Interreg – MSUO Maritime Safety Projects Fair

5 and 6 June 2007

Radisson SAS Park Lane Hotel, Antwerp

 
In order to prepare for the new Interreg IV programme period the Maritime Safety Umbrella Operation held its first Maritime Safety Projects Fair the 5 and 6 June 2007 in Antwerp.

The reason for this event was two-folded. Firstly the MSUO has the goal to inform attendees about the projects that have been coordinated and/or facilitated by the Operation during the Interreg IIIB period. Secondly workshops were held to identify common maritime safety issues in the European Programme Areas.

To achieve this goal, the first day of the conference was used to inform attendees about the view of different organisations as well as the achievement by a number of projects and the MSUO. The second day was used to have attendees’ debate in workshop about common issues and how to work together on these issues.

To see the full programme of the projects fair, please click here.

The presentations in time order can be found under the following links



Day 1 - 5 June

Opening by Eric Louis Mélénec - MSUO Maritime Safety Coordinator

Opening by Capt. Jacques D’Havé (replaced by Mr. Tony Vuylsteke)
Administrator-General, Maritime Services Devision of Flanders

Dirk Sterckx; Member of the European Parliament
Future projects seen from a European point of view’

Urban Hallberg, DG Transport and Energy, European Commission
‘Maritime Safety Project from the DG Tren point of view’.

Viktoria Varga-Lencses, DG-Regio, European Commission
‘Maritime Safety projects in the context of Interreg Programmes

Richard Hill, Freelance Maritime Contractor
Achievements and potential project ideas (MSUO)


Baltic Master (Interreg Baltic Sea Programme) Daniël Skøld

Safety@Sea (Interreg Northern Periphery programme) Iain Campbell

MESH (Interreg North West Programme) Natalie Coltman

EROCIPS (Interreg Atlantic Space Programme) Melanie Parker

Green Atlantic for Sustainable Development Fabrice Lefeu

Conclusions day 1. Pim Bonne, Policy Port Devision

''Flemish Ministry of Mobility and Public Works’‘

Reception speech; Cdt Jan Verbist

Day 2 - 6 June

Eric-Louis Mélénec MSUO - Maritime Safety Coordinator
How do we link Maritime Safety projects across the EU?

Carsten Westerholt, Head of Project development Unit - North Sea Region Secretariat Transnational Programmes

Natalie Cos, Directorat Europe, Cross border department, Nord pas de Calais
‘Southern North Sea’ Cross-border Maritime programme

Workshop Outcomes

(note: attendees of the conference will recieve an email when ready)

Joint work to identify Maritime Safety issues, potential projects across the European seas.

Workshop 1 Shipping policy, marine spatial planning and sustainable management

Workshop 2 Risk management and prevention

Workshop 3 Disaster and incident response


Wouter Bol MSUO Maritime Safety Programme Officer
Project development, forming partnerships and submitting applications: The Next Steps

Eric Louis Mélénec - MSUO Maritime Safety Coordinator
Closing remarks

Port Visit presentation, Stephanie Vanwanseele