O] Strength the synergy between industry and policy makers (i.e. strategic
knowingly plan the adaptation policies
development plans + adaptation plans) e.g. fostering an initiative with maritime
(cost/benefit analysis) [in particular near
Regions involvement putting into practice innovative devices and methods for erosion
coast boundary layer characteristics are
phenomena assessment; work at different scale in space and time: [J] to update and
important for climate issues (due to the hazeenhance the "concept" of the previous EU initiatives, produce and feed a Med Coastal
cloud cooling effect) and for public health
Observatory, maintain updated data/information on erosion phenomena and coastal
issues when air pollution (from the sea-surface,
risks.
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shipping and coastal industrial activity) is
trapped in the boundary layer of densely
populated areas].
D. [G] Knowledge of the biogeochemicalphysical interactions between the ocean
and atmosphere, including interactions
between air pollution and climate in the
coastal environment: [J] more
comprehensive understanding of ocean
processes.
E. [G] Consequences of climate change and
ocean acidification on the biogeochemical
cycle of C and other key elements (e.g. N
and P); and more specifically
production/consumption mechanisms,
spatial distribution, circulation effects of
Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC): [J]
fundamental issues for the functioning of
marine ecosystems.
F. [G] Marine sink for anthropogenic carbon
(ocean carbon cycle observations, stocks
and fluxes determinations and modeling in
socio-economical and environmental
contexts); knowledge of carbon stock
sequestration rates by vegetated and
depositional costal environments (e.g.
seagrass, meadows, salt-mashes, and
depositional areas); carbon sequestration
measurements in the deep waters: [J] to
better assess impact scenarios; to study the
potential of carbon sequestration by
natural biospheric carbon sinks; to serve
society with best available information on
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
D. [N/O] Quantification of the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks
between the ocean and atmosphere under multiple drivers and stressors: [J] to provide
strategic solutions for the sustained natural resource management of the oceans and
lower atmosphere through predictive capabilities, process knowledge, model-data
fusion, a critical appraisal of potential geo-engineering options, seamless interaction
with stakeholders as well as policy makers, and support of an international project
office (IPO).
E. [N/O] A better understanding of the effects of CC and acidification on the
biogeochemical cycle of key elements such as C, N, and P, including spatial and
temporal dynamics of different pools of these cycles (i.e. dissolved, particulate, organic,
inorganic, etc) as well as of changes, e.g. DOC, POC and nutrients dynamics, requiring
both systematic observations and modelling efforts: [J] to explore regions with
Different circulation regimes and to assess the seasonal variability of the DOC
distributions; and by developing a hierarchy of models to study the DOC cycle, together
with the effects of physical processes.
F. [N/O] Technological development of coring systems and marine sensors for coastal
sediments; development of models to forecast the carbon capture capacity in various
scenarios; risks and effects of policies related to carbon sequestration and specifically
quantification of the fluxes of greenhouse gases in the Earth system as a function of
space and time based on improved descriptions of processes and feedbacks, exploiting
and extending observational networks, and combining observations with advanced
Earth system modelling (atmosphere, ocean, land, ice, anthroposphere/human
societies): [J] to investigate and promote mechanisms for the mitigation of the excess
of anthropic CO2 in the atmosphere; relevant for predicting economic-socialenvironmental impacts and their treatment; to provide a rigorous foundation/decision
framework for feasible solutions on greenhouse gas emission reductions guided by best
possible future projections integrating natural science communities, socio-economic
science communities, policy makers, industry, and large future research programmes.
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the marine sink for anthropogenic carbon.
[note: see also 'deep sea ecosystem']
Focus on the
hydrological
component
(hydrometeorolo
gical marine
hazards,
hydrodynamic
and sediment
transfers)
[G] Knowledge of the behaviour of the
hydrometeorogical cycle, and particularly on
submersion events and on the wide range of
interacting processes that shape the coast line
in a microtidal sea; understanding the
interaction between the different hazards
(erosion/submersion, entrance of lagoons, …)
and the different components of the surface
energy budget to assess the hydrologic budget
(oceanic-atmospheric observatories needed):
[J] climate change and sea rising will enhance
the frequency and intensity of such events.
[N/O] Better assessment of submersion events from sedimentary archives, of the sediment
stocks with geophysical techniques, and of the influence of relevant parameters on the setup of sediment instabilities; better understanding of the interaction between the different
hazards (erosion/submersion, entrance of lagoons, …) including atmospheric input of
nutrients, and monitoring of the non-cohesive sediment transport at the scale of the
sedimentary cells: [J] increase erosion (due also to urbanization and changes in the littoral
dynamics), submersion and changes in the sedimentary dynamics due to climate change
can lead to habitats and biodiversity degradation and lost due to the building of
infrastructures (e.g. ports, platforms etc).
Focus on
ITC&Data
[G] (International standards on) Data and
metadata model and joint sampling protocols
(particularly for repeated transect like MEDSHIP or similar): [J] interoperability among
different information systems need to
standardise models; need of data infrastructure
providing access to historical data (SeaDataNet
should be complementary to EMODnet + new
datasets under development by the Copernicus
Climate Change Service).
[N/O] Standardisation of data and metadata model with the implementation of common
vocabularies: [J] to allow interoperability among different information systems; [N/O] links
between national systems and a pan-European infrastructure: [J] to support EU research on
global change.
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DEEP SEA ECOSYSTEMS
DEEP SEA
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
ECOSYSTEMS
(including
the openocean and
deep-sea
circulation as
a vector of
human
pressures
and their
impact on
marine
ecosystems)
A. [G] Knowledge on: seabed and deep sea extreme ecosystems (e.g.
canyons, etc.); interaction of the near-bottom flows with the seafloor
and their related deep water processes at different scales; deep ocean
circulation time scales; submarine geohazards significance and their
potential impacts on society, economic systems; deep marine
ecosystems and their dependence on environmental conditions;
variability of hydrodynamic conditions of the ocean interiors, including
pathways that interconnect sub-basins and the exchanges between the
shelves and the open ocean (i.e. canyons), and relevance of these
processes in the dispersal of contaminants and marine litter: [J]
sustainable exploitation and harvesting of deep-sea resources, of the
diversity of marine life, climate forecasting, climate change; risks
management, considering the highly dynamic geological setting, the high
density of coastal infrastructures and the intensive tourist exploitation;
assessment of environmental impact; validation of hydrodynamic models
(e.g. for deep-sea current estimates).
B. [G] Morphological and bathymetric maps for exploring: location and
extension of large organic structures in deep sea (e.g. Cold White Corals);
detailed morphology of non-tropical carbonate escarpments to
investigate the nature and dynamics of canyon and landslide processes
responsible; relation between ecosystems and deep underwater
volcanism; presence of sunken wrecks with chemical and biological risk
(ex. weapons and toxic substances); deep marine biological and abiotic
resources (ex. fisheries, methane deposits); areas at risk of potential
contamination by toxic releases from legal and illegal dumping: [J] to
proper manage these areas (specific technology and large oceanographic
vessels required).
C. [G] Carbon export and sequestration in deep Med waters: [J]
characterize particle dynamics/transformations, dissolved organic
carbon input by deep water formation, and microbial food webs. [Note:
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Studies on ocean motion over seafloor,
biogeochemical cycle, particle deposition, and microbial
food web; corals and fauna description; identification of
geohabitats and geohazards (including offshore); mapping
and managing deep sea ecosystems and their relationship to
the environmental changes; (large scale) observational
studies focused to the dispersal of contaminants and other
anthropic pressures: [J] determining in collaboration with
industry implications of ocean circulations in economic
deep-sea resources; geohazards have been tested to
condition Med societies evolution, and have to be identified
for future generations; reduce adverse impacts and adopt
cost-effective remediation actions.
B. [N/O] Shared oceanographic research vessels; tie the deep
to the littoral and the coastal zone too in a holistic vision;
develop new submarine technologies able to operate at high
depths even in particular environments like canyons and
volcanic deep ecosystems, and particularly geophysical and
high-definition optical underwaters technologies: [J] without
the development of new technologies specifically voted to
deep sea, it is very unlikely deal with this kind of research;
similarly, the construction of a Mediterranean ships
equipped with scientific instruments capable of operating at
greater depths is the first problem to be solved at national
and European level with the involvement of the SME too.
C. [N/O] Creation of cross-cutting accessible common data set
(needed also to conduct coordinated research to better
understand the biogeochemical cycle of C and its sequestration in
deep sea): [J] links with projects such as MerMeX, IMBER, and
ENVRI.
see also 'climate change' (links with MerMeX and IMBER projects]
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DEEP SEA MINING, OIL AND GAS SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION
DEEP SEA
MINING, OIL
AND GAS
SUSTAINABLE
EXPLOITATION
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Systematic mapping and identification of gas hydrate
deposits (reservoirs particularly unclear in the (Eastern)
Med) and reconnaissance of surveys for hydrothermal
sulfide deposits particularly in the submarine volcanic
provinces: [J] potential for the occurrence of gas hydrate
deposits in the Mediterranean Sea has been shown;
methane cold seeps and frequently associated with
them gas hydrates (methane in solid state) constitute a
major target for non-living, energy resource surveys;
widespread submarine volcanic provinces in the
Mediterranean (Tyrrhenian and Aegean Seas particularly)
are potential site of accumulation of polymetallic sulfide
deposits.
B. [G] Monitoring together and within the phases of
exploration and exploitation to make it compatible with
the protection of the marine environment: [J] reach a
sustainable exploitation of marine resources for safety
reasons and to minimize the environmental impacts and
properly set up procedures, capacities and services in the
Med region and/or its sub-regions.
C. [G] Technologies for implementing the use of abiotic
marine resources (e.g. sand from continental margin,
ores deposits): [J] to start-up a really new economic
sector.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Deep-water high-resolution surveys in areas of known "cold-seep"
activity and mud volcanoes for the assessment of probable, exploitable
deposits; long term in situ monitoring of the environment in hot
hydrothermal venting areas: [J] gas hydrates may offer a solution for
additional energy resources, once extended deposits will be found and can
be extracted from the seafloor + gas hydrates, methane coldseeps and
mud volcanoes create "extreme environments" on the seafloor, which host
very unusual biodiversity + dissolution of gas hydrates may constitute a
potential mechanism for offshore mass failures. Moreover, in order to
assess the impacts of deep sea resource exploitation, it is crucial to study
the sites before perturbations have occurred.
B. [N/O] Strategies for environmental protection (e.g. impacts on marine
mammals), transparency and publicity of the environmental results owned
by the companies, MSP in connection with ship routing, development of
transnational safety procedures, capacities and services for safe mining
and oil and gas exploitation (including energy from hydrothermal vents): [J]
new standards for environmental protection to preserve the GES while
increasing the economic added value of deep-sea marine resources.
C. [N/O] Development of new sustainable methods for offshore exploitation
of mineral resources, with innovative solutions to permit the transit and
the effective operation of ships in this sensitive areas, protected and
subject to strict environmental regulations: [J] concept design of next
generation over-drill ships to minimize the environmental impact.
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LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (FISHERY, AQUACULTURE, ETC.)
LIVING
MARINE
RESOURCES
General
issues
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] FISHERIES: methodological studies for the
management of fisheries in multispecies context,
improvement of scientific survey for pelagic stocks and age
determination of small pelagic fish (sardine and anchovy),
including connectivity and conservation measures;
accompanying the evolution of traditional and small scale
fisheries for the coastal economies, and including
recreational activity into a sustainable use of coastal
resources; improvement of the selectivity of fishing gear of
pelagic species, make organic baits based in fish
subproducts caught by longline species in order to reduce
the use of catch as living resource, technology
development fisheries that protects mammals from the
catches: [J] to improve the quality of the assessments and
annual age validation studies (ICES); to target a local
market; to accomplish EU legislation to establish control
and decision measures on recreational fishery, to be
compatible with/implement the Common Fisheries Policy
(CFP) (e.g. by estimating the contribution of RF to
exploitation of fish resources); to reduce fishing effort on
the main commercial fish species (80% of which are
overexploited) [Notes:(i) Concerning overexploitation:
according to reports commissioned by DG Mare and endorsed
by international scientific bodies, 80% of these species are
overfished. These species as Norway lobster, whiting, hake, sole
or anglerfish which are very important to the socioeconomic
development of the coastal towns of the Mediterranean. Regl.
(UE) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council
11 December 2013 on CFP. Scientific, Technical and Economic
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] FISHERIES: evaluating optimal exploitation strategies and adequate
indicators and reference points for multispecies fisheries; address the
importance of traditional and small scale fisheries, evaluating their impact
on ecosystems and services provided; explore relations with marine
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (including larval fluxes), including
alien (invasive) species and endemic species to be possibly exploited;
monitor the progression of discrete length models across months;
consolidate the application of integrated assessment methods; include
recreational fisheries into management: [J] to develop new management
plans to implement the new CFP (Common Fishery Policy); to ensure the
sustainable management of this sectorial activity to sustain coastal
economies; understanding growth, demography and population dynamics
of important species (e.g. sardine, anchovy, tunnidae, ...) to improve the
inputs for the stock assessments (e.g. by means of integrated catch at age
or length based assessments, data poor approaches, integration of
acoustic surveys and early-life history models, and of environmental
variables; to deal with recreational fisheries (RF) as key economic driver,
imposing strong demand on ecosystem services - 10% of the EU population
fishes in fresh and marine waters).
B. [N/O] AQUACULTURE: monitoring selected suitable sites; develop multitrophic integrated rearing systems; farming of rapid growth species and
better economic use (boosting shellfish farming); assessing and projecting
aquaculture capacities with respect to the changing environment; design
and assess innovative cultivation, transport, distribution and disposal
cycles to maximize the potential of shellfish as carbon sequestration
activity; design of innovative feed for fish, with low impact on resources
(proteins and fish oils replacement with other ingredients from
animal/vegetal origin), intestinal health, and disease susceptibility in a
changing environment/integrated methodologies for early nutrient
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MARINE
RESOURCES
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 2013 Assessment of
Mediterranean Sea stocks part II (STECF-14-08). 2013.
Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, EUR
26614 EN, JRC 89860, 364 pp Scientific, Technical and Economic
Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 46th Plenary Meeting Report
(PLEN-14-02), 2014.
(ii) It has to be considered that much of the work developed in
the ICES area regarding the formulation of advice on data poor
stock will be applicable to many of the Mediterranean pelagic
stocks; in the vision document take into account the
recommendations from EATiP; ask input to Steck of the GFCM
(Marangoni – DG MARE)].
B. [G] AQUACULTURE: integration of aquaculture systems in
their environment (i.e. sustainability); science support to
innovation perspective in aquaculture; promotion of key
species aquaculture (also as a mean of protecting
endangered species like bluefin tuna): [J] to ensure the
development of this major activity while protecting the
marine environment, therefore to develop sustainable
socio-economy, analyzing and resolving conflicts with
other activities, either by the use of space, or by the use of
resources, within a proper MSP process at regional and
local level; innovation - opportunity to find new species for
aquaculture; strategy and methods to manage diseases
affecting aquaculture; Improve Nutrition and Develop
Novel Feeds.
