Brussels, 2 December 2020
On the 2nd of December, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) held a virtual stakeholder consultation workshop, gathering numerous participants from maritime and environmental administrations, industry associations, civil society organisations and the European Commission.
The workshop gave participants the opportunity to express their views on the first draft of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report, which is part of a consultation process, and to intervene at a vital stage in the production of this seminal report, where the combined input is expected to enrich the content, help to close data gaps and even possibly to inform policy makers for future decisions.
The workshop was structured around three key sessions: a presentation by both EMSA and the EEA of the draft report and its main findings; a roundtable discussion gathering feedback and thoughts from six panellists representing a wide variety of perspectives and, an open discussion allowing for feedback and input from participants from Member State administrations, industry and civil society.
The written consultation process will run until December the 23rd, 2020. After this process, the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report will be finalised and is then expected to be published in the first half of 2021.