Key challenges for Europe A changing landscape: The special case of the neighboring BLACK SEA...

Key challenges for Europe

A changing landscape: The special case of the

neighboring BLACK SEA countries

MARIA TEOHAREVA

6 FP: Structuring the European Research Area6 FP: Structuring the European Research AreaSpecific Programme Specific Programme

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES ACTIONINTEGRATING ACTIVITY implemented ACTIONINTEGRATING ACTIVITY implemented

as CO-ORDINATION ACTIONas CO-ORDINATION ACTION

Black Sea SCENE-Black Sea Scientific Black Sea SCENE-Black Sea Scientific NetworkNetwork

Contract no.: RICA-2005-022868/Contract no.: RICA-2005-022868/ Start date of contract: 1 December 2005Start date of contract: 1 December 2005 Ending date of contract: 30 November 2008Ending date of contract: 30 November 2008

A changing landscape: The special case of theneighboring BLACK SEA countries

The Black Sea, the largest anoxic, semi-The Black Sea, the largest anoxic, semi-

enclosed basin in the world, and the only one enclosed basin in the world, and the only one

in Europe, with unique hydro-physical and in Europe, with unique hydro-physical and

biochemical conditionsbiochemical conditions

The Black Sea region The Black Sea region (the Black Sea basin (the Black Sea basin takes a third part of the Europe territory; 17 takes a third part of the Europe territory; 17

countries are located on the Black Sea countries are located on the Black Sea basin, with a total population about 160 basin, with a total population about 160 millions)millions) requires vigilance and effective requires vigilance and effective

environmental management. environmental management.


State of the artState of the artWithin the Black Sea regionWithin the Black Sea region::

Insufficient exchange, coordination Insufficient exchange, coordination and tuning of the scientific and tuning of the scientific knowledge and expertise knowledge and expertise

No uniform data quality control No uniform data quality control procedures and data quality procedures and data quality assessments methods.assessments methods.

Not enough tuning with European Not enough tuning with European directives and guidelines.directives and guidelines.


Rather insufficient awareness and Rather insufficient awareness and exchange of environmental and socio-exchange of environmental and socio-economic data: not all Black Sea economic data: not all Black Sea institutes are participating and/or institutes are participating and/or addressed for Black Sea Environment addressed for Black Sea Environment Programme.Programme.

Poor availability of appropriate and Poor availability of appropriate and up to date overviews of quality up to date overviews of quality controlled environmental and socio-controlled environmental and socio-economic data; rather poor (remote) economic data; rather poor (remote) accessibility of the databases.accessibility of the databases.


CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE STATE OF THE ART

ESTABLISHMENT OF Black Sea Scientific Network: leading environmental and socio-economic research institutes, universities and NGO’s from 6 Black Sea countries

DEVELOPMENT OF a virtual data and information infrastructure that will be populated and maintained by these organisations to improve the identification, access, exchange, quality indication and use of their data and information about the Black Sea.


NETWORK COMPOSITION 25 partners from Black Sea

countries: Ukraine (5), Russia (7), Turkey

(3), Romania (2), Bulgaria (4), Georgia (4), completed with

partners from EU member states (6) and

Associated State (1).


SeaDataNet

BSS7

4

2

4

3

5

BLACK SEA SCENE VERSUS SEADATANETBSS BLACK SEA SCENE (32 PARTNERS) VERSUS SEADATANET

2**1**

1

1

1

1**

BLACK SEA COMMISSION

ICPDR

IOC-IODE

FROM EACH BLACK SEA COUNTRY 1 PARTNER IS MEMBER

OF SEADATANET** MEMBER SEADATANET


EU-MEMBER STATESMARIS The Netherlands (PC)IBES, BelgiumIMWM, PolandNIVA, NorwayNITG-TNO The NetherlandsFieldware, United KingdomHNODC-HCMR, Greece

UKRAINEUkrSCESMHIUSRIEPONU

BULGARIAIO-BASTUVIFABSNNMT CONSULTANSY

RUSSIA

IKI-RASRIHMI-WDC MSUSOISBSIO-RASSIO-RASIL-RAS

TURKEY METU-IMSOMU-SFFBSTU GEORGIA

TSU IG-GASDH-G

ROMANIA GCP NIMRD GeoEcoMar RED SeaDataNet PR


OBJECTIVES BLACK SEA SCENE

To determine the present quality of Black Sea datasets (DQC/DQA)

To adopt and to implement internationally agreed protocols

for cataloguing and exchanging Black Sea datasets


OBJECTIVES BLACK SEA SCENEOBJECTIVES BLACK SEA SCENE

To develop and implement a Black Sea virtual data and information

infrastructure, including a Black Sea regional portal, to facilitate the access to metadata and distributed datasets (databases)

To promote, disseminate, maintain and to plan future exploitation of the Black Sea SCENE virtual data and information infrastructure


NETWORKING ACTIVITIESNETWORKING ACTIVITIESNA1NA1 Management of CAManagement of CANA2NA2 Black Sea SCENE WorkshopsBlack Sea SCENE Workshops

NA3NA3 Inventory of Data Quality Control (DQC) Inventory of Data Quality Control (DQC) and Data and Data Quality Assessment (DQA) and Quality Assessment (DQA) and Data Data Quality Assessment on partners Quality Assessment on partners datadata

NA4NA4 Harmonization and conversion of Harmonization and conversion of partner’s data to internationally agreed partner’s data to internationally agreed meta-meta-data formats and exchange formats data formats and exchange formats

NA5NA5 Development Black Sea virtual data and Development Black Sea virtual data and information infrastructure information infrastructure

NA6NA6 Public awareness, promotion, Public awareness, promotion, dissemination and exploitation.dissemination and exploitation.


FUTURE ACTIVITY FP7FUTURE ACTIVITY FP7

EXTENSION OF BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC EXTENSION OF BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK WITH NETWORK WITH

4–6 PARTNERS PER BLACK SEA COUNTRY4–6 PARTNERS PER BLACK SEA COUNTRY

EXTENDED NETWORK: 51 INSTITUTESEXTENDED NETWORK: 51 INSTITUTES

START: 1 JANUARY 2009 START: 1 JANUARY 2009

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