1. ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY RECTORATE INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT (Postgraduate Institute)

2. IU-IMSM The basic aims of the institute are: Performing all kinds of research and giving education on physical oceanography, marine biology, chemistry, geology and geophysics, marine environment & management that would help better understand the marine ecosystem.

3. MAJOR DIVISIONS Physical Oceanography and Marine Biology Marine Geology and Geophysics Chemical Oceanography Marine Environment Marine Management

4. In 2012-13 period STUDENTS: 70 postgraduateS 55 doctoral students Total = 125 students GRADUATES 12 postgraduate 2 doctoral students.

5. ONGOING ACTIVITIES NATIONAL PROJECTS - Water Quality Monitoring in Istanbul (450.000 USD/year) - Pollution monitoring in the Black Sea (225.000 USD/year) - Sampling programme at the Sea of Marmara (250.000 USD/year)

6. - These National Projects (carried out under the guidance of the Ministry of Environment, and Istanbul Water & Sewerage Administration) are based on periodic sampling and analysis of 38 water quality parameters from various stations located in the Marmara and Black Sea - These projects have the potential of incorporating other Black Sea countries as partners.

7. UP-GRADE BLACK SEA-SCENE (UBSS) Partners: Total: 52 partners (Ukraine (5), Russia (7), Turkey (3), Romania (2), Bulgaria (4), Georgia (4) - together with 6 partners from EU member states and 1 from an Associated State), 19 marine environmental institutes/organizations from the 6 Black Sea countries.

8. Budget: 3 400 000 EURO Duration: 2009-2012 Possible outcomes of the project o To improve and harmonize the marine data management practices in the region, and to expand the coverage of the data infrastructure, o To improve significantly the technical performance of the data & information infrastructure by adopting and implementing the latest technical developments and standards of the Joint Research Activities of the SeaDataNet project, o To assess the scientific data quality of the Black Sea partner's datasets, through screening (Quality Control) of all data sets, to be executed by each Black Sea partner.

9. PEGASO People for Ecosystem-based Governance in Assessing Sustainable development of Ocean and coast) o Project partners: 24 (Coordinator: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) o Project duration: 48 months (1 February 2010-31 January 2014) o Estimated budget: 8 970 000 Euros

10. o Constructing an ICZM governance platform as a bridge between scientist and end user communities, (going far beyond a conventional bridging). o Refine and further develop efficient and easy to use tools for making sustainability assessments in the coastal zone (indicators,accounting methods, models and scenarios which will be tested and validated in a multi-scale approach for integrated regional assessment through a number of relevant pilot sites). o Implementation of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), (in line with the INSPIRE Directive) to organize and standardize spatial data to support information sharing on an interactive visor, to make it available to the ICZM Platform, and to disseminate all results of the project to the end users and interested parties. Possible outcomes of the project MARITIME & COASTAL RESEARCH PEGASO

11. TRANSFER Tsunami Risk And Strategies for the European Region o Project partners: 29 (Coordinator: Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Italy) o Project duration: 36 months (2006-2009) o Estimated budget: 3 200 000 Euros

12. The thematic area of TRANSFER project (under the European 6 th Framework Programme) is sustainable development, global change and ecosystems. The project main goal is to contribute to our understanding of tsunami processes in the Euro-Mediterranean region, to the tsunami hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment and to identifying the best strategies for reduction of tsunami risk. Focus posed on the gaps and needs for the implementation of an efficient tsunami early warning system in the Euro- Mediterranean area. Possible outcomes of the project

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