1. EMODnet Chemistry 3 Project Management and Communication
EMODnet CHEMISTRY 3 Final Meeting, Madrid, Spain
29th - 30th January, 2019
Alessandra Giorgetti
OGS

2. EMODnet Chemistry 3 - figures
2 years project (06/03/2017 – 05/03/2019)
No renewal for 2 years but new tender
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 SeaDataNet infrastructure and
Specific experts to coordinate data analyses and validation, and the creation of data products
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3. EMODnet Chemistry 3 - figures
2 years project (06/03/2017 – 05/03/2019)
No renewal for 2 years but new tender
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 SeaDataNet infrastructure and
Specific experts to coordinate data analyses and validation, and the creation of data products
 45 organisations
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4. EMODnet Chemistry 3 - objectives
Aims at collecting, aggregating, standardizing, check the quality and give access to data related to
Generate data products at Regional scale, based on the guidance of the MSFD Common Implementation Strategy
D5 Eutrophication
Nutrients, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen …
In water column
D8 Contaminants
Pollutants, heavy metals
In water column, sediments and biota
D9 Contaminants in Seafood
In biota
D10 Marine litter
Abundance
In coastlines, In the sea-floor, micro-litter
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5. EMODnet Chemistry 3 - activities
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6. WP1 - Administrative tasks
Contractual tasks
Subcontract signed by 15/18 subcontracts (inc. BSCS)
MHI, IMBR not acting as 2nd phase needs to be closed first
UNEP/MAP asked to go through INFO/RAC (MoU?)
draft Memorandum of Understanding with OSPAR
Amendments for NERC/UKRI, NIOZ/NWO-I
draft Memorandum of Understanding with COPERNICUS
Payments status: all 1st payments should be received except MHI & IMBR ( €)
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7. WP1 - Deliverables Coordination tools
new portal operational (November 2017)
28 news and 4 use cases  needs to be advertised
4 mailing lists (emodnet3-all, emodnet3-sc, emodnet3-twg, emodnet3-board, members listed on extranet)
meeting, documents and reports
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8. WP1 - Deliverables Coordination tools
new portal operational (November 2017)
28 news and 4 use cases  needs to be advertised
4 mailing lists (emodnet3-all, emodnet3-sc, emodnet3-twg, emodnet3-board, members listed on extranet)
meeting, documents and reports
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9. WP1 - Deliverables Coordination tools
new portal operational (November 2017)
28 news and 4 use cases  needs to be advertised
4 mailing lists (emodnet3-all, emodnet3-sc, emodnet3-twg, emodnet3-board, members listed on extranet)
meeting, documents and reports
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10. WP1 - Deliverables Quarterly progress reports (end March, June, …)
New indicators by TRUST-IT + Secretariat
amount of data available
viewing and downloading
impact (economic)
Communication (organized by Secretariat)
Final report due by 5 / 5 / 2019 (2 months for compiling)
Transition and Handover details (for products and services)
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11. WP1 - Deliverables
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12. Project payments
No cost statement but results of activity and meeting attendance
ACTIVITY
+ INVOICE will be requested
+ INVOICE
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13. Work plan finalisation
WP1: Project Management
Fine-tuning and signing of two MoU with OSPAR and CMEMS
Milestone
Date
Quarterly concise progress reports
M24
Short minutes - action lists of Steering
Committee Meetings
M23
Portal update with information on Project Coordination Group Meetings
M23 continuous process
Final report
Handling over of products and services
Indicators !
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14. Work plan finalisation
WP2: Data collection and metadata population
Milestone
Date
Chemistry (eutrophication) CDI metadata and data sets included in CDI Service 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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15. Pending action for WP2 WP2: Data collection and metadata population
All data reported in Annex 6 - Quantity of primary data contributed to the project (CDI service + data inventory) are expected  check by matrix categories
Timing in data and metadata release is crucial (product generation + indicators)
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16. Work plan finalisation
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
Second version concentration maps of marine and beach litter
M24
February 2018
From April to September 2018
From October to Feb/March 2019
February 2019
February 2019
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17. Work plan finalisation
Collections
Work plan finalisation
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
Second version concentration maps of marine and beach litter
M24
February 2018
From April to September 2018
From October to Feb/March 2019
February 2019
February 2019
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18. Work plan finalisation
DIVA maps
Work plan finalisation
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
Second version concentration maps of marine and beach litter
M24
February 2018
From April to September 2018
From October to Feb/March 2019
February 2019
February 2019
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19. Pending action for WP3 WP3: Generation of data products
Publish new Marine Litter maps (with comments from MSFD board)
Show dedicated maps on contaminants to MSFD board
Publish dedicated maps on contaminants
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20. Work plan finalisation
WP4: Technical development and operation
Deliverables
Date
Upgrading of EMODnet Chemistry portal, OceanBrowser and advanced viewing services
M12
Operational EMODnet database system for marine and beach litter
M10
Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE) with on-line ODV
M21
APIs on advanced services for controlled access
M18
Monitoring data about visits and usage
Continue
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21. Work plan finalisation
WP5: Uptake, outreach and interaction
Last on-line workshop to show contaminants maps?
Promotion is crucial, study additional media
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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22. Communication MSFD stakeholders Board of MSFD experts
participation to TG DATA, TG Marine Litter
JRC Technical report “Marine litter database - Lessons learned in compiling the first pan-European beach litter database”
Internationally
3 papers with EMODnet Chemistry at OceanObs’19
Contribution to Ocean State Report
JCOMM & IODE
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23. Interest for EMODNet Chemistry
EMODnet Chemistry regional validated collections used by RSCs and EEA
Collaboration with CMEMS INSTAC for the development of joint products. MoU to formalize data exchange
EEA informed Eionet National Reference Centers representatives that data on contaminants and nutrients will no longer be requested via the WISE SoE data call, but collected from EMODnet Chemistry/ICES (Nov 2018)
Maintenance as synergy between DG MARE, ENV and RTD
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