VENICE PLATFORM

Objectives:

(1) Enabling an informed dialogue with the Commission, where Platform partners are aware and able to take advantage of each other’s views;

(2) Exchange of information, experience, practices and knowledge between the stakeholder organizations represented in the Platform, to the benefit of their members.

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VENICE PLATFORM PARTNERSHIP

The Venice Platform partners are maritime, marine and coastal stakeholder organizations representing:

  • coastal authorities and governmental organizations
  • maritime industries, including fisheries
  • tourism and leisure organizations
  • environmental NGOs
  • scientific organizations

Partner organizations of the Venice Platform and the Maritime Stakeholders Forum (june 2009):

BeNCoRE

Belgian national coastal network

CoastNet

UK coastal practitioners organisation

CORILA

Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities of the Venice Lagoon

CoRuNa

Russian national coastal network

COZONE

UK national coastal network

CPRM

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions

DANCORE

Danish national coastal network

EBCD

European Bureau for Conservationa and Development

EFARO

European Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Organisation

EFMS

European Federation for Marine Science and Technology Societies

ENCORA

European coastal network

ENCORA-NL

Dutch national coastal network

ESF Marine Board

Marine Board of the European Science Foundation

EUCC

NGO Coastal and Marine Union

EUROCOAST

European coastal practitioners organisation

GCN

German national coastal network

GNRAC

Italian Research Group for  the Coastal Environment

HENCORE

Greek national coastal network

Hispacosta

Spanish national coastal network

ICES

International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea

INET

Polish national coastal network

KIMO

International association of local coastal authorities

LAGUNET

Italian network for Lagoon Research

LOICZ

IGBP/IHDP project Land-Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone

Maritime Clusters

European Network of Maritime Clusters

MIF

Marine Industries Forum

NAFCOAST

North African regional coastal network

OGP

International association of oil and gaz producers

PoCoast

Portuguese national coastal network

RFRC

French national coastal network

RIC

Italian national coastal network

SAR

NGO Seas et Risk

SedNet

European Sediment Network

SENCORE

Swedish national coastal network

SPICOSA

Science Policy Integration for Coastal Systems Assessment

Surfriders Association

NGO Seas et Risk

WWF

NGO World Wildlife Federation