European Commission, Press release, Brussels, 8 July 2014:
The European Commission today took a
further step towards more effective and cost-efficient surveillance of
European Seas. By bringing together surveillance data from civil and
military authorities like coast guards, navies, traffic monitoring,
environmental and pollution monitoring, fisheries and border control,
duplication of work can be avoided and savings of up to €400 million per
year can be made.
Increased cooperation and sharing of data would help
cope more efficiently with real time events at sea such as accidents,
pollution incidents, crime or security threats. CISE, the Common
Information Sharing Environment for the maritime domain, aims at making
all the relevant actors come together and share data. CISE is one of the
building blocks of the recently adopted European Maritime Security Strategy.
Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said: “Sustainable
economic growth within the maritime sector can only be ensured if our
seas and oceans are safe and secure. CISE aims to make sure that all
involved maritime surveillance actors have a complete picture of all
events at sea. Sharing such information is key to avoid duplication in
collection of data and for the use of patrol ships, planes, helicopters
or satellites in the same sea areas. Today, about 40% of information is
collected several times and 40% to 80% of information is not shared
amongst the interested users. We cannot afford such a waste of efforts
and money".
Today's Communication by the
Commission presents the good progress made at EU and national level
since the CISE roadmap was elaborated in 2010 and the strong commitment
of all actors in this field. It also proposes guidance and priorities
for further action both at national and EU levels. Main focus should be
to further enhance information exchange – in particular between civil
and military authorities, to better interconnect existing maritime
surveillance systems and make them inter-operational. This will bring
increased efficiency, quality, responsiveness and co-ordination of
maritime surveillance operations in EU waters as well as any other
geographical area where the EU has a vital interest. It will help create
a safer investment climate for blue growth and enhance the prosperity
and security of EU citizens.
In the near future, the Commission intends to launch a project under the EU's 7th
Framework Programme for Research in order to test Maritime CISE on a
large scale. .........................http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-782_en.htm?locale=en
8/7/14
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