About the kickoff meeting
On 5 February, JPI Oceans will host the kickoff meeting for its new Joint Action: European Marinas Network. This hybrid meeting will bring together stakeholders to officially launch the Knowledge Hub and refine its objectives and milestones.
Co-led by Italy and Greece, the European Marinas Network Joint Action enters its first phase as a Knowledge Hub following a year-long scoping process and formal adoption by the Management Board meeting in October 2024. The Knowledge Hub is designed to support the development of marine monitoring infrastructure and data generation.
The Knowledge Hub focuses on building a data-driven understanding of the socio-environmental conditions within and around Europe’s marinas by:
- Establishing a network of selected marinas to participate in coordinated environmental monitoring and data collection efforts;
- Developing guidelines for the marinas on using procured and standardised, low-cost sensor packages in marinas to measure oceanographic and environmental key parameters;
- Enabling marinas to become focal points for harmonised data generation and collection.