Santiago de Compostela, 3 May 2023. The city of Compostela hosts today the 2nd General Assembly of the Complementary Marine Sciences Programme of Galicia, organised by the institutions that coordinate the programme: the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the Institute of Marine Research (IIM), together with the Marine Technology Centre (CETMAR) and the University of Vigo (UVigo).
Representatives of all the participating institutions and research centres are attending. Also forming part of the research consortium planned for the development of the Programme are the Universities of Santiago de Compostela and A Coruña, the Galician Supercomputing Centre (CESGA), the Technological Institute for the Control of the Marine Environment of Galicia (INTECMAR) and the centres belonging to the Regional Ministry of the Sea, the Marine Research Centre (CIMA) and the Galician Institute for Training in Aquaculture (IGAFA).
The event, held at San Martiño Pinario, takes place in both morning and afternoon sessions. In the morning, the main advances achieved in the programme’s 11 work packages will be presented. In the afternoon, two participatory workshops will be held on “Data management policy and its assessment within the Marine Sciences Programme” and “Aquaculture 2025-30: opportunities for capitalising on the Marine Sciences Programme”.
The programme, endowed with 10 million euros — 6 from the Ministry of Science and Innovation through Next Generation EU funds and 4 from the Xunta de Galicia through the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) — aims to transform and improve the resilience of maritime Galicia. To do so, it coordinates and promotes research, technological development and dialogue between science, innovation and society in Galicia, with a clear strategic focus on marine science in the region. It therefore seeks collaboration between the Galician research community and the social, economic and institutional fabric linked to the sea.
Andalusia, Cantabria, the Valencian Community, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands and Murcia are the other six autonomous communities participating in the development of the Complementary Marine Sciences Programme within the framework of the Complementary R&D&I Plans with the Autonomous Communities, which form part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR).