The European Union’s (EU) Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ by 2030, aims to preserve ocean health and biodiversity while also promoting a sustainable blue economy. In support of this goal, the EU is developing the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (EU DTO), a virtual model of the ocean that integrates vast amounts of data to provide a comprehensive, real-time understanding of the complex and dynamic ocean system.
Funded under the EU Horizon Europe Program, SURIMI is a €3.4 million, 3-year project (2024-2027) that will feed into the EU DTO. SURIMI’s mission is to build partnerships with stakeholders from industry, science, policy, and society to develop nine socio-ecological models for integration into the EU DTO. With access to ecological and fisheries data alongside economic and social data, SURIMI will use Large Language Models to improve the EU DTO’s ability to support informed decision-making and policy development in marine management strategy evaluation analyses in European waters.
- Name of organisation
- NORCE NORWEGIAN RESEARCH CENTRE AS
- Type of organisation
- Research and academia
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
- List of Partners
ECOPATH INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE ASOCIACION, EUROPEAN MARINE BOARD IVZW, ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, KONNECTA SYSTEMS IKE, ERINN INNOV ATION LIMITED
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 3026332
- Basin coverage
- Mediterranean Sea
- Website link
- paan@norceresearch.no
- Country
- GreeceSpain