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MERCATOR OCEAN INTERNATIONAL

Acronym: MOi

General Information

Identification Code: 582545543216-74
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Non-profit company ( "Société Civile")
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 6/17/2021
Last Update: 10/9/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Mercator Ocean International (MOi) is a non-profit organisation committed to building a science-based Digital Ocean for supporting the conservation and the sustainable use of our oceans and seas and marine resources (UN SDG14). MOi maintains an operational digital description of marine environment worldwide and helps organisations implement community and institutional programmes, projects, and initiative. Its Expert Services are used in the resolution of major environmental, climatic, and societal challenges of the planet. It continuously builds interactions between scientists, policymakers, public and institutional decision-makers, and the civil society.Mercator Ocean International has gained the reputation as a European and global leader in ocean prediction. It has also structured a committed network of ocean experts in Europe, proposing a unique marine data and information service, establishing integrated capacities for a digital depiction of the ocean.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Borders and security
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Mercator Ocean International contributes to the EU Green Deal, the Space Policy, the Integrated Maritime Policy (Blue Growth, Marine Data and Knowledge inter alia), the International Ocean Governance/IOG Forum, the All-Atlantic Ocean research Forum, the Mission "Restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030", Destination Earth (Digital Strategy), International Partnerships and Foreign Policy, Actions and roadmap to tackle plastic pollution and marine litter.
Communication Activities: In June 2021, in the frame of the All-Atlantic 2021 Conference, MOi organised 3 side events related to the G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative and GEO Blue Planet about global ocean data sharing and infrastructure, monitoring and managing marine litter and Sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean. For ensuring Copernicus Marine Service visibility, MOi has jointly developed with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the NGO Sulitest.org the very first educational module dedicated to the Ocean and SDG14 “Life below Water. The module was launched in July 2021 during the UN HLPF Event with Bernhard Friess, Maritime Policy and Blue Economy Director, EC Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. In Fall 2021, MOi has jointly developed with EUMETSAT, ECMWF and EEA a new massive open online course (MOOC) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Earth monitoring for the Copernicus Programme (EC DG DEFIS). MOI has published the summary of the fifth Ocean State Report, available in a concise, illustrated, and easily accessible format, that is intended to act as a reference for the scientific community, policy-makers in charge of coastal and marine activities, and the general public to better understand the importance and impacts of a changing ocean. On 27 September, Mercator Ocean International (MOi) held an open community dialogue meeting to discuss MOi’s candidature to host the first Collaborative Centre for Ocean Prediction in support of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade)aligned with the EU Green Deal. Over 60 participants attended the meeting from 18 countries representing 28 programmes, projects, and organisations working on various aspects of ocean prediction. This dialogue has continued with EC DG Research and Innovation's Healthy Ocean and Seas Unit. On Oct2021, MOi published its “Journal Issue 57: The Copernicus Marine Service, Copernicus 1 Achievements from 2015 to 2021” marking the end of the first phase of Copernicus. It was presented at the Copernicus Marine and WEkEO Services kick-off event on 12 October 2021, ensuring the continuity of Marine Earth Observations and monitoring powered by the European Union. The event, hosted by the EC DG DEFIS was opened by its Director-General, Timo Pesonen who shared key messages on the Marine’s Service results and the European Commissions’ ambitions for Copernicus and its Services in Copernicus 2 (2021 – 2027). MOi reinforced its commitment to GEO during the GEOWEEK 2021 (November) by presenting the work of the European Coordination Office of GEO’s Blue Planet Initiative, that it has been hosting since 2020, as part of the EU4OceanObs Foreign Policy Instrument Action of the European Commission. The #OceanChallenge4Africa online hackathon has been launched in February 2022 (to be held on April 8-10) and aims to gather participants to tackle ocean challenges in the coastal and marine regions of Africa. Teams will be invited to create innovative and impact-driven ocean solutions using Copernicus marine earth-observation data, to contribute to the sustainable use of ocean and coastal resources in Africa. In the frame of the French Presidency of the EU Council, at the One Ocean Summit organised by France in Brest, from the 9th to 11th of February 2022, six European States showed commitment to developing EUropean oceanographic excellence by transforming Mercator Ocean into an intergovernmental body by 2024. This was solidified in the “Declaration of Brest” presented during the “Commitment to a world digital ocean and the transformation of Mercator Ocean into an international organisation” event. Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries brought his support during the event as Copernicus Marine Service and EMODnet are two pillars of the next EU Digital Twin Ocean, announced by the President of the EC Ursula von der Leyen on February 11th and a key objective of the EU Mission "Restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030".
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: SEARICA

Head Office

Address: 2 AVENUE DE L'AERODROME DE MONTAUDRAN
Post Code: 31400
City: TOULOUSE
Country: FRANCE
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EU Office

Address: 2 AVENUE DE L'AERODROME DE MONTAUDRAN
Post Code: 31400
City: TOULOUSE
Country: FRANCE
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Summary of cash/funds received for: BLUE CLOUD (55 K€) - IMMERSE (279 K€) - ESIWACE2 (17,7K€) - EDITO INFRA (79 K€) COCLICO (23 K€) - COCO2 (93K€) - ESM2025 (139 K€) - ECFAS (188 K€) - EUROSEA (155 K€) - ESM 2025 (48 K€)

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 4
Members50 Percent: 4
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 8
Members F T E: 3
Info Members: Domains of skills in activities covered by the Register: General Management, Science, IS, International Development, Marketing & Communications

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Our 10 associates/shareholders are: CMCC (Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici) in Italy, CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) in Italy, CNRS (National Scientific Centre for Scientific Research) in France, IFREMER (Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) in France, IRD (Research and Development Institute) in France, Météo-France (National meteorological and climate service) in France, NERSC (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center) in Norway, PUERTOS DEL ESTADO ( the national body for the management of the ports) in Spain, SHOM (Navy’s Hydrography and Oceanography Service) in France and the UK MET OFFICE.
Organisation Members: Mercator Ocean International is a Participating Organisation of GEO (Group on Earth Observation). Mercator Ocean International is a member of EuroGOOS Mercator Ocean International is a member of Aerospace Valley Mercator Ocean International is a member of Cluster Maritime Français Mercator Ocean International is a member of Pôle Mer Méditérannée Mercator Ocean International is a partner of Ocean Energy Europe Mercator OCean International is a member of the Ocean&Climate Platform Mercator Ocean International is a partner of EARSC Mercator Ocean International contributes to major international scientific initiatives (OceanPredict, UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE, the World Climate Research programme, WMO, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, NEMO) Mercator Ocean International is a partner of major Ocean Data acquisition networks: the Global Ocean Observing System, The Global Climate Observing System, ESA, EUMETSAT, EuroARGO...