MEDESS 4MS · Project Scope The project is ... REMPEC, AIS), using the well established oil spill...

The project is being co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund

MEDESS 4MS Mediterranean Decision Support System for Marine

Safety Project Overview


Overview

Project key figures and partnership

Brief Project overview

GMES and MEDESS4MS implementation


Key Features

Project Start: 01/02/2012

Duration 3 years (end 31/1/2015)

Budget 6,146,317.75M€

21 partners from 7 countries (6 MS)

1 non partner structure

3 subcontractors (via tenders)

68 participants


Partners Partner Name WP Country

Department of Merchant Shipping (DMS) 1, 4 Cyprus

Oceanography Center, University of Cyprus (OC-UCY) Cyprus

METEO-FRANCE (MF) France

Puertos del Estado Spain

University of Balearic Islands – Mediterranean Institute of Advanced

Studies (UIB-IMEDEA)

Spain

Innovamar Spain

ICM – CSIC Spain

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 6 Italy

Italian Coast Guard (ITCG) Italy

Port Authority of Algeciras Bay

LUISS (Libera Universita’ Internazionale degli Studi Sociali) 3 Italy

Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the

Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC)

Malta


Partners

Partner Name WP Country

IOI-Malta Operational Centre, University of Malta 2 Malta

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) 5 Greece

Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications (IASA) Greece

Port Organisation of Heraklion Greece

Maritime Safety Deparment of Montenegro Montenegro

Centre de Documentation, de Recherche et d'Experimntations sur le

pollutions accidentelles des eaux (Cedre)

France

Decentralized Administration of Crete (DAC) Greece

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) France

Foundation IMC - International Marine Centre ONLUS (IMC) Italy

Non-Partner Structure

Environmental Office of Corse Direction

deleguee adjointe "Mer Littoral”

France


Number of Partners/Country

Cyprus, 2

Spain, 4

France, 4 Greece, 4

Italy, 4

Malta, 2 Montenegro, 1


Budget / Partner

10%

12%

3%

3%

3%

4%

3% 11% 6%

2% 3%

5%

4%

7%

3%

5%

2%

2% 2% 2%

7%

DMS

OC-UCY

MF

Puertos del Estado

UIB-IMEDEA

Innovamar

ICM - CSIC

INGV

ITCG

Port Authority of Algeciras Bay

LUISS

REMPEC

IOI-Malta

HCMR

IASA

Port Organisation of Heraklion

Maritime Safety Deparment of Montenegro

Cedre

DAC

IFREMER

Foundation IMC


Budget / Country

22%

8%

17%

15%

27%

9%

2%

Cyprus France Greece Spain Italy Malta Montenegro


Project Scope

The project is dedicated to the maritime risks prevention

and strengthening of maritime safety related to oil spill

pollution in the Mediterranean.

MEDESS4MS will deliver an integrated operational multi

model oil spill prediction service in the Mediterranean,

connected to existing monitoring platforms (EMSA-CSN,

REMPEC, AIS), using the well established oil spill

modeling systems, the data from the GMES Marine Core

Services and the national ocean forecasting systems.


Project Objectives

MEDESS4MS will establish a downstream service including:

Exploitation of the GMES MCS products in support of the MEDESS4MS oil spill prediction downstream service

Design and implementation of a unique Web portal access point for end-users with different UI (for EMSA, REMPEC and generic users)

Training of end-users on the MEDESS4MS service, particular the key end-users and the generic users, as well as non-EU countries responsible agencies, as defined by REMPEC for the Mediterranean and the MS responsible agencies, and by EMSA

Develop concepts and plans for economic business models to extend the user base of the downstream service i.e. its implementation to other EU regions, such as the Black Sea.


