European Marine Science and Technology Information Center - EurOcean

O European Marine Science and Technology Information Center (EurOcean) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization created in 2002, in which FCT is a founding member. It is made up of Member Organizations from all over Europe involved in marine scientific research and technology and related activities, such as coordination, decision-making, funding, information management and dissemination to a wide variety of end users, both the marine scientific community and the general public.

EurOcean aims to facilitate the exchange of information at European level in the field of Marine Science and Technology, focusing on three main areas:

• Marine research infrastructures,
• Marine knowledge management,
• Dissemination and ocean literacy activities.

Representatives

• Delegate: Marta Norton(marta.norton@fct.pt), FCT
• Sub-delegate: Ana Amorim(ana.amorim@fct.pt), FCT

FCT involvement

• EurOcean host institution;
• Annual financial contribution;
• Orientation of EurOcean's activities taking into account the needs of the Portuguese scientific community;
• Support for delegates to attend meetings.

Useful links

• EurOcean website
• Marine knowledge gate (KG) (Identifies research projects and their results at European level)
• Marine Research Infrastructures Database (RID) (Identifies marine research infrastructures at European level)
• News, Events and Calls

The initiative is supported by the FCT's Oceano Program.