 During the seminar |
Scientific and Practical Seminar “International Cooperation in the Field of Marine Scientific Research – an Important Factor in the Development of Black Sea Regional Projects of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and European Union” was held at the Great Conference Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on October 19, 2017.
The seminar was conducted in accordance with the work plan for the current year of the Interdepartmental Coordination Council on Marine Research Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The organizer of the seminar was Scientific Hydrophysical Centre of the NAS of Ukraine, with the assistance of Department of Earth Sciences of the NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Marine Biology of the NAS of Ukraine, Odessa І.І. Mechnikov National University and Kyiv charitable organization “Marine Charitable Foundation”.
The aim of the seminar was to discuss the prospects for joint scientific operations and investigations of the Black Sea, as well as other parts of the World Ocean in the interests of:
• acquainting colleagues with the main results from the Black Sea scientific research;
• combining efforts to establish permanent scientific contacts;
• mobilization of knowledge and human resources in support of the realization of the IOC/UNESCO initiatives;
• identifying new opportunities for participation in enhancing cooperation within the IOC in developing the potential of marine science;
• provision of clear coordination of cooperation at regional, national and individual levels within the framework of the relevant IOC programs;
• facilitating the preparation of joint grant applications.
 Participants of the seminar together with the First Vice-president of the NAS of Ukraine Academician Anton Naumovets (in the photo – first to the left) listened to the basic scientific report “Complex oceanographic research of the Black Sea: current state and prospects for using modern marine techno |
Representatives and leading scientists of the institutions and organizations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and foreign guests have participated in the seminar.
The seminar was focused on the following issues:
• complex oceanographic research of the Black Sea (current state and prospects for using modern marine technologies);
• possibilities for applying some provisions of IOC criteria and guidelines on the transfer of marine technology regarding the exchange of modern marine technologies used in scientific research of the Black Sea (in this case term “marine technology” refers to instruments, equipment, vessels, processes and methodologies required to produce and use knowledge to improve the study and understanding of the nature and resources of the ocean).
 Report of Senior scientist of National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (Italy) Dr. Pierre-Marie Poulain |
First Vice-president of the NAS of Ukraine Academician Anton Naumovets and Director of Scientific and Technological Development Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Doctor Dmytro Cheberkus addressed welcoming speeches to the seminar’s attendees. Chairman of the Interdepartmental Coordination Council on Marine Research Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Academician Valeriy Eremeev made introductory speech. The presentation of the event and invited guests was made by Chairman of the seminar – Director of Scientific Hydrophysical Centre of the NAS of Ukraine Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Shchyptsov.
Basic scientific report “Complex oceanographic research of the Black Sea: current state and prospects for using modern marine technologies” was presented by Director of Institute of Marine Biology of the NAS of Ukraine Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Borys Aleksandrov.
 During the report of Honorable president of the French Ports Union Francois Soulet de Brugiere |
Reports were also presented by Senior scientist of National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (Italy) Doctor Pierre-Marie Poulain, Honorable president of the French Ports Union Francois Soulet de Brugiere, Attaché on scientific and university cooperation of the Embassy of France in Ukraine Sylvain Rigollet, Business development manager in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Armenia of “Clarivate Analytics” Oleg Syabrenko, Deputy National Coordinator for Oceanographic Data Exchange Management of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Program of the IOC/UNESCO Georgi Stefanov.
 Speech of Attaché on scientific and university cooperation of the Embassy of France in Ukraine Sylvain Rigollet |
During plenary discussions the seminar’s participants have exchanged scientific information on topical research priorities in the field of marine geophysics, marine meteorology and regional oceanography, marine geology and marine ecology.
The well-known Ukrainian scientists in the field of oceanography and leading scientists of the respective institutions reported and participated in the discussion of the agenda of the workshop, in particular – Chief researcher of the S.I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor Oleg Rusakov, Director of the S.I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine Academician Vitaliy Starostenko, Chief researcher of the S.I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Geological Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Kobolev, Head of the Department of General and Marine Geology of Odessa І.І. Mechnikov National University Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor Valentina Yanko, Head of the Department of Marine Geology and Sedimentary Ore-Formation of the NAS of Ukraine Academician Yevhen Shniukov, First Deputy Chief Scientific Secretary of the NAS of Ukraine Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Volodymyr Iemelianov, Vice-rector on the scientific work of the Odessa State Environmental University Doctor of Geographical Sciences Yuriy Tuchkovenko, Vice-Rector of Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Blintsov, Leading Researcher of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the NAS of Ukraine Doctor of Geographical Science Yuriy Ilyin, Laboratory Head of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the NAS of Ukraine Gennady Laptev, Director of the Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea Doctor Victor Komorin, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea Doctor Evgen Dykyj.
 Report of the Business development manager in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Armenia of “Clarivate Analytics” Oleg Syabrenko |
During the Seminar was noticed the importance of the systematic conduct on marine expedition research on vessels as an integral part of the World ocean effective scientific research.
At the same time, it was stressed that Ukrainian scientists are in urgent need of a research vessel for conducting full-scale marine scientific research.
In addition, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Institute of Oceanology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Scientific Hydrophysical Center of the NAS of Ukraine within the framework of the seminar. Head of the Ocean Technologies Department of the Institute of Oceanology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Doctor Veselka Marinova, Academician Valeriy Eremeev, Director of Scientific Hydrophysical Centre of the NAS of Ukraine Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Shchyptsov held consultations on the prospects of joint Bulgarian-Ukrainian marine expeditionary research in the Black Sea using the research vessel “Akademik” (flag of Bulgaria) in June-July 2018.
 Participants of the seminar: photo for memory |
Within the program of the event the Chairman of the seminar Ukraine Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Shchyptsov and Director of Scientific and Technological Development Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Doctor Dmytro Cheberkus together with Mr. Francois Soulet de Brugiere and Mr. Sylvain Rigollet as well as representatives of Kyiv charitable organization “Marine Charitable Foundation” discussed prospects of:
• cooperation between French and Ukrainian oceanologists in the joint organization, financing and conduct of marine expeditionary research, including in the waters of the Antarctic and Atlantic;
• meet the request of the Ukrainian organization “Marine Charitable Foundation” concerning possibility to transfer a French oceanographic vessel to the NAS of Ukraine (mentioned request was contained in the appeal of “Marine Charitable Foundation” to the Embassy of France in Ukraine in March, 2017).
In the final part of the event, the participants unanimously emphasized (in accordance with the Resolution “Oceans and the Law of the Sea” adopted by the General Assembly of the UN on 23 December 2016) that:
• promoting the voluntary transfer of technology is an essential aspect of building capacity in marine science;
• international ocean science cooperation is essential to increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine.
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