EEA Grants: Programme PT02
EEA Grants: Programme PT02 - Integrated Marine and Coastal Waters Management
The PT02 - "Integrated Marine and Coastal Waters Management", Programme prepared and managed by the DGPM, is the national programme to be funded under the AP1 – Integrated Marine and Inland Water Management programme area, will be focus exclusively on marine and coastal areas, and has the main objective to achieve good environmental status, according to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
The expected outcomes of the Programme are:
- More integrated management of marine water resources;
- Improve monitoring of marine waters;
- Increased capacity for assessing and predicting environmental status in marine waters;
- Increased awareness of and education in integrated marine water management;
In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding, signed on March 29, 2012 between Portugal and the three donor states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - Kingdom of Norway, the Principality of Liechtenstein and Iceland, for this program area, it was assigned a funding amount of EUR 19,2M from the EEA Grants, accounting with a national co-financing of about EUR 3,4M.
The Programme consecrates, amongst other, the predefined project: acquisition of a vessel fit for oceanic research. The Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere Research was designated as Project Promoter.
