Affiliated networks

Several international networks have expressed the wish to create operational links with ENCORA:

EEA-TCTE

• Topic Centre on Terrestrial Environment (http://terrestrial.eionet.eu.int/)

EUROCOAST

• Association of scientists, engineers and decision makers within the European community  (http://www.eurocoast.org/)

COREPOINT

• Interreg IIB project to establish NW Europe as a region of excellence in Coastal management  (http://corepoint.ucc.ie/)

CoPraNet

• Interreg IIIC project to establish a coastal practitioners network and bridge the gap between planners, managers and the research community throughout Europe (http://www.coastalpractice.net//)

EUROGOOS

• Association of Agencies for the development of Operational Oceanography in the European Sea areas and adjacent oceans (http://www.eurogoos.org/)

LOICZ

• IGBP programme on the area of the earths surface where land, ocean and atmosphere meet and interact (http://www.loicz.org/)

GISIG 

• Association on GIS and Geo-Information to promote GIS awareness and create a meeting point between professionals and actual/potential users of GIS (http://www.gisig.it/)

ICCOPS

• Network on sustainable development of the ocean and coastal areas in conformity with the policy of the United Nations (http://www.iccops.it/)

LaguNet 

• Scientific observational network on fluxes of nutrients and other contaminants from lagoon catchments to the near coastal environmen (http://www.dsa.unipr.it/lagunet//)

MARBEF

• Platform to integrate and disseminate knowledge and expertise on marine biodiversity, with links to researchers, industry, stakeholders and the general public (http://www.marbef.org/)

The Affiliated networks offer additional entries to the European communities of science, policy and practice. The coordinators of the Affiliated Networks are represented in the ENCORA Advisory Committee.