MyOcean

MyOcean is a project granted by the European Commission within the GMES Program (7th Framework Program), whose objective is to define and to set up a concerted and integrated pan-European capacity for ocean monitoring and forecasting. The areas it is aimed at are: Maritime Security, Oil Spill Prevention, Marine Resources Management, Climate Change, Seasonal Forecasting, Coastal Activities, and Monitoring Ice Sheet surveys, Water Quality and Pollution.

MyOcean is the first step toward the MARINE CORE SERVICE, one of the three GMES “Fast Tracks Services”.

GMES is a joint initiative of the European Commission and of European Space Agency designed to establish a European capacity for the provision and use of operational information for Global Monitoring of Environment and Security. GMES aims to develop Europe's capability to supply independent and permanent access to reliable and timely information on the status of Earth's environment at all scales, from global to regional and local, in support of EU policy and sustainable development.