[Note: some gaps identified and research needs formulated
have been included in Horizon 2020 BG calls]
C. [G] SEAFOOD (PROCESSING): science support to market
perspective: [J] Improve product processing, shelf-life, and
packaging that promote human safety and product quality;
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
programming /new breeding techniques, in collaboration with operators,
for the production of high potential new species including shellfish/
sustainable raw materials (replacement of fishmeal and fish oils) and
alternative ingredients for breeding; development of new vaccines and
therapeutic agents; to develop and make operative early warning systems
to support coastal aquaculture; to implement/enhance the use of remote
sensing techniques, making available operative tools to support
aquaculture sites allocation process and aquaculture plants routine
management (e.g. reducing monitoring costs, minimizing damages from
meteorological events); technologies to promote the sustainable growth of
aquaculture (e.g. use of recirculated water circuits and its energy
efficiency, integration with renewable systems = off-shore aquaculture;
low energy systems for onshore farms) and generally development of new
technologies for the enhancement of integrated aquaculture activities
(species and systems): [J] to cope ecological crises, considering rapid
changes in temperature and salinity and farmed species exposure to
micro-organisms brought by the watershed, potential pathogens in the
environment or toxic algal blooms, and to anthropogenic xenobiotics; to
produce food through a balanced natural-like system; to assess the impact
of the composition of the diet fed to aquacultured fish to the organoleptic
properties and chemical constitution of the produced fish (e.g.
concentration of ω-3 fatty acids, vitamins and minerals) as required by
increasing significance of aquaculture for covering the food needs; to tune
up technologies that facilitate the cultivation of a particular species,
integrating several disciplines (breeding, reproduction, health, nutrition
and environmental impact); to expand the product range of marine
aquaculture; better management of disease in aquaculture and
improvement of the conditions of biosecurity and reduction of economic
losses, improvement of productivity and reduction of hazard to wild
populations; developing feed that meets the animals need for nutrients to
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MARINE
RESOURCES
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
quality/safety of seafood.
D. SPECIFIC INPUTS: proper use and further development of
the monitoring system (to be) set up to accomplish to the
Water Framework Directive the MSFD and the ECAP;
actions devoted to fish and mussels farming (e.g. entering
into a time contract; overcome the weak collaboration
(reticence) from local farmers; lack of data on noise and
energy input in the sea (see MSFD implementation);
cleaning technology in both freshwater and marine larval
hatchery tanks in recirculating aquaculture systems: [J]
support the next step and the long term achievements of
the Water Framework Directive, the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive, the ECAP and the CFP; drawback for
both technology-providing and fish farming SMEs.
Focus on
sustainable
use of
resources
[G] Proper and larger application of the Good Environmental
Status concept, linking natural and social and economic
sciences; efforts to maintain the long-term prosperity and
sustainability of marine resources (e.g. improve stocks
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
obtain good growth, health and product quality; to shift of aquaculture
activities from the sea shore, where there are conflicts with other
industries or activities (e.g. tourism) to the open sea (e.g. on floating,
multipurpose platforms) and anyway to make onshore farms sustainable;
to promote integration of aquaculture with other coastal and marine
activities (e.g. promoting integration with tourism, with educational
activities, with energy production activities); and generally increase the
competitiveness of companies, the range of products and innovations,
optimizing the management of livestock, reducing environmental impact
(e.g. multitrophic aquaculture).
C. [N/O] SEAFOOD (PROCESSING): new technologies to extend "shelf life"
mainly for processed seafood; new technologies for processing, production
/ extraction of fish-meal; new products for market based on partially
processed fish or fish-meal; new packaging technologies; relationship
between the various stages of production chains and safety, quality and
shelf life of fish products quality and shelf life of fish products: [J] increase
seafood value and consumer confidence for seafood; valorize quality
products, increase seafood value and consumer confidence.
D. [N/O] SPECIFIC INPUTS: environmental protection; adaptation to climate
change; collaboration with molecular biologists; studies on problems
deriving from the introduction of alien species; trans-boundary
collaboration: [J] enhanced and practical use of Marine Spatial Planning
ECAP and MSFD; molecular confirmation of the species identification
based on classical morphological methods; UNESCO - IOC Large Marine
Areas protection.
[N/O] Trans-boundary collaboration, environmental protection, virtuous
process based on: setting objectives for the overall condition in the ecosystem,
translated into operational targets and limits for ecosystem status; monitoring
and research; assessment of the current situation/evaluation of spatial
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MARINE
RESOURCES
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
assessment to control the fishing pressure; assess the effects
on food web of habitat destruction and the depletion of key
predator and prey species; minimize potential impacts of
mariculture); design, application, and evaluation of marine
protected areas, drawing on codes of best practices already
developed and through the institutions of environmental
education centers; assessing the effects of climate change;
specific knowledge on: environmental impacts to fisheries and
aquaculture; environmental services provided by aquaculture
activities, both coastal and off-shore; ecosystem effects of
removal of fishery discards and (anyways) better use of
discards including product valorization through differentiation;
links between the fisheries resources and the lower trophic
levels and environmental drivers; and generally identification
of management strategies, spatial management solutions: [J]
to promote an ecosystem approach to fisheries management,
being a pillar of the Integrated Maritime Policy, supporting the
Marine Strategy Framework Directive too, implementing the
MSP also considering the need to protect nursery grounds and
biodiversity hot spot areas (to be properly indentified where
not known via standard methods –to be further developed); to
identify adverse impacts on environment, communities, and
ecosystems separately for fisheries and aquaculture; to
facilitate sustainable development in its three dimensions,
namely, environmental protection, social equity and cohesion
and economic prosperity (e.g. correct implementation of the
landing obligation), taking into consideration the changes of
hydrographic and environmental conditions, together with
human exploitation (more generally: improve the spatial
management of fisheries under provisions of new CFP).
management measures (no take zones, fishery restricted areas, marine
protected areas); investigation of effects of climate change on stock dynamics;
possible effects of ban discards on marine ecosystems, food-webs and
biodiversity and abundance of commercial and non-commercial species; and
adaptive management: [J] Ecosystem Approach to Management (development
of effective plans), a multidisciplinary and multi-scale challenge that requires
mutual understanding, trust and confidence to be developed between a broad
range of actors, in order to ensure effective communication and to design
innovative research programmes with new implementation tools across the
different scientific fields and the existing management and governance
systems; quantification of the adverse impact of climate change on marine
living resources; Common Fisheries Policy; general support to the monitoring
needs in EU directives and in ECAP –UNEP process.
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MARINE
RESOURCES
Focus on
technology
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Innovation for fishing vessels (including new
technologies, that can be tested in oceanographic
research vessels campaigns to subsequently be
incorporated into commercial fishing vessels): [J] need to
improve the income of fishery enterprises and the
sustainable development of the sector, also considering
agreements with major fishing associations both
commercial and small scale fisheries and the main NGOs.
B. [G] The development of the GIS (geographic information
system), already partly achieved, in order to have a frame
for the management of biological resources and
aquaculture to give at real-time, placed on the real space,
the state of resources, environmental aspects, setting,
trends production and for the fleets, etc .: [J] can enable
a scientific approach for an ecosystem-based
management
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Improvement of efficiency of propulsion systems; adaptation of
trawling nets and gears to improve the hydrodinamic performances;
introduction monitoring systems for energy performances of the vessel
and of the fishing gears in particular for fuel consumption: [J] reduction of
production costs without increasing fishing capacity and effort, through a
reduction of fuel consumption.
B. [N/O] final implementation and use of the GIS -fishery system: [J] GIS
could be used for various applications as mapping and analyzing
commercial and recreational fishing catch and effort, defining and
mapping Essential Fish Habitat, planning and executing living marine
resource surveys, habitat restoration, evaluating the effectiveness of
marine protected areas.
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MARINE HAZARDS
MARINE
HAZARDS
General
issues
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Knowledge on the dynamics of the organisms involved in the
production of emerging toxins and their transfer through the
food web and other environmental components; improve the
knowledge on drivers of HABs and the possible implications of
climate change and human activities in increasing the frequency
of events and the spreading of toxic species to new areas.
Improve the predictions to forecast HABs and assess potential
risks on maritime sectors and human health: [J] prevent diseases
and impacts on the marine environment, fisheries, aquaculture
and tourism, as well as to avoid risk for human health.
B. [G] Submarine geohazard assessment on the Mediterranean
continental margins: [J] Submarine geohazards are a major
concern for the Mediterranean coastal society, densely
populated with peaks during summer seasons. Submarine
geohazards (submarine or coastal earthquakes, submarine
volcanic eruptions, submarine landslides and tsunamis they can
generate, are focused in the Mediterranean sector od Europe
and pose a threat to a large sector of the European population,
to Economic activity, and the Environment. Due to the small size
of the Mediterranean basin, the time for tsunami impact is
extremely short. The hystorical record demonstrate the
occurrence of large magnitude submarine geohazard events in
the area.
C. [G] High resolution seabed mapping of marine geohazards
(coupled with knowledge transfer from EU to non-EU countries)
with special emphasis on coastal and shallow water landslides
bearing a significant risk, specific for the geologically-active and
highly touristically-exploited Mediterranean coast; seismic high
resolution surveys (different scale) to deeply understand the
seismologic functioning, including submarine earthquakes,
subsea avalanches; [J]; to consider strong impacts on the costs of
hazards (including those generated offshore) and extreme
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Improving management of emerging marine toxins affecting
human health, from the identification to the incidence assessment and
development of effective plans for risk management: [J] to understand
the dynamics of the harmful events and to implement early-warning
strategies for their detection, through harmonized laboratory and
public actions coordinating food safety agencies, research laboratories,
medical and public health institutions and socio-economic specialists.
B. [N/O] Coordinate methods and approach in order to achieve a uniform
assessment of submarine geohazards along the Mediterranean margins
and achieve a dedicated pan-Mediterranean network: [J] T&I in the
field of submarine geohazards is a young discipline. There is a lack of
uniformity in geological observation systematic data collection and
interpretation. Scientific communities in the Mediterranean area are
often disconnected and poorly coordinated towards common
objectives with high societal relevance.
C. [N/O] Systematic swath bathymetry mapping to reveal detailed
morphology of the seafloor; large scale and local seismic profiling
surveys to locate and study active geological feature; develop adaptive
sampling strategies; better assessment of hazards from paleo records
and from analysis and characterization of active fault lines; [J] hazard
monitoring, forecasting, and risk assessment and management, warning
formulation, transmission and dissemination of warnings, elaboration
of scenaria to help stakeholders and authorities designing measures to
mitigate impact; hundreds to thousands years of high seismic activity
shown; relevance of coastal economic activities (fisheries, tourism,
offshore and onshore infrastructures).
D. [N/O] Improvement of the observatory system to capture extreme
events by means of new technologies, and specifically smart sensors to
collect biological data and images in the water column and seabed,
detect noise and introduction of energy; development of operational
systems for forecasting; testing/monitoring breakwater devices, for
coastal defense purposes, transforming wave motion in electricity: [J]
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HAZARDS
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
events, that are rare and difficult to predict, but still deserve
quantification.
D. [G] New tools and new coastal stations for extreme events
observation; integrated and unified operational Mediterranean
system for marine hazards; addition of geophysical and
environmental multidisciplinary observatories and enhancement
of those presently operating (cabled, autonomous); innovative
multipurpose defense systems; geo-engineering for mitigation
measures: [J] to cover all hazards from hourly timescales
(tsunamis) to seasonal and interannual timescales (climate
changes); to monitor and respond to catastrophic events; to
collect interdisciplinary data (e.g. useful also to the MSFD); to
develop a common procedure and relevant standards for the
purpose of mitigation measures taking and risk estimation along
coastal areas; to search of multipurpose, integrated and smart
solutions in coastal protection against erosion, subsidence, sea
level rise, etc.
E. [G] Implementation of ad hoc (coastal and open sea) long-term
observing systems and enhancement of existing observing
systems, for detection, early warning and modelling, able to
monitor the impact of physical and bio-geochemical processes of
marine catastrophic events such as floods, storm surges,
seascape abrupt changes; adequate fully coupled atmospherewaves-currents models for oil spills tracking: [J] manage the
hazards in the marine environment, whether natural or
manmade, also in a climate change scenario.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
deep sea monitoring in order to depict environmental changes,
hazardous events (e.g. landslide signals,) or parameters related to
incipient seismic/volcanic activity (e.g. fluid emission, low-amplitude
seismic signal); to possibly transfer the successfully tested devices to
the productive/ manufacturing sector.
E. [N/O] Increasing the marine observation points, integrated with landbased stations and with EO; standardisation of data and metadata
model, with implementation of common vocabularies; dialogue with
national and international stakeholders and dissemination to civilians;
formalization of extreme case in a modelling system (for hindcast and
forecast studies).
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MARINE POLLUTION
MARINE POLLUTION
with a focus on
contaminants
(hazardous, noxious,
emergin) and
(bio)remediation,
and including marine
litter and
anthropogenic
pressures
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Knowledge on: sources of pollution and occurrence and fate of
chemical and biological hazardous and noxious substances (HNS);
new approaches from individual or classes of chemicals to mixtures;
new analytical methods to detect and quantify emerging pollutants
in sea water, sediments and biota; interactions between
bioavailability and biological effects of chemical and biological
hazardous/HNS with environmental factors and climate change (e.g.
ocean acidification and temperature) and between environmental
conditions, geochemical cycles and pollutant dynamics in food
webs, also to model exchanges between marine ecosystem
compartments; determination of the significance and risk of low
level of exposure; information on quantities, flows, effects of
marine litter and impact on the environment, living resources, and
on humans; bioremediation resources in polluted sites (including
microbial resources in the deep ocean) and of alternative
management strategies; establishing background levels of
pollutants in the sea and their long-term evolution: [J] to properly
consider important pollutants interactions in complex mixtures and
modulation by changing environmental conditions, including longterm effects and adaptive responses in chronically polluted
environments; to adapt the approach to monitoring the presence,
biological effects, environmental risk, as well as potential health
effects; to complement remediation methods (as dredging, not cost
effective), to predict multiple-stressor impacts besides long-term
ecological effects; to show trends and predict time horizons for
pollutants dangerous levels.
