ESONET and EMSO projects

ESONET NoE and EMSO PP are two projects dedicated to deep sea observatories implementation in European seas. They are co-funded by the European Commission in the framework programme FP6 and FP7 respectively.

European Seas Observatory Network of Excellence (ESONET NoE)

ESONET is a Network of Excellence, launched in March 2007 for 4 years, with the main objective of integrating a community around and in 12 European sites, federating science, know-how and methods. This community will define what should be an ESONET observatories regarding standardisation issues for instance. ESONET NoE is coordinated by IFREMER (France) http://www.esonet-noe.org.

European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observation - Preparatory Phase (EMSO PP)

EMSO PP is an infrastructure project, launched in April 2008 for 4 years with the main objective of establishing the legal and governance framework for the infrastructure serving scientists and other stakeholders in Europe and outside Europe for long-term deep water observation and investigation. This framework will enable the deployment of the infrastructure and its long-term management. EMSO PP is coordinated by INGV (Italy) http://www.emso-eu.org.

ESONET and EMSO are closely working together towards a common objective: preparing the deep sea observatories implementation in Europe.