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-### Contact
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-Contact [page](https://vliz.be/en/contact)  
-Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
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-# National role
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-Data and Citizen Science
-At VMDC the engagement of citizens in research activities (“citizen science”) is fostered through projects that motivate locals (as well as visitors) to participate in data collection. An example is the Coast Snap Project where citizens collect data on coastal change by taking pictures of the beach at designated stations along the Belgian coast. Always taken from the same position (cellphone holder), these pictures provide time series data for the analysis of shifting shorelines and beach-dune dynamic (e.g. erosion and accretion).
 
-LINK BACK TO Citizen Science on main page
-(CoastSnap can be interactive word at some point and direct to Kustportaal)
+The [VLIZ Data Centre](https://www.vliz.be/en/what-we-do/data-information/data) is a national and international point of contact for quality and reliable marine and estuarine data. The VLIZ Marine Data Center (VMDC) provides services, technologies, tools, training and support to scientists, policy, blue economy and citizens. Data is made accessible in an efficient and open manner. The VMDC is accredited as an IODE National Oceanographic Data Center.
 
-# International role
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-VMDC in the Ocean Decade
-As an Ocean Decade implementing partner VLIZ contributes to the Ocean Decade. Various of the endorsed “Actions” (projects, activities, programmes and contributions) are based on expertise of the VMDC. These include:
-
-WoRMS, EurOBIS, GEANS, ETN, OTN, ICOS and Marine Regions
-CHECK this + all logos here
-Decade Outcome No. 6 An Accessible ocean
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-Something about VMDC and accreditatie?
-The Flanders Marine Data Centre (VMDC) provides assistance, technologies and tools to scientists and policymakers to support marine data management. Within international networks VLIZ participates in supporting data infrastructures and promoting the flow of marine data from Belgium.
 
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 ### Contact
 
 Contact [page](https://vliz.be/en/contact)  

history.md

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 # [Our History](https://www.vliz.be/en/marine-data)
 
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-        The development of the data systems was characterised by a few important milestones. In 2000, the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) was initiated. IMIS links persons to institutes, publications, projects, data sets and maps. In 2005, the Open Marine Archive (OMA) was introduced to make the literature collection digitally accessible. Many marine scientists and researchers utilise this system intensively (1,795 requests were replied to in 2023, in 95% of the cases within one day). Another major step was the participation of VLIZ in EU-subsidised programmes. The MarBEF project resulted in the start-up of an EU register for marine species (which would eventually be known as the World Register of Marine Species or WoRMS) and of the VLIMAR Gazetteer (later on known as 'Marine Regions'). Other databases were soon to follow as part of several European projects. Thanks to important funding streams from the Flemish government, including the Flemish contribution to several infrastructures of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), VLIZ was able to make significant investments in information and data management. Another project worth mentioning is the extensive research and monitoring programme OMES. Since 1995, this programme has systematically kept track of the water quality and quantity as well as the wildlife in the Scheldt estuary. On behalf of the Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission, VLIZ hosts the website and makes it accessible via ScheldeMonitor. Since 2004, this portal has compiled these data together with all other monitoring data from the MONEOS programme (monitoring and research programme to support cross-border policy and management cooperation in the Scheldt estuary).
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+        The development of the data systems was characterised by a few important milestones. In 2000, the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) was initiated. IMIS links persons to institutes, publications, projects, data sets and maps. In 2005, the Open Marine Archive (OMA) was introduced to make the literature collection digitally accessible. Many marine scientists and researchers utilise this system intensively (1,795 requests were replied to in 2023, in 95% of the cases within one day). Another major step was the participation of VLIZ in EU-subsidised programmes. The MarBEF project resulted in the start-up of an EU register for marine species (which would eventually be known as the World Register of Marine Species or WoRMS) and of the VLIMAR Gazetteer (later on known as 'Marine Regions'). Other databases were soon to follow as part of several European projects. 
 
-Mariene data
-The arrival of some prominent international players in the VLIZ buildings testified to VLIZ’s position in the marine data landscape. In 2005, the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) project office of UNESCO-IOC moved into the VLIZ buildings. This was also the case for the Ocean Teacher Global Academy (OTGA) training programme and the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), to which VLIZ makes the European contribution. In 2013, VLIZ also accommodated the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) secretariat. In this context, VLIZ was mandated by the Flemish government to develop the central web portal which provides users with access to all data types offered by EMODnet.
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+<h1> Marine data </h1>
+The arrival of some prominent international players in the VLIZ buildings testifies in the marine data landscape. In 2005, the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) project office of UNESCO-IOC moved into the VLIZ buildings. This was also the case for the Ocean Teacher Global Academy (OTGA) training programme and the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), to which VLIZ makes the European contribution. In 2013, VLIZ also accommodated the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) secretariat. In this context, VLIZ was mandated by the Flemish government to develop the central web portal which provides users with access to all data types offered by EMODnet.
 
