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Marine Board‐ESF Response to the Green Paper Consultation on the Common Strategic Framework Programme
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As an impetus for new ideas to boost marine research, to innovate, and to address the challenges presented by the seas and oceans....the Ostend Declaration will feed into the preparation of the next
Framework Programme....I think that is very important and very significant”
Máire Geoghegan‐Quinn, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, EurOCEAN 2010, Ostend, 13 October, 2010
Response to the Consultation on the Green Paper
“From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation
Funding”
1. Key Message The Marine Board supports the European Commission proposals for a Common Strategic Framework (CSF), combining the full range of EU instruments for research and innovation, to directly address societal challenges in Europe. In particular, the Board proposes that the new Framework must reflect the key message of the Ostend Declaration (see pages 11‐12), that “the Seas and Oceans are one of the Grand Challenges for the 21st Century”.
Why are the Seas and Oceans a Grand Challenge? [see also page 5]
It is entirely wrong to treat the sea as though it were an extension of the land. In fact, marine environmental systems differ fundamentally from terrestrial systems, and present very different challenges and opportunities, for sustainable use, for management and for research. Yet, because we occupy the terrestrial domain, we continue to focus the vast majority of research investment on terrestrial issues. Consequently, our knowledge and understanding of the marine world is worryingly small.
As land‐based natural resources become exhausted, our focus turns increasingly towards the sea. Indeed, the opportunities and potential benefits for people and industry presented by the sea are enormous. However, the seas and oceans are changing rapidly through a combination of human and natural pressures. These changes have major societal implications; for our health, our well‐being, for food and energy supply, and for the very natural support systems that make Earth a habitable place.
The window of opportunity to properly prepare for the impacts of these changes is closing. We must re‐evaluate our appreciation of the societal importance of the seas and oceans and support this with substantial and coordinated research investment at European level. The seas and oceans represent a grand challenge for Europe, and for human society as a whole.
How can the new Common Strategic Framework best address the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge?
The Marine Board believes that coherent, cross‐cutting and multidisciplinary research will be a fundamental requirement for delivery of both Europe 20201 and the Innovation Union2. At the same time, it will support implementation of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy3, including the Marine Strategy Framework Directive4 and the European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research5
In supporting the implementation of these priority European policy instruments, the Common Strategic Framework can balance the sustainable management of Europe’s valuable marine resources with the development of a thriving maritime economy.
1 Europe 2020: A Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth (http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020/index_en.htm) 2 EC Innovation Union (http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation‐union/index_en.cfm) 3 An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union (http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy_documents_en.html) 4 2008/56/EC. Marine Strategy Framework Directive (http://eur‐lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:164:0019:0040:EN:PDF) 5 European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research (http://ec.europa.eu/research/press/2008/pdf/com_2008_534_en.pdf)
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The Marine Board proposes that the Common Strategic Framework should:
Address Societal Challenges
Address the “Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge” as one of the key challenges and opportunities for Europe in the 21st century (the Ostend Declaration, 2010 – Annex 1);
Retain and build on the best of FP7
Ensure a smooth transition from FP7 (2007‐2013) to the CSF (2014‐2020), supporting those mechanisms in FP7 which have proven to be successful;
Retain support for trans‐national collaborative research at the heart of the programme (Cooperation);
Maintain the strong impact of the People and the Ideas Programme in developing new research capacity and career structures;
Improve innovation pathways
Support a coherent blend of fundamental research and industry‐driven and policy‐oriented research;
Strengthen industry‐academic‐public institutional partnerships in the innovation cycle and support the establishment of marine‐focused KICs (knowledge and Innovation Communities) through the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT);
Better facilitate industry participation (reduce bureaucracy, adopt a trust‐based approach to funding, speed up turnaround time from submission to approval, etc.) for the delivery of more effective innovation pathways;
Recognise that innovation is not just technical innovation but includes eco‐innovation and innovation in the public and services sectors;
Improve both the accessibility and the basis for translation of the findings and outputs generated by EU funded research to appropriate end‐users (“Research to Knowledge”);
Utilize novel tools and instruments
Develop new and innovative instruments to better support genuine cross‐thematic, multidisciplinary and cross‐sectoral partnerships and projects;
Design new tools specifically to support the delivery of innovation from research;
Formally link related topics and projects in “project clusters” to deliver a coordinated approach to addressing the Grand Challenges;
Address key challenges at appropriate scale
Support marine and maritime research initiatives at a spatial scale appropriate to national and regional needs and ecosystem boundaries;
Establish closer links with cohesion and regional policies and structural funding;
Establish mechanisms linking CSF with Cohesion and Structural Funding to support the establishment and maintenance of specialised infrastructures of pan‐European and/ regional importance;
Provide new instruments and mechanisms to support international cooperation with relevant third countries to address international or global issues;
The Marine Board is committed to providing advice and support to the European Commission, as required, to assist in the further definition and advancement of research focused on the Seas and Oceans under the Common Strategic Framework.
