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 composed 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 area of Marine Science and Technology by 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's host institution;
• Annual financial contribution;
• Orientation of EurOcean's activities taking into account the needs of the Portuguese scientific community;
• Support to delegates for participation in 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 the European level)
• News, Events and Calls

Initiative accompanied by the FCT Ocean Program.