Context
On 3 October 2019, DG MARE and CINEA, the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (ex-EASME), convened a workshop on ‘Data for MSP’ to exchange knowledge and experience between MSP data practitioners from MSP projects funded by the European Commission (EMFF programme). The main outcomes of this workshop were recorded in the document "Initial Workshop identifying the need for a TEG on Data for MSP".
On 23 April 2020 DG MARE and CINEA (ex-EASME) organised a workshop to formalise the establishment of the Technical Expert Group (hereafter TEG) on data for MSP.
- TEG Terms of reference and scoping documents
Terms of Reference for the Technical Working Group on Data for MSP (Version of 25.02.2020)
Technical Expert Group Kick-off meeting
Initial Workshop identifying the need for a TEG on Data for MSP
TEG Activities
The TEG aims to achieve several objectives:
- Promote cross-border data exchange: facilitate the availability and sharing of data and information on MS between EU Member States.
- Ensure coherence with environmental data: support access to data on the state of the marine environment in relation to maritime spatial plans
- Prevent overlaps and redundant work by coordinating activities across different projects and regions.
- Develop common standards: establish standards for sharing maritime spatial plans and finalize a unified MSP data framework
Find out more about the TEG harmonisation and coordination work to support MSP implementation
| The ReMAP project (Reviewing and Evaluating the Monitoring and Assessment of Maritime Spatial Planning), which originated from the work of the TEG, delivered a suite of analytical modules and operational tools. ReMAP translated the practical concepts and methodological developments previously established within the TEG into fully functional applications. Most of the analytical models rely on the harmonised EU MSP Data Layer, producing comparable results for all countries and promoting EU MSP data sharing. |