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2. The Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge within a Common Strategic Framework (CSF)
Figure 1 below provides a proposed architecture for the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge. The Seas and Oceans challenge lends itself to a smooth transition from the Thematic‐driven FP7 to the Grand Challenges approach proposed for the CSF. This transition can be achieved by adopting a Matrix Approach wherein Thematic Priorities (e.g. ICT, NanoScience, Health, Socio‐Economics & Humanities, etc.) interact in a supportive and enabling manner with identified Grand Challenges (e.g. the Seas and Oceans; Food for Healthy Living; Addressing Climate Change, etc.). This approach provides the basis for development of a truly integrated European Research Area for marine and maritime sciences.
Figure 1. The architecture of the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge, proposed as one of the Grand Challenges for the new Common Strategic Framework Programme (CSF). Developed by a Marine Board Navigating the Future IV expert working group (March 2010). EU policy relevance within and between the component sub‐challenges is also illustrated.
The architecture for the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge was designed by an expert group convened by the Marine Board‐ESF specifically to plan the outline structure and approach for the Boards’ Navigating the Future IV position paper (scheduled for publication in 2012). At a dedicated workshop in March 2010, the expert group devised a systematic approach to addressing the many cross‐thematic and multi‐disciplinary challenges relevant to seas and oceans in the next decade. The sub‐themes and challenges identified were also used to design the Programme of the EurOCEAN 2010 Conference (Ostend, 12‐13 October 2010). The scheme also illustrates where policy needs which can be addressed through systematic and linked support across sub‐challenges.
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funded and prioritized in the future must reflect economic, social and policy challenges such as sustainable supplies of food and energy, and understanding and adapting to climate change. The Green Paper already identifies that the new Programme must “break away from traditional compartmentalized approaches and focus more on challenges and outcomes to be achieved”.
To realize this goal, the new Programme should be organized around identified Grand Challenges which represent a priority for Europe. The programme should support multidisciplinary collaborative research, bringing together the best researchers from across Europe and supporting industry and stakeholder collaboration, according to the requirements of the challenge. Within each Grand Challenge, component sub‐challenges may be identified, which deliver a coordinated approach to addressing the Grand Challnege. Crucially, call topics ‐ and ultimately funded projects ‐ should be grouped in “project clusters.” In this way, related projects within a sub‐challenge can be formally linked to ensure a coherent approach and to avoid related projects proceeding in isolation of each other.
5. Why are the seas and Oceans a Grand Challenge?
Europe is a truly maritime continent. Representing over 50% of the territory of the European Union, the marine waters under European jurisdiction (including four seas and two oceans) stretch from the Arctic through the North Sea, Baltic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea. The European landmass has a coastline of 74,000km and provides access to an enormous range of marine habitats from coastal lagoons, to inshore waters to shelf seas and deep ocean.
Yet, when compared to the terrestrial habitat in which we live, the marine world is relatively unexplored and poorly understood. The seas and oceans are an intrinsic part of the earth and climate systems. They cover 70% of our planet, provide 90% by volume of its biosphere, support 50% of global primary production and harbour an enormous biodiversity of life adapted to extremely broad‐ranging environmental conditions. The oceans are a driver of our climate but are also affected by climate change and ocean acidification. They are under increasing pressure from human activities and pollution, and growing coastal populations.
