The Taoiseach, as Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in association with Ms Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Ms Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science and Minister for Agriculture and the Marine, Simon Coveney, is holding a meeting on Friday at the Marine Institute in Oranmore, Galway: The Atlantic – a Shared Resource.
The Political Leaders will discuss research and innovation requirements needed between now and 2020 to implement the Atlantic Area Action Plan to drive the "blue economy".
An outline of Horizon 2020 funding initiatives that will support the implementation of the Action Plan and transatlantic scientific collaboration. Ireland's contribution to the delivery of the action plan during the Irish Presidency and its implementation to 2020 and a joint declaration on an Atlantic research partnership between the European Commission, the USA and Canada.