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)

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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:

  1. Challenges of the RDBFIS (centralize database for Med&BS, common quality checks, common statistical estimations, etc.);
  2. Quality checks implemented in RDBFIS: identification of specific needs;
  3. How the work of RCGs will be supported by the RDBFIS, past regional grants, STREAMLINE;
  4. 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;
  5. How the MSs should be involved in the RDBFIS development plan;
  6. National Databases and RDBFIS;
  7. Statistical estimates supported by the RDBFIS;
  8. 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;
  9. Agreeing on the Med&BS RDB SC guidelines and data policy for RDBFIS.