New Resources to Support MSFD Decision Makers
The resources have been developed through the STAGES (Science and Technology Advancing Governance on Good Environmental Status) project. STAGES was an EC-funded Coordination and Support Action that aimed to improve the scientific knowledge base required to support the implementation of the MSFD and help Member States to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) in European Waters by 2020. The project ran from September 2012 to September 2014. The STAGES MSFD Decision Support Resources can be downloaded individually or in a convenient e-package (.zip file format) from the project’s website: www.stagesproject.eu/stages-msfd-decision-support-resources This e-package includes pragmatic and ready-to-use recommendations for the establishment of an effective EU science-policy platform to support the implementation of the MSFD. These recommendations are based on results of extensive stakeholder consultations, surveys and desk top studies, which identified key MSFD-relevant projects of interest and knowledge gaps where further research will be needed to support MSFD implementation. STAGES at EurOCEAN 2014 Marisa Fernández, the project’s coordinator, presented STAGES in a session on GES at the recent (9-7 October) EurOCEAN 2014 science-policy conference, together with presentations by the European Commission DG Research and Innovation, DG Environment, Joint Research Centre and the OSPAR Regional Sea Convention. Both DG R&I and DG Environment spoke highly of the work conducted by STAGES. STAGES also had a stand at the event disseminating all project outputs, led by AquaTT with project partners CETMAR, EurOcean, ICES and the European Marine Board all present. In a plenary session, Maria Betti (Director, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, EC-JRC) launched the MSFD Competence Centre and the first operational phase was explained by Mark Dowell (EC-JRC) in the GES session. AquaTT’s David Murphy presented on ‘Monitoring, managing and transferring marine knowledge for sustainable Blue Growth’ in a session on ‘Bridging the Gap – linking marine science and policy’. New STAGES Video A new STAGES video is also now available on Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/109118569. This video provides a summary of the STAGES project and its key activities and results. To learn more about the STAGES project, visit: www.stagesproject.eu Notes for Editors The STAGES project was carried out by a consortium of eight partners in seven countries and was coordinated by the Centro Tecnológico del Mar (CETMAR) in Spain. STAGES received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 308473.
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