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BONUS, the policy-driven joint Baltic Sea research and development programme supports cleaner and safer maritime activities and related policy action Maija Sirola at CBSS Expert Group on Maritime Policy, 5 September 2017, Donsö

Participating states • Eight EU member states surrounding the Baltic Sea • Russia participates through bilateral agreements • A bottom-up initiative of national funding agencies, matching funds from EU, total of EUR 100 million, Art-185 programme

• All members channelling their programmatic Baltic Sea research funding through BONUS • Covers fields with direct impact on Baltic Sea ecosystem and sustainable use of goods and services – incl. safer and cleaner shipping • A trend-setter and testlab in EU macro-regional issues - first and only programming and funding initiative integrating marine and maritime research • Marine ecosystem management based on best knowledge and innovation, science ja technical solutions to support environmental protection action • underpinning national, regional and EU policies, contributing to sust. blue growth agenda, UN SDGs, – e.g. HELCOM BSAP & maritime WG, contribution to HELCOM’s integrated thematic assessment on maritime activities and response to pollution at sea

BONUS SRA, a systemic approach responding to dynamic development in relevant policy fields 19 themes Coast and catchment Societal responses Ecosystem Sustainable use of Observation and goods and services data management

BONUS calls: • 5 calls in BONUS Art 185 and 1 in BONUS+ • 56 projects worth over EUR 100 million involving a total of 16 countries • Over 100 region’s leading universities and institutions and 35 businesses • More than 1000 researchers • Currently open – synthesis call, 18-month desk-top studies start in 2018 • Coordinating and delivering cutting edge science & technological advances to fill in information gaps

BONUS projects in science policy interface in 2016: • 313 BONUS researchers as members in the stakeholder committees (HELCOM, ICES, EU etc) • 58 significant contributions to ’fit -for-purpose ’ regulations, policies and management practices • 43 suggestions for designing, implementing and evaluating the efficacy of relevant public policies and governance originating from the projects’ work

BONUS Art 185 projects... • look for environmentally safer maritime activities • develop ways to reduce loadings from the catchment • boost sustainable fisheries • develop methods and approaches to trade-offs between various sectors and interests • develop new methods for monitoring, surveillance and assessment • create new knowledge about marine ecosystems

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Further projects boosting environmentally safer maritime activities ▪ BONUS+ BALTICWAY (2009-2011) demonstrated how optimising ship routes in GoF would result in 40% decrease of coastal pollution ▪ BONUS STORMWINDS research project develops next generation online information management platform on situ awareness in icy conditions ▪ BONUS INNO briefing coming soon on outcomes of BONUS ANCHOR (safer harbour maneuvering ) , ESABALT (citizens’ software platform for maritime information crowdsourcing), ZEB (onboard oily water separator system), SWERA (detecting oil in sunken wrecks) projects ▪ + BONUS CHANGE on leisure boats antifouling practices, regulatory practices

Collaboration with other initiatives and networks through broad communications programme, joint stakeholder platforms, cross-sectoral collaboration, contributions to strategic planning , advisory boards, joint young scientists training activities etc. On macro-regional level: • HELCOM, VASAB, Interreg BSR, BDF, EUSBSR, CBSS, BSN - “ The EU-BONUS-programme is a best practical model for successful joint research programming in the BSR” etc. • The future plan: ’The northern European regional seas research and innovation programme’

THANK YOU! Maija Sirola maija.sirola@bonuseeig.fi www.bonusportal.org www.bonusportal.org/projects