Objective The general scientific objectives of SESAME are to assess and predict changes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea ecosystems as well as changes in the ability of these ecosystems to provide goods and services. The Mediterranean and Black Sea will be approached as a coupled climatic/ecosystem entity, with links and feedbacks to the world ocean. The assessment of ecosystem changes will be based on the identification of the major regime shifts in ecosystems that occurred during the last 50 years. Mathematical models, validated and upgraded using existing and new observations, will be used to predict ecosystem responses to changes in climate and anthropogenic forcing during the next five decades.The new data will be gathered during multidisciplinary; multi-ship oceanographic cruises in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. These will provide an overall picture of the Mediterranean and Black Sea that does not yet exist as well as essential data sets for model validation. SESAME will also study the effect of the ecosystem variability on key goods and services with high societal importance like tourism, fisheries, ecosystem stability though conservation of biodiversity and mitigation of climate change through carbon sequestration in water and sediments.The innovative character of SESAME is reflected in the close merging of economic and natural sciences to study the changes in the western and eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea within the period from 50 years in the past to 50 years in the future. SESAME will create a platform for disseminating the research results to all levels of society. It will stimulate and strengthen international cooperation in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions through the participation of research organisations from Member States, Associated States, Associated Candidate countries, non-EU Mediterranean and NIS countries as well as international organisations. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmarine biologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesoceanographyocean chemistrynatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Keywords Black Sea Mediterranean #Amp Mediterranean & Black Sea Socio-economic research amp 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-2005-3.III.1.2 - Assess and forecast changes in the Mediterranean and Black seas ecosystems and their ability to provide services Call for proposal FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH EU contribution No data Address 47th km Athens - Sounio Av., Mavro Lithari ANAVISSOS ATTIKI Greece See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (47) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 3, rue Michel-Ange PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data P.P.SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY - RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Russia EU contribution No data Address Nakhimovsky Ave. 36 MOSCOW See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Inonu Bulvari ANKARA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE Belgium EU contribution No data Address Place du 20 aout 7 LIEGE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Calle Serrano 117 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE SCIENZE DEL MARE Italy EU contribution No data Address via Isonzo 32 ROMA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU Greece EU contribution No data Address Administration Building, University Hill MYTILENE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Bulgaria EU contribution No data Address Parvi Maj Street, 40 VARNA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH LIMITED Israel EU contribution No data Address Tel-Shikmona HAIFA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS RESEARCH CENTER Greece EU contribution No data Address Kefallinias 46 ATHENS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BOGAZICI UNIVERSITESI Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Rectorate Bebek ISTANBUL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Lebanon EU contribution No data Address Sports City Boulevard, Bir Hassan 11-8281 BEIRUT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazzale Aldo Moro,7 ROMA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOFIISKI UNIVERSITET "SVETI KLIMENT OHRIDSKI" Bulgaria EU contribution No data Address Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard 15 SOFIA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L' ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE Italy EU contribution No data Address Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon di Revel 76 ROMA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI Italy EU contribution No data Address Corso Magenta 63 MILANO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU GEOLOGIE SI GEOECOLOGIE MARINA Romania EU contribution No data Address Dimitrie Onciu Street 23-25 Sector 2 BUCURESTI 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 A.O. 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