1. JPI Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans
A common European approach to meet the goals of the
Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

2. What is Joint Programming?

3. A concept to tackle
challenges that can
not be solved solely
at national level

4. Research funding in Europe
15%
85%

5. Objective

6. Increase the value of national R&D investments

7. JPI Oceans?

8. A coordinating and
integrating platform
for marine and
maritime research

9. 16 Participating countries

10. Why?

11. Avoid Fragmentation...

12. ...and unnecessary duplication

13. Facilitate cooperation
Plan common initiatives

14. Look for synergies

15. Added Value

16. Long term perspective

17. High Level
commitment

18. Voluntary basis
(Variable geometry)

19. Goals

20. Knowledge based maritime economy

21. Good environmental status of the seas

22. Optimise the response to climate change....

23. ...and its impacts

24. How?

25. Variable
Strategic Management Board
Geometry
Advisory (high level MS/AC representatives)
Action Plan
Board
Implementation
Strategic Plan
Research & Operational
Innovation Executive committee Toolkit
Agenda
Secretariat

26. State of play

27. Vision document
Cross thematic areas

28. National marine maritime research
25 spending(M€)
230 18
200
189
29 30
33
52
300
306 9
100
7 37
121

29. 78 Funds per person(€)
47 3
21
3
7 5
2
5
4
5 0.4
2
0.6 0.5
3

31. Marine Strategic Framework
directive?

32. Common
principles on
the basis of
which Member
States have to
draw up their
own strategies

33. in cooperation with other Member
States and third countries

34. To achieve Good Environmental Status of the seas

35. Aim:
• to protect and restore Europe's
marine ecosystems
• ensure the ecological sustainability
of economic activities linked to the
marine environment.

36. Member States must firstly assess the ecological status of
their waters and the impact of human activities. This
assessment covers:

37. • an analysis of the essential characteristics of these waters
(physical and chemical features, types of habitat, animal and
plant populations, etc.);
• an analysis of the main impacts and pressures,
• an economic and social analysis of the use of these waters
and the cost of the degradation of the marine environment.

38. On this basis, the Member
States must define the
objectives and
indicators to achieve
good environmental
status.

39. United Nations Regular Process

40. Regular process:
The mechanism to keep the world’s oceans and seas
under continuing review by providing regular
assessments at global and supra-regional level

41. Regular process MSFD JPI Oceans
(Global) (European Commission) (Member States and AC in
consultation with the
European Commission)
√ √
Support informed decision
making, by providing the best
scientific information
√ √
Fully integrated view of
environmental, social and
economic aspects
√ √
Consistent analytical
frameworks and data
standards (Supporting)

42. JPI Oceans will focus on
existing gaps:
Example: A coordinated
European Initiative, to provide
Europe with an Integrated
Ocean Observing Capability

43. Email: rudy.herman@ewi.vlaanderen.be
Website: www.jpi-oceans.eu