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 Workpackage
7 MAMA-AWARENESS
WP
Leader
Francesco
Saverio Civili (UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan)
Objectives and description |
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The general objective of this Workpackage is to
run a campaign for the promotion of awareness and
understanding on the benefits of ocean forecasting
in the Mediterranean. Addressing the entire hierarchy
of stakeholders throughout the project, the campaign
aims to gain the support of key players, service
providers, end-users and the general public, seeking
to obtain consensus and commitments from governments
for the implementation of MedGOOS, the Mediterranean
Global Ocean Observing System. The awareness campaign
will address:
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Governmental
agencies and authorities
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Policy
makers
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Leading
marine scientists
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The
marine research management community |
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The
marine industries and services sector |
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The
general public
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The scheduled activities
consist of three components:
Task 7.1 Organisation
of MAMA National Awareness Meetings to promote the concepts and
benefits of operational ocean monitoring to a wide audience of
governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. These meetings
will also provide an opportunity for direct consultation, to identify
national needs for capacity building, infrastructure and local
organisational frameworks. Moreover, the meetings will target
to fuel the creation of strong linkages between the scientific
community involved in preparing the basis of operational oceanography,
and the policy community committed to securing a sustainable society.
This should serve as a catalyst to establish national commitments
in favour of MedGOOS, possibly through the creation of National
GOOS Planning Committees, involving data and potential service
providers, end-users and potential beneficiaries, including entities
involved in policy making, environmental management and marine
industry.
Task 7.2 General
awareness activities consisting of a programme of actions to be
pursued in each country, to inform on the need for a coherent
Mediterranean observing and forecasting system. This includes
a consultation process with key stakeholders and end-users to
disseminate and forward information on MedGOOS and the MAMA project,
and to trigger broad local awareness on the economic and social
benefits of ocean nowcasting/forecasting. The consultations will
serve to strengthen the national ramifications for research and
operational activities in ocean observations and forecasting.
The interactions with key stakeholders will provide information
enabling an assessment of the present capabilities and will help
to identify the priorities for capacity building in each country.
This should build national consensus on the need for routine ocean
observations and forecasts, identifying needs and requirements
specific to the country, promoting inter-institutional and inter-sectoral
synergies to adopt the best strategy towards implementation, and
will build the momentum towards long-term commitments by governments.
Task 7.3
Organisation of a MAMA General Conference to be held at the end
of the project, consisting of a technical meeting, back to back
with a commitments meeting, possibly at ministerial level, to
present the achievements of MAMA and the way forward.
| Implementation
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Task
7.1 National Awareness Meetings
While the specific content
of each National Awareness Meeting (NAM) should reflect
the individual country requirements, all awareness meetings
must be carried out consistently and produce common results.
Appropriate guidelines for the National Awareness Meetings
have been prepared and are expected to assist the organisers
of the meetings in achieving a common objective. The meetings
will be furnished with a common conference pack material,
including general information material such as MedGOOS brochures
and MAMA flyers as well as more detailed reports on MAMA,
GOOS, MedGOOS and EuroGOOS, and special short reports highlighting
the benefits of ocean forecasting in the region. Each country
will be supplementing the conference pack material with
their own national reports on MAMA and MedGOOS.
Task 7.2 General Awareness
Each country is expected to
carry out a series of awareness activities on MedGOOS and
MAMA, to take place throughout the duration of the project.
The MedGOOS Secretariat and Workpackage leader are providing
ideas and documents to facilitate consultations. A series
of mail-outs consisting of information letters accompanied
by brief MedGOOS/MAMA documents are envisaged, to be prepared
and distributed centrally to national authorities, leading
marine institutes, intergovernmental and non-governmental
organisations. Other main tools for these activities are
the production and distribution of articles and brochures
in different languages and the use of the MAMA WWW.
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Consultations with national entities involved
in marine research and marine affairs. Each
MAMA national responsible partner is to undertake
a consultative process at national level with
public authorities responsible in marine affairs,
marine research institutes and providers of
marine services. The consultations consist
of direct contacts with marine-related institutions
in the country, stakeholders, policymakers,
government officials and ministries. The consultations
are conducted through activities including:
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Briefing
sessions;
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Dedicated
visits;
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Dedicated
mail-outs;
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Participation
in other relevant fora/events; etc.
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The consultations provide a medium for direct
contacts and networking as well as for the
collection of important information, opinions
and interactions concerning:
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The
operations of institutes/agencies/organisations
involved in marine research, and the
national structure for the support and
conduction of marine research;
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The
public administration/authorities responsible
for marine affairs, and how they fit
in the national framework for environmental
policy formulation and implementation;
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The
main marine-related industries/services
in each country;
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The
implications for MedGOOS in terms of
design, benefits and implementation.
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the MAMA participants are expected to relay
and share experiences in this exercise with
others, including the exchange of relevant
documentation through the MedGOOS Secretariat.
Reporting on these consultations is expected
from each MAMA contact point.
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Task 7.3 Commitments
Conference
The project is
expected to conclude and wind up its activities by holding
a dedicated general conference. A technical meeting, with
the aim to achieve the participation of a wide audience,
including managers and decision makers, representatives
of national marine authorities as well as from the marine
industry and services sector presenting the acheivements
of MAMA and the way forward. A meeting possibly at ministerial
level will aim to obtain a declaration of consensus and
commitment at the governmental level for the full implementation
of the Mediterranean ocean forecasting and observation system.
| Milestones and Deliverables
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Milestones
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Benchmark
delivery/ in month from start
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| 1. Guidelines
and conference pack material for National Meetings |
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| 2. Conduction
of National Meetings |
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MAMA Commitments Conference |
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Deliverable
No.
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Deliverable
Title
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Delivery
Date
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Nature
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Dissemination Level
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D17
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Proceedings
and results of National Awareness Meetings |
29
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RE
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PU
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D32
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Declaration
from the MAMA Commitments Conference |
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PU
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| Update on Activities (last revision
on 28th October 2002) Go to Top |
Task
7.1
The guidelines
for the National Meetings have been prepared and are
due for translation into French. The material of the
conference pack to be used at the national meetings
has been selected. Some items have already been prepared,
including the general information material (MAMA flyers
in English and French, and MedGOOS brochure).
Task
7.2
A first
mail-out of information letters accompanied by brief
MedGOOS/MAMA documents was prepared in May 2002 and
addressed to (a) National MED POL Coordinators in
20 Mediterranean countries; (b) a number of other
relevant ministerial representatives in the Mediterranean
countries, involved in the Mediterranean Action Plan
(MAP) of UNEP; (c) 23 selected Mediterranean Institutes
involved in MED POL (the environmental assessment
component of MAP); (d) The principal administrator
of DG Environment of the EC; (e) Representatives of
the most important national organizations/ministries,
as indicated by the MAMA national responsible partners;
(f) IGOs and NGOs including: RAMOGE, the Black Sea
Environment Programme, the EEA, the Helsinki Commission,
the Oslo and Paris Commission, CIESM, IAEA, Greenpeace
Int., the MedCOAST Secretariat, MIO/ECSDE, and WWF
Int. A second round of mail-outs is due in November
2002. Reports have started coming in from countries
on the national awareness activities, including consultations
with national stakeholders, the publication of articles
in the local media and the creation of national MAMA
websites.
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