Data policy for the Regional Database and Fishery Information System for the Mediterranean and Black Sea (MED&BS RDBFIS)

Generally speaking, data policy refers to the identification of principles and provisions which rule the exchange of data through an ICT tool or human/machine services by explicating purposes (i.e. the goal of the data policy), actors, procedures and temporal specifications to which the data policy applies (i.e. the scope of the data policy). This data policy (DP) document has been drawn up by Work Package 3 in the grant "Development of the Regional Database for the Mediterranean and Black Sea" under the European Union (EU) Call for Proposals MARE/2020/08 (Consortium Agreement SI2.839444) and it was submitted for reviewing to the Steering Committee of the grant. It refers to the data policy of the Regional Database and Fishery Information System for the Mediterranean and Black Sea (hereafter referred as Med&BS RDBFIS), a matter that pertains to the Steering Committee on the Med&BS Regional Database (Med&BS RDBFIS SC), which will lead the governance of the RDBFIS itself. Its membership and governance rules are under definition and approval. For this reason, this document offers a provisional proposal in order to allow RDBFIS data population, necessary to enable checking of Med&BS RDBFIS facilities within the grant. In the meanwhile, this document will be submitted for reviewing by the Med&BS Regional Coordination Group (Med&BS RGC), from which the final validation and further updates are expected. In any case, its enforcement should be limited to the current grant duration (i.e. 2022).