B. [G] Assessment, modelling, validation, and monitoring. Specifically:
environmental fate and distribution, accumulation, transfer through
trophic chain; development of sensors to in situ monitor pollutants;
assess the effects of climate change and acidification on the
dynamics of pollutants in the marine environment; biological
effects and environmental risk of emerging pollutants, including
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] In depth NHS analysis and assessment. Specifically:
develop analytical methods to measure chemicals and
microorganisms in different marine matrices (e.g. water,
sediment, biota and waste) characterizing the sources
and pathways causing their release into the Sea;
development of sensors (both bio- and not) to early
detect HNS presence in the environment (Early Warning
Systems) and identify potential ecotoxicological effects
from exposure; investigate deep sea contamination
levels; explore relations between the measured
concentrations of chemicals and their biological effects;
create and maintain a common and open database;
modelling litter transport and transformation,
documenting the sources and the rate of pollution due to
marine litter, assessing its consequences; detection and
quantification of microplastic (MP) and associated
contaminants (isotopic tracers types and origins of MP
and additives contaminants, dispersion modeling PM on
Land-Sea and Forecasting "hot spots", risk assessment for
the biota); develop effective systems for waste treatment
and management, including possible re-use and recycling
of potentially hazardous materials, to prevent/reduce
pollutant release in the marine environment; identify
areas with defined (low to high) potential risk of entrance
of stressors causing chemical or biological disturbance: [J]
to respond to the problem through a harmonized
regional coastal management scheme, taking into
account national specificities, needs, opportunities and
priorities; to positively drive outcomes towards
innovation and economic development (Green Economy);
to assess present threats of marine litter to the living
resources and human health; to plan ecosystem-based
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engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), nano- and microplastics,
pharmaceuticals, as well as past contaminants emerging from
dredging activities; ecosystem exposure to contaminants and their
transfer in the food web to the resources; impacts of
eutrophication; new ecological risk assessment models linking
different typologies of data and biological effects; interactions
between land‐ocean and the anthropogenic processes leading to
pollution (industries distribution, urbanization effect/runoff of mega
cities, coastal development, maritime infrastructure and traffic,
aquaculture, etc.); real-time surface sea currents recording;
cause‐effect indicators; uniform data collection system with shared
methodologies and quality standards; connection of monitoring
initiatives of different countries: [J] to develop speciation studies of
contaminants, and their transfer in the pelagic and benthic realms in
areas such as river mouths and cities bays; to quantify the intensity
of pressures; to help mitigation e.g. when there are large surface oil
slicks; to improve the integration between the scientific community
and relevant government agencies, including cross-border and
trans-boundary co-operation.
C. [G] Focus areas: corrosion of shipwrecks sunken during naval war
operations and the associated pollution risk as latent danger;
adequate regulatory framework to manage the coastal waste; early
detection and response of spills, with particular regard to heavy oils;
acoustic and non-acoustic radiations = impacts of underwater noise
on marine ecosystems and in particular on higher organisms; effects
of electromagnetic radiations on marine ecosystems; marine
ecological restoration of degraded areas (particularly in shallow
bottom waters): [J] to cope with an unknown risk with a large
impact potential in preserved underwater and coastal areas,
including cities and touristic destinations; to coordinate institutions
and authorities, with particular regard to the communication and
transparency among the various research, administrative and
economic sectors involved in the waste management issue;
increasing concern in the international community on the effects of
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
environmental interventions, extending the strategies for
research and technology implementation of
bioremediation.
B. [N/O] Tools/instruments/methods development.
Specifically: new criteria to characterize environmental
risk detecting the exact position and directions of
pollution; standardization of new analytical
methods/instruments, including biosensors and real-time
in situ monitoring systems; software-assisted models for
environmental risk assessment, integrating different
typologies of data (e.g. including quantified
anthropogenic pressures and potential impacts);
permanent monitoring of eutrophication and its
consequences (e.g. hypoxia, anoxia, HABs, etc), including
assessment of inputs from land sources (e.g. agriculture,
riverine, etc.); increase the public awareness and define
good practices: [J] to determine key triggers for
environmental risk assessment such as presence,
distribution, persistence and bioaccumulation, synergistic
effects and modulation by environmental conditions; to
assess the state of environmental quality; to foster strong
interaction between science, policy makers and industrial
partners for a sustainable protection, management, and
exploitation of the marine environment (site-oriented
decisions); to support policy makers introducing
appropriate management strategies, defining useful tools
for Marine Spatial Planning and for the regional
implementation of the EU MSFD.
C. [N/O] Risk assessment of oil pollution in the
Mediterranean from shipwrecks; technologies and
procedures to build extensive databases of acoustic and
non‐ acoustic underwater radiations; develop and test
solutions in different areas/places: [J] to establish
protocols or specific actions to proceed; to design
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IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
the acoustics and non‐acoustic underwater radiations on the marine
life, also complying with the binding requirements of the MSFD;
coordinate research to cover the lack of knowledge in this field; to
develop ecological engineering restoration of areas where human
activities have a real impact on the marine biodiversity (MFSD).
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
effective protective measures; validation and
improvement of remediation activities..
Note: links with Biodiversity, Deep Sea Ecosystems, Blue Biotechnology, MSP-ICZM
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MARITIME TRANSPORT
MARITIME
TRANSPORT
including airquality and
cooperation
among port
authorities
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Innovation technologies, including KETs,
and advanced KETs products for the
competiveness of vessels, and in particular:
integrated systems for the energy efficiency
(new energy vectors – including electric and propulsion systems) and for the safety
and security of the vessel (with particular
regard for assessing the safety of maritime
pilots), lightening and innovative materials,
ship/vessel resistance reduction, stability
and dynamic behavior of the vessel/ship
vulnerability and resilience, pilot assistance
and guidance systems, automatic
navigation, extended connectivity, ecodesign, manufacturing, life cycle design,
solutions for smart transport
infrastructures: [J] maintaining the
technology leadership of Europe, to
improve: the environmental performance
also by fuel consumption monitoring,
reducing CO2 and other air/water emissions
and the dependence on fossil fuels; the
energy efficiency; the safety of pilots, cargo
and passengers during navigation,
supporting the decision making process in
emergency situation onboard ships
(towards 'zero' accidents) also for the
benefit of maritime trade; the port
efficiency and mobility, reducing (harbor
city) traffic congestion and air pollution; the
comfort on board.
B. [G] Connecting the environment and the
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Innovative developments for the design and management of vessels with an ecofriendly approach to the whole life cycle (including carbon footprint reduction), from
modelling to e-solutions and new technologies, improving the sustainability of vessels
and systems for a smart mobility.
Specific examples include: models for the measurement and monitoring of fuel consumption, for
traffic and security management; new technologies for efficient energy production and
management (on board demand), including innovative fuels, solutions for the dual use of energy
sources, and engineering studies on engines, electrical motors, propellers and thrusters;
techniques for the prediction of extreme ship motions (parametric roll, surf riding, etc.);
materials (nano-, bio-based, recycled, etc.) highly performing and environmental compatible for
the treatment of chemical and biological emissions and for the protection of structures by
natural agents; new approaches and technologies for waste recovery characterization and
reduction of the noise radiated into air and water; e-Maritime solutions providing a complete
integration between planning and management of operations, including weather and sea
conditions forecast; tools to support mobility in congested areas and/or in critical situations,
identification and definition of safety and security parameters in order to decrease the risk of
fatal accidents (within the complexities of the shipping and port industries with their multiplicity
of competing interests, maritime pilots, have a critical role in ensuring the safe navigation of
vessels. They are responsible to protect the port facilities and the environment, ensure maritime
safety and the continuity of trade. The risks associated to the pilot’s job are quite high and it is
necessary to be able to assess them in order to take the proper actions to improve their work
and at the same time to avoid maritime accidents); ICT and geo-location devices, augmented
reality and virtual reality to improve the human's interactions with the ship and support onboard
operations; sensor and communication systems vessel-to-infrastructure and vessel-to-client;
integrated systems for the identification of goods in transit and tracking the movement of
hazardous cargo; enhancement and integration of network infrastructure to support the
commercial and tourist mobility; unmanned vehicles for monitoring and maintenance of marine
structures; solutions for the integration of production processes; modular and reconfigurable
architectures for transportation, including interior of vehicles. Security of the vessel
(diagnostic vessels systems), passengers, environment: emergency and ship evacuation
management methodologies for the prediction of residual structural integrity,
buoyancy, stability, energy deployment + Ability to navigate the ship in degraded
conditions (safe return to port); validation of the benefits and the level of market
acceptance of the solutions obtained; enhancing the attractiveness of the economy and
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TRANSPORT
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
maritime transport (including cruise tourism
and recreational boats) to be used as a
platform for ocean monitoring, cooperating
for improved transport and logistics (reduce
marine pollution and marine traffic trough
sensitive areas), and improving the
information exchange in terms of
technology that could be required: [J] to
achieve social and environments
sustainability respecting environmental
targets while pursuing the growth of coastal
and nautical tourism (cruise and sailing); to
take advantage of the opportunity offered
by increased maritime transport for better
spatial and temporal coverage of ocean
measurement through new and cheap
sensors and instrumentation mounted to
vessels for measuring environmental
conditions (also for supporting the needs of
the Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
C. [G] Data regarding air quality impact of ship
(NOxs) emissions (especially in-port) and
related port activities: [J] to manage mutual
feedbacks between harbors as important
source of economic development for coastal
areas and ship emissions as source of
pollution with impact on climate and health.
Benchmarking the results of different
environmental indicators among EU ports
will help to improve the environmental
quality in harbors.
D. [G] Improve maritime surveillance
capabilities with detection (and persistent
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
tourism of the country; improvement of the wealth of knowledge and skills for
maintaining the global competitiveness of the industry sector: [J] maintaining the
technology leadership of Europe, to improve: the environmental performance also by
fuel consumption monitoring, reducing CO2 and other air/water emissions and the
dependence on fossil fuels; the energy efficiency; the port efficiency and mobility,
reducing (harbor city) traffic congestion and air pollution; the comfort on board;
guarantee the safety of cargo and passengers during navigation, also supporting the
decision making process in emergency situation onboard ships (towards 'zero'
accidents).
B. [N/O] Research on envelopes of operational and policy measures and practices can
provide a sustainable framework for shipping (e.g. exploring whether the Med basin (or
parts of it) can be turned into an Emissions Control Area (ECA)), developing a
quantifiable model for sustainability for maritime transport: [J] impact on the shipping
community, the ports, the refineries and fuel providers, the local residents by improving
the wealth of knowledge and skills for maintaining the competitiveness throughout the
value chain, through demonstrators / 'test site' to validate the solutions obtained, and
new solutions for product / process / service candidates for subsequent
industrialization, with the objective of achieve environmental targets and strategies (i.e.
Europa2020 Transport White Paper).
C. [N/O] Develop state-of-the-art integrated methodologies to measure and evaluate, at
trans-national level, the impact of ship and harbors on air on a comparable way in
different Med harbors/areas through trans-boundary collaboration: [J] to have a
reliable and comparable methodology for the different harbors to plan common transnational mitigation strategies, future actions for environmental management of harbors
(MSP), and to collect reference datasets to evaluate the effects of mitigation strategies,
new regulations/laws and voluntary agreements. Environmental indicators are essential
elements of any environmental management system. Initiatives from ECOPORTS and
ESPO have been taken to benchmark the environmental priorities among ports. Now it
is time to get data from the ports and be able to gather and compare environmental
indicators.
D. [N/O] Exploit the research on: improvement of fully automatic ship detection (and
classification) software to use on the satellite SAR images, in particular for Copernicus’
Sentinel-1; data fusion of different layers of information coming from different sources
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TRANSPORT
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
monitoring) of (non-cooperative) small
boats: [J] These small boats are key targets
in particular for illegal activities related to
border control such as for the smuggling of
migrants and goods. The current crisis of
irregular migrants crossing the Med from
Africa is being tackled by ships at sea
supported by airborne surveillance, with
UAVs constituting a powerful tool – satellite
observation playing hardly any role.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
and the development of intent characterisation and abnormal behaviour detection
systems to automatically identify targets to be further analysed; further development
of sensors to detect and monitor non-cooperative targets, including independent
verification of position reports by analysing the radio frequency signal of the reports;
development of platforms, in particular Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS/UAVs)
and aerostats, in order to achieve more persistent monitoring away from the EU coast
which is needed to timely recognise threats: [J] A significant amount of R&D to improve
maritime surveillance capabilities was funded under FP7 (Security and Space themes,
led by DG ENTR, e.g. PERSEUS Project) and by ESA. Much of this focussed on improving
integration of various sensors and other data, bridging the gap between (satellite)
collected data and real user requirements, and building up operational services. JRC has
played an important role in designing a Concept of Operations for the use of satellites
for maritime border surveillance, and will continue this work with a focus on the
Sentinel-1 specificity.
Note: Inputs received from the Waterborne to be taken into account in the vision document. To be kept in mind: the key theme of the next European Maritime Day will focus
on port, cities, and coasts. About shipping and research, one of the main problem concern ports. Looking at the land, the spatial planning is an issue of interest (to possibly
consult shipbuilders, CLEA).
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MSP-ICZM
MSP-ICZM
including
links with
observing
systems and
information
technology
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Information about relevant socio-economic sea-based
activities (e.g. oil and gas, fisheries, shipping, tourism)
together with detailed knowledge of marine ecosystems,
including offshore environment, vulnerable ecosystems,
archaeological remains, etc. is also relevant, as well as the
identification of risks on environmental processes and
biodiversity: [J] to give more practical instruments and
support to Public Authorities in order to accomplish EU
Directive “Establishing a framework for maritime spatial
planning” in connection with the implementation of the
ICZM Protocol, within the Barcelona Convention.
B. [G] Knowledge on coastal ecosystems; evaluation of
cumulative impacts of coastal and marine uses and their
related pressures on the marine ecosystems, to practically
support the implementation of the Ecosystem-Based
Management (EBM) principle developing an aware
planning (including climate changes at local scales) in
coastal areas and maritime activity sectors: [J] to pursue in line with the overarching principle of EU and
International policies on water resources, the marine
environment and their uses - the strategy for an integrated
management of land, water and living resources that
provides sustainable delivery of ecosystem services
(through affordable observational networks) in an
equitable way, where human population and
economic/social systems are seen as integral parts of the
ecosystem, including ICZM diagnostics and projections at
local scales (coastal counties and cities), coastal risks
prevention, coastal and marine environment protection,
avoidance or mitigation of conflicts in maritime activities.
C. [G] Common and evolved frameworks integrating ICZM
and MSP, with access to data and data integration and
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Exploitation of sea resources harmonized within an ecosystem
framework: renewable energy, fisheries and aquaculture, environmental
protection of marine reserves, sediment extraction, CO2 stocking, filling
and restocking the shoreline, cable, pipeline and platform installation,
artificial islands, tourism and recreation activities, production of fossil fuel
power, ports, navigation, logistics, scientific research, etc. (pressures and
impacts from these activities to be estimated and evaluated): [J] EU
Roadmap Communication identifies MSP as a tool which has the potential
to deal with a number of issues related to sustainable use of the seas but
coordinated coastal and maritime spatial planning activities at Member
States level are few.
B. [N/O] Support EBM implementation including integrated solution in
coastal and maritime space planning and management by developing
transnational methodology and through: improved knowledge of
ecosystems status and functioning; conceptual and operational schemes to
combine and rank pressures and impacts, taking into account the social
and economic dimension; new technologies and systems affordably
enabling an increase in the spatio-temporal resolution of in-situ coastal
observations together with a harmonized European Spatial Data
Infrastructure. Idea of interest: identification of pilot areas where the
intensity of information could be higher in order to achieve the ICZM: [J] to
respond to research challenges on this topic, promoting the integration
between the marine and maritime world and articulating sectorial R&I and
policies, e.g. coordinating civil protection plans and coastal marine
contingency plans, with particular regard to the coastal marine ecosystem
that are especially sensitive to anthropogenic impact (IPCC report, 2014);
to establish good practices and implement common marine European
policies to recover coastal marine ecosystem, quantify risk and improve
resilience of European society, and also solve conflicting activities.
