MERCATOR OCEAN JOURNA: 
SEPTEMBER 2021 
5. DEVELOP NG PARTNERSHIPS 
MOi has also developed Market Development activities to 
seek new opportunities for data use in new communities. 
It has organized partnerships with relevant market trade 
associations such as Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) and the 
European Aquaculture Technology and innovation Platform 
(EATIP). OEE is the largest network of ocean energy 
professionals in the world (Figure 6). Its mission is to 
create a strong environment for the development of ocean 
energy, improve access to funding and enhance business 
opportunities for its members. Due to its large network 
of ocean energy professionals, part of a sustainable blue 
growth industry, OEE is a legitimate structure to engage 
in partnership with MOi in the natural resources and 
energy sector. The objectives of the partnership between 
MOi and OEE are to promote each other, to collect market 
requirements through feedback gathered from OEE 
members and to support OEE to better understand the 
ocean energy sector and facilitate the sharing of expertise. 
After 2.5 years of collaboration: 
-more than 40% of OEE members are now using 
Copernicus Marine products, 
- several use cases on the Marine Renewable Energy 
sector were submitted, 
- a side event was held during the OEE annual meeting 
in 2018, 
-a webinar entitled “What can the Copernicus Marine 
Service do for ocean energy?” was organised with 80 
participants in 2020. 
The Copernicus Marine Service also seeks to reach 
actors and stakeholders in the Aquaculture sector, 
which is expanding and represents a strategic sector for 
many countries. A partnership between the European 
Aquaculture Technology and innovation Platform (EATiP) 
and MOi began in 2018 and two joint events (Figure 7) were 
held in 2019 and 2020 (more info here). 
"hese conferences explored application possibilities of the 
available open-access satellite, model-based and in situ 
marine data for the aquaculture sector. This was done by 
sharing experiences and challenges that representatives 
from the aquaculture sector face managing fish farms. It 
was followed by a demonstration of how the Copernicus 
Marine Service might contribute to tackle these anc 
90ssible future challenges. 
"hese events generated a widespread interest and there 
were: 
80 participants for each event, 
- 45% of the attendants from the private sector, 
-40% worked in R & D organisations or universities, 
34% of the respondents had no or little experience 
with the use of the Copernicus Marine Service data. 
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