Work Breakdown Structure

The project consists of the following workpackages:

WP1 - Project Coordination

WP2 - Information and awareness raising

WP3 - Capitalisation and long lasting effects

WP4 - To improve the evaluation and the monitoring of risks

WP5 - To strengthen common analytical and planning tools

WP6 - To compare and strengthen operational intervention

systems


One of the permanent

risks from an incident in

the Mediterranean, is

associated with the

heavy traffic of

maritime transport and

with the coastal and

offshore installations

related to oil industry.

Such a dense activity,

imposes on the coastal

countries the need for

preparing an operational

response in cases of

major incident.

3

The catastrophe

An incident like this

may occurs

Response to an oil

incident: oil combating

vessel

Response to oil incident:

booms deployment

The recommended procedure for responding to oil spill incidents includes the application of oil spill models.

4

5

Map with ship accidents: more than 4 ships per

Ship density:

Lloyds 1995-1999)

The role of MEDESS4MS in

operational oil spill response

http://www.kustbevakningen.se/


GMES aims to:

establish the capability for global monitoring, in support of EU;

gather relevant data and provide cost-effective and sustainable end-users

services;

provide a decision/support system for end-users, enabling the acquisition,

interpretation and distribution of the information related to the environment,

risk management and the natural resources.

The general aims of Ocean component of GMES:

to produce a regular and systematic information on the state of the oceans

(analyses and forecasts) for global and European Seas;

The products should be observational and model data, in RT

GMES for MEDESS4MS


Implementation Group report by P.Ryder & al

MEDESS4MS

GMES Marine Core Service


Black Sea: models and observations:

currents, temperature, salinity,

sea level

Mediterranean: models and observations: currents,

temperature, salinity, sea level

Baltic Sea: models and observations:

currents, temperature, salinity,

sea level

GMES : MyOcean Marine Core Services


GMES and oil spill predictions

in the Mediterranean

Before GMES (<2002) - developing capacities and networking with the oil spill response agencies

GMES initial period (2002-2003) - Demonstrate the “maturity” for developing the marine components:

• MERSEA Strand 1

• MFSTEP

- demonstrations of the use of MCS products for oil spill predictions at

individual MS level

GMES Implementation period (2004-2008) - Building the main marine components of the GMES

• MERSEA IP

• ECOOP

• MarCOAST

- Demonstration of the use of MCS products from limited individual MS marine security services and a first attempt to network oil spill forecasting systems

GMES Operational period (2008>)

- Run the GMES marine services • MyOCEAN

- Ensure the link of individual MS marine security services and key end

users with the MCS products

MEDESS4MS will establish an integrated

MDS for oil spill predictions

in the Mediterranean using

GMES MCS products and

will provide access to the

integrated service to key users

and to local response agencies

from all the coastal countries

in the Mediterranean.


The role of MEDESS4MS in

operational oil spill response

The basic response to an oil spill employs different measures and appropriate

equipment. However, in order to make optimal use of such devices and to assist

the agencies , the initial response to oil spill incidents needs to :

1) integrate the different well established oil spill forecasting systems with the MCS products

and the downscaled national OO systems;

2) connect the existing oil spill monitoring systems, such as EMSA-CSN, and REMPEC to the

integrated oil spill forecasting service;

3) connect the AIS to the integrated oil spill forecasting service and allow the hind-cast of the

oil slicks to facilitate the identification of the ship that has potentially originated the spill;

4) increase the prevention/mitigation capacities for oil spill damages to coastal areas using oil

spill forecasts and decision support tools;

5) increase the national capacities to all countries in the Mediterranean, making available the

integrated oil spill forecasting service to key users, such as REMPEC and EMSA and to public

national authorities and private users.


MEDESS4MS

As from REMPEC, the agencies need

an integrated service…

Modified from Cristina Farchi

to strengthen the

national/regional response

chain for accidental spills

and deliberate discharges

from ships.