The combination of natural and human‐induced changes taking place in our seas and oceans including, for example, rising temperatures, the melting of arctic sea ice, ocean acidification, increasingly extreme weather events, transfer of non‐indigenous marine species, biodiversity loss, species distribution shifts and depletion of fisheries stocks, may have potentially profound impacts on our societies and economies in the medium‐term. The Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge is designed to deliver knowledge and tools to enable European people and societies to prepare for, and adapt to these changes.
However, the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge is not just about dealing with threats, but is equally targeted at delivering opportunities for people and for industry, a fundamental goal of the Innovation Union and Europe 2020. The growth of new and existing industries e.g. in marine renewable energy, marine biotechnology, fisheries and aquaculture and sustainable maritime transport can be enhanced considerably by the CSF through support for a more a cross‐cutting, holistic approach to the delivery of research and innovation, involving a range of actors to develop technologies and best practices in support of a thriving European maritime economy.
In the past decade, Europe has delivered key policy instruments to support the sustainable utilization, management and protection of its marine waters, including the Integrated Maritime
“Good science by itself is no longer enough. We must now recognize that this is a time when the efforts of science need to focus on the grand challenges which face society. The Seas and Oceans themselves present a Grand Challenge, a grand challenge that can contribute to solving other Grand Challenges”
Professor Ed Hill, vice‐Chair Marine Board‐ESF & Director National Oceanography Centre, UK, at EurOCEAN 2010, Ostend, 13 October, 2010
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Policy (IMP, 2007), its environmental pillar the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008) and the European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research (2008). With the recent global financial crisis, a strong policy emphasis has been placed on the creation of “smart, sustainable and inclusive” jobs and economic growth to be delivered through the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Innovation Union.
The Ostend Declaration illustrates that marine science and technology can contribute to both the IMP and Europe 2020 through a coordinated and coherent approach represented by the “Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge”. Put another way, research investment on the seas and oceans is not just a luxury for good economic times; rather it is an imperative in all economic climates.
Focus on Marine Renewable Energy (MRE)
“By 2050 Europe could source up to 50% of its electricity needs from Marine Renewable Energy. This would have a profound impact on the European economy and European citizens. It would contribute to energy supply and security, reduce CO2 emissions, improve the state of the environment, improve quality of life, create jobs in a range of innovative sectors and herald a new era of environmentally sustainable development.” (Marine Board Vision Document 2, October 2010)
This Vision is achievable but will require sustained research to feed both innovation and demonstration, and to develop appropriate environmental monitoring protocols. From an EU policy perspective, MRE can make a significant contribution to achieving the target of 20% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020
2. Moreover, MRE has the potential to contribute significantly to the goals of Europe 2020 and the
Innovation Union, and to provide significant opportunities for smart and sustainable jobs. The European Ocean Energy Association predicts that that by 2050, Renewable Ocean Energy (not including wind) could provide 470,000 jobs in Europe, whereas by 2030, employment in the offshore wind sector could provide 226,000 jobs in Europe, 60% of the total employment in wind energy (European Wind Energy Association, EWEA).
The Common Strategic Framework Programme, with a much greater alignment of research and innovation funding will provide a much stronger tool to fast‐track the development and roll out of Marine Renewable Energy and to ensure Europe is a global leader in this rapidly developing field.
1 Marine Renewable Energy: Research Challenges and Opportunities for a new Energy Era in Europe,
(www.esf.org/marineboard/publications).
2 20 20 by 2020, Europe’s Climate Opportunity COM(2008)30:
(http://www.energy.eu/directives/com2008_0030en01.pdf).
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6. Addressing the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge
The Ostend Declaration identifies the key components of a coordinated European approach to addressing the challenges, and benefiting from the opportunities, presented by our seas and oceans. At the core of this approach is the successful delivery of the European Research Area (ERA) for marine science and technology. The new Common Strategic Framework Programme can pave the way for the ERA by supporting key priorities set out in the Ostend Declaration.
