Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
MERCATOR OCEAN INTERNATIONAL (MOi)
EU Transparency Register
582545543216-74 First registered on 17 Jun 2021
Goals / Remit
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. It values its Expert Services 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 operational oceanography. It has also structured a committed network of ocean production centres in Europe, proposing a unique marine data and information service, establishing integrated capacities for a digital depiction of the ocean.
Main EU files targeted
Mercator Ocean International has been targeting following EU Policies: EU Space Policy,EU Integrated Maritime Policy (Blue Growth, Marine Data and Knowledge inter alia),International Ocean Governance and IOG Forum,Regional Policies: Outermost Region Policy,All-Atlantic Ocean research Forum,Mission Starfish 2030,Destination Earth (Digital Strategy),EU actions and roadmap to tackle plastic pollution and marine litter (EU Green Deal)
Address
Head Office
2 AVENUE DE L'AERODROME DE MONTAUDRAN
TOULOUSE 31400
FRANCE -
People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 8 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Domains of skills in activities covered by the Register: General Management, Science, IS, International Development, Marketing & Communications
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
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...Member organisations
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. -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
300,000 € (Source: H2020)
Other financial info
Mercator Ocean International also receives :
- Contributions from its 10 Associates/Shareholders.
- Funding from Space Agencies, National Research and International partnerships -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
SEARICA
Communication activities
Our communication activities related to above-mentionned policies are essentially publications, events and workshops. To illustrate: MOi edited a "Blue Book" in 2019 for raising awareness of EU Policymakers on science-based/evidence-based environmental policies related to the Ocean. Elzbieta Bienkowska, EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (2014-2019), Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (2014-2019), Dominique Ristori, EU Director-General, Directorate-General for Energy (2014-2019) , Claire Morel Head of International Unit, EC Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, and David Magagna Scientific Officer - EC Joint Research Centre were invited to write an article on their respective fields and policies and on why Ocean Data was essential (Space Policy, Healthy Ocean, Climate Policy and Clean Energy, Erasmus Mundus and EU Ocean Energy Policies). MOi initiated a conference at the European Parliament entitled “Fostering knowledge on a sustainable ocean: what benefits for the EU?” hosted by MEP Catherine Chabaud and MEP Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar during which we invited speakers from the European Commission (EC DG DEFIS, EC DG MARE, EC DG RTD) and four members of the Mission for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters Board and Assembly. MOi, the Azores Regional Government and NEREUS co-organized in Azores, Faial Island, Horta city, an event on June 6-7, 2019 for supporting Outermost and Maritime regions in their requirements for Water quality monitoring, aquaculture and fisheries management and renewable energy farm implementation. MOi contributed to the EC Workshop for Shaping Europe’s digital future and defining convergent use of High-Performance Computing (HPC), cloud, data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) resources in relation to building a future digital infrastructure related to advanced Earth system modelling for EU policy support. MOi took part of the International Ocean Governance Forum’s Working Group ( April 2020, December 2020, April 2021) for defending its position in 3 policy pillars: strengthening the international framework governing the oceans, reducing pressure on oceans and seas, and creating the conditions for a sustainable ‘blue’ economy, strengthening international ocean research and data.In May 2020, MOi co-signed a joint letter from EU Space Programme stakeholders (with ESA, EUMETSAT, EEA, EMSA, ECMWF, NEREUS, EARSC, ASD EUROSPACE…) to the European Institutions, called “A United EU SPACE for a more resilient, sustainable and fair Europe” in which we explained how we could contribute to the “Roadmap for Recovery, towards a more resilient, sustainable and fair Europe”.In January 2021, MOi has been defending its position towards “The central role of the ocean for Earth’s climate, society and sustainable development” at the European Parliament’s Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA) Blue Economy Conference: «A blue dimension to the Green Deal: The way towards a sustainable recovery of the blue economy in Europe”, organised with the support of CPMR and DG MARE. In February 2021, MOi joined a CPMR meeting with its regions and SEARICA Intergroup, for stressing the strategic importance of ensuring the availability and interpretability of marine data for supporting maritime activities of Regions.In April 2021, MOi joined the “Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation” launch organised by the EC's science and knowledge service, for defending the importance of translating data into evidence for EU Marine/Environment policies.On 4th June 2021, for illustrating the importance of Ocean Data in the fight against marine pollution, MOi organised an EU GREEN WEEK side-event “A DIGITAL OCEAN for a HEALTHY OCEAN” during which MEP Cyrus Engerer and Jacques Delsalle, EC's Marine & Water Env. MOi has been working with the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) for the EC DG DEFIS - DG MARE MoUs.
Other activities
-Mercator Ocean International is fully committed to the Green and Digital transition of the EU.
-Mercator Ocean International (MOi) has been implementing the EU Copernicus Marine Service since 2014.
-MOi has been implementing WEkEO with EUMETSAT, ECMWF and EEA, the EU Copernicus DIAS reference service for environmental data, virtual processing environments and skilled user support.
-MOi has been piloting since November 2020 the “EU4OceanObs” project funded through the Partnership Instrument managed by the European Commission service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI), meant to develop an international strategy for Ocean Observation with the Group on Earth Observation (GEO), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and its G7 Coordination centre.
Meetings
Meetings
7 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 14 Sep 2022 Location video-call Subject Marine observation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Sep 2022 Location video-call Subject Marine observation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject European Green Deal and ocean data and observation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2022 Location Online Subject European Green Deal and ocean data and observation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2022 Location Brussels Subject Presentation and discussion on European Digital Twin Ocean on EMODnet and Copernicus Marine DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
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Date 10 Dec 2021 Location Brussels Subject Oceans mission DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Brussels - Zoom Subject Presentation and discussion on Copernicus Marine service DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)