AMPERA

AMPERA

The objectives of AMPERA:

• Establish priorities in transdisciplinary research on accidental marine pollution.
• Improve the link between research on accidental marine contamination and prevention and mitigation activities, to support and emphasize the role of sound knowledge in decision-making.
• Improve the coordination of national/regional research programs on accidental marine pollution.
• Designing strategies to overcome barriers that hinder transnational cooperation, with a view to opening up national/regional programs.
• Launch long-term RTD strategies, identifying synergies and complementarities that will serve as nuclei for sustainable cooperation between partners and improve the use of R&D results.
• Dissemination of knowledge at different levels, emphasizing the science-public interface and the importance of adopting this approach for society as a whole.