Programme: DG ENVIRONMENT – DG ENV/MSFD Second
Project title: Support Mediterranean Member States towards coherent and
Coordinated Implementation of the second phase of the MSFD
Acronym: MEDCIS
Duration: 01/03/2017- 01/03/2019
EU contribution: EUR 999.897
ISMAR budget: EUR 27.200
Web site: at work
Summary:
The key objectives of this project are: 1) to facilitate and provide the methodological standards for the next phase of MSFD, towards coordinated approaches between MSs, by reviewing, comparing, selecting and adapting appropriate existing methodologies; 2) to focus on Mediterranean regional/subregional cooperation and standardization, taking in consideration its specificities and therefore recommend suitable approaches for this region.
Contact person in ISMAR: andrea.barbanti@ve.ismar.cnr.it
Partnership:
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research – HCMR ,(Greece)
- Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), (France)
- AZTI Fundazioa, (Spain)
- University of Salento (USALENTO), (Italy)
- Consorzio per il coordinamento delle ricerche inerenti al sistema lagunare di Venezia – (CORILA), (Italy)
- Institut Za Vode Republike Slovenije/Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia (IWRS), (Slovenia)
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), (Spain)
- National Institute of Biology (NIB), (Slovenia)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), (Greece)
- Institute of oceanography and fisheries (IOF), (Croatia)
- National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), (Greece)