An inventory of post Erika and post Prestige national and european exchange of experience

An inventory of post Erika and post Prestige

national and european

exchange of experience

& improved preparedness projects

Management of accidental marine pollution (AMP):

Exchange of post- Prestige experience

Saferseas - Brest - Tuesday 9th of October 2007

Saferseas

Georges Peigné

- National programmes and projects

- EC programmes and projects

- Interreg programmes and projects

An inventory of post Erika and post Prestige national and europeanexchange of experience



Saferseas

Georges Peigné

Based on:

- Cedre files (and involvement in projects)

- EC files (Cordis)

- Emsa « Overview of EU-funded R&D projects in the field of

Marine Pollution » - AMPERA project (www.amp-research.info)

- Interreg (www.interreg-atlantique.org)

- projects websites

An inventory of post Erika and post Prestige national and europeanexchange of experience



Saferseas

Georges Peigné

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Programmes funding on AMP within 8 European countries (AMPERA partners)

National R&D programmes and projects on AMP


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France (1):since 1978 (Amoco Cadiz spill), a permanent programme

Cedre: Centre for documentation, reseach and experimentations on accidental water spillages

EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE IN R&D PROJECTS

Brest, France Spitzberg, Norway

Comparing oil weathering in different climates

Sintef

Experimental spill DEPOL 04

COOPERATION & SYNERGIES IN EXPERIMENTS


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EC

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France (2):- during response to Erika spill: - Cedre- NMRI (Japan) exchange of experience workshops - meetings and visits of European experts

- as a consequence of Erika spill : - call for R&D projects for improving at sea response - reinforcement of Cedre programme - Ritmer: a network for RTD on AMP - call for R&D projects and studies on impact assessment


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EC

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France (3):- during response to Prestige spill: - exchange of experience meetings and workshops - meetings and visits of European experts

- as a consequence of Prestige spill : - involvement of Cedre in Spanish projects: Continmar,

ESEOO,… - joint response to EC call for projects: Spreex, OSH,… - from a French network (Ritmer) to a European one: AMPERA

- and other spills: - oil spills (Tricolor,…) - illegal discharges - HNS in bulk: Ievoli Sun, Ece - containers: Napoli,…

Post Erika and post Prestige national and european

exchange of experience & improved preparedness projects

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Spain :- as a consequence of Erika spill: - development of co-operations with France

- during the Prestige spill: - AEU 2003: special actions on the Prestige spill (9 projects)

- as a consequence of Prestige spill : - VEM: a 3 years strategic action on AMP (76 projects)

- CONTINMAR- ESEOO-…

- CEPRECO: a new centre dedicated to AMP - involvement of CEDEX in AMP - joint response to EC call for projects: Spreex, OSH,… - from a Spanish network to a European one: AMPERA

Desarrollo de elementos, herramientas, protocolos de actuación, y de un sistema de información para el diseño de planes de contingencia ante vertidos marinos

accidentales

Development of elements, tools, protocols for activation and of an information system for developing contingency plans for fighting against AMP

• Context : during Prestige crisis, as it had not been planned, responders did not consider useful to involve scientific expertise available in Galicia

• Reaction : proposals of several R&D projects, including Continmar, aiming at showing very practically how the scientific community could assist in the improvement of contingency plans

• start : january 2004

Interest of French involvement in Continmar

• For Spain : access to the French experience, allowing a better orientation for strategic choices.

• For France : possibility of transfering experience and tools

• For both : better prospects for compatibility between approaches et mutual knowledge, useful for facilitating exchanges in case of a transborder spill

Continmar follow-up

-ESEOO-EROCIPS-….