Joint Programming
The Joint Programming Initiative, “Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans” (JPI Oceans), is gaining momentum and support. The Marine Board identifies that the JPI Oceans can potentially provide a flexible and integrating framework for European Member and Associated States to combine national funding and assets to address identified marine and maritime research challenges. The JPIs can also contribute to better coordination between EU and Member State funding. The development of the JPI Oceans is supported in the Ostend Declaration and represents a significant step towards delivery of a European Research Area for marine science and technology.
However, JPI Oceans in still in its early phase of development and should not be viewed as a replacement for collaborative EU funding. It is imperative that the new Common Strategic Framework Programme provides priority support for research focused on the seas and oceans, which can act in synergy with JPI developments. EC funding for collaborative integrating projects (such as that delivered through the FP7 Cooperation sub‐Programme) has been an extremely important driver of integration, knowledge exchange and synergy at all levels of research performance in Europe. Collaborative EC funding must be a cornerstone of the new Programme.
European Ocean Observing System (Ostend Declaration)
Another tool which is critical for addressing the seas and oceans grand challenge will be a truly integrated and sustainably funded European Ocean Observing System. The ocean observing system consists of a combination of remote and in situ sensing platforms including satellites, research vessels, ships of opportunity, marine research stations, Argo floats and fixed monitoring buoys. These provide long‐term time‐series data which are of critical importance to facilitate:
Effective policy making and sustainable management of the seas and oceans
Monitoring of the rate and scale of environmental change, including climate change and biodiversity loss
Detection of hazards and events
Understanding ocean, earth and climate system processes
In support of the European Oceans Observing System, the 2nd Marine Board Forum, held in Brussels on 16 September 2010, culminated in a unanimous call from its participants for the prioritization at national and EU level of actions to deliver:
“A long‐term, stable and integrated network of strategic marine observatories, installed and operated through multi‐national cooperation and support, providing consistent in situ data from the seas and oceans in support of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy and as a driver for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe (Europe 2020).
Despite significant progress, Europe is still a long way short of a truly integrated and sustainably funded EOOS. Long‐term observations are fragmented, located according to national (rather than pan‐European or regional) needs, deliver different measurements in different ways and are largely supported by inadequate funding mechanisms, making their future uncertain. Moreover, observations for research and observations for management purposes are not always well integrated.
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The new Common Strategic Framework Programme must address these gaps through provision of longer‐term support for key initiatives towards development of the European Ocean Observing System. It can also contribute significantly to delivering on the enormous potential for innovation in related areas such as new lab‐on‐a‐chip sensor technology, development of advanced platforms for ocean observations, and the use for data exchange of new ICT technologies and e‐infrastructures. Thus, the development of these infrastructures in themselves will provide opportunities for European industries.
Figure 2. Left: Part of the “Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge” poster display at the EurOCEAN 2010 pre‐event at the European Parliament (Brussels, 11 October 2010), and right: the EurOCEAN 2010 Conference (Ostend, 12‐13 October 2010)
Research to Knowledge
The Green Paper directly specifies that the evaluations of the existing research and innovation programmes, point to “a lack of a whole chain approach to research and innovation”. It is clear that the innovation can be improved through a range of measures, not least mechanisms to ensure that industry is better placed to directly pick up and benefit from IP generated through EU‐funded RTDI projects.
However, there is a more fundamental issue that refers not solely to innovation but the translation and use, by identified end‐users, of the findings and knowledge generated through EU funded research projects. The end‐user may be commercial, but may also include policy makers, and the public at large. This is referred to in the Ostend Declaration as “Research to Knowledge”.
Intrinsic to the new CSF programme should be mechanisms to keep under review (marine and maritime) research programmes and projects with a view to enhancing their impact by:
Exploiting the results of this research
Identifying existing and emerging gaps
This can be achieved through placing more emphasis on the knowledge transfer mechanisms which are established in response to the “impact” part of proposals and in modifying the standard Grant Agreements for approved projects. The Ostend declaration also proposes a repository for reports and findings of national and EU research projects, programmes and initiatives to facilitate policy development, decision‐making, management actions, innovation, education and public awareness.