C. [N/O] Technologies for data management and integration with
capitalization on previous research projects and transfer of data acquired
and tools developed and tested (e.g. maps, remote sensing, model
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IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
management to support decision-making, and
international standards on digital object identifiers,
development of GIS-based tools to map activities and their
interactions; use of social sciences to study coastal
populations perceptions regarding coastal issues,
integrating seashore and sea users into coastal
governance: [J] to fully implement EU and International
policies (e.g. ICZM Protocol under Barcelona Convention
and new EU Directive on MSP, but also related policies and
Directives, such as MFSD, WFD, H&B Directive, CFP, Blue
Growth, ESIF, etc.), through data ready to use for planning
and management at the different geographical scales, and
through integrated, effectively used and maintained tools
to assist decisions, providing quality assurance and quality
control; to prevent conflicts and favor the coexistence of
multiple activities, to favor the development of marine
protected areas.
Focus on
[G] Knowledge about the input (volume, composition) of
Groundwater groundwaters into the sea at all depths: [J] potential a large
source of water, nutrients and contaminants
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
outputs, etc.); development of tools to support knowledge sharing,
networking, capacity building, and of common frameworks, using crosssectorial and multi / trans-disciplinary approaches at a transnational scale;
research on governance and management processes in support to
policies; promotion of permanent research networks, directly linked with
administrators and key stakeholders as well as of methods for including
the interlink data - publication in metadata: [J] to support knowledge
based society promoting science to policy transfer with the proper
knowledge and tools (e.g. those for assessment and diagnosis like models,
indicators, stakeholder involvement, etc.) required by planning and
adaptive management process, integrating for instance the natural and the
social dimension.
[N/O] Measuring the Submarine Groundwater inputs and the biogeochemical
composition: [J] to understand the nutrient and contaminant cycling.
Notes: include ‘from land (-littoral-coasts) to the open and deep sea’ to stress the link between the marine and the land part; a focus on coastal ecosystems (related also to the
area ‘cc&impacts’) to be also taken on board; pay attention to links with 'Marine Hazard'.
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OCEAN
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Complete studies already undertaken (e.g. with a focus on Italy but
also in the Eastern Mediterranean e.g. Ayat: Wave power atlas of
Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, Energy 2013 (54) 251-262)
and possible further mapping of all ocean renewable energy
resources, from the identification and study of areas with potential as
energy source (in terms of wind, wave, currents and their over
threshold persistence) to the discovery of new energy renewable
sources, including unconventional renewable energies like geothermal
sources, and studies on ocean thermal energy and artificial upwelling
working in connection with industry, in order to implement
renewable sources at sea (wind, currents, wind/wave plants
combination, etc.) and define the way that new technologies could
help getting the energy without destroying the marine environment
(as wind farms normally require shallow waters although floating wind
farms might overcome this restriction and wind fields that could be
used are almost in high biodiversity places) and possibly find solution
for off shore farms (as tourism and energy are competing for the same
space): [J] renewable energy sources importance with respect to
traditional sources is recognized, therefore it is important to
objectively map ocean renewable resources potential at the basin
scale, to see if they are exploitable with the present level of
technology and allow a more efficient planning of the needed
infrastructures; valorization of the Mediterranean Sea for its potential
as a geothermal energy source in the high, medium and low enthalpy
ranges.
B. [G] New and innovation technologies: improving predictability of
energy output, with more knowledge at the sea testing stage for a
given climatic condition, and developing tools to help enhance the
understanding of turbulence and its contribution to component
fatigue; increasing affordability through innovation and cost
reduction; moving from first scale prototype to commercial
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Applications of MSP, monitoring selected suitable sites,
better characterizing available ocean resource and including
studies on biodiversity: [J] to properly evaluate exploitation
possibilities, locating strong waves and marking currents
(especially currents systems that are reported to flow in the
coastline vicinity of the southern European countries) finally
making the Med a competitive site for testing and a lab for
new integrated multi-purposes concepts.
B. [N/O] Development and application of new technologies (and
improvement of those actually under study), especially for
waves and currents: devices (whose design relies on the
knowledge of the wave climate) and demonstrators for
extracting, harvesting, and use (hydrokinetic) energy from the
marine environment (currents, waves, tides, thermal, etc.),
also in combination with offshore wind energy; biorefinery
processes; and forecast system of the energy resource: [J]
strong industry involvement and cutting edge research, e.g. to
overcome engineering problems regarding the survivability of
the components and the optimization of the installation, in
order to make this resources more economical competitive
(also considering limited biomass availability and land unusable
for agriculture in the Med Area), and to improve the
predictability of energy output. Tidal and wave energy
developers are active in Cyprus, Greece and Italy. Global trends
indicate that wave and tidal developers are looking at
developing small scale devices which could find application, if
cost-effective, also in Mediterranean waters.
C. [N/O] Improve efficiency (also in terms of effective range),
widen the potential farm areas (floating devices for open sea
etc), including test and monitoring sites on sea, optimize the
power grid charge (both temporally and geographically) with
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RENEWABLE
ENERGY
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
production, to demonstrate the manufacturability of optimised
component and system designs and the use of alternative new
materials as substitutes for steel; build deep water supporting
structures for offshore wind turbines: [J] to start-up a really new
dedicate (e.g. wave climate in the MED presents characteristics
different from those of the main oceans, so there is a need for energy
converters specifically designed or to evaluate the cost and feasibility
to construct deep-structure-wind-turbines) economic sector, since
most ocean energy technologies are under demonstration/precommercial stage/have a limited number of applications and costs can
be very high in the start-up phase, also due to the fact that different
areas of resource availability may require different technical solutions,
that are not exportable everywhere.
C. [G] Technical issues: further numerical simulations at small scales for a
proper design of energy converters and identification of their effects
on the marine environment; monitoring of energy converter; accurate
forecasting system to couple converters to the national grid; Wave
Energy Converters (WECs) development: [J] huge potential to develop
the production of high value-added products, considering that a
sensible part of the EC electricity consumption can be covered by
wave power, if delivered via an efficient power grid, justifying the
importance to establish feasibility of extracting energy from waves in
territorial waters and to individuate the investment strategy for
exploitation. [Note: this is partly addressed already in H2020 calls and also
in EERA/OCEANERA-NET]
D. [G] Focus on offshore marine installations: safety, security, fire and
marine pollution, waste management and human factor: [J] to
complement H2020 and other EU programs.
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an advantage on the management, promote widely applied
protocols (see EC funded EQUIMAR Project) and standards to
select the optimal site for WECs, develop an integrated
decision tool to select the optimal sites, fulfill energy
requirements: [J] efficient and effective design, standardization
of the procedures to evaluate converters and their impacts;
effective energy distribution; market stimulation towards wave
energy conversion, showing through case studies the reliability
and economic benefit of WECs.
[Note: JRC IET is contributing to the FP7 project DTOcean for
optimisation of wave and tidal energy arrays
(http://www.dtocean.eu/). IEC is working on the development of
standards for grid connection of offshore energy (ENTSO-E)]
D. [N/O] Focus on safer secures and clean offshore
installations/devices reducing manufacturing, constructing and
installation costs (e.g. moving from standalone device to hybrid
systems embedded in other costal or offshore structure
(offshore wind farms, offshore oil platforms, ports, costal
defenses): [J] entail greater productive efficiency and deal with
climate change while ensuring sustainability and resilience,
possibly leading policy or legislation proposals at European
and/or international (IMO) level. [An example of integration is a
floating power plant called Poseidon which consists of offshore wind
turbines that are mounted on a wave energy plant sharing common
components, such as power connection and anchor system (Kallesøe
et al., 2009). The OBREC (Vicinanza et al., 2014) new breakwater
design should be capable of adding a revenue generation function to
a breakwater while adding cost sharing benefits due to integration.
The design can be applied in harbour expansions, existing breakwater
maintenance or upgrades due to climate change for a relatively low
cost considering the breakwater would be built regardless of the
inclusion of a WEC.]
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OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH
OCEANS AND
HUMAN HEALTH
including harmful
marine organisms
(gelatinous
organisms, toxic
algae, new
pathogens)
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED
JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Knowledge on: jellyfish lifecycles,
swarm sizes and occurrence,
connection with ecosystem
functioning, occurrence of harmful
algal blooms/pathogens, role of non
indigenous species, impact of global
changes: [J] major risk for human
health.
B. [G] Management of wastewater
effluent (brine management): [J]
adverse effects of brine producing
diebacks across large areas in their
vicinity.
C. [G] Assessment of human-made
pollution and their influence to living
resources: [J] new human-made
contaminants in marine food.
D. [G] Development and support of an
interdisciplinary and collaborative
research, training, and policy
program on Oceans and Human
Health linking GES to human health
and wellbeing: [J] critical issue as
shown by the European Marine
Board position paper on Oceans and
Human Health.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Combined effort of marine scientists and citizen science to better estimate the
dimension of the events, and their role on the ecosystem functioning; development of
adaptive monitoring strategies (airplane, acoustic) together with autonomous systems able
to follow the swarms and the blooms (AUV, smart drifters); adoption of best practices to
mitigate the adverse impact on economic activities (e.g. aquaculture and tourism);
assessment of climate effects on the extreme events by modelling component: [J] to
reduce the impact of the outbursts on economical activities and human health (150,000
people were treated for jellyfish stings around the Mediterranean each summer, manymillion euro worth economical losses reported by HAB impacts on aquaculture ).
B. [N/O] Brine production avoidance/closing the loop of water in the desalination sector: [J]
European Water Platform (WssTP) identifies the need for brine handling as a priority in
Research and Development (R&D) for ensuring the creation of an efficient, coordinated
and strong European water research area.
C. [N/O] Assessing the rate of fish and shellfish contamination and of risks for human health:
[J] to better know new contaminants brought in the oceans, especially in marine food
production chains.
D. [N/O] Integrated monitoring and interpretation of emerging risks and impacts on both
ecosystems and human health and wellbeing (including climate change and extreme weather
and geohazards on coasts, increasing salinity and water scarcity (flood but also heat waves in the
Med), studies on the interactions between anthropogenic chemicals and ocean acidification, new
harmful algal and jellyfish blooms, toxins, pathogens and resistance, cumulative effects of low level
exposures to chemical mixtures and microbes in food chain and ecosystems, acute and chronic
diseases on vulnerable populations): [J] new research questions (e.g. new evidence suggesting
that environmental health has significant effects on both physical and mental human
health), challenges, and promising business opportunities related to marine biotechnology,
aquaculture, marine energy, sustainable tourism and recreation to be tackled through
integrated approaches across disciplines and creating an interconnected community of
researchers, trainees, policy makers and stakeholders (i.e. civil society); improved coastal
ecosystems and water quality.
Notes: projects of reference are PERSEUS, COCONET, BALMAS + there is a project running focusing on microbial resistance.
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OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY/OBSERVING SYSTEMS
OPERATIONAL IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
OCEANOGRAPH
Y/OBSERVING
SYSTEMS
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
Strategies &
Policy (to be
based on the
application of
ecosystem
planning,
climate
change
mitigation,
reaction
against natural
disasters,
sustainable
use of
resources)
[G] Specifically: multi-platform approach; environmental measures focused on
the sea’s perspective (including the sediment compartment); integrated policy
across Med; integrated interdisciplinary approach of the coastline
management; economic and flexible systems for ocean monitoring from fixed
and mobile platforms; coordination and improvement of operational observing
systems; interoperability among different regional/national information
systems: [J] to avoid fragmentation; to improve the status of certain
components of the marine ecosystem; to support capacity building for GES
through the MSFD; to build robust forecasting tools; to monitor large coastal
areas; although EU Med states have set state of the art operational systems
covering the whole Med, numerical forecasting models rely almost only on the
satellite data in the southern parts for CAL VAL and assimilation; to guarantee
through interoperability data flow from local to national to European level;
evidence of majors impacts of global change that such systems can help
analysis and forecast; to adequately force End to End marine models.
[N/O] Coordinated research and innovation activities to
continuously address scientific state of the art priorities,
enhance technology development and respond to societal
needs; development of innovative cost-effective coordinated
approaches and technologies; establishment of Med
coordinated and integrated effort for the definition of the
needs; promote the use of common methodologies; promote a
network of (coastal/hydrometeorological) observatories,
marine strategies, marine spatial planning; capacity building
towards MSFD (also in the non-EU states); establishment of key
operational platforms in significant locations; standardisation of
data and metadata model; implementation of common
vocabularies: [J] to deliver the knowledge base supporting the
understanding of the entire sea basins process; to underpin the
full and open discovery and access to the ocean observations
and facilitating the interoperable exchange of sea observation
as promoted through GEO (Group on Earth Observation); to
achieve efficient and sustained observations; to contribute to
the development of marine environment knowledge and to
foster maritime economy; to establish and transfer a system
based on a minimum cost maximum effect principle.
Observations
(software)
[G] Observational (spatial) gaps to enhance the forecasting capabilities, e.g.
large areas with small or not at all observing capacity (e.g. along the African
coasts and the Eastern Med); or observing system requirements not well
identified: [J] sustainable exploration, exploitation and protection of the Med
Sea; development of schemes for better coverage of basins where there are no
ocean observations in cooperation with different institutions in different
countries and sub-basins where gaps are present; to understand the role of
important gyres (especially in the southern parts); to integrate where missing
[N/O] To enhance the operational oceanography capacity
optimising observing systems; develop and optimize Integrated
Mediterranean Observing Systems based on existing
infrastructures; link the ecosystem approach to new
technologies for the observation of biological components of
the marine environment and mapping the water column and
sea bed: [J] better uniformity of available operating ocean
systems at local, national and trans-national levels; indicators
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OCEANOGRAPH
Y/OBSERVING
SYSTEMS
Observations
(hardware,
including
marine
technology)
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
the information regarding the seasonal and inter-annual variability of
by Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
important processes, as well as real-time information regarding the marine
environmental conditions, in order to positively affect the skill of the existing
basin-scale forecasting products (e.g. the Copernicus MCS Mediterranean
hydrodynamic forecasting service); to organise a coherent ecosystem
approach.
