20. December 2011
Marine Board Position Paper 16 Monitoring Chemical Pollution in Europe's Seas. Programmes, Practices and Priorities for Research published! Download (PDF, 5.6MB)
30. November 2011
Marine and Maritime Research included in the EC Horizon 2020 proposals.
The European Commission Communication “Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation” (30/11/2011, download) explicitely includes marine and maritime research in the Horizon 2020 proposals:
“Funding will be focused on the following challenges:
- Health, demographic change and wellbeing;
- Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy;
- Secure, clean and efficient energy;
- Smart, green and integrated transport;
- Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials;
- Inclusive, innovative and secure societies.”
Through its key involvement in EurOCEAN 2010 and the Ostend Declaration (download), as well as a number of documents and statements, the Marine Board has been very active in highlighting the need for direct support for seas and oceans research to be included in the Horizon 2020 proposals. This voice has been now heard.
The Marine Board will contribute to the strategic plan for marine and maritime research to be designed by the Commission, through the Navigating the Future IV position paper (set for publication in mid-2012) and other targeted interventions during 2012 and 2013.
29. November 2011
Marine Board respond to the public European Commission Consultation on the ERA Framework: Areas of untapped potential for the development of the European Research Area (ERA). Download Marine Board Response
13. October 2011
Marine Board plenary welcomes two new members: Italian National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences (CoNISMa) and Danish National Institute for Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua).
15. September 2011
Marine Board-CLAMER special report launched at the High-level CLAMER Conference Living with a Warming Ocean (15/09/2011). The report, entitled Synthesis of European Research on the Effects of Climate Change on Marine Environments provides an extensive overview of major recent European climate change research results related to the marine and coastal environment, and highlights research gaps and priorities. The report and other CLAMER outputs are available for download on the CLAMER website
16. June 2011
Kostas Nittis, Marine Board Chair, will present Marine Board perspectives on key challenges for marine research infrastructure planning and investment at the upcoming Marine Science and European Research Infrastructures Symposium in Brest (Session 6, 29 June, 14CET: "Navigating the Future: linking research challenges and infrastracture needs", Kostas Nittis, Marine Board Chair).
16. May 2011
Marine Board responds to the European Commission consultation on the Green Paper “From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding”. Download Marine Board response here
11. May 2011
The Marine Board welcomes four new members!
At the Spring 2011 Plenary Meeting (10-11 May 2011, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn), the Board formally accepted membership applications from four new organizations to join the Marine Board. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Marine Universities of France (consortium of nine major French universities performing marine research) and Croatian Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IZOR) have become full Marine Board members.
Furthermore, the Board held elections for available Chair and vice-Chair positions (Lars Horn and Jan Mees having completed their full terms as Chair and vice-Chair respectively). Kostas Nittis (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece) has been elected as Chair of the Marine Board and Peter Haugan (Marine Strategic Board I University of Bergen, Norway) - as a vice-Chair.
For full information on the Marine Board membership and Executive Committee, please go here
09. May 2011
EurOCEAN conferences website launched! Visit www.euroceanconferences.eu
The Marine Board and Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) are pleased to announce the launch of a EurOCEAN Conferences website designed to bring together in one location information and products from previous EurOCEAN Conferences. Information on future EurOCEAN conferences will be posted on this website.
06. May 2011
EurOCEAN 2010 conference report published!
Download the report and the Ostend Declaration from www.eurocean2010.eu
19. April 2011
The Marine Board Secretariat is organizing the last in the series of FP7 EMAR²RES workshops Identifying Areas of Common Interest. The worshops taking place at the Marine Board Secretariat in the InnovOcean site of Ostend, will focus on "Underwater noise"and "Artic ice melt" [EMAR²RES webpage]
11. April 2011
New Marine Board Working Group on Oceans and Human Health held its kick-off meeting in Brussels. The working group will aim to assess the European research capability and future science and policy needs for this emerging area, in the next ten years. It will build on relevant international experience, particularly in Europe and in the USA...[more]
25. March 2011
Marine Board will host the EC Expert Group on Marine Research Infrastructures meeting on 6-7 June 2011 (InnovOcean site, Ostend).
18. March 2011
Marine Board Communications Panel (MBCP) will hold its meeting in Tallinn on 11 May 2011, back to back with the Marine Board plenary.
08. March 2011
Marine Board Spring 2011 Plenary Meeting will take place in Tallinn on 10-11 May 2011, hosted by the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Marine Board Communications Panel will hold its meeting back to back, on 11 May.
28. February 2011
Marine Board Working Group Marine Microbial Diversity Role in Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Change will hold its wrap-up meeting on 15-16 June 2011, at the Marine Board Secretariat offices in Ostend.
11. Feburary 2010
EUROFLEETS, Towards an alliance of European research fleets, opens its second call for ship-time "Regional 2". Detailed information on the project, participating research vessels and how to write and submit a full proposal can be found here
31. January 2011
Marine Board Working Group on Marine Microbial Diversity and its role in Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Change (WG MICROCEAN) will hold its third meeting in Brussels on 10-11 February 2011... more about WG MICROCEAN
14. December 2010
Europe can become a global leader in marine biotechnology within 10 years, according to Marine Board's position paper Marine Biotechnology: A New Vision and Strategy for Europe. Marine biotech currently represents a 2.8 billion euro market globally, with potential to grow up to 12% annually if industry and academics work together... [more] Download Press Release here
25. November 2010
Marine and Maritime S&T Partnership Forum, organised by the Marine Board within the MARCOM+ project, provided its participants with the opportunity to formulate recommendations on future collaborative mechanisms for marine and maritime research... MARCOM+ project website here
13. October 2010
More than 400 marine scientists from across Europe gathered in Ostend at the EurOCEAN 2010 Conference (12-13 October 2010) to discuss the future priorities for European marine research in the coming decade. They unanimously agreed that the Seas and Oceans are one of the Grand Challenges for the 21st Century. This message is the headline of the Ostend Declaration which was adopted and presented to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science) at the Conference on 13 October following a broad consultation with the marine and maritime research community and relevant stakeholders in Europe in the months leading up to the Conference...[more] Download the Ostend Declaration here
12. October 2010
Marine Board Vision Document 2 Marine Renewable Energy – Research Challenges and Opportunities for a new Energy Era in Europe officially launched at EurOCEAN 2010... [more] Download Vision Document here
11. October 2010
Marine Board Position Paper 15 Marine Biotechnology: A New Vision and Strategy for Europe is published! The Position Paper will be officially launched at the EurOCEAN 2010 High-level Conference... [more] Download the Position Paper here
7. October 2010
Release of the 2nd Marine Board Forum Statement on a common Vision for the future of marine observatories in Europe in support of EU and national policies and contributing to economic and societal needs. This Vision Statement has been adopted at the 2nd Marine Board Forum, Towards a European Network of Marine Observatories for Monitoring and Research (16 September 2010, Brussels). Over 90 participants from 53 organisations took part in the Forum. This Vision Statement will be officially presented by Professor Peter Haugan (University of Bergen, Norway) at EurOCEAN 2010, 12-13 October 2010, Ostend (Session 2: Marine Science 2020 – Grand Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Decade... Download the Vision Statement from the Forum webpage
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