Black Sea Marine Infrastructures
SEAS-NET is a network project with a general aim to enhance marine and maritime research in its entireness, as an overarching initiative to previously conducted projects targeted only a given area or basin. The project brings together 20 funding organizations across Europe and beyond within three marine regions: Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea. The consortia will closely work with the already established programme for Baltic Sea.
The main objectives are:
1. Improve cooperation between national and regional research programmes thus contributing for setting up European Marine and Maritime Agenda;
2. Foster synergies at regional and pan-European level through common programmes and joint calls;
3. Propose a plan for better and sustainable use of Marine research infrastructures;
4. Reduce imbalances between the regions involved through Human Capacity building actions;
5. Public awareness towards marine and maritime scientific and policy issues
SEAS-NET Black sea platform is one of the regional working groups within the pan-European network. The task of this package is to deliver a common strategies and programmes for the Black Sea basin communicating specific needs and problems. There are 4 major milestones set, more specifically:
1. Develop a Science plan for the Black Sea basin and based on it;
2. Build up common programme and joint call;
3. Record the existing marine research infrastructure and benchmark it at EU level; and
4. Assess and improve the existing instruments for building up human resource capacities within the region.
- FP7
Address:Project coordinator: c/o Ministry of Education, Youth and Science of Bulgaria Contact person: Lora Pavlova Blvd. Knjaz Dondukov 2A, 1000 Sofia
Country:Bulgaria
- SEE
- Western Balkans
- Natural Sciences
Entry created by Katarina Rohsmann on March 30, 2011
Modified on March 7, 2014