7. Working Together to Deliver on Europe 2020:
Delivering innovation and economic opportunities from marine science and technology
The seas and oceans support maritime industries and provide goods and services which are of critical importance for human societies and economies. The development of a new Common Strategy Framework, combining the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), the Research Framework Programme (FP) and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology Initiative (EIT), provides an opportunity for Europe to position itself as a global market leader in marine science and technology addressing both local (European) and global opportunities and challenges.
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The inclusion of the EIT, with its emphasis on the provision of innovation capacity and capability from higher education, research, business and entrepreneurship (the triple helix model) through the creation of highly integrated Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), and the CIP, which can assist bringing pre‐competitive FP7 outputs to the market place, will greatly strengthen the CSF as the engine of Europe 2020 and the Innovation Union.
Establishing closer links with Cohesion and Regional Policies and with Structural Funding will add a new dimension, and considerably strengthen and consolidate the Common Strategy Framework, enabling targeted actions to be taken at Member State and regional levels (e.g. the EU Strategy for the Atlantic) and supporting pan‐European research infrastructures (e.g. a European Ocean Observing System) to drive new technology leadership and to access global markets in the marine sector.
The better alignment of EU Cohesion and Regional Policies with the Europe 2020 and Innovation Union strategies will facilitate the contribution of the regions in the context of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth, innovation and the Union response to environmental challenges including climate change. The Cohesion Policy recognition of regional diversity, where regions have vastly different characteristics, opportunities and needs, and of going beyond a ‘one‐size‐fits‐all’ policy, embracing an approach that gives regions the ability to design and the means to deliver policies that meet their specific needs is to be welcomed.
Focus on Marine Biotechnology
The oceans represent an enormous reserve of unexplored natural resources and a vast genetic richness which marine biotechnology can harness to provide new materials of relevance to the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, food and cosmetic industries
1. There has been significant growth in recent years in the screening and exploitation of marine genetic resources. More than 18,000 natural products and 4,900 patents have been derived from the genes of marine organisms, and the number of patents is increasing by 12% per annum (Arrieta et al, 2010).
A 2011 global market report on marine biotechnology published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., demonstrates that the global market for marine biotechnology is forecast to reach US$4.1 billion (€2.9 billion) by 2015
2. The report states that the market is gaining momentum and exhibits strong prospects for growth in the future. European stakeholders from policy, industry and scientific sectors recognize that Europe is well placed to benefit from, and contribute to, the burgeoning field of marine biotechnology, which can address the goals of The European Bioeconomy in 2030, Europe 2020 and the Innovation Union.
1 Marine Biotechnology: A New Vision and Strategy for Europe, www.esf.org/marineboard/publications
2Global Industry Analysts Inc. (2011) Marine Biotechnology: A Global Strategic Business Report
http://www.strategyr.com/Marine_Biotechnology_Market_Report.asp
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The Marine Board
The Marine Board is a partnership of major national marine science research and funding organisations which was established in 1995 to facilitate cooperation and coordination in marine science in Europe. According to its mission, the Board:
“provides a pan‐European platform for its member organisations to develop common priorities, to advance marine research and to bridge the gap between science and policy in order to meet future marine science challenges and opportunities”
As of May 2011, the Marine Board has 33 Member Organisations from 20 countries.
Further information and a full range of the Board’s publications are available at: www.esf.org/marineboard
Marine Universities of France
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The European marine and maritime research community stands ready to provide knowledge, services and support to the European Union and its Member and Associated States, recognising that
In doing so, we acknowledge:
• the critical role of the oceans in the earth and climate systems;
• the importance of coasts, seas and oceans and their ecosystems to our health and well-being;
• the increasing impacts of global environmental change on the marine environment and the significant socio-
economic consequences of those impacts;
• the ongoing need for basic research to address major gaps in our fundamental knowledge of coasts, seas and oceans;
• the enormous opportunities for innovation, sustained wealth and job creation in new and existing maritime sectors
such as aquaculture, renewable energy, marine biotechnology and maritime transport; and
• the need to translate these messages to all sectors of society.
