2019 was a special year for us as we celebrated the 10 years of EMODnet and we are proud to share with you our achievements in this annual report.
The EMODnet Annual Report 2019, published by the EMODnet Secretariat, gives an overview of the initiative, the seven thematics and the data ingestion portal, provides highlights on the progress and main achievements in 2019 as well as the budget committed so far. It also includes a full section on practical use cases showcasing how EMODnet has been pivotal in supporting different organisations to solve complex challenges. The report highlights the increase collaboration with other significant marine data programmes such as IODE, Seabed 2030 and EMOD-PACE.
Last but not least, the second EMODnet Open Sea Lab hackathon in gent offered coders, developers, data enthusiasts, marine/ maritime companies, students, and entrepreneurs the chance to play with archived and near-real time marine open data to create prize-winning, innovative applications.