OceanSOS Deliverables and Milestones
Welcome to the OceanSOS deliverables and milestones repository.

This directory maps out all of the public scientific outcomes developed throughout the project lifecycle. Once approved by the European Commission, each deliverable report will become available to download directly from this page.

Deliverables
The Tangible Outputs
Milestones
The Control Points
Deliverables
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Milestones
Our milestones map the key scientific and collaborative achievements tracking the progress of the OceanSOS lifecycle.
Milestone 1
OceanSOS kick-off meeting held

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 1

Status: Achived
Milestone 25
Website launched

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 3

Status: Achived
Milestone 2
Information necessary to establish the DMP received by AWI

Lead beneficiary: AWI
Due Date (Month): 4

Status: In progress
Milestone 3
Map of the management seascape produced

Lead beneficiary: OSPAR
Due Date (Month): 5

Status: In progress
Milestone 4
Shiptime confirmed for the NACES MPA cruise

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 6

Status: In progress
Milestone 5
Initial workshop held with projects co-funded under HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-CLIMATE-02 to define plans for collaboration including data-sharing

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 9

Status: In progress
Milestone 6
Creation of inventory of management information and research needs

Lead beneficiary: SU
Due Date (Month): 12

Status: In progress
Milestone 7
Compilation of existing data on food web compartments, pathways, and flows relevant to the NACES MPA

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 12

Status: In progress
Milestone 8
Fieldwork at Agulhas complete and outputs available for WP2 models

Lead beneficiary: SAMS
Due Date (Month): 16

Status: In progress
Milestone 9
Survey data collected on societal perceptions of fairness and acceptable risk in the distribution of external environmental costs over time and space

Lead beneficiary: WU
Due Date (Month): 16

Status: In progress
Milestone 10
First draft of existing ECV, EOV and EBV metadata compilation

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 16

Status: In progress
Milestone 11
Interim summary report on bilateral meetings with competent authorities to build on the initial threat intelligence analysis and refine the drivers and pressures in the desktop study.

Lead beneficiary: OSPAR
Due Date (Month): 18

Status: In progress
Milestone 12
Compilation of data from STECF and local experts on relevant Spanish and Portuguese fishing fleets.

Lead beneficiary: WU
Due Date (Month): 18

Status: In progress
Milestone 13
FESOM2-REcoM3 simulations complete, data delivered to WPs 3-4.

Lead beneficiary: AWI
Due Date (Month): 20

Status: In progress
Milestone 14
Mid-project DMP review

Lead beneficiary: AWI
Due Date (Month): 24

Status: In progress
Milestone 15
Mid-term update of the plan for dissemination, exploitation and communication of OceanSOS results

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 24

Status: In progress
Milestone 16
Fieldwork at NACES complete; outputs available for WPs 2-4 models

Lead beneficiary: SAMS
Due Date (Month): 28

Status: In progress
Milestone 17
High-resolution DEM and habitat characterisation of the Milne Seamount Complex finalised

Lead beneficiary: DAL
Due Date (Month): 30

Status: In progress
Milestone 18
LIMs constructed ready for scenario forcings

Lead beneficiary: SAMS
Due Date (Month): 30

Status: In progress
Milestone 19
Data received from all WPs to finalise the planetarium show storyboard

Lead beneficiary: DECT
Due Date (Month): 30

Status: In progress
Milestone 20
Identification of indicators and thresholds of food web stability

Lead beneficiary: Mara
Due Date (Month): 33

Status: In progress
Milestone 21
Selection of relevant experts to attend each of the three workshops on threats to biome integrity

Lead beneficiary: HWU
Due Date (Month): 36

Status: In progress
Milestone 22
Planetarium show ready for deployment at DECT and planetaria across the world

Lead beneficiary: DECT
Due Date (Month): 36

Status: In progress
Milestone 23
Three workshops on emerging threats and vulnerabilities completed

Lead beneficiary: HWU
Due Date (Month): 42

Status: In progress
Milestone 24
Draft of project research data outputs and wider dissemination report

Lead beneficiary: AWI
Due Date (Month): 42

Status: In progress
The OceanSOS project (Grant Agreement No. 101273576) is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.