Technical support for TSG Marine Litter and Underwater noise
Specific contract - Administrative, organisational and technical support for the TSG on Marine Litter and Underwater noise

The final deliverable includes the successful preparation and organisation of 9 events including all necessary reports. This shall be documented in a final report summarising of the activities carried out under this task.

Link Status Dates
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/ Final report available 02/11/2013-02/10/2015
Impacts of noise and use of propagation models to predict the recipient side of noise
Specific contract - Impacts of noise and use of propagation models to predict the recipient side of noise

The final deliverable includes a report containing full analysis on the impacts of noise and development of propagation models to produce underwater sound maps.

Link Status Dates
C6082-Workshop Final Report Closed - Final report available 09/03/2013-07/02/2014
Identification and assessment of riverine input of (marine) litter
Specific Contract - Identification and assessment of riverine input of (marine) litter

The final deliverable will present analysis of the monitoring, assessment and identification of sources of litter in selected locations in 4 river basins within Europe.

Link Status Dates
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ Closed - Final report available 31/10/2013-31/08/2014
Development of measures to combat marine litter source
Specific contract - Study to support the development of measures to combat a range of marine litter source

Study to support the development of measures to combat a range of marine litter source.

Link Status Dates
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ Closed - Final report available 17/12/2014-17/09/2015
Member States' use of the MSFD in the planning and operation of human activities
Specific contract - Analysis of Member States' use of the MSFD in the planning and operation of human activities, including authorisation, permitting and licensing procedures

The overall objectives of this contract are to understand, map, compare and analyse the use of licensing, authorisations and permitting for human activities in the marine environment at national level in relation to the MSFD and the attainment of GES by 2020, with a view to producing a guidance document on the use of licensing, authorisations and permitting for such human activities.

Link Status Dates
Ongoing 30/06/2015-30/04/2016
Technical support for the Technical Groups on Marine Litter and Underwater Noise
Specific contract - Administrative, organisational and technical support for the Technical Groups on Marine Litter and Underwater Noise

To provide administrative, organisational and logistic support to these two established Technical Groups in support of the implementation of their work programme. Thereafter, there were regular progress reports and suggestions for further work presented and discussed at the MSCG. The contract shall build on the work of the secretariat of the two groups which was in place since 2013.

Link Status Dates
Ongoing 27/08/2015-27/12/2016
Green jobs in the Blue Economy
Specific contract - Green jobs in the Blue Economy: a bottom-up approach

Improve knowledge about concrete opportunities for developing environmentally-friendly initiatives in the maritime economy.

Link Status Dates
To be signed soon 12/01/2015-02/01/2017