Towards Sustainability

Partnership for a European Centre for

Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting (ECOMF)

16 April 2013, MyOcean Annual Review, Cork, Ireland

MyOcean Annual Review – CORK – APRIL 16/17, 2013

Content

• Pierre Bahurel’s talk given by Mike Bell

• Overview of strategy, approach and time-frame

(1) Securing the production and service

(2) Securing the partnership with the national level

• Conclusions

Implementing the Copernicus Marine Service (operational phase)

A reliable production & service A deep and efficient user uptake

A two-fold strategy of the marine community

Marine Core ServiceImplementation Group (IG report, April 2007)

Progress achieved through(last 12 months)

• Working meetings of an ECOMF group (~20 people), initiated by the MyOcean2 Board : 7 meetings since MyOcean2 kick-off

• Discussions with EuroGOOS: Nicosia workshop, EuroGOOS assembly in Hamburg

• Discussions with EC, as frequently as possible for them

• Discussions with stakeholders: ECMWF, Eumetsat, EEA, …

• Communication in various symposium and workshops (e.g. user workshop last week, or GMES User Forum last month)

Timeframe

• The FP7 MyOcean2 project ends at the end of September 2014

• With Copernicus, EC has now a very good chance to have the administrative & funding framework ready for 2014.

• Beneficiaries of the following phase are not yet decided by EC.

• Our goal is to propose ECOMF partnership and have it ready to take over the post-MyOcean2 phase and ensure full service continuity.

ECOMF

Strategic partnership for a « European Centre for Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting »

(ECOMF)

Strengthen the operational core

MoU ECOMF signed in 2012 by the 14 main

current operators of the MyOcean2

service

Ensure win-win relations with

Member States services

Nicosia Declarationadopted in 2012 by EuroGOOS and

the marine community

ECOMF, a two-fold strategy defined in MyOcean2 with EuroGOOS

ECOMF Strategic Partnership, Nicosia, 10/10/2012

ECOMF strategic partnershipfor a sustained Marine Service

MoU ECOMF signed in 2012 by the 14 main current operators of

the MyOcean2 service

Create a common entity to secure European operations & service

Nicosia Declarationadopted in 2012 by

EuroGOOS and the marine community

Implement the strategic partnership with national

centres

(1) Securing the production & service

Sea Level

Ocean Color

SST, Ice, Wind

In Situ

Arctic Ocean

Baltic Sea

Atlantic NWS

Atlantic IBI

Mediterranean Sea

Global Ocean

Black Sea

4 Thematic Assembly Centres

7 Monitoring and Forecasting Centres

Observations Models

ServiceDesk

Securing the operational production & service chain

Securing the operational production & service chain

Signed on 10 Feb 2012, by

•Coord & Global: Mercator Ocean•Arctic: NERSC•Baltic: DMI, SMHI, BSH•Atl. NWS: Met Office•Atl. IBI: Puertos del Estado•Med Sea: INGV, HCMR•Black Sea: MHI•Sea Level: CLS•Ocean Color: CNR•SST, Ice, Wind: met.no•In Situ: Ifremer

ECOMF entity

• Plans for a European Economic Interest Grouping

• Scope and organization based on MyOcean & MyOcean2 experience ; service continuity.

• Ongoing effort– on the legal implementation (members)– on the interface with EC (contract)

ECOMF documents in preparation

• Concept• Business model • Implementation options • Work programme• Estimates of costs

(2) Securing the partnership with the national level

ECOMF Strategic Partnership, Nicosia, 10/10/2012

ECOMFStrategic Partnership

Strategic partnership between the European Centre for Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting

and National Ocean Centres

NICOSIA, 10 OCTOBER 2012

ECOMF Strategic Partnership, Nicosia, 10/10/2012

The Nicosia Declaration

A major agreement for the future European GMES Marine Service

Agreed on the 10th October 2012Worked out by:

MyOcean2 board National Agencies & Institutes of Member States, members of

EuroGOOS.Defines an ECOMF Strategic Partnership (ESP) between

the “national” institutions that deliver data and predictions to their national or local authorities and ECOMF.

What is the ECOMF Strategic Partnership

• An alliance between: – The future European Centre for Ocean Monitoring and

Forecasting – The national institutions that deliver operational

oceanography services.• Implemented in collaboration with

– EuroGOOS and its members – ROOSes and their members

• The Partnership started with the Nicosia Declaration in October 2012.

ECOMF Strategic Partnership members

• The National institutions – which provide operational oceanography services over their marine

domain – which deliver their services to national and/or regional key users

• EuroGOOS AISBL

– responsible for coordinated, strategic development and promotion of operational oceanographic services at European and regional levels

• ROOSes – responsible for coordinating the development of operational

oceanographic systems at regional level (MONGOOS, BOOS, NOOS, etc)

• ECOMF Members

The Nicosia Declaration• Agreed between 27 institutions

– BSH, Germany– CNR, Italy– DMI, Denmark– FCOO, Denmark– MITU, Estonia– FMI, Finland– HCMR, Greece– IMGW, Poland– INGV, Italy– IH, Portugal– IOI-UM, Malta– MSI TUT, Estonia– Mercator Ocean, France

Met.no, NorwayMet Office, UKMHI, UkraineMUMM, BelgiumNERSC, NorwayOC-UCY, CyprusSMHI, SwedenPuertos de Estado, SpainIMS-METU, TurkeyIMB, SloveniaSOCIB, SpainIOLR, IsraelIMR, IrelandIO-BAS, Bulgaria

Conclusion

• A 2-fold strategy, based on a European entity ECOMF and a partnership with national centres, defined with EuroGOOS to sustain the Marine Service infrastructure.

• Discussion with the main stakeholders: EuroGOOS, but also ECMWF, EEA, Eumetsat, ESA

• A strong effort devoted by core partners to progress in the legal implementation phase, and also regularly adapt plans to EC strategy when this one evolves

• Year 2013 is critical.

• A collective approach at the marine community level is key. Collaboration with EuroGOOS is exemplary.