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WORKSHOP ORGANISERS
Physical Oceanography Research Group Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
University of Malta Cosimo Solidoro (Project Leader)
Aldo Drago (aldo.drago@um.edu.mt) Marina Lipizer (mlipizer@inogs.it)


Workshop Programme

Programme Day 1 - Learning from the past

14 December 2020 (10:00 – 13:00)
10:00 - 10:40 Welcome and workshop introduction
Welcome and purpose of the event – M. Lipizer, OGS and A. Drago, UM
Welcome by Italian Ministry of Environment, General Directorate Sea and Coast
SHAREMED presentation - C. Solidoro, OGS


10:40 - 11:30 What are the main environmental threats currently addressed in the Mediterranean Sea?
Chair: A. Ramšak (NIB - Slovenia); Co-chair: M. João Botelho (IPMA - Portugal); Rapporteurs: D. Canu (OGS - Italy), C. Lapucci (LaMMA - Italy)


Presentations by project representatives.
CoCLIME Caroline Cusack, Marine Institute, Ireland
ANDROMEDA Richard Sempéré, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, France
SMS Nives Kovač, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
INVALIS Petros Varelidis, Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency, Greece
M3-HABs Mariachiara Chiantore, Univ. of Genova, Italy
PLASTICBUSTERS MPAs Cristina Fossi, University of Siena, Italy
RAGES Tim O'Higgins, University College Cork, Ireland
SICOMARplus Carlo Brandini, Lamma, Italy
JERICO-RI João Vitorino, Hydrographic Institute, Portugal
Interreg ADRION Cluster Olga Sedioli, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy


11:30 - 11:50 Time for discussion


11:50 - 12:00 Short break


12:00 - 12:50 Are we organised enough to observe the marine environment and to assess the threats?
Chair: A. Drago (UM - Malta); Co-chair: C. Grenz (MIO-AMU - France); Rapporteurs: F. Brunetti (OGS - Italy); A. Gauci (UM - Malta)


Presentations by project representatives.
JERICO-S3 Martin Pfannkuchen, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia
ODYSSEA Georgios Sylaios, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
IMARDIS David Mills, School of Ocean Sciences, United Kingdom
HiSEA Ghada el Serafy, Deltares, Netherlands
COMMON SENSE Sergio Martinez Navas, LeiTaT, Spain
Co-Evolve4BG Bechir Bejaoui, INSTM, Tunisia
MED4EBM Amel Zouari Bellaaj, INSTM, Tunisia
CERTO Steve Groom, PML, United Kingdom
EUROSEA Toste Tanhua, Geomar, Germany
Med OSMOSIS Dimitrios Panagopoulos, Special Service of European Union Structural Funds, Greece


12:50 - 13:10 Time for discussion


13:10 End of Day 1


Programme Day 2 - Designing the future

15 December 2020 (10:00 – 13:00; 14:30 – 16:00)
10:00 - 10:15 Day 2 Introduction
Brief introduction to the roundtables
Welcome by Maltese Authority


10:15 - 11:35 Roundtable 1: Identification of the main threats to the Mediterranean marine ecosystems, and how such threats can be monitored: which are the bottlenecks?


Chair: M. Lipizer (OGS, Italy); Co-chair: M.A. Martins (IPMA - Portugal); Rapporteurs: D. Drakulović (UoM – Montenegro), C. Altobelli (OGS - Italy)



Christina Zeri HCMR, Greece
Carlos Vale CIMAR, Portugal
Jelena Knezevic UNEP/MAP - MEDPOL
Fabio Trincardi CNR – BLUEMED, Italy
João Vitorino Hydrographic Institute, Portugal
Elisa Berdalet CSIC, Spain


11:35 - 11:50 Short break


11:50 - 13:10 Roundtable 2: Design of a transnational joint observing system of systems; available technologies and tools; how to monitor the coastal domain at the ecosystem level.


Chair: A. Drago (UM - Malta); Co-chair: V. Cardin (OGS - Italy); Rapporteurs: C. Brandini (LaMMA - Italy); J. Isern-Fontanet (ICM – CSIC, Spain)



Martin Pfannkuchen Center for Marine Research, Croatia - JERICO
Christos Arvanitidis LifeWatch ERIC, Spain
Toste Tanhua Geomar, Germany - EUROSEA
Giovanni Coppini CMCC, Italy – CMEMS
Jean-Francois Cadiou IFREMER, France
Bechir Bejaoui INSTM, Tunisia
Amel Zouari Bellaaj INSTM, Tunisia
Karim Hilmi Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Morocco
Andrea Taramelli ISPRA , Univ. Pavia, Italy


13:10 - 14:30 Lunch break


14:30 - 15:45 Roundtable 3: Assessing the existing governance structures for environmental monitoring and recommending the changes needed for a more effective management of environmental threats; role of national systems at local and regional scales; recommendations for the long term sustainability of marine observations.


Chair: C. Solidoro (OGS – Italy); X. Garcia (CSIC – Spain); Rapporteurs: P. Palomo (Fundacion Valenciaport - Spain), F. Falcini (ISMAR-CNR - Italy)



Eleni Hatziyanni DG MARE
Pierre Bahurel Mercator Ocean International - CMEMS
Kate Larkin EMODnet
George Petihakis EUROGOOS
Alessandra Sensi UfM
Rosalia Santoleri CNR - COI
Giordano Giorgi INFO-RAC, ISPRA


15:45 - 16:00 Workshop conclusions and next steps