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 EditorialThe European Commission has prepared a Green Paper outlining a European Maritime Policy aimed at developing a thriving maritime economy in an environmentally sustainable manner (see www.ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/pdf/com_2006_0275_en_part2.pdf). A consultation process has started in June 2006, lasting until the end of June 2007, to identify the best approach for dealing with our common responsibilities towards the seas surrounding us. A major question put forward by the Green Paper is: How can the EU add value to the many national, local and private initiatives which already exist in the maritime field? EU citizens whether individually or under the umbrella of a group, NGO, local or regional authority or entity, national or European Parliament or government are invited to present their views on the Green Paper.  ENCORA has drafted a reaction to the Green Paper, underlining the great European resource of knowledge and experience to deal with coastal and marine issues. This resource is not fully used, however, due to its fragmentation over many countries, over many disciplines and over research, policy and management institutions. As overall recommendation we propose the creation of and institutional framework for networking services to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experience among European professionals in coastal and marine science, policy and practice. The European Maritime Policy can take advantage of the experience of ENCORA in optimizing the effectiveness and sustainability of such networking services. A discussion page on the Green Paper has been opened on the ENCORA website (see http://www.encora.eu/forum/viewforum.php?f=27 ), where you can find the draft ENCORA reaction. Your reactions and suggestions are most welcome.  National news in this issue
 International news is in this issue
  Young Professionals Exchange ProgrammeYPEP, the Young Professionals Exchange Programme provides coastal researchers, practitioners and policy advisors, who are the start of their career, the opportunity to broaden their expertise and to build an international network. Participation of young coastal professionals in networking activities is essential for mobilizing new talent, energy and enthusiasm and to create a European culture of transnational cooperation. Institutes participating in the ENCORA national networks have agreed to exchange young staff and to organise events where young professionals can meet, experience new approaches and familiarize with international networking and cooperation. A few hundred young professionals are expected to participate in YPEP events, funded by the national coordination offices. More information about the procedure to obtain a travel grant is available on the website www.ENCORA.eu/YPEP.php . If you are interested you may contact your national coordination office. Young professionals from EU countries where a national network is not yet established can submit their application to the central ENCORA office. Types of programmes Meet and Greet Days The 'Meet and Greet Days' is an event of a few days organised by an ENCORA member institute. This event will provide young professionals an overview of what the most important studies and projects are in the country of the hosting institute. The participants learn about national issues, and can Meet and Greet the people involved. In this way they can learn about what is done in other European countries and broaden you’re their personal network. The topics dealt with at a Meet and Greet days event can include science, practice and/or policy. Summer School The Summer School is an event of a few days organised by an ENCORA member institute. During this event a topic or case, which is typical for the organizing institute, will be studied. The event provides young professionals with in-depth information on a specific topic or case to broaden you’re their field of expertise and to experience new approaches for addressing coastal issues. The topics dealt with at a Summer School can be on science, practice or policy. Personal Exchange Program The Personal Exchange Program provides young professionals with the opportunity to work in a foreign country and to experience international networking and cooperation. ENCORA member institutes provide hosting opportunities for young professionals to work for them for a period that can vary from 1 week to a few months. Hosting opportunities can be at scientific and policy institutions or organisations directly involved in coastal management activities. Participation at ENCORA Theme Meetings This program offers young professionals the opportunity to participate at ENCORA Theme Meetings. These meetings are events of a few days where the state of the art of the ENCORA Themes is discussed. At these meetings participants can meet the Theme experts to broaden their personal network and field of expertise and contribute to the state of the art reports. YPEP Exchange Poland-Norwege The Polish ENCORA network has deliberately favoured YPEP applications from women as a contribution to better gender balance in professional development and career. A PhD student from the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Science, working on benthic ecosystems using acoustic methods will participate in a course on digital signal processing organised by the University of Valencia. A young researcher from the Faculty of Economics of the Gdansk University of Technology will be funded to visit the Norwegian Institute for Urban Development in Oslo, to study how Norwegian coastal municipalities develop, implement and update ICZM policies.  