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In July 2022, EMODnet and Euro-ARGO ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium for Observing the Ocean) jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise the ongoing dialogues and relationship between EMODnet and the Euro‐Argo ERIC. EMODnet co-signatories to the MoU included the Coordinators of EMODnet Physics, EMODnet Chemistry and the EMODnet Secretariat. Read the full article, including the many areas of collaboration in the link below. EMODnet will actively participate in the 7th Argo Science Workshop on 11-13 October 2022 in Brussels, Belgium (see upcoming meetings below).

From 12 September 2022, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), which coordinates EMODnet Central Portal and EMODnet Biology, together with the EMODnet Secretariat as a hosted partner, will move into the new InnovOcean Campus in Ostend. The Campus will also continue to host IODE of UNESCO and European Marine Board, amongst others, together with a new partnership with the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO). The new official address will be: Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Ostend, Belgium. EMODnet services will remain operational during this time. The EMODnet teams look forward to the next chapter of partnerships, and welcome you all to visit Ostend and the InnovOcean campus in the near future!

Two citizen science digitisation projects were set up during the summer and the results are coming in. The EMODnet Biology citizen science project available through the DoeDat platform is underway. The initial project has been digitised by four citizen scientists. The data management team at VLIZ is now in the process of reformatting and quality controlling the data so that it can be published. In late August, another citizen science project was made available via the platform Zooniverse Once the work is completed by the citizen scientists, the data management team at HCMR will proceed with the reformatting and quality control ahead of data publication. Keep an eye out for further updates and more projects of this type during the coming months.

During the summer, EMODnet Chemistry enthusiastically participated as a tutor in various training courses and summer schools. EMODnet Chemistry Coordinator National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS (Italy) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research - AWI (Germany) participated in the training course 'Practical Introductory Course to Marine Monitoring Hardware and Procedures', held at OGS headquarters in Italy, from 20-24 June 2022, as part of the Interreg SHAREMED Mediterranean - TransNational On-Demand Actions project. The synergies between SHAREMED and EMODnet Chemistry were presented during the SHAREMED Summer School 'Tools, Databases and Knowledge to address and assess pollution and environmental threats in the Mediterranean waters' from 27 June to 1 July 2022 at IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, Lisbon, Portugal. The EMODnet data infrastructure was also presented at the Blue Growth Summer School "The Copernicus Marine Service as a supporting tool to foster Sustainable Blue Economy", organised by the OGS from 2 to 8 July 2022.

EMODnet Physics gave a Guest Lecture on 'Quality Control and Data Management – EMODnet: methods and tools in the global glider data exchange' at the 2022 Marine Robotics Summer School. The Summer School was an initiative jointly organized by the MIT Portugal Program (MPP), LSTS – Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory (FEUP), and the University of Azores. It took place at Faial Island, in the Azores, between July 11 and 22. The attendees acquired expertise in marine robotics and oceanography, more specifically in applications for ocean observation, archaeology, and mapping of ecosystems.

On 12 July 2022, during the launch event of 'The Science We Need for the Mediterranean Sea We Want' (SciNMeet) Programme, Alessandra Giorgetti of the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS, Italy) and Sissy Iona of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR, Greece) presented EMODnet, with a special focus on Chemistry and Ingestion data infrastructures. EMODnet is involved in the activities of Task Team 6 (TT6) of SciNMeet on Data Sharing. TT6 is facilitated by A. Giorgetti, Scientific Coordinator of EMODnet Chemistry.

The summary for the UN Ocean Conference (27 June to 1 July 2022) side event on “Marine Data Interoperability”, that was co-organised by the EMODnet Secretariat, is now available online. Check it out!

​​​This two-day free online workshop on 13-14 September 2022 provides introduction, demonstrations, and exercises in producing ICES Transparent Assessment Framework (TAF) assessment outputs and working within the GitHub environment. The workshop is mainly aimed at people working with stock assessment models who need guidance to run the models through TAF.

On 11-13 October 2022, the 7th Argo Science Workshop ‘OneArgo for a changing ocean’ will take place in Brussels (Belgium) and also online. It will be hosted by Euro-Argo in the framework of the Euro-Argo RISE and EuroSea H2020 European Union projects. It will take place in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, as a hybrid event with in-person and virtual attendance options.

The Sea Level Rise Conference 2022 on 17-18 October will bring together researchers, stakeholders and policy professionals at Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista (Venice, Italy) to exchange on regional to local sea level change in Europe. The conference is organized by the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise, a joint effort between JPI Climate and JPI Oceans, in collaboration with its Italian partners and with endorsement by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

The 6th edition of the EU Datathon, the annual EU open data competition, includes four challenges.

The finals will take place on 20 October 2022.

The Copernicus Marine Service, a close partner of GEO Blue Planet, is pleased to announce the 5th GEO Blue Planet Symposium that will be held from 24 to 28 October 2022 in Accra, Ghana.

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