Regular monitoring of Horizon 2020 process

The 1st meeting of the Review, Monitoring and Research sub-group took place in Athens (Greece) on 9-10 October 2008. This meeting, chaired by the European Environment Agency, brought together representatives from EU members states, Mediterranean Partner Countries, UNEP-MAP, MEDSTAT, GWP-Med, EMWIS, MIO-ECSDE, SMAP RMSU, the European Commission (DG Environment, Eurostat, JRC). The participants reviewed their expectations and discussed the way forward the preparation of a first report for the Environment Ministers meeting in 2009 and a more comprehensive reporting process including scorecards in the framework of a Med Shared Environment Information System.