BONUS, the policy-driven joint Baltic Sea research and development - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Maija Sirola at CBSS Expert Group on Maritime Policy, 5 September 2017, Donsö

BONUS, the policy-driven joint Baltic Sea research and development programme

supports cleaner and safer maritime activities and related policy action

Participating states

• Eight EU member states

surrounding the Baltic Sea

• Russia participates

through bilateral agreements

• A bottom-up initiative of

national funding agencies, matching funds from EU, total of EUR 100 million, Art-185 programme

• All members channelling their programmatic Baltic Sea research funding

through BONUS

• Covers fields with direct impact on Baltic Sea ecosystem and sustainable use
• f goods and services – incl. safer and cleaner shipping
• A trend-setter and testlab in EU macro-regional issues - first and only

programming and funding initiative integrating marine and maritime research

• Marine ecosystem management based on best knowledge and innovation,

science ja technical solutions to support environmental protection action

• underpinning national, regional and EU policies, contributing to sust. blue

growth agenda, UN SDGs, – e.g. HELCOM BSAP & maritime WG, contribution to HELCOM’s integrated thematic assessment on maritime activities and response to pollution at sea

Ecosystem Coast and catchment Sustainable use of goods and services Societal responses Observation and data management

19 themes

BONUS SRA, a systemic approach responding to dynamic development in relevant policy fields

BONUS calls:

• 5 calls in BONUS Art 185 and 1 in BONUS+
• 56 projects worth over EUR 100 million

involving a total of 16 countries

• Over 100 region’s leading universities

and institutions and 35 businesses

• More than 1000 researchers
• Currently open – synthesis call, 18-month desk-top

studies start in 2018

• Coordinating and delivering cutting edge science &

technological advances to fill in information gaps

BONUS projects in science policy interface in 2016:

• 313 BONUS researchers as members in the

stakeholder committees (HELCOM, ICES, EU etc)

• 58 significant contributions to ’fit-for-purpose’

regulations, policies and management practices

• 43 suggestions for designing, implementing and

evaluating the efficacy of relevant public policies and governance originating from the projects’ work

BONUS Art 185 projects...

• look for environmentally safer

maritime activities

• develop ways to reduce loadings from the catchment
• boost sustainable fisheries
• develop methods and approaches to trade-offs

between various sectors and interests

• develop new methods for monitoring, surveillance

and assessment

• create new knowledge about marine ecosystems

FIND OUT MORE AND REGISTER! http://shipping-and-the-environment-2017.ivl.se/

Further projects boosting environmentally safer maritime activities ▪ BONUS+ BALTICWAY (2009-2011) demonstrated how optimising ship routes in GoF would result in 40% decrease of coastal pollution ▪ BONUS STORMWINDS research project develops next generation

• nline information management platform on situ awareness in icy

conditions ▪ BONUS INNO briefing coming soon on outcomes of BONUS ANCHOR (safer harbour maneuvering) , ESABALT (citizens’ software platform for maritime information crowdsourcing), ZEB (onboard

• ily water separator system), SWERA (detecting oil in sunken

wrecks) projects ▪ + BONUS CHANGE on leisure boats antifouling practices, regulatory practices

Collaboration with other initiatives and networks through broad communications programme, joint stakeholder platforms, cross-sectoral collaboration, contributions to strategic planning , advisory boards, joint young scientists training activities etc. On macro-regional level:

• HELCOM, VASAB, Interreg BSR, BDF, EUSBSR, CBSS, BSN -

“The EU-BONUS-programme is a best practical model for successful joint research programming in the BSR” etc.

• The future plan: ’The northern European regional

seas research and innovation programme’

THANK YOU!

Maija Sirola maija.sirola@bonuseeig.fi www.bonusportal.org www.bonusportal.org/projects