On 17 June 2021, the Project meeting and Steering Committee meeting of EMODnet Chemistry took place online on the occasion of the EMODnet Open Conference and EMODnet Jamboree 14-18 June 2021.

The first year of the current EMODnet Chemistry phase has concluded and a project meeting, open to all EMODnet Chemistry network, as well as a meeting involving the Steering Committee, have been fundamental to recall the 2021 objectives and outcomes established for each work package and jointly discuss priorities and possible issues. It will be a full day meeting from 9 AM to 5 PM CEST (Rome time).

Look at

• the Agenda.
• the Minutes.
• the Project meeting video recording (It starts at 00:43:00).
• the Steering Committee meeting video recording (It starts at 2:17:00).

The Project meeting, where all EMODnet Chemistry partners and members of the Advisory Forum were welcome, was attended by 65 participants from 47 organizations and 27 countries.

Hereafter detailed information is available by means of WP-targeted presentations.

• WP1 – Project management, progress on deliverables, including interaction with JRC, CMEMS and EEA. Preparation to phase 5 (OGS)
• WP5 – Report of the meetings with the MSFD board of experts and of EMODnet/ICES data integration for EEA indicators (ICES)
• WP2 – Status of metadata and data population, including increase over time, and harvesting for products (MARIS)
• WP2 – Microlitter data collection and link to Member States (OGS)
• WP3 – Generation of products: aggregated datasets. Data quality and quantity gaps (HCMR)
• WP3 – New DIVA maps on Map viewer (SMHI)
• WP3 – Generation of maps on contaminants (ISPRA)
• WP3 – New maps for marine litter on Map viewer (IFREMER)
• WP4 – Technical developments, services and tools: information about centralization process (MARIS)
• WP4 – Improving of the SDC VRE and webODV (AWI)
• WP6 - Outreach & Promotion activities (RBINS)

The Steering Committee meeting was attended by 28 participants from 16 organizations and 13 countries.