Steering Committee Meeting for the Mediterranean & Black Sea Regional DataBase(Med&BS RDB SC)
RDB SC – RDBFIS Extra-ordinary meeting 4th February 2022 (Online, Microsoft Teams platform)
Please, notice that the schedule is expressed as Central European Time
Meeting Agenda
09.00 Welcome and logistics | Rivero (RCGs Secretariat)
09.10 Introduction to the meeting and adoption of the agenda | Ligas (Med&BS RDB SC chair)
09.20 Results of the first year of implementation of the RDBFIS regional grant | Kavadas (RDBFIS coordinator)
09.50 Plenary discussion
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Plenary discussion
12.30 Wrap-up and conclusions
13.00 Meeting closure
The plenary discussion will address the following points:
- Challenges of the RDBFIS (centralize database for Med&BS, common quality checks, common statistical estimations, etc.);
- Quality checks implemented in RDBFIS: identification of specific needs;
- How the work of RCGs will be supported by the RDBFIS, past regional grants, STREAMLINE;
- How the work of MSs will be facilitated by the RDBFIS by reducing the burden of multiple data submissions (for data calls) under different formats;
- How the MSs should be involved in the RDBFIS development plan;
- National Databases and RDBFIS;
- Statistical estimates supported by the RDBFIS;
- RDBFIS & RDBES: current status, which RDBES algorithms could be incorporated into RDBFIS, RDBFIS flexibility to include parts of the RDBES (completed and approved by ICES) in the future;
- Agreeing on the Med&BS RDB SC guidelines and data policy for RDBFIS.