Furthermore, we underline the crucial role of marine and maritime science and technology in providing knowledge and understanding of the seas and oceans and their biodiversity, and in creating new opportunities and technologies which will support and progress:
• Job creation through smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (Europe 2020);
• Implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union (2007), the European Research Area
(EC Green Paper on ERA, 2007) and other policies such as the Common Fisheries Policy;
• Good Environmental Status in our marine waters by 2020 (Marine Strategy Framework Directive); and
• Related grand challenges including food, energy and health, as identified in the Lund Declaration (2009).
The marine and maritime research community recognises that significant progress has been made in response to the Galway (2004) and Aberdeen (2007) Declarations, evidenced in the adoption of the Integrated Maritime Policy for Europe (2007), its environmental pillar the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008) and the European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research (2008), and commits to building future progress within this comprehensive policy framework.
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“The Seas and Oceans are one of the Grand Challenges for the 21st Century”.
Addressing the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge
The EurOCEAN 2010 Conference identified priority marine and maritime research challenges and opportunities in areas
such as food, global environmental change, energy, marine biotechnology, maritime transport and marine spatial plan-
ning, including seabed mapping. The Conference delivered an unequivocal message on the societal and economic benefits
Europe derives from the seas and oceans and of the crucial role that research and technology must play in addressing the
Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge.
The European marine science and technology community, building on existing achievements and initiatives, is ready
to address this challenge in partnership with industry and the public sector, and calls upon the European Union and
its Member and Associated States to facilitate this response by delivering the following proactive and integrating
actions:
1. Joint Programming
Develop an integrating framework, combining the assets of European programmes with those of Member States,
to address the Grand Challenge of the Seas and Oceans, including the identification and delivery of critical marine
research infrastructures. The Joint Programming Initiative on “Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans”
has the appropriate scale of integration and should be actively supported by the European Commission and Member
States.
2. European Ocean Observing System
Support the development of a truly integrated and sustainably funded “European Ocean Observing System” to (i)
re-establish Europe’s global leading role in marine science and technology; (ii) respond to societal needs by support-
ing major policy initiatives such as the Integrated Maritime Policy and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive;
and (iii) support European contributions to global observing systems. This could be achieved through better coordi-
nation of national capabilities with appropriate new investments, in coordination with relevant initiatives (e.g. ESFRI,
EMODNET, GMES) and the engagement of end-users.
3. Research to Knowledge
Establish appropriate mechanisms to keep under review current marine and maritime research programmes and
projects with a view to enhancing their impact by (i) exploiting the results of this research; and (ii) identifying
existing and emerging gaps. This should be supported by a repository for the reports and findings of national
and EU marine and maritime research projects, programmes and initiatives, with capacity for archiving,
translating, analysing, reporting and developing integrated knowledge products to facilitate policy develop-
ment, decision making, management actions, innovation, education and public awareness.
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To address effectively the Seas and Oceans Grand Challenge, it is essential to prioritise initiatives and programmes to enhance:
• Innovation
Provide enhanced support for innovation and the commercialisation of new marine/maritime products, processes,
services and concepts in support of the Innovation Union and the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Promote actions to raise awareness within the marine scientific community of the innovation potential of marine
science, and opportunities to make use of it in cooperation with ocean industries.
• Training and Career Development
Establish appropriate training and mobility opportunities for marine researchers and technologists and provide
stable and attractive career pathways to ensure the highly skilled workforce that will be needed to support
expanding marine and maritime sectors;
• International Cooperation
Establish at EU level a mechanism to strategically enhance international cooperation (i.e. between European
consortia and third country partners) in science and technology, with support for networking initiatives,
preparatory phase projects and concrete actions;
Strengthen bilateral/multilateral cooperation with key funding organisations, intergovernmental bodies and marine/maritime science institutions outside Europe to overcome barriers to, and deliver workable solutions for, joint fund-ing of relevant international research programmes and infrastructures.
The European marine and maritime science community is committed to playing its role, in partnership with industry
and the public sector, to bridge the gap between science and innovation to support sustainable development.