From 26 to 28 October 2022, EMODnet Chemistry was in Constanța (Romania) at the hybrid conference MARBLUE 2022 - Blue Growth: Challenges and Opportunities for the Black Sea.
EMODnet Chemistry has improved the questionnaire to obtain information on sampling/analytical methods and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures for contaminants in seawater, sediment and biota. The updated questionnaire was recently sent to all institutes providing data to EMODnet Chemistry, in order to improve and update.
On 20-21 October 2022, EMODnet together with the European Commission DG MARE organised an online workshop on “EMODnet marine data for the offshore renewable energy sector in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea”. This workshop was the second in a series, with the first workshop focusing on the Northeast Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea.
EMODnet Chemistry’s contribution to improve data management of marine litter in Europe was described in depth by Georg Hanke of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC) during his presentation titled “Coastline Litter in Europe - Data for policy” at the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC).
EMODnet Chemistry has significantly expanded the new edition of the guidelines entitled "Updated guidelines for SeaDataNet ODV production: Eutrophication & Contaminants". The just published manual explains to data providers which standards, tools and software provided by the SeaDataNet infrastructure are adopted by EMODnet Chemistry to harmonise and validate data. A list of the most important problems and common errors and how to solve or avoid them is also part of the guide.
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EMODnet Chemistry has provided expert input to a consultation on a new EC initiative on ‘Chemical safety – better access to chemicals data for safety assessments’.
On 12 July 2022, Alessandra Giorgetti of OGS (Italy) and Sissy Iona of HCMR (Greece) presented EMODnet, with a special focus on Chemistry and Ingestion data infrastructures, during the launch event of The Science We Need for the Mediterranean Sea We Want (SciNMeet) Programme.
On 19-20 May 2022, EMODnet experts from across the network joined hundreds of marine and maritime stakeholders in Ravenna, Italy and online for European Maritime Day 2022 where the EC Blue Economy Report 2022 was also launched by EC services DG MARE and Joint Research Centre (JRC), featuring EMODnet and the European Atlas of the Seas.
