Priority 2 - Marine environment and renewable energies
AARC | MARLEANET | MESHATLANTIC | MAIA | FAME | PORTONOVO | SEAFARE
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Project |
AARC |
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Lead Partner |
Westcountry Rivers Trust, UK |
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Partners Countries |
ES(2), FR(1), IE(4), PT(3), UK(3) |
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Budget / ERDF |
3,870,695.99 € / 2,515,951.96 € |
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Summary |
The main aim is to cooperate intensively to deliver a strategy for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), which will be demonstrated across the Atlantic Area, in targeted river basins, networked by regional/river observatories in each Member State. |
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Project |
MARLEANET |
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Lead Partner |
Centre Européen de Formation Continue Maritime, FR |
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Partners Countries |
ES(1), FR(2), IE(1), PT(2) |
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Budget / ERDF |
2,261,005.67€ / 1,469,653.68 € |
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Summary |
The project intends to facilitate the formation to the seafarers’ private sectors or public organisations and to develop and consolidate a transnational network of maritime economy. The project results will be composed of a long-term network with exchanges of good practices, know-how and staff, common and new training sessions development and the current policies improvements. |
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Project |
MESHATLANTIC |
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Lead Partner |
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, FR |
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Partners Countries |
ES(2), FR(3), IE(1), PT(5) |
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Budget / ERDF |
3,499,695.95 € / 2,274,802.05 € |
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Summary |
MeshAtlantic wants to promote harmonised production and use of marine habitat maps covering the Atlantic Area. To reach this goal, intends to adapt and enhance previous achievements to the area, hence bringing the region onto equal footing with northern Europe. |
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Project |
MAIA |
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Lead Partner |
Agence des Aires Marines Protégées, FR |
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Partners Countries |
ES(2), FR(2), PT(2), UK(3) |
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Budget / ERDF |
3,032,604.35 € / 1,971,192.82 € |
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Summary |
The project aims to: 1) share experience on how to draw up management plans for activities which take place in existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and thus fulfill the nature conservation objectives that justified their designation; 2) define and implement joint methodology to identify the marine areas, both inshore and offshore, whose habitats and/or species justify special protection or management. |
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Project |
FAME |
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Lead Partner |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), UK |
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Partners Countries |
ES(1), FR(2), IE(1), PT(5), UK(1) |
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Budget / ERDF |
3,418,077.65 € / 2,221,750.46€ |
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Summary |
The FAME project will monitor and track seabirds throughout the Atlantic Area and, by combining this data with oceanographic information, produce comprehensive maps to inform the designation of Marine Protected Areas. |
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Project |
PORTONOVO |
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Lead Partner |
Universidad de Cantabria, ES |
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Partners Countries |
ES(5), FR(8), PT(6), UK(4) |
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Budget / ERDF |
1,800,000 € / 1,104,274.05 € |
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Summary |
PORTONOVO intends to standardize a methodology for the water quality management in port areas all over along the Atlantic Area by developping great quality searching results to strengthen the present situation in accordance with the European legal framework about water quality in harbours. |
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Project |
SEAFARE |
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Lead Partner |
Bangor University, UK |
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Partners Countries |
ES(3), FR(2), IE(3), PT(2), UK(4) |
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Budget / ERDF |
3,179,473 € / 2,066,657 € |
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Summary |
SEAFARE will develop solutions to specific constraints on industry development for Europe's fish and shellfish farmers, through species diversification and development of low-intensity aquaculture systems that are compatible with sensitive coastal habitats. |