UPCOMING EVENTSSummer school Mathematical Methods for Coastal Engineering, June 19th to June 29th, 2007 at the University of Plymouth We are pleased to announce that the 2nd EPSRC-funded "Mathematical Methods for Coastal Engineering" Summer School will take place from June 19th to June 29th, 2007 at the University of Plymouth. As in 2005, the Summer School will consist of three main units: "Essential mathematics and numerical methods", "Hydrodynamics and transport processes in coastal zones", and "Coastal morphology". Confirmed speakers include Dr Gerd Masselink (University of Plymouth), Dr Howard Southgate (Independent researcher & consultant), Prof Howell Peregrine (University of Bristol), Dr Ping Dong (University of Dundee), and Dr Shunqi Pan (University of Liverpool). The lectures will be gauged for delegates at masters level from different research fields, who have a particular interest in coastal modelling and want to expand their analytical skills and their general background in mathematical techniques.  Registration fee is £100, which covers accommodation in halls of residence and meals (Sunday meals not included). The last Summer School was highly popular so we recommend early registration; places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Online information and registration forms will be available from January 2007. For further details please contact Dr David Graham: dgraham@plymouth.ac.uk, or Dr Vanesa Magar: mailto:vmagar@plymouth.ac.uk CoastGIS 07, 8-10 Octubre 2007, Santander The organizing committee invites you to attend CoastGIS 07, the 8th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Mapping for Coastal Zone Management. The conference will take place in Santander, Spain, between the 8th and the 10th of October, 2007. ICES Indicators Symposium, 20-23 November 2007, London This symposium will anticipate the translation of a number of current initiatives on indicator development into pilot or operational use within a regulatory framework, for example, under OSPAR and EU ('Water Framework' Directive) auspices. It is therefore designed to offer a timely and strategic insight into the current status and likely future direction of the activity.See for more information http://envind2007.benthos.be/ or www.encora.eu/documents/ices_london_flyer.pdf Coastal Wiki statisticsThe previous newsletter was a special issue about the development of the Coastal Wiki. At the moment there are 1,588 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about Coastal Wiki, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 50 pages that are content pages. There have been a total of 3,784 page views, and 1,068 page edits since the wiki was setup. If you are a member of ENCORA´s national or thematic networks and have not yet voiced your interest in joining the Coastal Wiki production team, please contact your national ENCORA Coordinator (http://www.encora.eu/networks.php) |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National news is in this issue
"The Green Paper" Towards a future Maritime Policy EU's Maritime Task Force har bedt ENCORA om at kommentere på en første version af "the Green Paper" Towards a future Maritime Policy for the Union: A European vision for the oceans and seas." http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/pdf/com_2006_0275_en_part2.pdf FP7 1st CallEU's FP7 1st call er ude. Vi er jo en del af et europæisk netværk ENCORA og vil derfor gerne tilbyde jer muligheden for at skabe kontakt med kolleger i andre lande i forbindelse med proposals. Vedhæftet er de calls, der har relevans for kysten. Hvis I er interesseret i at være med i/skaffe partnere til et nyt projekt, så kontakt os, så vil vi sende det ud i hele ENCORA's kystnetværk. Kystrelaterede calls
Dansk Havforskermøde 2007Havforskermødet blev holdt i Odense i år under ledelse af Marianne Holmer fra SDU. Det var som sædvanlig en dejlig oplevelse at møde gamle og nuværende kolleger til en faglig snak. Onsdag eftermiddag var der først direkte SKYPE til Galathea 3 ekspeditionen på Vædderen. De var på Antarktis, og vi kunne skimte isen i baggrunden blændet af solskinnet. Bagefter den traditionelle festmiddag med efterfølgende levende musik og dans. DANCORE blev behørigt introduceret om onsdagen, og målsætningen er, at vi nu får 260 nye medlemmer (samtlige deltagere) selvfølgelig minus dem, der allerede er med. Jeg fik mange positive tilbagemeldinger. Om torsdagen var der Miniworkshop om invasive arter under ledelse af Ole Tendal. Der var i alt 40 fremmødte til workshoppen med repræsentanter fra forskning, kommuner, miljøcentre, DFU, DMU, DHI, Skaldyrcenteret, private virksomheder, Skov- og Naturstyrelsen, dagspressen m.v. På mødet blev der rejst en række spørgsmål. På den baggrund enedes man om, at der etableres en styregruppe med repræsentanter fra forskellige institutioner. Det blev besluttet, at denne styregruppe skal holde et møde i løbet af foråret, evt. på Zoologisk museum. Det fulde referat af mødet kan læses på DANCORE's hjemmeside. Interesserede kan kontakte Peter Stæhr på PAStahr@bi.ku.dk. Endelig gjorde Peter Stæhr opmærksom på et symposium om Marine Introducerede Arter i DK, som afholdes den 17. august 2007 i København. Se vedlagte indbydelse.
