Call for proposals: MARE/2014/26 - Interoperability improvements in Member States to enhance information sharing for maritime surveillance

The European Commission, in particular the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) is launching a call for proposals with a view to concluding grant agreements.

The present Call for Proposals aims at awarding grants for actions implemented by national authorities to improve their interoperability, thereby covering both of the following aspects: i.) enhancing cross-sector and cross-border information sharing in the field of maritime surveillance as well as ii.) supporting the modernisation of IT tools to enhance cross-sector and cross-border information exchange in the field of maritime surveillance.

The objective of the present Call is to support Member States in improving their authorities’ maritime surveillance interoperability, thereby covering both of the following aspects: i) enhancing cross-sectoral information sharing in the field of maritime surveillance as well as ii) supporting the modernisation of IT tools to enhance crosssector and cross-border information exchange in the field of maritime surveillance. In both cases the interoperability improvement are made in the context of Maritime CISE between authorities representing the following ‘functions’: border control, maritime safety and security, fisheries control, customs, marine environment protection, general law enforcement and defence.

Depending for example on the differences in Member States’ particular IT set up or on the level of integration of maritime surveillance at national level, the present call’s objective can be achieved by implementing two types of projects:

Project-type n°1:
Preparatory studies on improvement of cross-sectoral information exchange for maritime surveillance within and between EU
member States

Project-type n°2:
IT developments to improve cross-sectoral information exchange for maritime surveillance within and between Member States.

Deadline Application: 31-03-2015

Related link:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries