Wageningen UR Centre for Marine Policy (CMP)

Mission and Strategy

by Martin Pastoors

1 March 2010, IMARES werkbespreking

Integrated policies for oceans and seas

How can we supply scientific support to integrated maritime

policy?

CMP

We are CMPpart of

CMP Mission

A European research centre that supports the development of integrated maritime and marine policies by bringing together research and knowledge covering all relevant scientific disciplines and communities

CMP is making collaboration easier

Collaboration within Wageningen UR...

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... and collaboration in wider society

Disciplines

Ecology, economics, law, governance, etc

Countries

NL, Europe, World

Communities

Universities, Applied universities,

Stakeholders, Policy makers

Next step: NILOS in the basket?

CMP Profile:

• Integration and synthesis• Co-creation of knowledge• Well-founded policy-relevant research

CMP Ambassadors

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CMP activities

PhD – PostDoc research

Education platform

Project organization / coordination

Project organization / coordination

• EC Tender on Marine Spatial Planning

• Results-based fisheries management (FP7)

• Stakeholder-Science collaboration GAP2 (FP7)

• Follow-up project on a new Common Fisheries Policy (LNV)

• Organizing student exchange Netherlands-Norway

PhD – PostDoc research

• David Goldsborough: North Sea MPAs and governance

• NWO-ZKO proposal on Wadden Sea knowledge application

• GAP2 FP7 application• Several ENP PhDs

Education platform

• PhD course on Ecosystem Approach and Advice 2009

• Summerschool on Spatial Planning 2010

• ICES training course “Opening up the box of fisheries advice”

• ICES training course “Advisory skills”

Making collaboration easier and better

Open access, flexible, interactive, integrate functions, social media

Wageningen UR, Centre for Marine Policy:

Our networking and synthesis domain!