Nye kontaktfladerENCORA har opnået støtte fra EU til at holde kontakt med netværk fra Nordafrika, Rusland og Ukraine. Nærmere info. følger snarest. DANCORE styregruppmøde 10. januar 2007 på DHIDANCORE's styregruppe består af: Nye medlemmerDANCORE har på nuværende tidspunkt 93 medlemmer. I januar er der kommet 10 nye medlemmer til - 3 fra Aalborg Universitet, 1 fra Syddansk Universitet, 2 fra Danmarks Fiskeriundersøgelser, 1 fra Ferskvandsbiologisk Laboratorium, 1 fra Skov- og Naturstyrelsen, 1 fra Miljøcenter Ringkøbing og 1 fra Miljøcenter Århus. Velkommen til de nye medlemmer. Coastal WikipediaI slutningen af november blev der afholdt en workshop i Valencia. Her enedes vi om at etablere en Coastal Wikipedia, der skal være vores måde at kommunikere viden til de europæiske kystnetværk på. Theme 6, der ledes af Karen Edelvang, er godt i gang med at opfylde målsætningen med at skrive artikler. I første omgang er det kun for inviterede bidragsydere, men lige så snart vi får lanceret vores WIKI, vil alle blive opfordret til at give deres besyv med. DANCORE har ansat IASTE-studerende Caitling Pilkington frem til 1. marts 2007, som skal hjælpe til med at få WIKI'en op at stå, og hun er allerede kommet meget langt i denne proces. ForskningsprojekterEt af formålene med DANCORE er at skabe et netværk for kystfolk i Danmark og informere bredt om alle igangværende aktiviteter. I opfordres til at hjælpe os med at sende links til alle de relevante projekter, I er involveret i, såvel nationale som EU-projekter m.m. Som minimum er det nok bare at sende os et link til en aktiv hjemmeside og navnet på den relevante kontaktperson. På det grundlag skriver vi to linier om, hvad projektet handler om og lægger dette på vores hjemmeside. I er selvfølgelig velkomne til selv at bidrage med tekst og andet. ThemesDe faglige aktiviteter i ENCORA-netværket er inddelt i 10 temaer, der dækker forskellige aktiviteter i kystzonen. Vi vil endnu en gang opfordre alle, der ikke allerede har gjort det, til at give en tilbagemelding på office@dancore.dk omkring, hvilke af de 10 themes de har interesse i, så vi fra DANCORE's side kan målrette udsendelsen af information. De 10 temaer omhandler: 1. Social and economic aspects of ICZM: Multi-functionality and Valuation 2. ICZM Participation and Implementation 3. Coastal and marine spatial planning 4. Pollution, prevention and mitigation 5. Long-term geomorphologic change and climate impacts 6. Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats 7. Assessment of biodiversity change 8. New sustainable coastal engineering techniques 9. Assessment of field observation techniques 10. Capacity building, education and training Information om de enkelte themes kan findes på: http://www.dancore.dk/network_and_links/thematic_networks.asp DANCORE/SENCORE Meet and Greet DayTidlig annoncering DANCORE og vores svenske kolleger i SENCORE planlægger at lave et 2-dages seminar i Malmø og København den 2.-3. maj 2007. Vi vender tilbage i næste nyhedsbrev med nærmere info. PhD PresentationPresentation of PhD Thesis by Hans Thodsen on "The effect of climate change on the transport of water, sediment and nutrients in Danish rivers". 2 February 2007 at 13.00 hrs, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen. More info. Nordtest Workshop - Uncertainty in Sampling12-13 April 2007, Pharmacon Conference Center, Hillerod, Denmark. Deadline for registration: 1 February 2007. Programme/registration European Symposium on MPAs as a Tool for Fisheries Management & Ecosystem Conservation25-28 September 2007, Murcia, Spain Nordic MPA ForumRegional Forum for Development, Learning and Knowledge-sharing on the use of Marine Protected Areas. http://www.nordicMPAforum.org Vacant PositionsAssociate Professor in Geography, Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, 1 April 2007 http://www.dancore.dk/files/Vacant_positions/Geografi%20lektorat%20-%20langt%20opslag.pdf Marine Researcher with the Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM), department of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS). http://www.mumm.ac.be/EN/Jobs/index.php
|  Colophon The ENCORA objective is to facilitate and create new opportunities for sharing knowledge and experience on coastal issues in Europe. This electronic newsletter will inform you frequently about the activities and achievements of the network. Every issue will contain a section with news about your national network or ICZM related topics in your country. This electronic newsletter may be forwarded freely to others working in the ICZM fiels. If you would like to receive the ENCORA Newsletter directly, please contact your national coordinator or subscribe to www.encora.org. News-items for publication can be send to encore@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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