What is available now

The EMSA CSN service offers to the MS a NRT marine oil spill detection service using

SAR imagery acquired by Envisat and Radarsat satellites;

REMPEC contingency plans and support team;

GMES Marine Core Service (ocean monitoring & forecasts);

National OO forecasting services, which working in a disconnected way from satellite oil

spill monitoring and the MCS;

MOON-DEA, allowing a legal framework to exchange OO forecasting and monitoring

data;

MOON - REMPEC agreement for collaboration and the established ERO;

EU and national oil spill forecasting validation exercise during the last five years;

Lebanon oil spill pollution response case shows the importance of having RT downscaled

OO forecast and downstream services;

EMSA “Workshop to define the technical links between CSN and external oil spill

models, Lisbon, 5 March 2009;

MOON partners collaboration with EMSA at different levels, particular to test the

capability of the forecasting system to be coupled with EMSA CSN.


What are the main problems to be solved

Oil spill detection with satellite and forecasting networks are still

disconnected (after the EMSA CSN “warning” there are no other

procedures established);

Oil spill forecasting procedures not yet fully established between

Mediterranean MS;

Real time environmental data from MCS not complemented with

best information from the national OO forecasting systems of the

coastal MS;

Unique access multi-model solution to oil spill forecasting not yet

available;

Support for non-EU countries, which compose at least half of the

riparian countries in the Mediterranean, is not available yet.


MEDESS4MS service solutions

EMSA on 21 November 2008 has published a paper illustrating ‘EMSA’s view

on further development of oil spill modelling’.

MEDESS4MS provides solutions to all 11 EMSA’s requirements.

MEDESS4MS will provide 3 services scenarios:

1) RT oil spill forecasting by authorized users;

2) Delayed mode by authorized users;

3) Oil Spill Decision Support System, for selection of management strategies.

MEDESS4MS service scenario 1 examines two different User Interfaces, one better

suited to the EMSA requirements (including automatic mode) and another to REMPEC

and generic users.


MEDESS4MS service solution

The geographical area of the service will

cover the Mediterranean, based on the

sound expertise of the MEDESS4MS

MOON and response agencies partners

in their areas of responsibility.

Red - MEDSLIK

Yellow - POSEIDON

Orange - MOTHY Green - TESEO

Geographical deployment of the SOS-SOUTH subsystems:

MEDESS4MS will build upon the demo implementations carried out in

the frame of EC projects (MFSTEP, MERSEA, ECOOP, MyOCEAN

MARCOAST), by maturing the pre-cursor services provided to individual

MS response agencies, to an integrated structured service delivery for all

the countries in the Mediterranean, and to major key end-users, such as

REMPEC and EMSA.


ONLINE OUTPUTS

ALERMO

OUTPUTS TO

EMSA

EMSA CSN

IMAGE

ESA IMAGE

CYCOFOS –

LEV

SST - MODEL online

VALIDATION

CYCOFO

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CYCOFOS -

SECy

SKIRON

CYCOFOS

WAVE

FORECAST

Downstream

forcing

MEDSLIK Request from

response agencies:

CyDMC, REMPEC,

EMSA-CSN, etc

OUTPU

TS

EMSA CSN IMAGE

BLACK SEA

SST MHI

OUTPUTS

Reques

t from

EMSA

LEV DESS a pre-cursor to MEDESS4MS


Thank you for your attention


WP1-Project Coordination

WP Leader: Department of Merchant Shipping (DMS)

Description: The MEDESS4MS brings together institutional

and operational actors, governmental policy and management

departments, operational ocean forecasting centers and

research institutes. To ensure overall coordination of activities,

budget control and timely delivery of deliverables, the project

management structure consists of Project Coordinator &

Project Office, Process/Content Management (OC-UCY),

Steering Group (consisting of the project coordinator, WP

leaders, and project partners) and six WPs.


WP1 - Deliverables

D1.1 6-monthly progress reports

D1.2 Annual Reports

D1.3 Final Report (month 36)


WP2-Information and awareness

raising

WP Leader: IOI-Malta Operational Centre, University of Malta

Description: The WP2 will identify the key users requirements, in order to properly interact with WP5 and WP6 to take into account their needs in the development of the three service scenarios and in the implementation of the User Interface. The MEDESS4MS web portal will be developed on the basis of a state-of-the-art framework with dynamic content management and multiple-level access and functionality. Besides the public area, it will have reserved areas for project partners, for end-users and subscribers, for project exchanges and activities like fora and online questionnaires. Dedicated user meetings at regional scale will be organized.