 In terms of topics, the focus was initially on the management of international biodiversity data. In 2002, VLIZ initiated its own time series of abiotic data from the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS), within the scope of measurement campaigns onboard the research vessels Zeeleeuw and Simon Stevin. The international scope was expanded further with the initiative started up by VLIZ in partnership with GLOSS after the tsunami in Asia in 2004, to coordinate the web portal of sea level measuring stations worldwide. Thanks to VLIZ’s role as data manager in the context of (inter)national partnerships, its data systems grew systematically (including IMIS). The integration of the international research infrastructures LifeWatch and ICOS (in 2012) further expanded the measurement data from the BPNS with biotic data sets and measurements of greenhouse gases. They also became more diverse thanks to the development of dedicated data portals (ScheldeMonitor, 4DEMON and CREST).   
 
-## National role
+Since 1995, this programme has systematically kept track of the water quality and quantity as well as the wildlife in the Scheldt estuary. On behalf of the Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission, VLIZ hosts the website and makes it accessible via ScheldeMonitor. Since 2004, this portal has compiled these data together with all other monitoring data from the MONEOS programme (monitoring and research programme to support cross-border policy and management cooperation in the Scheldt estuary).
+Thanks to important funding streams from the Flemish government, including the Flemish contribution to several infrastructures of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), VLIZ was able to make significant investments in information and data management. Another project worth mentioning is the extensive research and monitoring programme OMES. 
 
-Data and Citizen Science
-At VMDC the engagement of citizens in research activities (“citizen science”) is fostered through projects that motivate locals (as well as visitors) to participate in data collection. An example is the Coast Snap Project where citizens collect data on coastal change by taking pictures of the beach at designated stations along the Belgian coast. Always taken from the same position (cellphone holder), these pictures provide time series data for the analysis of shifting shorelines and beach-dune dynamic (e.g. erosion and accretion).
+### National role
 
-LINK BACK TO Citizen Science on main page
-(CoastSnap can be interactive word at some point and direct to Kustportaal)
+Data and Citizen Science
+At VMDC the engagement of citizens in research activities (“<a href="https://www.vliz.be/en/what-we-do/ocean-literacy/citizen-science">citizen science</a>”) is fostered through projects that motivate locals (as well as visitors) to participate in data collection. An example is the Coast Snap Project where citizens collect data on coastal change by taking pictures of the beach at designated stations along the Belgian coast. Always taken from the same position (cellphone holder), these pictures provide time series data for the analysis of shifting shorelines and beach-dune dynamic (e.g. erosion and accretion).
 
-# International role
+### International role
 
 VMDC in the Ocean Decade
-As an Ocean Decade implementing partner VLIZ contributes to the Ocean Decade. Various of the endorsed “Actions” (projects, activities, programmes and contributions) are based on expertise of the VMDC. These include:
+As an Ocean Decade implementing partner VLIZ contributes to the Ocean Decade. Various of the endorsed “Actions” (projects, activities, programmes and contributions) are based on expertise of the VMDC. These include: <a href="https://www.marinespecies.org/">WoRMS</a>, <a href="https://www.eurobis.org/">EurOBIS</a>, <a href="https://northsearegion.eu/geans/">GEANS</a>, <a href="https://www.europeantrackingnetwork.org/en">ETN</a>, <a href="https://oceantrackingnetwork.org/">OTN</a>, <a href="https://www.icos-cp.eu/">ICOS</a> and <a href="https://www.marineregions.org/">Marine Regions</a>.
 
-WoRMS, EurOBIS, GEANS, ETN, OTN, ICOS and Marine Regions
-CHECK this + all logos here
-Decade Outcome No. 6 An Accessible ocean
 
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index.md

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-"<h2> Gateway to high-quality, accessible marine and estuarine data, supporting scientific research and informed policy-making hosted by the VLIZ Marine Data Centre</h2>
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-        <h3>ADD an impressive stat about IMIS (access to over 130,000 unique data sets or something like this)</h3>
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         The VLIZ data center is a national and international point of contact for quality and reliable marine and estuarine data. The VLIZ Marine Data Center (VMDC) provides services, technologies, tools, training and support to scientists, policy, blue economy and citizens. Data is made accessible in an efficient and open manner. The VMDC is accredited as an IODE National Oceanographic Data Center.
         <h3>What does VMDC do?</h3>
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         <p><a href="/about">Learn more about us</a></p>
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+        The VLIZ Marine Robotics Centre (MRC) pioneers in Marine Autonomous Systems (MAS) in order to enable comprehensive observations in remote, harsh, and vast environments within our world’s oceans and seas.
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