1. Investing in our common future Presentation to Atlantic Monitoring Workshop Brussels, 24 th March, 2015 Kieran Moylan, NWRA, Ireland Regis Kalaydjian, IFREMER, France

2. MARNET - Key objectives  Establish a Formal Network of Marine Socio Economists.  Construct Data base of comprehensive, comparable and re- producible Marine Socio- Economic data for Atlantic regions.  Create an Atlas of Marine Socio Economic Indicators publicly available.  Put in Place Practical Initiatives in partner regions utilising the database and atlas.

3. Eligible areas INVESTING IN OUR COMMON FUTURE Marnet Partnership BMW Regional Assembly (Lead Partner) IRELAND NUI Galway Socio Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) IRELAND Fundacion AZTI Spain University of Basque Country Spain CIIMAR Portugal Ifremer France Region Bretagne France University of Stirling, Scotland.

4. Marnet: Database Framework  Objectives Develop a set of comparable data on maritime activities in the Atlantic Area Analyse Atlantic maritime economy development Define economic and geographical dimensions Compile a common set of quantitative data: accounting indicators Use Eurostat statistical classifications: NACE and NUTS

5. The Atlas  Scale: NUTS 0, NUTS 2, NUTS 3 and LAU1 Atlantic Regions.  Data years 2008 - 2012  15 sectors of data  52 NACE codes, each containing business indicators and proxy data

6. SectionNo Layers Shipping & Maritime Transport34 Marine Based Tourism45 Marine Leisure40 Sea Fisheries, Aquaculture and Sea Food Processing31 Oil & Gas Exploration and Production16 Other mining and quarrying17 Marine manufacturing29 Construction28 Marine Renewable Energy11 Education27 Research and Development, High Tech Marine Services16 Inland water transport9 Public Services6 Maritime insurance1 TOTAL LAYERS310

9. Practical Initiatives  Practical initiatives rolled-out in each Member State, utilising the collected data e.g: Study of maritime transport, Competitiveness and vulnerability index of marine economies Economic contribution of cruise port Comparisons of value of marine sectors across regions Sub-supply synergies between shipbuilding and marine energy sectors 9

10. MARNET- Current Status  Marnet Project winds up on 30 th April 2015  Final Steering Committee meeting 31 st March in Brussels to consider work programme for possible new application and potential work packages  Funding application will be subject to assessment under the Atlantic Area Interreg programme (late 2015)?  Preliminary discussions have taken place on: Update and extension of existing indicator framework Addition of new indicator data and new studies Addressing data needs identified by DG MARE 10

11.  Atlas is linked through the http://marnetproject.eu/ website.  Also accessible through http://marnet.locationcentre.co.uk/