1. marine knowledge Gijon, May 2010

2. Blue Book 10 October 2007 1.take steps in 2008 towards a European Marine Observation and Data Network, 2.and promote the multi-dimensional mapping of Member States‘ waters in order to improve access to high quality data. Commission will

3. Space data€400 million per year In-situ data> €1 billion per year Current spending in EU

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

6. objectives reducing operational costs and delays: –helping private industry –improving the quality of public decision-making –strengthening marine scientific research increasing competition amongst users of marine data reducing uncertainty in knowledge of the oceans

7. benefits IMPACT Cost or benefit Option 1 support data processing and assembly (annual) Option 2 support data collection (annual) Reduced operational costs benefit€300 million Increased competition benefit €60 million - €200 million Reduced uncertainty benefit€220 million Increased implementation costs Cost€20 million €10million- €90million

8. tentative architecture Observation Infrastructure 1.Evaluation once ur-EMODNET results become available Accredited data centres 1.the secure, long term, curation of key marine data sets 2.make available clear, searchable information on their data holdings. European Disciplinary Groups 1.access to all raw observations held at data centres within that discipline 2.data layers indicating density of observation, quality of data, 3.seamless (gridded or polygon) data layers over whole sea basins. Sea-Basin Checkpoints 1.check these data layers, 2. ensure that the data from each disciplinary group are mutually compatible 3.define priorities for further observations based on interaction with local Governanceassemble the sea-basin priorities to draw up a set of overall priorities for further action Secretariat1.prepare meetings, 2. manage contracts with the disciplinary groups and sea-basin checkpoints, 3.ensure deadlines are met 4. prepare an annual report of activity to the Commission.

9. Frequently asked question number 1 You say that the marine data is fragmented but so is the EU’s effort – how are EMODnet, INSPIRE, SeaDataNet, GMES, WISE-marine related? It is all a carefully coordinated effort aiming towards the same goals. The “Marine Knowledge 2020” Communication will explain all links

10. what has EU ever done for us? Parametercollectionassemblingapplication Bathymetryur-EMODnetWISE marine Geologyur-EMODnet PhysicsGMES (space)GMES (except near coast) GMES Fisheries (including fisheries economy) Data Collection Framework Joint Research Centre (and other users) ICES, STECF, GFCM Chemistryur-EMODnetWISE-Marine Biologyur-EMODnetWISE Marine

11. Complementary between EMODnet and GMES marine core service physics chemistry geology biology bathymetry Sea Level Ocean Color Sea Surface Temperature Sea Ice & Wind In Situ Ur-EMODNET thematic assembly centres GMES marine core service thematic assembly centres Arctic Ocean Baltic Sea Atlantic NWS Atlantic IBI Mediterranean Sea Global Ocean Black Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Centres USER

12. Frequently asked question number 2 Everybody knows we need more observations. Why does Commission not propose a big new observation programme? Well nobody has come up with a convincing argument of which measurements are most needed and where. We don’t even know what is being measuring now.

13. June-July 2010 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Marine Knowledge 2020 –Covers EMODnet, GMES, Data Collection Regulation etc Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the establishment of a Programme to support the Integrated Maritime Policy –Proposes a financing for period 2011-2013 September 19, 2015 13 EMODnet Impact assessment 2013 to define next step