WP2 - Deliverables

D2.1 Project web portal

D.2.1_bis Report on identification and analysis of key end users and stakeholders

D2.2 Online questionnaire on User requirement

D2.3 Report on user characteristics, requirements and feedback

D2.4 User manuals

D2.5 End user general meetings

D2.6 Sub-regional user meetings and work experiences exchange

D2.7 Report on standard interface/format to integrate the MEDESS-4MS

information and services to existing or new emergency plans

D.2.8 project flyer

D2.9 News letters


WP3-Capitalisation and long lasting

effects

WP Leader: LUISS

Description: The main objective of this WP is to ensure the use of

project results by users through the implementation of specific

actions. Implemented services will be developed in collaboration

with users facilitating the utilization of project services after the

end of the project. WP3 will define Service Level Agreements

between partners and users. The WP3 will identify public and

private investments system that will be used to sustain the service

after the end of the project. Services are based on GMES MCS

services which sustainability will be insured in the framework of

EU and MS actions. This WP will also cost the different

components of the service to define the proper economic model.


WP3 - Deliverables

D3.1 Report on identification and analysis of enlarged base of potential users

D3.2 Reports on visits to End-Users

D3.3 Preparation of End-User Questionnaire

D3.4 Reports on user characteristics, requirements and feedback

D3.5 Report on Value assessment associated with different services and

information by partners and potential users

D3.6 Report on MEDESS4MED cost evaluations and model scenarios

D3.7 Report on existing MoU and agreements

D3.8 Preparation of the Exploitation Plan

D3.9 Preparation of new Service level agreements with partners


WP4-To improve the evaluation and the

monitoring of risks

WP Leader: Department of Merchant Shipping (DMS)

Description: WP4 will improve the evaluation and monitoring of

risks through a full set of relevant data (inventory of available data

and collection of missing data) for use within a Geographic

Information System (GIS), towards oil spill risk assessments in the

Mediterranean region. High risk geographical areas will be located

and will lead to formulate recommendations to national and

regional authorities in charge of oil spill prevention, preparedness

and response. WP4 will be in line with the activities carried out by

the Mediterranean Technical Working Group (MTWG), which

involves representative of all Mediterranean countries (EU and

non-EU), following the 2011 MEDEXPOL workshop.


WP4 - Deliverables

D4.1 Data inventory

D4.2 Integrated databases for risk assessment V1

D4.3 Integrated databases for risk assessment V2

D4.4 monitoring system and hazard scenarios

D4.5 Mediterranean impact risk assessment report V1

D4.6 Mediterranean impact risk assessment report V2

D4.7 Regional impact risk assessment reports


Timetable

WP 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

4 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

5 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

6 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔


WP5 -To strengthen common analytical

& planning tools

WP Leader: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)

Description: This WP will design the guidelines to interconnect

the different parts of MEDESS4MS system and implement all the

proposed modifications in different system platforms.

MEDESS4MS will build a multi-model core component where

the four oil spill models of the system will be able to run in the

different Mediterranean Sea areas using the appropriate forcing

fields. The interoperability of the required environmental data

(atmospheric, hydrodynamic and wave data) and the oil slick data

should be sustained. Since oil spill data from existing platforms

that are used to initialize the models are provided through

different sources (CSN, REMPEC) common guidelines will be

developed.


