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Year Document / Activity Description common interest. Scoping report produced which identified research priorities and made recommendations for future actions. 2010 Marine Board-ESF Position Paper 15: Marine Biotechnology: a New Vision and Strategy for Europe Provides an updated view of marine biotechnology for policy makers and others involved in marine biotechnology at the EU and national level. Presents a common vision and strategy for European Marine Biotechnology research. 2012 European Commission, A Marine and Maritime Agenda for Growth and Jobs: "The Limassol Declaration" Calls for the development of the Blue Biotechnology sector to be sustained and to promote the access and fair and equitable benefit sharing arising from the use of genetic resources. 2012 European Commission Communication on Blue Growth: Opportunities for marine and maritime sustainable growth (COM(2012) 494 final) 2012 European Commission adopted a strategy for “Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe (COM(2012) 60 final) Presents a long-term strategy to support growth in the maritime sector as a whole. Blue Biotechnology is highlighted as a focus area. This strategy proposes a comprehensive approach to address the ecological, environmental, energy, food supply and natural resource challenges that Europe and indeed the world are facing already today. 2012 OECD – Global Forum on Biotechnology entitled Marine Biotechnology: Enabling solutions for ocean productivity and sustainability 2013 OECD - Marine Biotechnology: Enabling solutions for ocean productivity and sustainability Brought together a range of stakeholders from 34 countries to discuss the opportunities and challenges of marine biotechnology. Synthesis of information presented at the Global Forum on Biotechnology and background research conducted by the OECD’s Working Party on Biotechnology. 2013 European Union Research and Innovation programmed: Horizon 2020. 2014 – 2015 Work Programme for Societal Challenge 9: Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy 2013 - 2014 ERA-NET Marine Biotechnology Calls on Blue Growth (to which other parts of Horizon 2020 contribute directly and indirectly). 86 Study in support of Impact Assessment work on Blue Biotechnology

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