A. [G] Integration of existing multi-platform observatories (Lagrangian and
A. [N/O] Homogeneous observation of the different
Eulerian) into a global Med observing system for regional scale monitoring
compartments of the marine system (physical,
of the essential ocean variables and for recording a variety of parameters
biogeochemical, biological); network optimization (e.g.
in different space and time scales including the sediment compartment;
development of open ocean and coastal observatories);
new in-situ observing system to support an adequate forecasting system
sharing/pooling of resources to monitor parameters
(also considering that a large amount of satellite data are not thoroughly
needed for the MSFD; tools development (e.g. marine
validated with in situ measurements); integrated long term ecological
governance, integrated forecasting); integrated and
observation (marine LTER); integration of the biological dimension into
coordinated use of several operational oceanography
these multi-platform observing systems; coastline observatories coupled
platforms (seafloor stations, moorings, profilers, ferry
with interdisciplinary approach of the coastline management; expansion of
boxes, gliders, ships of opportunity); improvement of
the large scale monitoring, including deep sea and coastal areas (where
observing system related to the coastal zone & open sea
resolution shall be increased); observing system (based on robots, and
needs both on the air-sea interface (coastal radar,
images) for fishery; electronic solution for logging, where a significant
stereoscopic systems, etc.) and at the bottom (sediment
portion of the required data is logged automatically, in virtual
traps, high resolution bathymetric surveys etc.), e.g. by
communication with the vessel’s state; new tools to increase the
mean of X-band radar devices; development/use of smart
occurrence/frequency of the observations: [J] strong N/S and W/E
technologies (sensors and platforms) to collect biological
differences and gaps; poor spatial integration with large areas uncovered
data and images in the water column and seabed, and to
(geographical gap); new ocean observation technologies enabling reducing
detect noise and introduction of energy in operational way;
the costs of in-situ ocean observation allow to achieve adequate
development of adaptive sampling strategies; increment
integration of coastal and offshore observations; poor disciplines’
and optimize use of the collected data; link to international
integration with very different objectives and parameters observation;
initiatives (e.g. Global Ocean Observing System, Global
integration of activities and coherent data collection (in particular for
Ocean Sea Level); developing new tools/sensors for
fisheries); creation of a robust forecasting tools; support the data
observing contaminants and carbon at a high frequency in
assimilation procedures; development of downstream services (such as
the coastal ocean; taking advantage of existing offshore
search and rescue, pollution hazard, oil spill, aggregated index chart for
marine platforms, through proper agreements with
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OCEANOGRAPH
Y/OBSERVING
SYSTEMS
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
marine management decision making); near real time in situ data to
analyse the status of the marine environment before run a forecast model;
adequate resolution of the physical processes to assess sediment
transport/coastal erosion, also in a climate change scenario; poor
knowledge of processes occurring in the sediments (e.g. relevant to the
stability of the large organic carbon sinks); to support Copernicus
programme and a sustainable managing of the marine areas, to
complement the Marine Core service with coastal data; to measure
parameters in coastal region where short term variation and spikes of
contamination are likely to happen near large cities, harbors, rivers
mouths.
B. [G] Completion of European Research Infrastructures including ESFRIs: [J]
achievement of the full operational regime of long-term time series with
permanent observation points.
Focus on
underwater
robotics
operating companies and adequate instrumentation of
these platforms, and of citizen involvement actions: [J]
networking is crucial for a consistent and global view relying
on manual observations and greatly improved with
automation; good relations with local stakeholders can
favor the development of the integration of the observing
systems; to coordinate the investments; to better
resolution of the water column processes, production of
better forecasting products, provision of higher quality
services; to fill the existing gaps in observation of marine
environment linked to Marine Strategy Framework
Directive; to deal with emerging issues and threats; to
support the policy-makers; to implement better
oceanographic models using the data from the observatory
systems and be an invaluable tool for model validation; to
provide Marine Core and downstream services; to record
contaminants and carbon at the natural level.
B. [N/O] Use the right latest technology available for the deep
sea: [J] to provide long-term time series with permanent
observation points.
[G] Autonomous devices and methodologies for the exploration, observation
[N/O] Smart, affordable autonomous robotic systems for
and in-situ analysis of deep (down to 4000m) benthic ecosystems + smart
exploring and working close to the bottom at large depths
autonomous platforms (profilers, gliders, …); specific systems for exploration
(ecosystems, cultural heritage, …); development of forceof the Marine Cultural Heritage with dexterous manipulation capabilities: [J] to feedback arms and systems for large depths; smart, affordable
ensure a systematic exploration and further study of benthic ecosystems, in
autonomous profilers and (hybrid) gliders suitable for the
particular accurate collection of samples and smart underwater systems, to
whole range of depths; 'service oriented' payloads suitable for
improve marine archaeology at large depths where exploration, and dexterous the different sectors of activities; creation of an infrastructure
manipulation are mandatory; to explore and monitor the whole water column to share specialized research vessels and underwater robotic
up to 4000m for a wide range a marine services (Research, MSFD, Oil and gas
systems: [J] exploration, monitoring, and sustained exploitation
industry, deep sea mining, …).
of water column and bottom resources recognized as a large
potential source of growth in the marine economy, including
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OCEANOGRAPH
Y/OBSERVING
SYSTEMS
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
Focus on
[G] Consider the biogeochemical component of the ocean and use multibiogeochemist platforms generalized approaches for biogeochemical observations: [J] efforts
ry
coordination (from in-situ observation systems to remote sensing) at basin
scale level to understand the water column processes.
[N/O] Increase biogeochemical parameters measurements
through both Eulerian (moorings) and Lagrangian platforms
(argo floats, gliders); development and implementation of adhoc methods to include the biogeochemical component;
contribution to the new GOOS SC initiative: [J] to provide a
substantial help in the linking of the different water column
processes and give a clear picture of the long-term effects of
the climate change in the marine environment as well as a solid
background for the evaluation and further development of the
existing ecosystem numerical model.
Focus on data [G] Autonomous platform for data collection, requiring collaboration with
(collection and developers to include sensors in the platform and uniformity of data and lack
use)
of a previous database: [J] to support Operational Oceanography and any
operational observing system (monitoring activities); to compare data
consistently and well organized.
[N/O] Link to international initiative on observations (e.g.
Global Ocean Observing System): [J] to support the monitoring
needs in EU directives.
the preservation of the maritime cultural heritage as the Med is
known as the largest "underwater museum" in the world
(framework condition: the present Copernicus marine
monitoring service offers a perfect context for an efficient and
affordable exploitation of such systems).
Notes:
(i) EMODNet should be a portal of portals.
(ii) Concerning technologies: extract some Med specificities to orient for example the underwater technologies. Deep sea ecosystems, brines, SMEs will benefit of this. The same
comment applies to ICT.
(iii) Concerning OO for fishery: look at the JPI pilot action on this and to virtuous experiences like IOC in Spain, they fish overnight and they have data the day after (rely on
EMODNET).
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SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLICY RESEARCH
SOCIOECONO IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
MIC & POLICY
RESEARCH
General
issues
A. [G] Augment the Ocean Literacy: [J] to promote the values of the
Mediterranean.
B. [G] Large-scale integrating projects dedicated to international
cooperation partner countries (e.g. FP7 SICA instrument) and multilevel decision-making processes: [J] to develop a network for unified
strategy in decision processes reaching all relevant stakeholders
among SMEs & BE.
C. [G] Focus areas: Observing system and models to evaluate public
acceptance of the running policies and to support future policy
orientation; better communication strategies and tools about the
results achieved from WFD and MSFD measurements, in order to
involve public opinion in the efforts for achieving the GES; more
accurate socio-economic models taking into due consideration the
climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and
interventions; dedicated ICT tools for sustainable tourism; tools and
indicators to evaluate MSP-ICZM implementation and its effect on
socio-economic activities and environmental status; local governance
on waste management and marine litter production/avoidance;
further elements/tools/models for promotion and networking of
small production/local sea-related products; identification,
evaluation, and where possible quantification of ecosystem services;
links between ecosystem functions and services; use of ecosystem
services for communicational / participative / concertative purposes:
[J] organization of a coherent ecosystem approach with more
consideration of the socio-economy component; more accurate
models for integrating the mitigation/adaptation to climate changes
at sub-basin and local levels, in order to support local administration
decision; avoidance of human impact on natural/delicate coastal and
marine areas; common strategy for all phases of waste management
(marine litter in particular) (generation, prevention, characterization,
monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition);
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Dissemination activities: [J] towards a road show in the
MED (with a look to the outcomes of the marine related event of
‘Città della Scienza’ of Naples on Science in Society).
B. [N/O] Research in support of sustainability of policies at all
levels; new instruments to promote a better awareness of the
Regional administrations ( i.e. NUTS 2 level) and of mid-size
stakeholders on the potential of a sustainable exploitation of
the marine environment resources –Blue Growth (also for
bridging with structural funds managed by Regions);
opportunities of involving different stakeholders and to link
international initiatives: [J] A further support to the
downstream towards local administrations and general public
of Marine Spatial Planning and Marine Strategy Framework
Directives’ concepts, indications and rules is felt as necessary.
C. [N/O] Focus areas: implementation of the MSFD needs new
socioeconomic and policy research integrating climate change
component and a further downstream to the local level
administration; smart technologies for environmental and
human wellness related with knowledge based society ("your
wellness not because you’re lucky, but because you're wiser,
smarter") that can improve management issues and
overcoming fragmentation also in tourism exploitation;
reversing costal rural/small island abandonment; innovative
technologies able to allow accessibility in delicate coastal and
marine areas while controlling/reducing the ecological footprint
of human presence: [J] better knowledge and improved
socioeconomic and policy sustainability models, also in the
perspective of changing climate; smart citizens; (support to) EU
Directives/Policies; downstream and ecosystem services (e.g.
water purification, flood protection, pollination).
D. [N/O] Development of common agendas (in many fields like
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MIC & POLICY
RESEARCH
support to the Common Fishery Policy in a proper evaluation of the
social value of small scale and traditional fishery, especially in small,
isolated or peripheral communities; help to local communities and
loss avoidance of cultural traditions.
D. [G] International Strategy and Cooperation for Research and
Innovation; lack of R&D collaborations between research institutes and
SMEs from Europe with their counterparts in non EU countries: [J] to tackle
a strategic approach to reduce fragmentation and science gaps; to
overcome limitations in the R&D topics that can be addressed together and
subsequent limitations in the market for SMEs. [note: OK, as further step
since initially the BLUE MED strategy is limited to member states of MED
area]
E. [G] More appropriate definition of indicators for some descriptors of
GES in the MED area: [J] implementation process of the MSFD (long
term, second round) and ECAP (Barcelona Convention).
Social
inclusivity (as
part of the
bioeconomy)
A. [G] Social groups excluded or at risk of exclusion: [J] to create
environments under the universal design of accessibility for people
with reduced mobility, establishment of centers of employment for
people with disabilities within the aquaculture sector, promotion of
networks of exchange and cooperation as to strengthen the presence
of special centers in the market.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
ecology, "coastline", marine management …); need for adequate
collaboration schemes to favour partnerships between research
institutes and SMEs all around the Mediterranean to jointly address
R&D questions and to create a class of innovative actors in a
transnational Mediterranean context.: [J] to promote at the global
Mediterranean level a "Blue Growth" research agenda, building
a Mediterranean research community able to jointly address the key
research challenges the Mediterranean countries are facing; existing
bilateral high level agreements between EU and non EU countries as
well as an emerging networking culture for research area in the non
EU countries; existing EU regional clusters with strong relations with
their non EU counterparts..
E. [N/O] Projects and coordination of activities: [J] to implement
actions to develop the scientific knowledge needed to define
suitable indicators and criteria for standards of GES.
A. [N/O] Tasks, occupational areas, in the field of aquaculture
with the objective of integration of people with disabilities
within the sector innovations: [J] to cope with a complex socioeconomic problem through an integrative perspective, by
involving all stakeholders, applying criteria of corporate social
responsibility while addressing the welfare and social
development in a Europe of citizens with added value like
technological assistance, knowledge transfer, training.
Note: this section is felt to be further enlarged by specific contribution of scientists in social and economy disciplines; migration and gender issues to be considered as part of
social inclusivity.
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TOURISM
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
Coastal and
Maritime
Tourism
[G] Science based approaches to address the coastal and maritime
tourism planning, its environmental and societal impacts and
maritime cultural goods + innovative technology solutions with
respect to the design and the operations of leisure boats and cruise
vessels (e.g. in waste streams): [J] to overcome the poor integration
in coupled environmental/societal research for the touristic industry;
to achieve an adequate protection of the environment, e.g.
considering the increase of cruise tourism (in numbers of passengers,
cruise vessels and port calls), and the fact that cruise ships are
continuously getting larger in size and capacity with plans for vessels
up to a capacity of 10,000 people onboard (= small floating town
producing significant volumes of pollutants and wastes with major
threats to the marine, aerial and littoral environment); very high
density of leisure boats, representing a relevant economic sector
with many jobs, both in boat manufacturing and in services related to
tourism (further development requires stricter safety and
environmental standards and consequently technology innovation).
[N/O] Sustainable tourism: inter-disciplinary research across the key
knowledge areas, i.e. environment & tourism opportunities, including
cultural heritage valorisation; technology innovation both in big cruise
ships and in leisure boats, as well as in related services; dedicated
maritime application for use of EGNOS/GALILEO navigation services: [J] big
touristic operators to implement a sustainable development strategy
(framework condition: existing ECLAT network ); navigation safety issues
and environmental protection strongly require fast innovation in
control/alert systems and in propulsion/navigation technologies, as well as
in the related services. This would support a “blue growth” also of the
manufacture industry, presently leaded by EU companies.
Cultural
heritage /
Submarine
Archaeology
[G] Systematic, targeted surveys to map the submerged cultural
heritage (e.g. deep- and shallow ancient shipwrecks) and common
strategy to explore, protect and publicize the marine heritage: [J] to
unveil the submerged remains of the prehistoric maritime activity;
and at the same time to preserve and promote the outstanding
heritage of the Med (to be considered: the UNESCO Convention on
the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage commits the
Coastal state in its EEZ).
[N/O] Development of an international program to map, explore and
protect this underwater heritage; multidisciplinary approach and
collaboration between oceanographic and archaeological institutions;
training of a new generation of scientists able to move across scientific
boundaries: [J] preservation and exploitation, especially at large depth can
be achieved only with adequate shared research infrastructures. Coastal
tourism can benefit of such an effort through dedicated museums.
Creation of a competitive European sector to compete with the present US
one.
[Note: Unveiling the submerged EU Heritage itself should be stressed. Not
only linked to tourism but also to new technologies. To be take into account:
JPI pilot action on CC&Cultural Heritage + 2 FP7 projects on submerge
cultural heritage + DG MARE is launching a study on this + Marine Board
Studying Group preparing a report].
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IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
Focus on
shipwrecks
Depiction, characterization and census of shipwrecks on the
Mediterranean Seas. Due to the intense maritime traffic and the
historical heritage, The Med hosts an uncountable number of
shipwrecks that especially in deep water still needs to be identified
and characterized. [J] Cultural heritage subjects (including piracy
avoidance), possible pollution sources (including possible voluntary
sinking of high-level pollutants), possible tourism or media
exploitation of data, safety of seafloor infrastructures (cables and
pipelines).
[N/O] Use of high-resolution surveying tools (multibeam, ROV, AUV) and
exploitation of large-scale seabed mapping databases. Specific methods to
differentiate noise and wreck geophysical signature, Historical researches
to identify and characterize ancient remains, creation of specific
Mediterranean-scale databases.
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TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TRAINING &
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
IDENTIFIED GAPS AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [G] Integration of research activities over the Med, through
training schemes which include short-term secondment of staff
between research organizations, and mobility: [J] to widen the
knowledge and creating new research networks.
B. [G] New professional with an open-mind interdisciplinary
approach/holistic scientists capable of communicating among
the various fields, able also to sustain industries (especially
SMEs) in realising new high-tech products: [J] to increment
high-professional employees, and to give new chance of market
penetration to industries.
C. [G] International coordination of land-and-sea networks
(including geophysical): [J] to improve data acquisition and
sharing management for both research and
forecasting/warning systems.
D. [G] Focus area: renewed knowledge on marine biodiversity: [J]
to train new marine scientists with holistic visions based on
ecosystem.
