Other ERA-NETs
Coastal and marine research
The aim is to form a network and partnership of key agencies funding research with the aim to deepen the understanding of conditions for science-based management of environmental issues in the Baltic Sea. BONUS operates in close connection with the scientific and management actors.
The MarinERA project main objectives are to map European marine RTD programmes and specialised infrastructures, facilitating the creation of an internal market and quantifying the existing European marine research capacity. They will facilitate the networking of Marine RTD funding agencies in the European Union, leading to a more cost effective and efficient use of Member State resources including scientific personnel, specialist infrastructures and planned investments.
The SSA (Specific Support Action) project is a preparatory action to prepare an ERA-NET that concerns the co-operation and co-ordination of monitoring programmes (research and innovation parts) dealing with coastal water quality in European shellfish growing areas. Collective networking will result in harmonization of the activities that guarantee consumer protection within the framework of new EU legislation concerning food safety standards and water, which include shellfish. It represents the foundation of a subsequent ERA-NET proposal designed to improve collaboration between programme managers.
Ocean-floor drilling provides essential material for the study of climate change, bio-diversity, geophysics and geodynamics. ECORD has been formed to join the international Integrated Ocean Drilling Program - IODP under a single European banner alongside U.S.A, Japan, Korea and China and to provide support for mission-specific platforms (MSPs).
MariFish brings together the major European national funders of marine fisheries research to form an effective, working partnership. The total combined annual fisheries research budget of all partners amounts to approximately €160 million and represents a very significant European research resource and body of scientific knowledge.
Marine pollution, in general, and accidental marine pollution, in particular, are issues of major concern from the standpoint of their impacts on the health of the marine environment and their socio-economic uses. Driven by economic, ecological and security considerations, there is an increasing pressure upon the need for new or improved prevention mechanisms and emergency response systems to better protect the world’s marine ecosystems. In this context, decisions based on sound scientific principles are indispensable for the effective prevention of accidents and efficient formulation of contingency plans.