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1. Towards Sustainability Partnership for a European Centre for Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting (ECOMF) 16 April 2013, MyOceanAnnual Review, Cork, Ireland MyOceanAnnualReview – CORK – APRIL 16/17, 2013

2. Content • Pierre Bahurel’s talk given by Mike Bell • Overview of strategy, approach and time-frame (1) Securing the production and service (2) Securing the partnershipwith the national level • Conclusions

3. Implementing the Copernicus Marine Service (operational phase) Marine Core Service Implementation Group (IG report, April 2007) A two-fold strategy of the marine community  A reliable production & service A deep and efficient user uptake

4. Progress achieved through(last 12 months) • Working meetings of an ECOMF group (~20 people), initiated by the MyOcean2 Board: 7 meetings since MyOcean2 kick-off • Discussions withEuroGOOS: Nicosia workshop, EuroGOOSassembly in Hamburg • Discussions withEC, as frequently as possible for them • Discussions withstakeholders: ECMWF, Eumetsat, EEA, … • Communication in various symposium and workshops (e.g. user workshop last week, or GMES User Forum last month)

5. Timeframe ECOMF The FP7 MyOcean2 project ends at the end of September 2014 With Copernicus, EC has now a very good chance to have the administrative & funding framework ready for 2014. Beneficiaries of the following phase are not yet decided by EC. Our goal is to propose ECOMF partnership and have it ready to take over the post-MyOcean2 phase and ensure full service continuity.

6. ECOMF, a two-fold strategy defined in MyOcean2 with EuroGOOS Strategic partnership for a « European Centre for Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting » (ECOMF) Ensure win-win relations with Member States services NicosiaDeclaration adopted in 2012 by EuroGOOS and the marine community Strengthen the operationalcore MoUECOMF signed in 2012 by the 14 main currentoperators of the MyOcean2 service

7. ECOMF strategic partnershipfor a sustained Marine Service • MoU ECOMF • signed in 2012 by the 14 main currentoperators of the MyOcean2 service • Create a commonentity to secureEuropeanoperations & service NicosiaDeclaration adopted in 2012 by EuroGOOS and the marine community  Implement the strategicpartnershipwith national centres

8. (1) Securing the production & service

9. Securing the operational production & service chain 4 Thematic Assembly Centres 7 Monitoring and Forecasting Centres Models Observations Service Desk Global Ocean Sea Level Arctic Ocean Ocean Color Baltic Sea SST, Ice, Wind Atlantic NWS Atlantic IBI In Situ Mediterranean Sea Black Sea

10. Securing the operational production & service chain Signed on 10 Feb 2012, by • Coord& Global: Mercator Ocean • Arctic: NERSC • Baltic: DMI, SMHI, BSH • Atl. NWS: Met Office • Atl. IBI: Puertos del Estado • Med Sea: INGV, HCMR • Black Sea: MHI • Sea Level: CLS • Ocean Color: CNR • SST, Ice, Wind: met.no • In Situ: Ifremer

11. ECOMF entity • Plans for a European Economic Interest Grouping • Scope and organization based on MyOcean & MyOcean2 experience ; service continuity. • Ongoing effort • on the legal implementation (members) • on the interface with EC (contract)

12. ECOMF documents in preparation Concept Business model Implementation options Work programme Estimates of costs

13. (2) Securing the partnership with the national level

14. ECOMFStrategic Partnership Strategic partnership between the European Centre for Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting and National Ocean Centres Nicosia, 10 october 2012

15. The Nicosia Declaration • A major agreement for the future European GMES Marine Service • Agreed on the 10th October 2012 • Worked out by: • MyOcean2 board • National Agencies & Institutes of Member States, members of EuroGOOS. • Defines an ECOMF Strategic Partnership (ESP) between the “national” institutions that deliver data and predictions to their national or local authorities and ECOMF.

16. What is the ECOMF Strategic Partnership • An alliance between: • The future European Centre for Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting • The national institutions that deliver operational oceanography services. • Implemented in collaboration with • EuroGOOS and its members • ROOSes and their members • The Partnership started with the Nicosia Declaration in October 2012.

17. ECOMF Strategic Partnership members • The National institutions • which provide operational oceanography services over their marine domain • which deliver their services to national and/or regional key users • EuroGOOSAISBL • responsible for coordinated, strategic development and promotion of operational oceanographic services at European and regional levels • ROOSes • responsible for coordinating the development of operational oceanographic systems at regional level (MONGOOS, BOOS, NOOS, etc) • ECOMF Members

18. The Nicosia Declaration • Met.no, Norway • Met Office, UK • MHI, Ukraine • MUMM, Belgium • NERSC, Norway • OC-UCY, Cyprus • SMHI, Sweden • Puertos de Estado, Spain • IMS-METU, Turkey • IMB, Slovenia • SOCIB, Spain • IOLR, Israel • IMR, Ireland • IO-BAS, Bulgaria • Agreed between 27 institutions • BSH, Germany • CNR, Italy • DMI, Denmark • FCOO, Denmark • MITU, Estonia • FMI, Finland • HCMR, Greece • IMGW, Poland • INGV, Italy • IH, Portugal • IOI-UM, Malta • MSI TUT, Estonia • Mercator Ocean, France

19. Conclusion • A 2-fold strategy, based on a European entity ECOMF and a partnership with national centres, defined with EuroGOOS to sustain the Marine Service infrastructure. • Discussion with the main stakeholders: EuroGOOS, but also ECMWF, EEA, Eumetsat, ESA • A strong effort devoted by core partners to progress in the legal implementation phase, and also regularly adapt plans to EC strategy when this one evolves • Year 2013 is critical. • A collective approach at the marine community level is key. Collaboration with EuroGOOS is exemplary.