Identifying needs, specificities and imbalances in human capacity building

In order to identify needs, specificities and imbalances in HCB in the marine sector, this report presents an overview of the issue at pan-European level. National Research Programmes of SEAS-ERA Consortium partners that target human potential are listed in Chapter 1Chapter 2 provides the EU funding schemes includes a survey of capacity building efforts in the framework of RTD projects, with particular attention on Marie Curie (mobility) actions. Chapter 3 offers a brief overview of regional (i.e. basin level) programmes and funded projects relevant for the marine sector and the HCB issue. A collection of significant capacity building activities that international organizations and consortia carry out in the marine sector is accounted for in Chapter 4, that reports the experiences of IOC, ICES and BONUS among others, giving a panorama of existing efforts with some details about objectives, methodology and initiative's types. Finally, Chapter 5 presents at global and regional level the analysis of the information collected through the HCB online questionnaire developed by SEAS-ERA project and delivered to SEAS-ERA partners and their contacts. The findings of this report represent a milestone to address a capacity building strategy at pan-European level in marine and maritime sector.