Inauguration of the Marine Board new offices at InnovOcean

Unveiling the plaque (from left to right): John Marks (Director of Science and Strategy, ESF), Lars Horn (Marine Board Chair) and Koen Verlaeckt (Secretary-General of the Flemish Department of Foreign Affairs)
The Official Inauguration
of the Marine Board Secretariat’s new facilities
as part of the InnovOcean site 14 May 2008
The InnovOcean site is becoming an expanding node of synergies housing the Flemish Institute for the Sea (VLIZ), UNESCO’s IODE Project Office and EFARO Secretariat

View of the InnovOcean site, Ostend Belgium. InnovOcean occupies ancient fishermen ware houses and faces the historical centre of Ostend and the port.