1. EMODnet Chemistry 3 Management and Coordination
EMODnet CHEMISTRY 3 First Annual Meeting, Risø Campus, Roskilde, Denmark
6th - 8th February, 2018
Alessandra Giorgetti
OGS

2. EMODnet Chemistry 3 - figures
Started on 06/03/2017 for 2 years
Possible renewal for 2 years (activity plan to be presented!)
Budget 2,805,000 €
Partnership
Based on IODE network of NODC’s complemented by monitoring agencies working together with
Technical partners to further develop and run SDN infrastructure and
Specific experts to coordinate data analyses and validation, and the creation of data products
 45 organisations
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3. EMODnet Chemistry 3 - objectives
Aims to collect, aggregate, standardize, check the quality of data developing new services to share information and products
Collects data on:
In 3 matrices:
- water column;
- biota;
- sediment.
Data products generation are organized at Regional level
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4. EMODnet Chemistry 3 - activities
WP1: Project Management
WP2: Data collection and metadata population
WP3: Generation of data products
WP4: Technical development and operation of portal, services and tools
WP5: Uptake, outreach and interaction
Data products are specifically relevant for Marine Strategy Framework Directive Descriptors 5 (eutrophication), 8 (chemical pollution), 9 (contaminants in seafood) and 10 (marine litter) based on the guidance of the MSFD Common Implementation Strategy
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5. WP1 - Project Management
Contractual tasks  Consortium Agreement signed by all 27 partners
 14/18 bilateral subcontracts signed
 draft MoU to BSCS, dialogue with UNEP/MAP
 difficulties with IMBR and MHI
 first year reporting (due by 5th March 2018)
Development of coordination tools
redesign of the web portal (November 2017)
news and use cases  contribute requested
4 mailing lists (emodnet3-all, emodnet3-sc, emodnet3-twg, emodnet3-board, members listed on extranet)
documents
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6. Web portal Joint effort OGS-MARIS Focus on data and products
Latest news and events
Publication of use case
Attractive and dynamic
Inform us of news/event or use case!
Increase project visibility!
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7. WP1 - Deliverables
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8. Project payments
No cost statement but results of activity and meeting attendance
ACTIVITY
+ INVOICE will be requested
+ INVOICE
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9. Work plan
Data collection and metadata population
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10. Work plan for the 2nd year
WP1: Project Management
Milestone
Date
Quarterly concise progress reports
M12, M15, M18, …
Short minutes - action lists of Steering
Committee Meetings
M11, M17, M23
Portal update with information on Project Coordination Group Meetings
M4, M11, M23 continuous process
First Annual report
M12
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11. Work plan for the 2nd year
February 2018
WP2: Data collection and metadata population
May 2018
Milestone
Date
Identification and interoperability approach for making use of relevant non-EU chemistry data collections M8
Marine litter data sets from data providers, OSPAR, and ICES, included in the EMODnet databases
M12
Chemistry (contaminants) CDI metadata and data sets included in CDI Service
M15
Marine litter data sets increased
M22
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12. Work plan for the 2nd year
WP3: Generation of data products
Milestone
Date
First version concentration maps of marine and beach litter
M12
Updated data collections and DIVA maps for eutrophication
M14
Updated data collections and dedicated maps on contaminants
M20
Higher resolution DIVA maps near major river mouths
M22
February 2018
April 2018
October 2018
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13. Work plan for the 2nd year
WP4: Technical development and operation
Deliverables
Date
EMODnet Chemistry portal upgraded with extra functionalities M6
Upgraded OceanBrowser and advanced viewing services
M15
Operational EMODnet database system for marine and beach litter
M10
Specification of initial Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE) architecture and plan M8
Monitoring data about visits and usage
Continue
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14. Work plan for the 2nd year
WP5: Uptake, outreach and interaction
March 2018
Deliverables
Date
Operational Help-desk M6
Meetings of Board of MSFD experts
M3, M10, M13
Promotional material and up-to-date website
Continue
Presentations at relevant conferences
Regular
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15. Use-cases for Chemistry data
EMODnet Chemistry validated buffer with contaminants and nutrients in the Black sea for the BSCS SoE (February 2017)
EMODnet Chemistry contaminants + nutrients data requested for EEA thematic report
Meeting with Info-RAC for synergy between information systems (June 2017)
Dialogue with UNEP/MAP – case study on EO5 (nutrients and chlorophyll) in the North Adriatic (end June 2017)
Collaboration with CMEMS INSTAC to be formalized by MoU
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16. DG MARE and DG GROW (Copernicus)
CMEMS is the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service led by Mercator-Océan
INSTAC –In Situ Thematic Assembling centre- is the CMEMS component in charge of the in-situ data delivery for other components (MFCs Marine Forecasting centres) of CMEMS
CMEMS INSTAC needs to start preparing at regular intervals global biochemical data collections (oxygen, chlorophyll and nutrients)
MoU is under preparation to define the joint development and deployment of delayed mode services to access datasets from both EMODNet Chemistry and CMEMS INSTAC
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17. DG MARE and DG ENV (EEA)
EEA decided to explore the use of EMODnet Chemistry data for some of their marine indicators, namely:
Chlorophyll in coastal and marine waters
Nutrients in coastal and marine waters
Hazardous substances in marine organisms
The analysis will be led by ICES, as ETC partners (with Niva and Deltares)
Good opportunity for the project but requests alignment in the scheduling
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18. Memorandum of Understanding
With BSCS and UNEP/MAP
With EEA
With INFO-RAC
OSPAR and MCS for beach litter data exchange
ICES for sea floor litter data exchange
With Copernicus (CMEMS INSTAC)
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19. Impact of EMODnet Chemistry
All RSCs used EMODnet Chemistry regional datasets for their assessment
EEA explore the use of EMODnet Chemistry data for their marine indicators
Copernicus Marine Services seek input from EMODnet Chemistry
Wider use of EMODnet Chemistry data and products is good example to show impact
Possible extension of activities (MSFD timelines, CMEMS coverage)
Joint effort made possible by contribution of all  Thank you all !
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