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED JUSTIFICATION
A. [N/O] Developing training and technology transfer schemes for
harmonized development of the Mediterranean BG community,
including technology transfer distribution from large players towards
“weaker” institutions though different schemes of use of new
equipment or similar: [J] to better integrate research organizations,
and achieve higher mobility and competences of researchers,
particularly early researchers.
B. [N/O] Link strictly the research and innovation, and the industrial
worlds: [J] to increment jobs and the GDP.
C. [N/O] Better coordination and integration of seismologic, geodetic,
mareographic, tsunami observing networks: [J] European Research
Infrastructure (ESFRI) EMSO context.
D. [G] Focus area: common training for EU marine
scientists/engineers/technicians with the institution of European
master and graduate courses; develop training and education
programmes to prevent the loss of expertise in taxonomy while
increasing the skills and knowledge of researchers on biodiversity, in
combination with new tools (e.g. genetics, omics) and other
multidisciplinary tools (e. g modelling): [J] pursue the cohesion in the
scientific community.
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REGIONAL AND NATIONAL BOUNDARY/FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS FOR THE R&I NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION
(INCLUDING POSSIBLE DRIVERS SUPPORTING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION)
The inputs on the framework condition have been grouped in thematic areas, and the ‘R&I needs and opportunities’ are listed according to common issues
tackled.
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BIODIVERSITY (INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS)
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
Lack of knowledge on biodiversity.
Mediterranean sea is a well known hot
spot of biodiversity, but still the lack of
knowledge on the distribution of
species, habitats and assemblages
biodiversity and ecosystem services of
biodiversity in Mediterranean sea is very
important. Training on GIS tools to
support spatial analyses on biodiversity.
The MERMEX and
BIODIVMEX programs in
the MISTRALS umbrella
program
GIS Posidonie
Barcellona convention, Habitat
Directive, MSFD
Identifying and developing of biological Public R&I Partners:
indicators for long-term monitoring of
Universities NGOs, Local
biodiversity; application of biodiversity
Authorities.
indicators, under ECAP. Assessment of
GES still uncertain at MED level. Training
of taxonomists is needed. New ways of
taxonomy (e.g. genetic barcoding) to
help. Participatory approach from
citizens involvement (e.g. jellywatch,
litter, yachting, etc.)
ECAP (UNEP/MAP), MSFD,
European strategies, National
strategies, Regional strategies
in PACA & LR
Assessing ecosystem changes due to
MFSD, National strategies,
R&I Institutes,
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
ANR and CNRS
FRB
LIFEWATCH in place +RI
of R&I Institutes, ECIMA,
BAMMBO (FP7).
Projects labelled by Pôle
Mer Méditerranée)on
Biodiversity Indicators
and the development of
added value:
-better identification of
chemical markers
- indicators for natural or
man-made environmental
disasters
-development of value in
marine chemo diversity.
-access to vast stores of
high added value
molecules.
LIFEWATCH - E-Science
In some regions in Greece
they have put a "wish" to
have higher
biodiversity…. No funds
are foreseen+ EU
Structural&Cohesion
Funds, Croatian Science
Foundation, ANR French
Agency for Research)
.(specific french regional
research call)
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
Results from
MERMEX,
BIODIVMEX and
other similar
projects
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
BAMMBO
F
R
+
G
R
+
H
R
EU Structural&Cohesion
F
R
G
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BIODIVERSITY (INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS)
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
biological invasions studying the impacts
in given areas of the invasive species
addressing the importance of problems
deriving from the introduction of alien
species. Research is needed on a
combination of studies including
molecular techniques and traditional
monitoring of invasive species with a
view to identify the origin of the latter.
Universities (Public:
Good and experienced
scientists in several
universities and HCMR.
In Naples, Marine
Zoological Station
"Anthon Dohrn" and
Harbour Office staff
provide invaluable help
in the field), Authorities,
NGOs,
Marine ocanological
station in Villefranche
sur mer &
Banyuls(CNRS+UPMC),O
SU Pytheas/MOI,
Marbec(CNRS/Ifremer/IR
D/Université de
Montpellier)
European Strategies. With
reference to MSFD: alien
species are considered as one
of the descriptor to be used in
the monitoring programs
aiming to the achievement of
the Good Environmental State
(GES) within 2020. National
Policies are mainly the
adoption of EU policies; there
is no specific legislation for
alien species (only the rules
about the introduction of alien
species for aquaculture
purposes - CE 708/2007 present to date). Moreover, a
pending ordinary legislative
procedure about the
regulation of the management
of alien species submitted
(COD 2013/0307) and is
awaiting the Commission
decision. In Italy, there are no
definite rules about this.
European Infrastructure
for Biodiversity and
Ecosystem ResearchAlien species showcase;
Infrastructure of R&I
Institutes
Funds. No national funds.
Some regional funds for
small and much focused
studies, e.g. Croatian
Science Foundation
Mapping and managing coastal sea
ecosystems and their relationship to the
environmental changes and multiple
stressors. Introducing the use of GIS
R&I Institutes,
MSFD, ECAP, EU Integrated
Universities, Authorities, Maritime Policy
Environmental Agencies,
AVITEM
Infrastructure of R&I
Institutes
EU Structural &Cohesion
Funds, Croatian Science
Foundation
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
R
+
I
T
+
H
R
I
T
+
F
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BIODIVERSITY (INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS)
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
Partnerships of project
M3-HABs (ENPI
CBCMED): Italy, France,
Lebanon and Tunisia,
Pole Mer Méditerranée
RAMOGE (FR, IT, Monaco)
CIESM citizen science
initiative JellyWatch
Program aims at
monitoring jellyfish
blooms along
Mediterranean coasts
and in the open sea.
AQUAMAR (FP7 Space)
downstream services in
the field of marine water
quality using observations
from from GMES.
Some projects were
funded by EU and
Crossborder Programs.
R&I Projects PERSEUS and
COCONET marginally
touched the jellyfish
problem.
IPA_ADRIATIC BALMAS
project is considering the
risk of non indigenous
species introduced in a
limited number of
Adriatic ports +
Euromarine Consortium +
JELLY WATCH (PACA
Regional funds)
understanding and
forecasting the mass
arrival of the Pelagia
noctiluca jellyfish in the
coastal waters of the Paca
region.
within Marine Protected Areas
Harmful marine organisms: gelatinous
organisms, toxic algae, new pathogens
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
R
I
T
+
F
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BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
Biotechnologies from marine algae,
bacteria and macro-organisms for
producing biofuel, cosmetics, drugs,
fine chemicals and materials.
Pôle Mer
Méditerranée
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
NATIONAL SUPPORTING R&I
AND NATIONAL
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
INFRASTRUCTURES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
Genomics platforms for
identifying strains and
extracting the more relevant
information from the genome +
EMBRC-FR
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO EXPLOIT
ANR
FUI, regional
funding
availability of surfaces
suitable for producing
algal biomass
C
O
U
N
TR
Y
FR
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CLIMATE CHANGE & IMPACTS
R&I
NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORK
S, ETC)
Lack of knowledge on
Active public and
No specific
past, present and future
private entities in
frame. Policies
sea level rise (climate and France and existing and results
ground motion
partnerships (e.g.
may be found.
contributions) and related Un. Baleares, etc.) But the
risks and adaptation of
+ The HYMEX and
application of
policies to sea level rise as MERMEX programs policies is not
well as of (potential
in the MISTRALS
implemented.
changes of) thermohaline umbrella program
circulation.
Acidification: study the
vulnerability of the coastal
zone of the
Mediterranean and future
developments by climate
change.
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
In-situ and space monitoring capabilities are
ANR and CNRS
expanding (i.e. Sentinel 1, permanent GPS …)
+ The SOERE MOOSE observing systems in the
North Western Mediterranean. (SOERE stands
for Systèmes d’observation et
d’expérimentation au long terme pour la
recherche en environnement. They are
supported by the Alliance for the Environment
ALLENVI) + The minimum of national
infrastructure exists, but projects have not
been able to capitalise, especially on the
impacts as they run for limited duration
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
Results from HYMEX,
MERMEX and other
similar projects +
Past archives of
Envisat + ERS is
underused for this
topic. Is started, the
ESA project
GEOMED2 should
provide material
F
R
+
G
R
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CLIMATE CHANGE & IMPACTS
R&I
NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
Downscaling modeling
from the global scenarios
IPCC to the regional seas
of the Med + Assessing
and projecting climate
changes and impacts at
local scales
R&I Institutes,
Universities,
Authorities, NGOs
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORK
S, ETC)
National
strategies
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
All the coastal administrations signing the
Bologna Charter committed themselves in
engaging their own infrastructures for the
achievement of this objective
EU Structural&Cohesion Funds, All
the coastal administrations signing
the Bologna Charter committed
themselves to support in their
own Regional Operative
Programmes -ESI (European
Structural Investment) this
objective for the programming
period 2014-2020; Croatian
Science Foundation
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
I
T
+
H
R
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DEEP SEA ECOSYSTEMS
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
Mapping and managing deep sea ecosystems and
their relationship to the environmental changes.
Biogeochemical cycle in the deep waters is
unknown and should be studied. Microbial food
web, carbon sequestration and particle
deposition in the deep is not known. Deep corals
have not been explored well especially in the
deep Ionian waters. Fauna is even less described.
The open-ocean and deep-sea circulation as a
vector of human pressures and their impact on
marine ecosystems
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
AVAILABILIT
Y OF
REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUC
TURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
R&I Institutes, Universities,
Not specific framework but
Authorities, NGOs. Collaboration for for EMSO as part of the
Deep water exists. Greece has been a national priorities
member of EMSO and the conditions
for Private partnerships is good but
have not been explored in full. From
Public there are a lot of collaboration
for many of the issues mentioned.
Ifremer, OOV(CNRS/UPMC)
Infrastructur
e of R&I
Institutes +
through
EMSO and
GR-EMSO
EU Structural
&Cohesion Funds,
Croatian Science
Foundation Funds
for research may
come from other
sources, like private
companies. Need to
be explored
None
EMSO ESFRI EC Structural Funds:
infrastructur PAC EMSO-MedIT
e contributes
with
continuous
observations
The Integrated Maritime
Policies and the subsequent
regulations (MSFD, CFP, MSP)
asks (with different slants) for
a better understanding of
deep-sea ecosystem and
reduce human impact for a
sustainable exploitation of
marine renewable resources.
AVAILABILI
TY OF
REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS
/
RESOURCE
S TO
EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
G
R
+
H
R
+
F
R
Deep-sea
I
stocks of
T
species of
commercial
interest.
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DEEP SEA MINING, OIL AND GAS SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES
(INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
Developing transnational safety
procedures, capacities and services for
safe mining and oil and gas exploitation
(in Italy the exploration of the deep sea
in the Mediterranean is increased in the
last few years)
Interest of the large national Not specific framework.
oil companies and of the
SME working on
environmental protection in
developing integrated
strategies of bioremediation
and clean up Authorities,
Specialised Agencies, R&I
Institutes, PMM
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
R&I FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
CO
UN
TR
Y
Autonomous and relocatable monitoring
systems;
Abyssea Centre for
Deepwater Expertise and
Trials based on the Ile du
Levant (PACA) labeled by
PMM to perform fullscale tests and
demonstrations at a
marginal cost based on
underwater platforms
installed at 1300m depth
and 2400m depth (PF2)
respectively;
CORAL : Constructive
Offshore Robotics
“Alliance for the
development of offshore
underwater robotics:
network organized on
the European Centre for
Underwater Technology
(CETSM). Ifremer
Méditerranée
EU Structural &
Cohesion
Funds, PAC
EMSO-MedIT,
POR-Regione
Siciliana
MONSOON
Croatian
Science
Foundation
Sub–salt deep offshore
geological provinces
could provide important
hydrocarbon discoveries
in the future. Deep Sea
hydrothermal systems are
potential sites of
polymetallic sulfide
deposits with economic
interest
HR
+
IT
+
FR
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
Develop new projects to
research importance of small
scale fisheries and
accompanying the evolution
of small scale fisheries
Sustainable development of
aquaculture, i. e. integration
of aquaculture systems in
their environment + assessing
and projecting fish stock
changes and aquaculture
capacities with respect to the
changing environment
LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (FISHERY, AQUACULTURE, ETC.)
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE AVAILABILITY OF
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I REGIONAL AND
PARTNERHIPS
NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
In ES: MINECO &
Spanish strategic for
universities, public
science and technology
research organizations,
and innovation
FEAMP- 2014-2020 fixed
R&D public and private
in its priorities
foundation and
"strengthening the
Technological Centers
competitiveness of small
vessels engaged in coastal
fishing". The general
management model
promoted by the CFP,
based on production
(TAC) is rejected by
fishermen. Need forms of
regulation better suited to
artisanal fisheries
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
Universities, Infrastructures of
Universities, public research
organizations, R&D public and
private foundation and some
Technological Centers. In FR
IFREMER
Spanish National Plan +
Fonds FEDER, FEAMP,
regional authorities
Langedoc-Roussillon
Spanish
Universities,
public research
organizations,
R&D public and
private
foundation and
some
Technological
Centers
R&I Institutes, Authorities, National strategies,
Aquaculture Farmers.
European strategies
In FR: Partnership between
institutes (INRA, IFREMER,
IRD, CIRAD) and fish
farmers in a GIS and
partnership between
Ifremer, universities and
oyster producer
organizations.
Platform for experimental rearing
and analyses on fish and molluscs in
IFREMER + Infrastructure of R&I
Institutes
EU Structural &
Cohesion Funds,
Croatian Science
Foundation.
In FR: FUI (SINGLE
INTERMINISTERIAL
FUND) , FEDER,
REGIONAL
AUTHORITIES from
LANGUEDOC
ROUSSILLON, PACA
Oyster culture is a F
traditional activity R
in France
+
EU Projects: IDREEM and
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
E
S
+
F
R
H
R
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LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (FISHERY, AQUACULTURE, ETC.)
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE AVAILABILITY OF
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I REGIONAL AND
PARTNERHIPS
NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
ResUrch (partnership
including Norway, Ireland,
Iceland, UK, Italy, Israel,
Cyprus)
Informed use of living
resources
DLTM associates are
Link with Regional Fishery Ligurian Chambers of Commerce are
working on these issues,
Monitoring Organistations strongly committed in promoting
Marbec(CNRS/IRD/IFreme/ (FAO, ICCAT, …)
this kind of activities.
university of Montpellier)
Develop technologies to
increase sustainability of
aquaculture production
R&I Institutes, Authorities,
Aquaculture Farmers.
EU Projects: IDREEM and
ResUrch (partnership
including Norway, Ireland,
Iceland, UK, Italy, Israel,
Cyprus), PMM
National strategies,
European strategies
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Infrastructure of R&I Institutes,
STELLA MARE (FEDER Corsica)
:offshore platform for the
sustainable management of
Corsica’s coastal and fishery
resources to reduce the dilapidation
of resources and habitats, protect
the fragile ecosystems and tackle
the loss of biodiversity, to ensure
the restoration of fisheries to an
optimum level and ensure
sustainable production, and develop
Corsican coastal breeding species
through the new production
techniques of fish farming.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
EU Structural &
Cohesion Funds,
Croatian Science
Foundation
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
I
T
+
F
R
H
R
+
F
R
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MARINE HAZARDS
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES, REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
R&I FUNDS
(i) Sea level rise and extreme events, and
particularly observation of extreme events
and the need to develop new tools and
deploy/maintain new coastal stations.
