1. European Knowledge Infrastructure towards a European Marine Observation and Data Network Iain Shepherd European Commission

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

3. HERMES 26 March 2009 3/19 why 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?

4. discovery, access and use - environmental law Discovery –INSPIRE 2007/2/EC Access –Environmental Information Directive 2003/4/EC Use –Public Sector Information Directive 2003/98/EC Apply to bodies exercising public authority – not necessarily research establishments

5. Design Principle 1 collect data once and share it many times. –especially if paid by public money that is funding the collection of data, –does not of course obviate the need for confirmatory measurements.

6. HERMES 26 March 2009 6/19 RussiaFinland Boulders> 100 mm> 600 mm Cobbles10 – 100 mm60 -600 mm Gravel1 – 10 mm2 – 60 mm Sand1 – 0.1 mm2 – 0.06 mm Silt0.1 – 0.01 mm0.06 – 0.002 mm Clay< 0.01 mm< 0.002 mm

7. develop interoperable standards –between different disciplines as well as within communities –respect the provisions of INSPIRE implementation rules Design Principle 2

8. focus on sea-basins –process at laboratory level, national level, sea- basin level, European level –European level connected to sea-basin level Design Principle 3

9. sustainable funding at EU level Design Principle 4

10. Design Principle 5 Build on existing structures –Eurogeosurveys –International Hydrographic Organisation. –regional sea conventions. –EuroGOOS allow EMODNET to profit from the expertise and organisation that has been developed

11. Design Principle 6 user driven –need to develop feedback mechanisms –define priorities

12. Design Principle 7 clarify ownership, accuracy and precision –data should be accompanied by a statement concerning ownership, rights of use, precision and accuracy –allows recognition of data providers

13. Design Principle 8 freedom of use for publicly funded data –conditions of use remain prerogative of owner –need to move cautiously a number of organisations in the public domain – particularly in geology and hydrography - are concerned that the loss of income from data sales might limit their ability to process and archive data. –nevertheless the charging for data for commercial use is a brake on innovation without bringing a net gain in benefits for society

14. Preparatory Actions €4,250,000 develop, test, operate and maintain portals allowing public access and viewing of these data monitor and report on the effectiveness of the system analyse what further steps need to be taken keep the portal operational afterwards and be prepared to transfer to the Commission.

15. Preparatory Actions €4,250,000 hydrographyNorth Sea the Celtic Seas, the Western Mediterranean, the Ionian Sea and the Central Mediterranean geology North Sea Baltic and Celtic Seas chemistry North Sea Black Sea biology North Sea Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast habitatsNorth SeaBaltic, Celtic Seas and Western Mediterranean Kick-off 4 June 2009

16. HERMES 26 March 2009 16/19 Monitoring and evaluation

17. timetable April 7 Launch roadmap and public consultation June 2Close public consultation June 23submit impact assessment Novemberadopt action plan

18. Consultation now open http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/consultation_emodnet_en.html

19. replies so far Austria1Ireland12 Belgium3Italy7 Croatia2Latvia1 Cyprus1Luxembourg1 Denmark6Netherlands6 Estonia1Norway8 European organisation or project11Poland2 Finland4Portugal7 France10Slovenia1 Germany18Spain14 Greece3Sweden2 Iceland1Turkey1 International organisation7United Kingdom15 Other9