Objective Nearly all significant developments in the marine/maritime area originate from Europe, a true maritime continent. Consequently, the Marine/Maritime Science and Research Communities are among the world leaders in their respective fields, disciplines and sectors. To maintain its leadership and competitiveness, Europe must take advantage of new market opportunities and address the global challenges by means of focused RDI. Unfortunately the complexity and intricacy of the marine/maritime area has lead to widespread fragmentation of research efforts and actors. It is therefore important to identify and establish appropriate mechanisms to strengthen the cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary cooperation, key ferment for innovation, between both research communities. To this effect, the ETP WATERBORNE and the informal Post Aberdeen Marine Interest Group came together as they would benefit from an appropriate and efficient cooperation framework to achieve the Lisbon agenda in a sustainable way. To tackle global issues such as Climate Change and Competitiveness, the different interests and elements affecting such matters need to be integrated in a consistent way. Building on the EU’s Maritime Policy and ERA, the key challenge for the EU Policies is to enable sustainable economic expansion, taking into account the environmental, economical and social aspects in a holistic way. This project will initiate the process for this holistic approach by identifying and generating a framework of cooperation for the two communities. It will focus on maritime transport but will form the basis for a wider reflection in the future. This framework would be build by identifying: the areas of common interest, of possible synergies and the most promising cooperation/integration structure. A Policy Interface Panel composed of representatives of the two Research Communities will be instrumental in reaching the largest possible consensus to ensure the best support and public awareness. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords Aberdenn Declartion ERA EurOCEAN 2007 European Technology Platform Marine Maritime Maritime Policy Research Science WATERBORNE Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) SST.2008.6.0.6. - Integration of Marine and Maritime Sciences in Waterborne Transport in support to the European Research Area Call for proposal FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator Community of European Shipyards Associations asbl EU contribution € 116 095,00 Address rue Marie de Bourgogne 52 1000 Brussels Belgium See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Véronique Verhoeven (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE France EU contribution € 176 550,00 Address QUAI LEZAY MARNESIA 1 67080 Strasbourg Cedex See on map Region Grand Est Alsace Bas-Rhin Activity type Other Administrative Contact David Weber (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data European Marine Equipment Council/Conseil Europeen de l'equipment naval Belgium EU contribution € 77 040,00 Address rue Belliard 159 1040 BRUXELLES See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Paola Lancellotti (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN COUNCIL FOR MARITIME APPLIED R&D Belgium EU contribution € 69 550,00 Address MARIE DE BOURGOGNESTRAAT 52-54 3DE VERDIEP 1000 Brussels / Bruxelles See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tony Morrall (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FOUNDATION WEGEMT - A EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES Netherlands EU contribution € 58 850,00 Address MEKELWEG - FACULTEIT MT 2 2628 CD Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Other Administrative Contact Zoe Agiasophiti (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data