1. Questions Can the meeting decide of the structure of the paper?
Agenda Item 9: Paper on data needs
Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Common Implementation Strategy
Working Group on Economic and Social Assessment
Meeting of October 2010, Brussels
Questions
Can the meeting decide of the structure of the paper?
Shall the paper be one chapter in the principal guidance document of WG ESA

2. PROPOSED TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DATA NEEDS AND KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED AT DIFFERENT STAGES 3. POTENTIAL DATA SOURCES 3.1. EU-level and international organizations
3.2. Regional Sea Conventions
3.3. Projects and Programmes

3. INTRODUCTION
Objective: identify potentially useful data sources available in EU and regional levels and provides guidance on application
The level of detail: - focused descriptions of the organizations sharing their data and models
- web-page addresses

4. 2. Data needs and key questions addressed at different stages 2. 1
2. Data needs and key questions addressed at different stages Economic and social analysis of the use of marine waters Economic and social analysis of the cost of degration to the marine environment Evaluating the programme of measures
Is this division appropriate?
Check lists can be defined only after consensus on the methodological issues is reached
Are the check lists of key questions needed?

5. Other relevant organizations?
3. POTENTIAL DATA SOURCES 3.1. EU-level and international organizations DG MARE European Environment Agency (EEA) EUROSTAT United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Prelimimary descriptions
available
Questions:
Other relevant organizations?
Is UNEP needed (involved in regional conventions)?

6. Request for contribution: Need for focused descriptions
3.2. Regional Sea Conventions North-East Atlantic (OSPAR convention) Baltic Sea (Helsinki Commission) Mediterranean sea (Barcelona convention) Black sea (Bucharest convention)
Request for contribution:
Need for focused descriptions

7. 3.3. Databanks collected and managed by various research programmes and projects
3.3.1 Options for Delivering Ecosystem-Based Marine Management (ODEMM)
3.3.2 SeaDataNet
3.3.3 KnowSeas
3.3.4 Clamer Hermione
Meece

13. Other relevant projects?
Request for voluntary contributions: Focused descriptions for projects and their datasources needed?

14. Questions: Are these needed? Appendices:
Appendix 1. Example of the data sources planned to be used by one member state (Slovenia) for the economic and social for the MSFD
Appendix 2. Alternative methods for evaluating the economic impacts of the measures
Questions:
Are these needed?