(ii) Submarine geohazards
(iii) Further studies on the seismologic
functioning of the Mediterranean basin
(i) DLTM associates are
working on these issues.
(ii) Not yet developed at
pan-Mediterranean scale.
National coordination is
in progress within
RITMARE. Geosciences
Azur(CNRS/IRD/Univesity
of Nice)
(i) MSFD
(ii) In IT, the Italian
Department of Civil
Protection (DPC) has
supported a national project
for submarine geohazard
assessment and
dissemination to civilians for
seismic and tsunamic hazards
(i) DLTM has the
technology for the
development and
installation of sensors.
(ii) Regional
infrastructures are
available within EMSO
and KM3NET
ESFRIs. Not yet
developed at panMediterranean scale
EC Structural
Funds: PAC
EMSO-MedIT,
PON KM3NETITALIA
Lack of knowledge on underwater events The SOERE "Trait de
+ lack of understanding of the interaction Côte"
between the different hazards
(erosion/submersion, entrance of lagoons,
…)
Developing operational systems for
Authorities, R&I
forecasting of marine hazards from hourly Institutes, Members of
to climate timescales
PMM & Risk cluster
National strategies, European Infrastructure of R&I
strategies
Institutes, Center for
environmental & Risks
monitoring in PACA
Region(Thales Alenia
Space)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
TR
Y
IT
+
FR
FR
EU Structural
& Cohesion
Funds,
Croatian
Science
Foundation
H
R
+
FR
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MARINE POLLUTION
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
Pollution from modern technologies, e.g.
plastics, pharmaceuticals, nanopollutants,
noise, e-wastes etc, and their effects on
the marine environment, including
ecosystem exposure to contaminants and
their transfer in the food web to the
resources.
Impact of urban runoff of mega cities in the
Mediterranean sea. Marine litter as a
source of pollution, but the effects are
hardly known. Very few studies on marine
litter at National level, need to be
increased to attain information on the
impact. Documenting the rate of pollution
by marine litter and assessing its
consequences. Adequate management
plans for accidental pollution.
R&I Institutes, Authorities. Companies
are now thinking about the research
knowledge and how to use it in
Greece. Not many collaboration at
public level. Microplastic (FUI project
labeled by Pole Mer Mediterranée) to
identify sources of pollution and
waste treatment of particules and
micro fibers.
Tosca European project(MED
Program) prevent hydrocarbon
marine pollution( University of
Toulon, Ifremer, PMM, Premar and
greek and Italian partners)
UNEP/MAP Policies are in place.
Barcelona Convention has been
for long the main actor for
producing policies in the region
on marine pollution.
National strategies, European
strategies.
Infrastructure of
R&I Institutes
Remediation of marine polluted sites
Available public partners engaged
within the Italian project Ritmare
Italian policies regulating the
Polluted Sites of National
Relevance (SIN areas). [Within
the Italian Flag Project RITMARE
there is an ongoing study on the
ecosystem functioning in
severely impacted areas defined
as Sites of National Interest].
None
Need for brine production
A very good example for certain areas Policies are lacking behind, but
Water Platform has
AVAILABIL
ITY OF
REGIONAL
AND
NATIONA
L R&I
FUNDS
EU
Structural
&
Cohesion
Funds,
Croatian
Science
Foundatio
n
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
Research Not applicable
project
(the
Italian
RITMARE)
by the end
of 2016.
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
G
R
+
H
R
+
F
R
IT
G
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MARINE POLLUTION
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
avoidance/closing the loop of water in the
desalination sector
under pressure of water shortage.
Private-Public partnership is being
developed….
the Horizon 2020-Depolluting
started to operate at
the Med, could help a lot on this national level.
direction.
AVAILABIL
ITY OF
REGIONAL
AND
NATIONA
L R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
R
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MARITIME TRANSPORT
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES, REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTUR
ES
Research for an envelope of operational and policy
measures and practices can provide a sustainable
framework for shipping (and for all related actions)
in the Mediterranean Sea. Exploring whether the
Mediterranean basin (or parts of it) can be turned
into an Emissions Control Area (ECA), developing a
quantifiable model for sustainability for maritime
transport can be significant pillars of this effort.
Good part of both
Public and private.
Needs to be
further explored.
PMM
Good support from national
sources in terms of policies
but not in research needs…..
Regionally the Protocol from
UNEP/MAP Concerning
Cooperation in Preventing
Pollution from Ships and, in
Cases of Emergency,
Combating Pollution of the
Mediterranean Sea.
National Policy ship with the
creation of CORICAN and
creation of regional strategic
naval committee
Lot of Port
Ships of the future (ADEME)
Authorities have FUI
good contacts
with Universities
and HCMR. Need
to be further
increased under a
focus work to be
done.
Design for safety through Goal/Risk Based Design.
Ship Design for reduced environmental impact
(from chemical pollution to noise). Design ships and
dredging-backflow systems more tailored on
Mediterranean basin and sub-basins characteristic,
more compatible with specific coastal bathymetric
assets, eco-compatible with marine and sea bottom
environment conditions and fauna
RITMARE: the
project COASTGAP
signed a MoU with
RITMARE in order
to work together
on this topic, PMM
National Policy ship with the
creation of CORICAN and
creation of regional strategic
naval committee
All the coastal
administrations
signing the
Bologna Charter
committed
themselves in
engaging their
own
infrastructures for
the achievement
of this objective
National liner
companies
Using maritime transport for better monitoring and Authorities, R&I
prediction of ocean and ecosystem conditions
Institutes, PMM
IHO
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES
TO EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
G
R
+
F
R
All the coastal administrations
signing the Bologna Charter
committed themselves to
support in their own Regional
Operative Programmes -ESI
(European Structural
Investment) this objective for
the programming period 20142026. Ships of the future
(ADEME), FUI
I
T
+
F
R
EU Structural&Cohesion Funds,
Croatian Science Foundation,
H
R
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MARITIME TRANSPORT
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
(Repcet project
and Precym)
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES, REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTUR
ES
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
FUI and regional fund
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES
TO EXPLOIT
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
+
F
R
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MSP-ICZM
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
(i) Lack of knowledge on the wide range of interacting
processes that shape the coast line in a microtidal sea
(ii) Lack of knowledge about the input (volume,
composition) of groundwater into the sea at all depths
(i) The SOERE "Trait de
Côte".
OHM Littoral
Méditerranéen
(ii) Not enough
European coordination
on this topic which
should be tackled at the
European level
Coastal and marine use and needs have to be
identified. Conflicting activities need to be sorted out.
Pressures and impacts from these activities need also
to be estimated and evaluated together with the
functioning of the coastal marine ecosystems. Pilot
areas can be identified where the intensity of
information could be higher in order to achieve the
ICZM. MSP could help on this direction. Again the
involvement of policy makers and other stakeholders
should be done from the beginning.
Many stakeholders for
the coastal zone. Marine
Spatial Planning has
been recently in the
scene. Local Authorities,
Regions, Private
companies,
Associations, research
institutes.
MSP is a MUST, especially in places where there is a
Many local and regional
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
(ii) No. National funds
are available from
MITRALS/MERMEX, but
European cooperation is
needed.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
S
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
(ii) Some effort
has started on the
French coastline
using coastal ships,
but extension is
needed
(i) ANR, ALLENVI
(ii) Limited funds are
available for a "proof of
concept" from the French
side, but more would be
needed at the European
level to fulfill the need for
quantification
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
(i) Result from
the SOERE
"Trait de Côte3
and related
projects
At national level, the
new law for the coastal
zones will probably be
delayed, as there is a
strong position from
many parts including
the scientists…. No
much support to this
end. At regional level
UNEP/MAP's activities
are the most important(
Protocol on Integrated
Coastal Zone
Management in the
Mediterranean, adopted
on: 21 January 2008
(Madrid) Entry into
force:24 March 2011)
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SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
potential. Studies on biodiversity should also be
carried there. New technologies, especially for wavers
and currents have to be applied.
Location of strong waves and currents should be
marked. In addition, well-organized permanent
current systems are reported to flow in the coastline
vicinity of the southern European countries (Northcurrent at the coast of France / Evia-jet at the eastern
coast of Greece / Adriatic current at the Italian
Adriatic coast). These current systems apart from
playing a crucial role in the local marine ecosystems as
(for example) habitats of many fish species, they
contain vast amounts of clean and predictable
hydrokinetic ocean energy, in the very proximity of
large European cities, that can potentially be
harvested if appropriate energy-converting
technology is utilized. R&I should look at developing
them for the Mediterranean (e.g. small rated power).
authorities and private
companies could
contribute. Ideal for
such cooperation.
Marine ecological restoration in degraded areas
(shallow bottom waters)
Active public and
private entities in the
French maritime regions
(e.g. PMM) and existing
partnership the
neighbouring regions
(Catalunya, Liguria)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
S
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
Increasing the marine
ecosystems ecological
functionality
knowledge’s and
develop coastal
ecological engineering
solutions to reach “a
good ecological status”
required in the MFSD.
Centre for
Research on
Marine Ecosystems
(CREM) to Port
Barcarès
Cefrem.univperp.fr
Mediterranean coastal
ecological engineering,
emerging sector in a
sustainable development
is supported by the
French Ministry in charge
of Ecology,
FUI,
RMC Water Agency
supported collaborative
Life+ Sublimo
AVAILABILITY
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AND NATIONAL
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MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
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Integrated solution in coastal and maritime space
planning and management + Integrated
interdisciplinary approach of the coastline
management, e.g. integrating climate changes in the
ICZM methodology
Foster an initiative with maritime Regions
involvement (e.g. "Eurosion-Med" initiative of the
Bologna Charter) putting in to practice innovative
devices and methods for erosion phenomena
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
International
programmes, R&I
Institutes, Authorities
For IT, RITMARE: the
project COASTGAP
signed a MoU with
RITMARE in order to
work together on this
topic.
For FR, the starting
SHORE-MED transverse
program in the MISTRAL
umbrella program
RITMARE: the project
COASTGAP signed a
MoU with RITMARE in
order to work together
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
Pôle Mer Méditerranée
and RMC Water Agency,
have launched call for
projects on ecological
restoration of coastal
and marine areas. More
than 10 projects are
going on (in ports,
marinas, nurseries…)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
S
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
project
action
UNEP/MAP
All the coastal
administrations
signing the
Bologna Charter
committed
themselves in
engaging their own
infrastructures for
the achievement of
this objective.
EU Structural &
Cohesion Funds,
Croatian Science
Foundation
All the coastal
administrations signing
the Bologna Charter
committed themselves to
support in their own
Regional Operative
Programmes -ESI
(European Structural
Investment) this objective
for the programming
period 2014-2022.
CNRS
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signing the
Bologna Charter
All the coastal
administrations signing
the Bologna Charter
committed themselves to
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PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
assessment
on this topic
BRGM, OSU
Pytheas(CEREGE)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
Foster a research initiative on off-shore sediments
RITMARE: the project
stocks, testing innovative devices for the individuation COASTGAP signed a
and characterization of sediment deposits
MoU with RITMARE in
order to work together
on this topic
BRGM, Ecole des Mines
PMM
Application of ICT to support environmental
management
DLTM associates are
working on these issues
INSPIRE directive, ISO
standard, OGC
standards
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
S
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
committed
themselves in
engaging their own
infrastructures for
the achievement of
this objective
support in their own
Regional Operative
Programmes -ESI
(European Structural
Investment) this objective
for the programming
period 2014-2024; French
ANR
All the coastal
administrations
signing the
Bologna Charter
committed
themselves in
engaging their own
infrastructures for
the achievement of
this objective
All the coastal
administrations signing
the Bologna Charter
committed themselves to
support in their own
Regional Operative
Programmes -ESI
(European Structural
Investment) this objective
for the programming
period 2014-2025
French FUI, ANR
AVAILABILITY
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MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
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Many regions
signing the
Bologna
Charter have
already
characterized
marine sand
quarries for
beach
nourishment
and many
others want to.
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associates have ICT
infrastructures for
data and
information
management.
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
Concept to get energy from hydrothermal
vents. Design the strategy for environmental
protection. Research to be done, especially
with marine mammals. Policy options should
be investigated to give the opportunity to
have the best selection. MSP is also
important in connection with the ship
routing.
Exploration and in some cases
exploitation has started.
Research will be done but the
Research Teams will not be
involved as the companies will
use their own teams. The
monitoring and the potential
impact may be a vehicle to
work together, public and
private institutes. Needs to be
advance in order to have some
good results. HCMR and
Universities are involved in the
Strategic Study of the
exploration.
Safe and secure (wind) offshore farm
PMM involved with a lot of
compnies, research
laboratories and innovative
projects
Testing/monitoring breakwater devices, for
coastal defense purposes, transforming wave
motion in electricity.
Evaluation of the marine environment as
high-to-low enthalpy geothermal energy
source
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
EMSO ERIC partially fall
in this. Greek policy in
the exploration and
exploitation is being
adapted.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
Industrial national
Trails offshore
renewable energy plan, centre for floating
strategic regional action wind in gol e Fos
plan
All the coastal
administrations
signing the Bologna
Charter committed
themselves in
engaging their own
infrastructures for
the achievement of
this objective
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
Maybe, but only for
monitoring purposes.
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
FUI, ADEME, Regional
fund
All the coastal
administrations signing
the Bologna Charter
committed themselves to
support in their own
Regional Operative
Programmes -ESI
(European Structural
Investment) this objective
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geothermal
fields in coastal
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associated to
submarine
volcanic areas
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
Further mapping all renewable energy
potential and assessment of their
exploitation
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
Authorities, R&I Institutes,
PMM
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
National strategies,
European strategies
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I FUNDS
for the programming
period 2014-2021
UNEP/GEF Funds
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
Assessing the rate of fish and shellfish R&I Institutes, Universities,
contamination and of risks for human Authorities, NGOs, Ifremer
health
mediterranee
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
MFSD, National strategies,
European strategies
Infrastructure of
R&I Institutes
EU
Structural&Cohesion
Funds, Croatian
Science Foundation
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
Integrated sustainable global
Mediterranean (Ocean) Observing
system (for the Essential Ocean
Variables) connecting the GOOS to
the GEOSS (land component).
And including multi-platforms
generalized approaches for
biogeochemical observations.
R&I Institutes, Authorities.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
National strategies,
European strategies.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
EuroARGO ERIC (ESFRI
Infrastucture) Regional
Active public and private entities in
center for the
MISTRALS is supported by Mediterranean Sea.
the French maritime regions and
and MSFD and following For the profiling float
existing partnership in the
documents evidence the component, IFREMER
neighboring country (Italy, Spain ...).
leads the ERIC EuroARGO
Adequate European framework with need of better
exploitation of observing which is essential a global
EuroGOOS and MONGOOS and
Integrated Med.
systems to improve the
several recent or ongoing European
Harmonizing the operational
ESFRI and I3 projects (JERICO, FIX-O3, monitoring strategy. In FR Observing System. The
oceanography capacities and
glider component is also
GROOM…). [note: check the report on Délégation
observing systems coverage over the marine observatories in the Med (by Interministerielle à la
structured as a National
Mediterranean.
