WP1 Stakeholder Involvement and Governance Rules WP2 Broad Belt Transects across European Seascapes WP3 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Tools WP4 Ecological, Social and Economic Valuation WP5 Integration and Scenarios WP6 Upscaling/Outscaling Project Outputs for Governance & Stakeholders WP7 Project Coordination and Outreach WP8 Ethics requirements

Work Package 1 - Stakeholder Involvement and Governance Rules

Work package number WP1 Lead beneficiary HuFoSS Work package title Stakeholder Involvement and Governance Rules Start month 1 End month 46

Objectives WP1 will inventory views of stakeholders, policy and management organisations regarding 1) perceptions on the social ecological systems of the BBT they are connected to, 2) their present needs and future requirements for tools and measures to optimize use and management of marine areas and safeguard a healthy marine ecosystem and its biodiversity, and 3) acting rules and regulations touching upon the ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem services in the marine zones of the BBTs, with an emphasis on Marine Protected Areas. Moreover, to allow for co-design by stakeholders during the entire project they are invited to contribute to all actions, and to test and evaluate results and outcomes of WPs and Tasks during the lifetime of the project. To this end, in cooperation with all WPs, workshops will be organized to inform and engage stakeholders. The outputs will be sets of recommendations by stakeholders to strengthen the impact of results from other WPs.

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Work Package 2 - Broad Belt Transects across European Seascapes

Work package number WP2 Lead beneficiary KU, IO PAN Work package title Stakeholder Involvement and Governance Rules Start month 1 End month 48

Objectives Establish Broad Belt Transects across Marine, Coastal and Transitional habitats in regional seas to: Test and implement tools for assessing biodiversity, ecological function, ecosystem services and biodiversity valuation Conduct integrated assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services across four marine regions

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Work Package 3 - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Tools

Work package number WP3 Lead beneficiary CEFAS, UCD Work package title Biodiversity and Ecosystem Tools Start month 1 End month 40

Objectives Develop analytical and conceptual tools to better understand rules on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across seascapes and the physico-chemical factors that shape them, in order to clarify patterns and processes across taxa and environments and through time, spanning surface, water column and seafloor. Develop tools to enable prediction of the impacts of multiple human activities, future scenarios and management options on ecosystem biodiversity, structure, function and production of ecosystem services. Develop new methods and toolboxes to better inventory and monitor seascape biodiversity, ecological functioning and ecosystem services.

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Work Package 4 - Ecological, Social and Economic Valuation

Work package number WP4 Lead beneficiary IECS, CEFAS Work package title Ecological, Social and Economic Valuation Start month 1 End month 40

Objectives Develop a handbook of tools for ecological and economic (financial and non-financial) valuation of marine biodiversity and its services and societal goods and benefits for implementing in the BBTs. Characterise the benefits and co-benefits humans derive from coastal and marine ecosystem services for policy and decision making, for implementing the draft valuation handbook BBTs.

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Work Package 5 - Integration and Scenarios

Work package number WP5 Lead beneficiary LW ERIC Work package title Ecological, Social and Economic Valuation Start month 14 End month 48

Objectives Adopt possible scenarios in order to project current trends in the future and assess their possible impacts. Integrate and synthesize the data and information flowing from WPs 1-4 in order to test the scenarios through modelling. Analyse any possible knowledge gaps emerging from the integration, synthesis of data and information and from testing of the scenarios in order to allow for supplementary tests at BBTs.

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Work Package 6 - Upscaling/Outscaling Project Outputs for Governance & Stakeholders

Work package number WP6 Lead beneficiary APN Work package title Upscaling/Outscaling Project Outputs for Governance & Stakeholders Start month 19 End month 48

Objectives WP6 will upscale the outcomes of WPs 1-4 from local/regional management from the BBTs to EU-level policy making, to provide customised guidance for practitioners, member states representatives and policy-level stakeholders on EU and international levels, targeted to emerging needs. We will utilise state of the art scientific knowledge on European biodiversity and an in-depth understanding of current issues and challenges faced during implementation and reporting for biodiversity assessment and governance, based on the work in the BBT areas. WP6 will examine case studies in Martinique and the Black Sea and evaluate transferability of project outputs. The final WP6 output will be a synthesis and transfer of co-created knowledge from European-based understanding into Marine Biodiversity and Valuation Toolbox, to create a far-reaching legacy to benefit management and governance of marine waters where regulatory systems may not yet be applied across borders.

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Work Package 7 - Project Coordination and Outreach

Work package number WP7 Lead beneficiary IO PAN Work package title Project Coordination and Outreach Start month 1 End month 48

Objectives Adopt the Consortium Agreement; install the project interface with the Commission; establish Data Management, Quality Assurance and Risk Management processes; ensure Deliverables are produced on time and within budget, implement effective financial management; develop and implement the communication and dissemination strategy; install the project interface with the Commission; establish an “Ocean Literacy” programme; ensure responsible and ethical research and innovation; explore options for sustainability of the project activities after the end of its life

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Work Package 8 - Ethics requirements

Work package number WP8 Lead beneficiary IO PAN Work package title Project Coordination and Outreach Start month 1 End month 48

Objectives The objective is to ensure compliance with ‘ethics requirements’ set out in this work package

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