Objective ESONIM will identify the best technical solution, provide the economic justification and suggest the appropriate legal structures to establish a seafloor observatory that conforms to the model defined by ESONET. ESONET established the basis for a marine co mponent of GMES consisting of a network of long term, seafloor, multidisciplinary observatories at key locations on the European margin providing continuous vigilance in relation to geophysical, biogeochemical, oceanographic and biological phenomena. ESONI M provides convincing reasons and the methodology required for national governments to implement seafloor observatories offshore Europe. ESONIM will select an ESONET site as a model to demonstrate a transferable methodology to implement any of the ten sele cted ESONET sites. The observatory architecture proposed by ESONET will be tested by an engineering design team who will select the best technical implementation solution for the CELTNET site. Using data provided by the engineering design team a business d evelopment team of financial and legal consultants will calculate the capital cost of installation, the running costs, the potential revenues, sources of funding and the cost of financing. Legal consultants will address insurance and indemnity issues, prop ose model contracts and suggest partnership agreements. Public private partnerships will be considered. The business development team will present a business model with a projected ten year cash flow forecast for the CELTNET site. The deliverables from ESO NIM will be used by ESONET partners to petition their respective governments for support to establish seafloor observatories. ESONIM will promote and facilitate the take up of the results of ESONET and will contribute to the implementation of observing and forecasting systems to make long-term systematic observations of marine parameters necessary for global change research and management strategies. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2004-3.IX - Specific Support Actions in Global change and ecosystems Call for proposal FP6-2004-GLOBAL-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator MARINE INSTITUTE EU contribution No data Address Galway Technology Park, Parkmore GALWAY Ireland See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CSA GROUP LTD Ireland EU contribution No data Address 6-7 Dundrum Business Park, Windy Arbour DUBLIN 14 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER MEERESWISSENSCHAFTEN Germany EU contribution No data Address Wischhofstrasse 1-3 KIEL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER France EU contribution No data Address 155 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ALCATEL SUBMARINE NETWORKS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Christchurch Way GREENWICH - LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Kings College ABERDEEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GOODBODYS STOCKBROKERS Ireland EU contribution No data Address Ballsbridge Park, Ballsbridge DUBLIN 4 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PHILIP LEE SOLICITORS Ireland EU contribution No data Address Fitzwilton House, Wilton Place DUBLIN 2 See on map Total cost No data GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET. Sweden EU contribution No data Address Vasaparken GOETEBORG See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