Méditerranée. MISTRALS Infrastructures. Other
EC) together with SEAS-ERA + CSAcomponents needed for
is the general frame
OCEANS deliverables on
an observing systems
where coordination for
Infrastructures]
(e.g. Vessels, Marine
observations
stations) are national
(Atmosphere, land and
In some countries like France and
infrastructure or can have
Marine System) takes
Spain, there are good relations with
a strong national or
the local stakeholders which can favor place.
regional coordination.
the development of the integration of
the observing systems.
In IT, Distretto Ligure delle Tecnologie
EMSO ESFRI relies upon
Marine (DLTM) for technological
the operation of 4
development. DITENAVE – Distretto
observation nodes in the
Tecnologico Navale e Nautico del
Med.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
EU
Structural&Cohesion
Funds.
The ERIC scheme for
EuroARGO implies
national
commitments.
MOOSE is also
supported at the
national level by
ALLENVI (the French
"Environment
Alliance").
Research projects
(Italian RITMARE,
French MOOSE, EU
Jerico and FixO3)
have limited
duration and
support only
integration.
The Gulf of Trieste
Platform/Lab has
been included by
the regional POR
MOOSE (the
French
Mediterranean
Ocean Observing
System for the
Environment) is an
active sponsor for
a global observing
system thank to its
I-MOOSE initiative
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
Friuli Venezia Giulia for the
implementation of shipborne oceanic
data acquisition systems on leasure
ships. The NAOS project. NAOS
develops a new generation of
profiling floats with biogeochemical
sensors and drive the French
community to also develop a
multiplatform approach. This is very
similar to what the ARGO program, as
the main global GOOS component, is
favoring for physical observations.
Promote a European coastal
observatories network including
integrated long term coastline
observatory.
(To be noticed a lack of adequate
sensors and tools to observe at high
frequency in the coastal ocean)
EMSO must be one of the observing
infrastructures that can support
many initiatives: tsunami early
warning, Copernicus, environmental
assessment.
MINECO & universities, public
research organizations, R&D public
and private foundation and
Technological Centers.
The SOERE "Trait de Côte" has a good
national and international network of
partners
DLTM cooperates with EMSO in the
Ligurian Sea node.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
Spanish strategic for
science and technology
and innovation
MSFD, UNESCO-IOC
Tsunami Early Warning,
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
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Some institutional
national initiatives
(Puerto de Estado,
Spanish SOCIB coastal
observatory, Italian Ispra
national wave and sea
level network, Greek
POSEIDON buoy
network).
All these initiative are
limited to coastal national
waters.
+ Infrastructure of R&I
Institutes
Infrastructures of
Universities, public
research organizations,
R&D public and private
foundation and some
Technological Centers
FESR. SOCIB is also
supported from
Spanish and Catalan
targeted funds,
secured for a 10year period.
National Plan and in
FR ALLENVI and
regional funds
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data from 4 observation
nodes in the Med. In
particular the EMSO
Western Ionian node is
EC STRUCTURAL
Funds: PAC EMSOMedIT, PON
KM3NET-ITALIA
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
Integrated long term Ecological
observation + concerted
observations and modelling
approaches to understand
sustainability of marine ecosystem
(from plankton to fish)
National Network of Marine Stations.
Good (starting) European framework
in Europe-LTER which marine
component is starting. More general
adequate European framework with
EMBRC (ESFRI), Euromarine+
Design of "clever" monitoring system
by combining traditional monitoring
and repeated cruises, observing
systems and models, monitoring and
information systems. Research in
support of policies and the society
(also through organized study of the
various parameters and update the
database). Training/awareness of the
regions of the country on the
potential of the marine environment.
Implementation of the MSFD needs
to be addressed with new incentives
Ministries, regions/local authorities
and Research Institutions. Private
companies as facilitators.
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
MSFD, WFD, ECAP
Spanish strategic for
science and technology
and innovation
In ES MINECO & universities, public
IMO regulations
Regulatory frameworks
research organizations, R&D public
are: Environmental
and private foundation and
Directives (e.g. Water
Technological Centers.
Framework Directive,
DLTM associates are working on these Marine Strategy
Framework Directive,
issues.
Common Fishery Policy).
Forecasting systems can
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
equipped already for
tsunami early detection.
DLTM and associates
have ICT infrastructures
for data and information
management.
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Infrastructures of
Universities, public
research organizations,
R&D public and private
foundation and some
Technological Centers
In GR, Through HCMR
infrastructure
Structural funds
Spanish National
Plan
Spanish
Universities, public
research
organizations, R&D
public and private
foundation and
some
Technological
Centers
In IT, DLTM has the
technology for the
development and
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
for research. Involvement of
different groups of stakeholders
from the beginning.
be used for search and
rescue and oil spill, as
well as for forecasting
pollution fates. IMO
regulations and Law of
the Seas in particular
Monitoring selected suitable sites by
basic and applied research in this
field with reduction of costs in
monitoring special areas.
General interest to link
environmental issues with observing
systems, with software and
hardware technologies. Assess all
these elements in terms of Marine
Strategy Framework Directive
requirements.
Regional Earth system modelling
Autonomous devices and
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
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installation of sensors.
DLTM and associates
have ICT infrastructures
for data and information
management.
The SIMED (Simulation de la
circulation générale à mésoéchelle en
Méditerranée) National Network
Adequate IPCC context to guarantee
the methodology for a successful
inter-comparison experiment
The existing Med CORDEX program
for the physical component of the
regional Earth System Model
The "La lune" project, managed by
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Yes. Deep
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R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
methodologies for the exploration,
observation and in-situ analysis of
deep (up to 4000m) benthic
ecosystems and maritime cultural
heritage.
the Département de Recherches
Archéologiques Subaquatiques et
Sous-Marines DRASSM) and its
network of public and private
partners. La Lune is a vreck at 100m
depth off Toulon which will serve as a
natural laboratory to test new
technologies for underwater
archaeology
Smart autonomous platforms
(profilers and above all gliders, …)
able to explore and monitor the
whole water column up to 4000m for
a wide range a marine services
(Research, MSFD, Oil and gas
industry, Deep sea mining, …)
Active public and private entities in
the French maritime regions. Several
French Industrial leaders in this sector
PMM with development of numerous
projects in the field of subsea robotic
Underwater imaging and acoustic
technologies for sensing different
human and biological features (e.g.
animal counting, jelly, litter ) into
portions of the sea floor or of the
water column, and provide
recognition and classification of all
objects of relevance into the framed
DLTM associates have all
technological and scientific
components for develop highly
integrated and automated systems of
data collection and processing from
diverse acoustic and imaging
technologies installed on fixed and
mobile platforms
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
Regulatory frameworks
are: Environmental
Directives (e.g. Water
Framework Directive,
Marine Strategy
Framework Directive,
Common Fishery Policy).
Forecasting systems can
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
Defence Agencies
The DRASSM has a
dedicated vessel for
underwater archeology
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
ecosystems in
canyons;
outstanding
numbers of vrecks
of all historical
periods; likely
prehistorical
habitats
The French National
Infrastructure for Gliders
AByssea test and
expertise platform in
deep sea (1300 m & 240
m)in south of france near
Levant island
"FUI" (Fond Unique
Interministériel)
have funded similar
projects in the past
but it is not likely
that this will
continue, French
ANR
DLTM has the technology
for the development and
installation of sensors
POR, PON, FAS,
French FUI, ANR and
regional funding,
Water French
Agency
The existing
SeaExplorer
vehicle from the
French ACSA
company
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AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
scene. This can support the Marine
Strategy Framework Directive and
the Common Fishery Policy.
be used for search and
DLTM associates are working on these rescue and oil spill, as
issues
well as for forecasting
pollution fates. IMO
PMM with numerous SME, Groups
regulations and Law of
and research centre developed
the Seas in particular.
Unesco IOC Large Marine
several cooperative projects
Area
DLTM associates are working on these INSPIRE directive, ISO
issues
standard, OGC standards
RITMARE: the project COASTGAP
signed a MoU with RITMARE in order
to work together on this topic
PMM and specially sme ACRI, French
ecotech clusters network
And particularly development of
technologies for noise monitoring
and mapping
Application of ICT to support data
and information exchange at
international level.
Establishment of a common
platform for interoperable
data/information on the
Mediterranean coastal areas (e.g.
"Euriomcode" initiative of the
Bologna Charter)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
DLTM and associates
have ICT infrastructures
for data and information
management
All the coastal
administrations signing
the Bologna Charter
committed themselves in
engaging their own
infrastructures for the
achievement of this
objective
Data satellite center in
Sophia (ACRI ST)
PON, POR, FESR
All the coastal
administrations
signing the Bologna
Charter committed
themselves to
support in their own
Regional Operative
Programmes -ESI
(European Structural
Investment) this
objective for the
2014-2023
programming period
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
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R&I
NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
Lack of a common strategy
to explore, protect and
publicize the marine
heritage
The National Department to implement
its policy in this sector (it is the DRASSM
from the Ministry of Culture) and its
networks
France has ratified the UNESCO
Convention and is a world public
leader for exploration and
protection of maritime cultural
goods
DRASSM has a dedicated
research vessel and
laboratories. DRASSM also
participates to a master
program for marine
underwater archaeology
Transnational pilot study
aiming at developing the
methodology to reach the
articulation and integration
of sectorial policies.
MINECO & universities, public research
organizations, R&D public and private
foundation and Technological Centers,
Marine council for Mediterranean
facade
Spanish strategic for science and Infrastructures of
technology and innovation
Universities, public research
Common Fishery Policy
organizations, R&D public
and private foundation and
some Technological Centers
Marine strategies, Marine
spatial Planning.
Need to link Common
Fishery Policy with Marine
Strategy Framework
Programme
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OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
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Spanish
National Plan
Spanish
Universities,
public research
organizations,
R&D public and
private
foundation and
some
Technological
Centers
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DLTM has the technology
(acoustic and imagery) to
count fish and analyse the
sea bed.
Better coordinate
Structural Funds and
Horizon 2020 programmes
Often, in the Regions of Convergence,
the same public-private research
partners are involved both in Horizon
2020 and SFs activities, so they share
the expertise for competing in both
programmes, PACA & LR region
Lack of international
Strategy for Research and
The MISTRALS umbrella program and
its main marine component (MERMEX)
SFs comprise funding
opportunities for several R&I
activities in the Regions of
Convergence: many valuable
projects have been developed in
recent years thanks to researchrelated SFs programmes
The Délégation Interministérielle There is a MISTRALS Bureau
à la Méditerranée has a reseach establish in Malta
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NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
Innovation
have established a tight national
collaboration for marine Research and
Innovation with a shared agenda. The
international effort to share and adjust
this agenda with other Mediterranean
countries has started
delegate who drives and
supports initiatives like the
MISTRALS program
Need to improve
collaboration and
networking in the
Mediterranean.
DLTM is working and building new
networks with other partners in the
South East Mediterranean/
Canada/Brasil
Specific focus: International PMM has already several agreement
with others clusters in
coordination of land-andmediteranee(DLTM, Marocco, spain,
sea geophysical networks
Croatia..) and at u=international level
(Brazil, USA, UK, Canada, Norway)
Projects and coordination
of activities to implement
actions to develop the
MINECO & universities, public research
organizations, R&D public and private
foundation and Technological Centers.
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
agencies
ENVIMED.
ENVIMED is a
program
supported by
the MAE
(Ministry for
foreign Affairs)
to implement
international
collaboration
within the
MISTRALS
program.
Ligurian Chambers of
Commerce are strongly
committed in widening
international perspectives of
local enterprises.
Specific focus: the context of
the EPOS European Research
Infrastructure (ESFRI) offers
an adequate framework for
such an effort.
Spanish strategic for science and Infrastructures of
technology and innovation
Universities, public research
organizations, R&D public
Specific focus:
PONVulcamed,
PAC-EMSOMedIT
Spanish
National Plan
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Universities,
public research
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R&I
NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL SUPPORTING
R&I POLICIES (INCENTIVES,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS,
ETC)
scientific knowledge
needed to define suitable
indicators and criteria for
standards of GES
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
and private foundation and
some Technological Centers
Integrating climate changes International Programmes, Universities, UNEP/MAP
in socioeconomic and
R&I Institutes, Authorities, NGOs
policy research in the
Mediterranean
Application of ICT to
support knowledge base
societies
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND
NATIONAL R&I
FUNDS
DLTM associates are working on these
issues
INSPIRE directive, ISO standard,
OGC standards
UNEP/GEF
Funds
DLTM and associates have
ICT infrastructures for data
and information
management.
PON, POR,
FESR
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
organizations,
R&D public and
private
foundation and
some
Technological
Centers
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TOURISM
R&I
NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
SUPPORTING R&I POLICIES
(INCENTIVES, REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
Lack of science based
approaches to address the
coastal tourism planning,
its environmental and
societal impacts
The existing European ECLAT network
The large touristic operators (Club
Méditerranée) which develop a
sustainable development strategy
Environment and Tourism
opportunities should be
addressed in the future
Ideal for PPP. Has not been done yet
The MEDDE (French Ministry
for the Environment,
Sustainable Development
and Ecology) participates to
the UNEP Global partnership
for sustainable tourism
Maritime Policy
Informed tourism to
support sustainability
Several Protected Area in Region
Liguria are involved in projects that
support the need of a sustainable
tourism (especially for what concerns
the National Park of Cinque Terre),
and some of these project are
involving DLTM associates.
Unesco IOC Large Marine
Area
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
AVAILABILITY OF
AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL REGIONAL AND
R&I FUNDS
NATIONAL RAW
MATERIALS /
RESOURCES TO
EXPLOIT
The former
CLIMRUN FP7
project in Which
France was
partner.
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Ligurian Chambers of
Commerce are
strongly committed in
promoting tourism as
a source of benefits
for local communities
(rural tourism)
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TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
R&I NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABILITY OF
SUITABLE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE R&I
PARTNERHIPS
AVAILABILITY OF REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL SUPPORTING R&I
POLICIES (INCENTIVES, REGULATORY
FRAMEWORKS, ETC)
AVAILABILITY
OF REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTU
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AVAILABILITY OF
REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL R&I
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Developing training and technology
transfer schemes for harmonized
development of the Mediterranean
BG community.
R&I Institutes,
National strategies, European
Authorities, NGOs,
strategies
Aquaculture Farmers
PMM(include
educational
institution in it
network)
Capitalizing project results in a crossborder perspective by favoring
mobility of young researchers across
partners countries
Partnership from
European Strategies
M3-HABs (ENPI
CBCMED
Programme): Italy,
France, Lebanon and
Tunisia, RITMARE +
DIPLOMAZIA
EU
Structural&Cohesion
Funds, Croatian
Science Foundation
Università Italo- Università ItaloFrancese
Francese; Accordo
RAMOGE
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