• Prestige crisis highlighted the existence of gaps in some aspects of the Spanish Operational Oceanography (OO):– Neither currents nor oil spill operational forecasting systems

• Some groups improvised effective solutions during the crisis, showing their technical capabilities

• ESEOO Project create a large consortium to: – Take advantage of the mentioned capabilities– Fill the observed existing gaps

– Boost OO in Spain

ESEOO Project: A Contribution to the Establishment of an Operational Oceanography

System at Spanish Coastal Waters

• Partners:– Université de Saint-Jacques– Université de la Cantabrie– Puertos del Estado– Sasemar– Université de La Corogne– Institut Nacional de

Météorologie– CEDRE– MétéoFrance, etc.

http://www.cedre.fr/fr/accueil/index.html


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• Belgium– 2 programmes (SPSD 1 and 2) between 1998-2006. Budget of

2.700.000 and 3.300.000 €. Science for a Sustainable Development launch for the period 2005-2013.

• Estonia– No specific programmes. 6 projects and 610.000 € for 2005.

• Ireland– Marine RTDI measure in the National Development Plan, but no

specific AMP research.

• Norway– 2 specific programmes. MAROFF, 2002-2009 and PROOF, 2002-

2008.

• United Kingdom– 9 R&D themes developed since 1990. One specific programme for the

Sea Empress. Total budget for the R&D during the period 1990-2005, around 31.000.000 €.



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Programmes funding on AMP within 8 European countries (AMPERA partners)

Developed fields : Type of pollutants taken into account in national R&D programmes and projects on AMP

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MAIN POINTS :

• Disparities between countries on the R&D programmation organisation (development of specific programmes, development of theme with a definition of priorities) and on the budget assigned.

• R&D thematic developed appears to be mainly the impact after incidents (Erika, Prestige). Recent R&D enhancement in the Detection and monitoring technologies field.

• Few examples of Co-operative R&D between European countries (in connection with national programmes).

• Budgets assigned to AMP need to be clarified and unified.



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EC R&D programmes and projects on AMP

• Global annual amount :

around 4M€ between 2002-2004 (Spain spent 10.2 M€ in 2003, France 5.7 M€ in 2002,

Norway 2.6M€ in 2002)

• No specific AMP RTD programmes,

except, until 2006, through

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COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK:DG ENV YEARLY CALL FOR TENDER

(training courses/workshops/pilot projects/exercises)

2005 - 3.2 M€ 1) Response to heavy oil

2) Animal walfare

3)Response to chemical pollution

4) Environmental impact of oil spills

and other harmful substances

5) Oil pollution monitoring and detection2006 1) Global evaluation of environmental impact of accidents occured during

the past 5 years and progress in damage assessment+ detection of pollutants on the sea bed

2) Evaluation of the state of play of the response to marine pollution accidents at European level (with Emsa ORVs)3) Response to chemical pollution4) Recovery of heavy oil 5) Monitoring and detection by aerial surveillance and satellite images6) Role of NGOs and volunteers in the field of response to marine pollution7) Claim management

Workshops and training sessions

2003, 2006 : satellite imagery and illicit discharges

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2007: spill monitoring methodologies

Pilot projects

NEBAJEX: Study and identification of proceedings for on site monitoring of oil slicks (2002)

B, N, F … DG Env funded pilot project

... partially realised on a real spill (Tricolor)

… a transboundary spill (B, F, UK)

MUMM SINTEF

HASREP: RESPONSE TO HARMFUL SUBSTANCES SPILLED AT SEA (2004)

Pilot projects

ASMA: SURVEY, MODELLING AND ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS OF SUBMERGED OIL (2005)

DHI

-Exchange of experience on Erika and Prestige spills- Follow up of the EXCAPI project (Ritmer)

…

POST PRESTIGEDG TREN CALL FOR TENDER

(pilot projects/Coordination action)

FP 6 2nd call, Sustainable Surface Transport – 2004

Workshop: « Robotics and pollution », Brussels , March 2004- antipollution ships for pumping oil at the surface of the sea

- devices – systems for pumping oil at the bottom from the wrecks

pilot projects: OSH (Oil Sea Harvester)

EU-MOP (Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution)

DIFIS (Double Inverted funnel for Intervention on ship wrecks)

