1. Trine Christiansen March 19, 2013
A roadmap for art 19.3
Trine Christiansen
March 19, 2013

2. ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS, PROCESSES & BIODIVERSITY
Responses
Policy implementation and adaptation
Transport
Deep sea shipping, ferries inland waterways, short sea shipping
Food & biotech
Fisheries (human), fisheries (animal), aquaculture, biotechnology, agriculture
Energy & raw materials
Oil & gas, off-shore wind, renewable energy, aggregates, mining, desalination
Monitoring & surveillance
Security of goods supply chains
Illegal movement, environmental monitoring
Living & tourism
Coastal tourism, cruise tourism,
yachting & marinas, recreational activities
Coastal protection
Flooding & erosion, salt water intrusion, habitats
Infrastructure
Working, living, infrastructure, waste
DRIVERS
Physical loss (D6)
Physical damage (D6)
Other physical disturbance D10; D11)
Interference hydrological processes (D7)
Hazardous substances (D8)
Nutrient & organic enrichment (D5)
Biological disturbance (D8, D2)
PRESSURES
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS, PROCESSES & BIODIVERSITY
Climate change
STATE
(D1; D4; D6; Art. 17)
Habitats, phytoplankton, macroalgae, plants, zooplankton, invertebrates, fish, birds, mammals, reptiles
Ecological processes
Functional traits
Biophysical structures
Genetic diversity
Biotic interactions
Species richness
IMPACTS
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Provisioning services
Regulating & maintenance services
Cultural services
HUMAN WELL-BEING
BENEFITS
Recreation
Existence of species
Income
Consumption
Employment
Coastal settlements
VALUE
Economic, health, social, other

3. EEA does not monitor – MS do!
Scale: assessment of marine regions and subregions;
Support common assessment approaches at regional scale;
Allow up-scaling to European level;
Enable data sharing with others: MS, RSC’s and EU.

4. with JRC, RSC’s, ICES, and TGs WG-DIKE and Art 19.3 with EEA
WG-GES
with JRC, RSC’s, ICES, and TGs
High level objectives for GES definition (Art 3.5) D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9
D10
D11
5.1
5.2
5.3
Criteria
Indicators
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.3.4
e.g. Chl-a
WG-DIKE and Art 19.3 with EEA
Datasets
Specification
Data sharing mechanisms
Application of INSPIRE
Monitoring
Common methods
Monitoring programmes
Reporting

5. Indicators and data products Data and observations
Information flow
Indicators and data products
Data and observations
Monitoring programme reporting
Art 11
WISE-Marine
Art 19.3
WISE-marine

6. Four long term objectives
To have defined a prioritized list of data sets directly linked to all GES indicators, monitoring programmes, and future MSFD assessments;
To have agreed the thematic content and format of each data set, according to the needs of MSFD for use in assessments, such that the data sets can be readily aggregated;
To have established effective and efficient data management mechanisms at national and EU levels which allow ready access to the data for the EEA and the EC according to the requirements of MSFD Article 19(3);
To have established public access to the data and data products via web portals, preferably via a single portal (WISE-Marine)

7. Important building blocks for art 19.3
Experience from existing data sharing mechanisms
We already have a system of data exchange in place where MS report observations to ICES based on agreements made within Helcom and OSPAR
Emodnet projects
will develop data portals for observations needed for MSFD
INSPIRE
Mechanism for making data available in a standardized way and providing access to data
European reference datasets
European datasets developed in projects (e.g. Copernicus, Euseamaps)

8. Overview of responses to art 19.3 reporting options (yes = b ii)MS
Willingness to use metadata reporting option CY No DE
Yes DK ES FI FR LT NL PO SE UK

9. EEA maintains indicators: Example: Status and trends of nitrogen

10. Widening the scope of Quick win 2: A test case for reporting
Based on existing data flows to EEA and RSC’s on chlorophyll-a, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen;
What are the details of the existing data flows across Europe? – how do they work?
What needs improvement to allow a more efficient mechanism;
What can Emodnet projects do to support reporting of data?
What can INSPIRE bring to reporting?
Recommend how to best fulfil the data reporting obligation for these parameters.

11. Specific objectives
Establish mechanisms to access and aggregate the data into subregional, regional or EU level datasets, as appropriate, including use of INSPIRE, EMODnet, mechanisms already in place with the Regional Sea Conventions and ICES, to support future indicator-based assessments;
Where appropriate, establish periodic/regular updating mechanisms which support trend-based indicator assessments.
Identify where existing data flows, e.g. for Regional Sea Conventions and ICES, are well established and provide common data sets with appropriate quality assurance processes, and set priorities for development of new data sets;
Define the parameters and format of the data, based where possible on existing standards, e.g. SeaDataNet, and ensure they meet INSPIRE standards;

12. Proposal to have DIKE TG in early July
Potential topics on the agenda
Session 1
Quick win 1: Metadata reporting – status and results
Session 2
Quick win 2: Existing data flows on chl-a, nutrients and hazardous substances
how do they work at present?
roles and responsibilities of ICES, RSC’s and the Eionet?
Session 3
Quick win 2: INSPIRE project (annex 1) Status and results
Session 4
Quick win 2: Status of EMODnet chemical project and possibilities for collaboration

13. Thank you for listening!