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July 27, 2009
The MarinERA project (2004-2009), a 3M European ...
July 27, 2009
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The Legacy of MarinERA Publication released
July 27, 2009
The MarinERA project (2004-2009), a 3M European Research Area Network (ERA-NET) project , has left a strong legacy in taking us closer to a European Research Area (ERA) for marine science. This is highlighted in the MarinERA Legacy Publication which is released today.
MarinERA facilitated close cooperation between National Marine Research Programmes in Europe and was successfully completed in April 2009.
MarinERA involved 16 partners including leading Marine Research Funding Organisations from 13 European countries. Besides, the MarinERA project, in providing a Forum for the Programme Managers of major European Marine Research Funding Organisations, also provided an important platform and focal point for interaction and dialogue with the wider European marine science community says Dr. Niamh Connolly (MarinERA deputy Coordinator; Marine Board).
The MarinERA Legacy Publication highlights some of the major outputs of the project, including:
Recognising the great benefits of cooperation in adding value to existing national budgets, sharing the cost (and risk) of large scale projects and providing improved access to specialist expertise and research infrastructures;
Implementing a circa 5M competitively funded Joint Call for Proposals involving five participating countries (with associated infrastructure support representing a total estimated at 8M);
Providing a critical catalyst to the preparation of an over-arching basin scale marine ERA-NET proposal, SEAS-ERA, which aims to bring together 22 major European Marine Research Funding Organisations from 20 countries to extend and progress the networking of national marine funding institutions with a strong regional focus.
MarinERA successfully addressed all of the concepts encapsulated in its original objectives, and has gone beyond them to achieve a level of cooperation that will endure well beyond its lifetime as demonstrated by the SEAS-ERA proposal sums up Mr. Geoffrey OSullivan (MarinERA Technical Committee Chair from 2004 to 2006; Marine Institute Ireland).
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