POP&C (Pollution Prevention & Control)

Coordination action: SPREEX (Spill Response Experience)

Response Experience from major incidents and spills since 2000 in European waters:

– oil spills : Erika, Prestige,… – HNS in wrecks: Ievoli Sun, Ece,

and RTD conducted since 2000 Not forgetting pre existing knowledge and know how coming from more than 30 years of SPREEX in Europe and worldwide and from R&D conducted since the 70’s

To establish SoA to uncover and discuss major gaps in OSR,

in order to identify areas for further developments and needs for further RTD efforts

SPREEX scopeMOST IMPORTANT ISSUES in terms of OSR PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE

WP 1: European oil spill response management for quick response action- crisis management (information & communication tools; training and use of simulators)

- places of refuge (risk assessments and decision support systems)

- legal issues

WP 2: Optimisation of resources for oil spill response at sea : - recovery vessels and equipment,

- disposal of sunken wrecks

- dispersants

WP 3 : Integration and real time updating of spill information- airborne and satellite remote sensing

- real time data acquisition and transfer, position tracking of vessels and response equipment

- spill modelling

WP 4 : Environmental effects and total costs of response approach

- clean up and restauration technologies, including bioremediation - assessment of environmental and socio-economic impact

- places of refuges (acceptance criteria and DSS)


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ERA-Net Scheme:

Structuring the ERA- Research and Innovation:

(Enhancing R&D projects to find solutions to struggle

against various marine pollutions)Network for Coastal Research: Coordination Action « ENCORA », 4th thematic network: « Pollution prevention and mitigation »


National

EC

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Cross-cutting activities / JRC activities

MIDIV (Monitoring illicit discharges from vessels)

IST (Information society technologies)RAPSODI (Remote sensing anti-pollution system for geographical data

integration)DISMAR (Data integration system for marine pollution and water quality)

WIN (Wide information network for risk management integrated project)

FP 5 &


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EESD (Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development)

CLEOPATRA ( Chemical effluent and oil pollution alert)COMMODE (Communities of marine microorganisms for oil degradation)FLUOSENSE ( Laser fluorosensor for oil spots detection)MATBIOPOL (Role of microbial mats in bioremediation of hydrocarbon polluted

coastal zones)OCEANIDES (Harmonised monitoring, reporting and assessment of illegal marine

discharges)

FP 5


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EC

Regional


LIFE - ENV

OSIS (Oil Spill Identification System) – 2002OSIS- Marine Transport (Oil Spill Identification System) – 2004

FP 5 &


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EC

Regional


European Regional Fund (ERDF)

INTERREG IIIB: Trans-national co-operation between national,

regional and local authorities within large geographical areas

Atlantic Area Programme (2000-2006) P-S-F-I-UKPRESTIGE (Reinforcement of technical means to fight against consequences of

the Prestige spill. Assessment and prospects for transnational cooperation for spill control in the Gulf of Biscay) 2002-2005

EROCIPS (Emergency response to coastal oil, chemical and inert pollution from shipping) 2004-2007

LOSTCONT (Solution to the problem of containers lost by ships passing through the Gulf of Biscay) 2006-2008

EMDI (Espace Manche Development Initiative) – ICZM _ 2004-2007

A need to limit duplications and to Improve Connection and Synergies between national and international AMP RTD programmes

Better funded AMP RTD

on identified major gaps

involving interested SMEs

AN OBVIOUS NEED FOR IMPROVING EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE

AND INFORMATION

TO FAVOUR CONNECTIONS AND SYNERGIES BETWEEN:- PROJECTS

- RESEARCH INSTITUTES, UNIVERSITIES- DEVELOPERS- END USERS

-BASIC & APPLIED RESEARCH

- AVAILABLE FUNDS

AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS



Thank you for your attention….

and don’t hesitate to exchange your experience

and improve our knowledge of AMP projects

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An inventory of post Erika and post Prestige national and european exchange of experience