Following up on dicussions held during EuroMarine 2015 General Assembly, the EuroMarine Steering Committee decided during its 25 Feb. 2015 meeting to set up a temporary EuroMarine Communications working group (WG) with a 5 k€ budget and precise terms of reference:
- Develop a communication plan
- Review the specifications produced by the Secretariat for the new (present) EuroMarine website
- Prioritize a list of communication actions for a 12-month action plan.
General Assembly representatives were invited to nominate potential WG members (the call was open from 11 March to 20 March 2015) and the following WG was formed (in italics: members present at Brussels meeting):
- Pierre-François BAISNEE (IRD, France)
- Tim DEPREZ (UGent, Belgium)
- Sam DUPONT (UGOT, Sweden)
- Geraldine FAUVILLE (UGot, Sweden) – withdraw from WG on 28 Jul. (overcommitment)
- Anuschka MILLER (SAMS, UK)
- David MURPHY (AquaTT, Ireland)
- Martha PAPATHANASSIOU (HCMR, Greece)
- Stéphane PESANT (UniHB, Germany)
- Isabel SOUSA PINTO (CIIMAR, Portugal)