The Marnet Project
Create an Atlas of marine socio economic indicators for the Atlantic Area.
The Marnet Project
Examine the economic utility of the marine environment.
The Marnet Project
Enhance the competitiveness of the Atlantic Periphery economy
The Marnet Project
Act as a framework to collaborate on further marine research initiatives
The Marnet Project
Establish a formal charter for sharing marine socio economic research facilities in Atlantic Regions
MARNET is an EU transnational co-operation project involving eight partners from the five member states of the Atlantic Area. The aim of the project is to create an EU Atlantic marine socio economic network that will develop a methodology to create and collate comparable marine socio- economic data across the Atlantic regions and to use this data to support marine socio economic development initiatives along the Atlantic Area.
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Consultation workshop with marine stakeholders
The BMW Regional Assembly and NUI Galway hosted the first consultation workshop [...]
Consultation workshop with marine stakeholders
The BMW Regional Assembly and NUI Galway hosted the first consultation workshop with marine stakeholders in Ireland as part of the EU Marnet project (Marine Atlantic Regions Network) on Thursday, February 7th 2013 in Dublin. The purpose of the workshop, which was attended by Marine interests such as Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the Marine Institute, the Irish Maritime Development Office and the Regional Authorities, was to brief regional stakeholders on the activities of the Marnet project and to gain initial [...]
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Marnet project launched by EU Commission
The Marnet Partners announced the official launch of the MARNET project at [...]
Marnet project launched by EU Commission
The Marnet Partners announced the official launch of the MARNET project at a major EU Commission Marine conference in Bilbao, Spain. MARNET (Marine Atlantic Regions Network), is a three year co-operation project involving Regional Authorities and Marine Socio Economists in Ireland, Spain, France, Portugal and Scotland. The initiative will establish an EU Atlantic Marine Socio Economic Network that will map the value of the Atlantic Marine economy through the development of reliable and comparable socio economic data throughout Atlantic [...]
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Marnet Project Inaugural Meeting
The BMW Regional Assembly together with the Socio Economic Marine Research Unit [...]
Marnet Project Inaugural Meeting
The BMW Regional Assembly together with the Socio Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) at NUI Galway hosted the inaugural meeting of the MARNET project at the Cairnes School of Business & Economics, NUI Galway on July 11th and 12th last. MARNET (Marine Atlantic Regions Network) is a 2.5 year collaborative transnational project involving maritime regions from the Basque country of Spain, Brittany in France, Stirling in Scotland, Porto in Portugal as well as the Border Midland and West region [...]
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Consultation workshop with marine stakeholders
The BMW Regional Assembly and NUI Galway hosted the first consultation workshop [...]
Marnet project launched by EU Commission
The Marnet Partners announced the official launch of the MARNET project at [...]
Marnet Project Inaugural Meeting
The BMW Regional Assembly together with the Socio Economic Marine Research Unit [...]
Marnet Actions
Network
This activity will involve the formation of the Marnet Marine Socio-Economic Network.
The Network will facilitate greater collaboration and knowledge exchange between marine socio economists, policy officers as well as Local and Regional Authorities, throughout the Atlantic Area.
A formal network Charter will set out the scope and purpose of the Network. The creation of the network will also enable network members to explore ongoing funding opportunities, such as Horizon 2020 and European Territorial Co-operation (ETC) opportunities.
The network will also help to develop practical initiatives in the Atlantic regions and enable the creation of strategic partnerships.
Framework
The Framework Development Action will involve the development of an agreed methodology for the identification, collection and classification of socio-economic data related to marine activities in the Atlantic Area. The approach taken in identifying and measuring relevant marine economic and social activity in Atlantic Regions will be to:
- Define the industries that are in the marine economy of the Atlantic Area
- Identify the marine sub-sectors for which there is publicly available data (mostly using the NACE code sector classification system)
- Identify the types of data that regional authorities require and in what format
- Estimate the proportion of economic activity in each region that is marine-based
- Establish which sectors and what data types would provide the most instructive indicators of marine social and economic wellbeing
- Decide on the geographical coverage in which the marine regions will be documented in terms of local maritime activities or employment
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Indicators
The goal of this activity is to develop a suite of Marine Socio-Economic Indicators for the European Atlantic Periphery.
This will be achieved through the collection of information identified under the Framework Development activity and using an agreed data collection strategy.
Each partner will employ a Research intern to help compile and analyse the data. These interns will receive training on the data gathering/compilation process procedure.
The data gathered will feed into subsequent actions, specifically the construction of the Atlas of Marine Socio Economic Indicators and the implementation of practical initiatives in each region.
Atlas
The goal of this activity is to generate an Atlas of Marine Socio-Economic Indicators in Atlantic Regions.
The atlas will be made available online and will be usable at different spatial scales which will have been decided upon at the data collection stage.
The Marine Socio-Economic Indicators Atlas will be available for the benefit of Socio Economic Researchers, Policy workers as well as Regional and Local Authorities.
Practical Initiatives
The purpose of the Practical Initiatives action is to allow each region to undertake a practical application of the marine socio-economic database with the active engagement of regional and marine stakeholders.
Specifically Partners will: -
- Undertake the practical work utilising the database (e.g., identification of marine sectors in specific areas with potential for further economic development) and publish the results
- Increase awareness of the availability and utility of the marine socio-economic database and
- Identify, through practical usage, further data requirements and elaborations of the database for further development
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