AMPERA

AMPERA's objectives:

Establish priorities in trans-disciplinary research into accidental marine pollution.
Improve the linkage of accidental marine contamination research with prevention and mitigation activities to underpin and emphasize the role of sound knowledge in decision making.
Improve 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 act as nuclei for sustainable cooperation among partners and improve the utilization of R&D results .
Dissemination of knowledge at different levels, emphasizing the science-public interface and the importance of adopting this approach for society in general.