EMODNET

In the Aberdeen Declaration (June 2007) Marine Board and EuroGOOS expressed their support of the EMODNET concept.  In February 2008, a Marine Board – EuroGOOS Vision Group was set up in order to emphasise the importance of the different aspects of the network:

• Observation aspects;
• Link between infrastructures and data;
• Harmonisation regarding management of data collected under different policy frames; 
• Socio economic data; 
• Property Rights on data.

The Vision Group produced a Vision Document addressing what an integrated interoperable marine monitoring and observetion system might look like in the next 5-10 years. The Vision Document was welcomed by Director General Fokion Fotiadis and Commissioner Joe Borg, see the press release here. The Vision Document is downloadable from the publications page.