1. March 27, rd Meeting for Developing a Blue Growth Initiative for Research and Innovation in the Black Sea İstanbul, Turkey Breakout Session Results: - What is our common vision? - What should the goals of the new SRIA be? -How to structure the SRIA, any new pillar or transversal theme?

2. Group 1

3. Major Challenges for the Black Sea:
Ecosystem degradation due to anthropogenic and natural drivers such as pollution, eutrophication, climate change and resource extraction
Underdeveloped predictive capability due to increasingly complex array of multi-stressors and their less-known interactions
Lack of integrated, multidisciplinary, blue-growth tailored knowledge
Lack of emergent blue sectors and research-public-private cooperation (i.e. clusters) inhibiting the growth of blue economy
Renewable energy and gas hydrates
Extreme habitats are major challenges but could serve as opportunities for blue biotech

4. Our Vision
To create new knowledge, technologies and services, as well as fostering human and infrastructures capacity building in marine and maritime sectors to develop unique opportunities for blue growth in the Black Sea

5. Smart Observations for resilience community
Goals based on challenges
Harmonizing marine and maritime sectors for all the Black Sea countries to create synergy, increase economic benefit, enhance security, reduce hazards (e.g. resolving conflict , common opportunities)
Technology to adress challenges and provide solutions for marine and maritime sectors …
Energy –establishment of renewable energy sectors and gas hydrates exploration
Marine food- Sustainable Fisheries and hi tech aquaculture including muti platform use
Smart Observations for resilience community
Status assesment towards governance for a sustainable ecosystem and mitigate climate impact, to forecast for adaptive management

6. Pillar 4: Education and capacity building
Intra-sectoral professionals/experts (Public-private-partnership)
Education (researchers, enterpreneurs, )
Training (engineers, technicians, fishermen etc)
Capacity building
Work force
Talents for the future
Careers
Outreach
Pillar 2: Developing Products, Solutions and Clusters underpinning Black Sea Blue Growth
Blue Biotechnology
Deep sea mining, Oil and Gas Sustainable Exploitation
Living Marine Resources (fishery, aquaculture, etc.)
Marine Renewable Energy
Maritime Transport
MSP, ICZM
Tourism and Surrounding Economy
Pillar 3: Critical Support and Innovative Infrastructure Building
Operational Oceanography/Observing Systems and Monitoring
Technology Transfer
Other/Multiple areas (specify in column B) …
Pillar 1: Fundamental Research addressing Black Sea challenges
Biodiversity
Biological Invasions
Catchment-Sea Interaction
Climate Change & Impacts
Cultural Heritage
Deep Sea Ecosystems
Ecosystem Multiple Stressors
Eutrophication and Deoxygenation
Interconnections of Basins
Marine and Coastal Hazards
Marine Ecosystem Services
Seas and Human Health
Socioeconomic & Policy Research …

7. Group 2

8. 1- What are our common vision and goals based on
mutually agreed challenges for the Black Sea? –
Major Challenges for the Black Sea:
Ecosystem degradation due to anthropogenic impact, pollution (eutrophication), anoxia, climate change and resource extraction
Underdeveloped predictive capability due to increasingly complex array of multi-stressors and their less-known interactions
Lack of integrated, multidisciplinary, blue-growth tailored knowledge
Lack of emergent blue sectors and research-public-private (industry) cooperation (i.e. clusters) inhibiting the growth of blue economy
Georgia: more emphasis on eutrophication as a challenge
Romania: anoxia, deep hydrocarbons, lack of observations targeting oxic-anoxic interface, Gas hydrates, river-sea interactions (impact of river catchments on the marine environment)
Turkey: anoxia and extreme habitats are major challenges but could serve as opportunities for blue biotech
First exercise

9. Healthy and Cleaner Black Sea
Vision
Healthy and Cleaner Black Sea
Goals
Harmonization coastal and marine policies among the BS countries
National, bilateral (funded by countries) and transnational projects (funded by EU?)
Scientific Exchange
Common Scientific Programs based on common standards
Public awareness
Virtual platform for
Information sharing via virtual platform
Updating National regulations
Investment needed for sustainability