WP5 - Deliverables

D5.1 Report on the existing MEDSS-4MS

partners’ infrastructure related to oil spill

predictions

D5.2 Documentation on the required common

specifications for building up the harmonized

data management system for oil spill predictions

D5.3 Delivery of V0, upgrade of prediction

systems

D5.4 Delivery of V1, upgrade of prediction

systems

D5.5 Report on the findings of the first Targeted

Operational Period (TOP) (month 21)

D5.6 Report on the findings of the second

Targeted Operational Period (TOP) (month 36)

D5.7 Network Data Repository

specifications (month 7)

D5.8 NDR Version 2 software suite (final

version) (month 35)

D5.9 NDR Version 1 software suite

(month 15)

D5.10 NDR Version 1.5 beta software

suite (month 22)

D5.11 Report on the operational

functioning of the NDR and interfaces at

the end of TOP2 (month 36)

D5.12: Report on the operational

functioning of the NDR and interfaces at

the end of TOP1 (month 23)


WP6-To compare & strengthen operational

intervention systems

WP Leader: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)

WP6 provides 3 service scenarios (SS), in order to assist operational response agencies:

Real time interactive oil spill predictions by the end-user request;

Delayed mode hindcasts by end-user request;

Decision support system (DSS) to manage emergency operations.

OC-UCY, HCMR, MF, PdE, IMEDEA,IOI-UOM, ICM-CSIC, REMPEC, DMS, INGV, ITCG will analyse existing operational user tools and practice, define and develop the 3 SS and validate User Interface (UI) and the DSS.

INGV, OC-UCY, ICM-CSIC will develop the UI and the DSS in collaboration with ITCG.

INGV, REMPEC, ITCG, OC-UCY and CEDRE will organize the serious games, to test SS through real exercises at sea.


WP6 – Deliverables

D6.1 Operational user tools and practice analysis Report (month 9)

D6.2 Real Time Interactive oil spill Forecasting scenario analysis Report (month 9)

D6.3 Delayed mode hazard analysis scenario analysis Report (month 9)

D6.4 Management of emergency operations scenario analysis Report (month 9)

D6.5 UI (version 1, version 1.5, version 2) Prototype (month 35)

D6.6 Decision Support System (v1, v1.5, v.2) Prototype (month 35)

D6.7 Test reports (month 35)

D6.8 Serious Game 1 report

D6.9 Serious Game 2 report

D6.10 Training


Project Management

The project will comprise of:

Project Coordinator

Project Office

Steering Committee

Advisory Board

6 Work Packages


Organization Chart

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M

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(Project Partners)


Project Management

Steering Committee

For overall(scientific & technical) management and

coordination of MEDESS4MS

Responsibilities of Steering Committee:

Decision making for MEDESS4MS regarding scientific and

technical activities, financial and manpower planning, including

decision making of priorities with the assistance of the Advisory

Board.

Monitoring of progress of all scientific and technical activities

including taking of remediation actions in case of delay in

progress

Forum for exchange of general experience, and to monitor and

discuss progress, planning and required activities for the Work

Package developments.


Project Management

Steering Committee structure:

chaired by the Project Coordinator

Daily Manager of the project

Work Package leaders

project partners

assisted by the Advisory Board and the Project Office.

Management Board will consist of:

Project coordinator

WP leaders


Project Coordination

Project Coordination will be achieved through:

Meetings

Coordination tools e.g. Web portal

Collaboration tools e.g. Web portal partners access, web

application, email & mailing lists.


Coordination meetings

Management Board meetings:

2 times a year and at the end of the project,

in total 7 times during project duration of 3 years

General meetings


Coordination tools

Project web portal

Launched by month 3 with further updating and upgrading

during project lifetime.

Dynamic CMS (Content Management System)

Multiple-level access

Public area

Dedicated area for project partners

Online questionnaire on User requirements

Available online by month 12


Collaboration tools

MEDESS4MS web portal

Web application e.g. Google Groups

For discussions, communication and document upload

For monitoring and reporting the progress of project activities

Email exchange


Project Reporting

Progress reports:

6-monthly progress report (months 7,19,31)

1-year report (months 13,25)

Final Report (month 36)

Financial reports

Forms

Payments


Conclusion

Thank you

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