10. Group 3

11. Group 3 VISION FOR A NEW BLACK SEA
(Re)Connecting Black Sea (maritime societies and sectors) through a bridge of knowledge to support a healthy and productive sea basin

12. Group 3 GOALS OF THE VISON PAPER AND NEW SRIA
1- Reach detailed knowledge / understanding on the unique features and mechanisms that drives complex Black Sea (Basin and its ecosystems from coastal zone to abyssal part) that build onpushes the boundary of existing initiatives
2- Integrate basin level observing operational forecassting system making best use of existing strengths and projects
3- Bring in added value in service of prospering communities deriving interest from the Black Sea basin
4- Support resilient / empowered / aware communities
5- Develop common set of approaches/ procedures/methodologies/standards/understanding
6- Prepare next generation of blue workforce, offcial, leaders from communities
7-Create incentives for maritime innovation in and development of emergent blue economy sectors
8- Use of proactive (forward looking, not reacting to problems only) approach for management of Black Sea ecosystems ensuring its high level protection
Group 3

13. Group 3 cross cutting theme 1:
research infrastructures - ships, observatories, stations
cross cutting theme 2:
education/training the blue workforce... basin wide level efforts for developing maritime related human resource (education, training, awareness raisings)

14. Group 4

15. 1- What are our common vision and goals based on
mutually agreed challenges for the Black Sea? –
Major Challenges for the Black Sea:
Ecosystem degradation due to anthropogenic impact, pollution, eutrophication, anoxia, climate change and resource extraction
Underdeveloped predictive capability due to increasingly complex array of multi-stressors and their less-known interactions
Lack of integrated, multidisciplinary, blue-growth tailored knowledge
Lack of emergent blue sectors and research-public-private (industry) cooperation (i.e. clusters) inhibiting the growth of blue economy but opportunities could emerge for blue biotech for the Black Sea
Lack of fit for purpose blue observations - an observation system to understand deep-sea ecosystems and resources, climate impact on the food web, forecasting, natural hazards and where data are open accessible and turned into services for citizens.
First exercise

16. Our Vision of the SRIA
Second exercise
Vision: Unique basin, common resource and heritage which needs joint efforts has cooperation, shared knowledge and open data to maintain sustainable, productive and health sea. For this we need research and innovation, strengthen science policy interface. (Smw: More oxygen for the Black Sea should be) (By 2030/Through implementation of the SRIA) the Black Sea community will have the capability and supporting human and physical infrastructure to undertake fundamental research and develop products and solutions to inform (science policy/the evidence base for Policy) and to underpin the sustainable exploration and use of resources by providing timely information to the wide community of users on the state of this unique basin.

17. Our Goals of the SRIA Goals:
Understanding the B.S. Ecosystem structure and functioning
Meeting the multifaced challanges in the BS with its catchment area and coast.
Understanding the BS hypoxia and the deep sea environment
Enhancing sustainable use of coastal, deep marine goods and services
Improving the capabilities of the society to respond to the current and future challanges of the BS region
Developing improved and innovative dbs? and data management systems, tools and methologies for maximize? information needs in the BS region.

18. 4- Based on the previous discussions
3 main pillars and a 4th one or the 4th should be
transversal of the Black Sea SRIA??
To be filled… OUR KEYWORDS DISTRIBUTED
Third exercise
Pillar 2: Developing Products, Solutions and Clusters underpinning Black Sea Blue Growth
Blue Biotechnology
Deep sea mining, Oil and Gas Sustainable Exploitation
Living Marine Resources (fishery, aquaculture, etc.)
Marine Renewable Energy
Maritime Transport
MSP, ICZM
Tourism and Surrounding Economy
Pillar 3: Critical Support and Innovative Infrastructure Building
Operational Oceanography/Observing Systems and Monitoring
Training & Technology Transfer
Other/Multiple areas (specify in column B) …
Pillar 1: Fundamental Research addressing Black Sea challenges
Biodiversity
Biological Invasions
Catchment-Sea Interaction
Climate Change & Impacts
Cultural Heritage
Deep Sea Ecosystems
Ecosystem Multiple Stressors
Eutrophication and Deoxygenation
Interconnections of Basins
Marine and Coastal Hazards
Marine Ecosystem Services
Seas and Human Health
Socioeconomic & Policy Research …
TRANSVERSAL!